Rims - Page 19

Gravdigr · 06-01-2014, 01:49 PM

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xoxoxoBruce · 05-20-2014, 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

The styling of cars today results in poor visibility to the point that many of them offer back up cameras so the driver can see. I don't approve.

Your right on the money, visibility has taken a big hit in recent years, and it's not all in the name of streamlining. Models, like hatchbacks, are in and out of style but I think that is driven more by the makers than consumers.
The fastbacks are much tougher to design in visibility, but why bother when half the people on the road are oblivious to anything they can't see through the windshield.

BigV · 05-20-2014, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Your right on the money, visibility has taken a big hit in recent years, and it's not all in the name of streamlining. Models, like hatchbacks, are in and out of style but I think that is driven more by the makers than consumers.
The fastbacks are much tougher to design in visibility, but why bother when half the people on the road are oblivious to anything they can't see through ~~the windshield.~~ their phone.

fixed that for ya.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-21-2014, 10:22 AM

Touché.

lumberjim · 05-20-2014, 03:56 PM

Gravdigr · 05-29-2014, 05:30 PM

Very cool.

Gravdigr · 05-30-2014, 03:22 PM

Smart car alllllmost gets the best of a Shelby Mustang:

A sub-14 second Smart Car....With that short wheel base, and narrow track, I'll bet that is one twitchy sumbitch.

BigV · 06-02-2014, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Gravdigr

Smart car alllllmost gets the best of a Shelby Mustang:

A sub-14 second Smart Car....With that short wheel base, and narrow track, I'll bet that is one twitchy sumbitch.

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I have driven the Smart Fortwo several times. Twitchy is an understatement. Here you see me parked perpendicular to the curb, at my house, with my VW Golf fender in the foreground for comparison. They're very, very tiny. They're tall, so there's room for me and Twil to both sit up straight, which I love. For in city driving, they're fucking awesome. The Car2Go system is super easy, fairly priced, convenient and fun. The car is a ball to drive in the city. Plenty of pickup, responsive, good visibility, loud horn, etc. The shifting with the semi-automatic transmission is pretty jerky at times. That little three-banger gets wound waaay up before shifting--kaCHUNK.

The car's less fun on the freeway, but it can handle it. A bit bouncy over expansion joints, and I haven't driven one with a substantial crosswind and I'm not looking forward to it. All in all, a very fine city car. For the city. For two. And a couple bags of groceries.

Gravdigr · 06-20-2014, 04:57 PM

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fargon · 06-25-2014, 09:15 PM

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Kool Bug, but that is a bad place for an oil filter.

BigV · 06-20-2014, 08:56 PM

That's badass.

Gravdigr · 06-24-2014, 05:12 PM

Hey, look! It's one of them trailervans.

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xoxoxoBruce · 06-24-2014, 05:23 PM

That's interesting.

Maybe he's French.

BigV · 06-25-2014, 03:24 PM

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Hey, look! It's one of them trailervans.

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Maybe he's just missing his boat.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-25-2014, 03:45 PM

Many years back my buddy came back from Florida with pictures of that boaterhome, or one of them, he took in a parking lot. We were trying to figure out how and why for a long time. It was years before I saw it on the net.

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xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Many years back my buddy came back from Florida with pictures of that boaterhome, or one of them, he took in a parking lot. We were trying to figure out how and why for a long time. It was years before I saw it on the net. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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