......ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ! :evil: OK.... I'm pissed. Have you Car Talk thread posters heard about this: (New York-WABC, September 30, 2002) — Drivers will have to think twice before parking illegally in New York City anymore. Starting Tuesday, October 1st, fines for some city parking tickets…
Originally posted Wednesday, August 20, 2003 (8 years ago)
Went to a lovely party on Shelter Island this weekend. The host has an estate on the water with octagonal-themed architecture.
Anyhow, he's got a convertible M3 in the (octagonal) garage. This is a car of high interest to me, so I ask him about he's experience with it. Turns out he has a 400 pony M5 as well with money down on the upcoming V-10 500 pony M5. Which he will let someone else have if the M6 is released.
Originally posted Wednesday, August 20, 2003 (8 years ago)
(shortened & emphasis mine)
Quoted from "dare" HOLY SMOKES!!! 0-60 in 2.5 seconds!!! A viper on two wheels!!! I have found my nirvana!!!
http://autoshow.msn.com/autoshow2003/article.aspx?xml=DCXConcepts
odge Lets Loose Three Concepts
Tomahawk concept motorbike
Dodge Avenger and Kahuna
Designers within the Chrysler Group of DaimlerChrysler are working under a new manifesto: every vehicle, no matter what its desired purpose, must deliver an emotionally satisfactory experience. The three concepts unveiled today are examples of this edict.
Before bringing the newest concepts to center stage, Wolfgang Bernard, COO Chrysler Group, pointed out the details of a vehicle that made its debut last week in Los Angeles.
The Magnum SRT-8 sports a supercharged 430-horsepower HEMI V8 engine with rear-wheel drive performance. Referred to as the new shape of American muscle, this high-performance concept can haul plenty of cargo, and when it goes into production it will represent the first application of Mercedes-Benz technology in a high volume mainstream Chrysler product.
Trevor Creed, senior vice president of design for the Chrysler Group, rode onstage inside the first of three concepts to debut.
The Dodge Avenger Concept
The Dodge Kahuna Concept
The Tomahawk Concept
Yet. When Dieter Zetsche, president and CEO of the Chrysler Group asked if this vehicle would ever be produced, the response was maybe, which is more than many other automaker execs would have granted.
Can somebody please explain to me the purpose of a concept car? It seems as though the only reason automakers have these is to show off what they can do and then refuse to do it (possibly with a bit of maniacal laughter and an ominous soundtrack).
I've been looking at the Saturn SKY for a while, hoping for its evenutal production. It received rave reviews and seemed to be a great form-plus-function inexpensive convertible. But there's been no word of any production since the 2002 concept.
So are concept cars just a "Neener neener neener" on the part of the automakers? :dunno:
Originally posted Tuesday, September 2, 2003 (8 years ago)
The Shelby Club Meet was held this weekend at Infineon Raceway (formerly Sears Point). I lost count of Cobras after a dozen, and that was just driving around NorCal. Taken Sunday (and that's no replica):
Originally posted Sunday, September 14, 2003 (8 years ago)
If you haven't already, get your windows VIN-etched. Most police departments have a government funded program to do it for free, or you can get a kit to do it yourself for 15-20. Insurance companies offer a discount of 3-15 on auto insurance for VIN-etched cars.
More importantly, the risk of having your car stolen is significantly lower with VIN-etched windows. In NYC alone, statistics show that theft rates are 7.1 for automobiles without VIN-etched windows, versus less than .7 for cars VIN-etched by the NYPD. Car theives know it will cost a few thousand dollars to replace all the windows on a stolen car, so it's easier to move on to another target then bother with one that has been etched.
New York State sponsors a program called "Watch Your Car", and you can have your windows etched for free under this program. Police also place a Warning sticker on the driver window and windshield warning potential thieves that windows have been etched.
Originally posted Tuesday, September 30, 2003 (8 years ago)
ARDMORE, Pa. - Where do you hide a 729,000 Ferrari during rush hour? That's what police in the Philadelphia suburbs want to know, after a con man drove off with a red Ferrari F50 during a test drive.
The Ferrari F50 which can hit 60 mph in less than 4 seconds and tops out at 203 mph hasn't been seen since.
Police theorize it was hustled into a trailer and quickly shipped overseas for sale on the black market.
The company made just 349 of the eye-popping Italian roadsters described by one car-enthusiast Web site as "part Batmobile, part ballistic missile" in 1995 to commemorate its 50th anniversary. It was designed to be a street version of a Formula One race car.
The thief, a nattily dressed man who claimed he had flown up from Atlanta and had a limo waiting nearby, took the test drive Sept. 16 without producing a license. The ID, he said, was in the wallet he had left at the airport.
The salesman from Algar Ferrari in Rosemont first took the prospective buyer for a spin, then let him get behind the wheel. During the test drive, the man clean-cut and sporting a shirt, tie and apparent Rolex watch pulled to the side of the road and asked the salesman to drive back to the dealership.
When the salesman got out, the thief sped off.
Police were summoned, but never spotted the vehicle. Now they're looking for the con man, described as a 6-foot, slender white male with reddish-brown hair and glasses.
Lower Merion detectives believe he had help.
"This took a lot of planning," said Det. Charles J. Craig, the lead investigator.
Police are also exploring whether the case is tied to similar Ferrari thefts in North Carolina and Long Island, N.Y.
Originally posted Sunday, October 5, 2003 (8 years ago)
My current plan is keep driving the 97 Intrepid through the winter, then replace it in the spring. I was planning on replacing it with my mother's super low mileage 98 Concorde LXi...but I think I just found my new car, the Toyota Scion xA and xB. Available in California now, east coast Feb. 2004, Midwest June 2004.
I'm more apt to go for the xA, the curvier of the two models shown below. The xB is just too, well, ugly for my tastes!
Look at all the standard features on an under 13K car!!!! (Auto is 800 extra on both models.)
Price: 12,965-14,165 MSRP (includes delivery charge, no extra dealer processing charges!)
Standard Equipment:
Air Conditioner
Power Windows (with one-touch Auto Down on driver's window)
Power Door Locks
Power Outside Mirrors
Rear Window Defogger
Tilt-Steering Wheel Column
Cargo Area Cover
Tachometer and Trip Meter
Sport Front Bucket Seats with Fabric Upholstery
Cargo Area Under-floor Storage
60/40 Split Folding Rear Seat
Intermittent Front Wipers
Rear Wiper
Chrome Exhaust Tip
Rocker Panel extensions
Pioneer AM/FM/CD Head Unit (MP3 and Satellite controller capable)
Scion Sound Processing
6-Speakers (including 2 tweeters)
Driver and Passenger Front Airbags
Anti-Lock Brakes (ABS)
First Aid Kit
Scion Complimentary Oil Change Promotion: Scion is currently offering three complimentary oil changes as part of your vehicle's standard service features.
Originally posted Sunday, October 5, 2003 (8 years ago)
Very popular with the 18-29 crowd in japan, where they have been in production for several years, and have a large share of the Japanese market. More pics:
Originally posted Sunday, October 5, 2003 (8 years ago)
the bottom one, looks like the pictures of what kids draw.
anything with 300 HP gets my attention. the new mustang, its gonna be prity sweet. i wish GM would get there heads out of there butts and bring back Camaro its on a (hiatas) probably till 2007 when it has its 40th anniversary, like what pontiac did with the GTO which will be back with the next model year i am a HUGE muscle car freak, anyone here in denver can vouch for that (sorry guys, i know its almost the only thing i talk about) there are some amazing cars here. and alot of people are not afraid to drive there very expensive (1 of 99) produced cars around here right mark? great state to cruise in
Originally posted Saturday, October 11, 2003 (8 years ago)
Well I just watched the qualifying sessions for Suzuka on Speed - looks like there is still a small window open for the championship - Michael got burned by the rain late in the session and qualified 14th. So it's not a given he is going to finish in the points. Of course, Raikkonen only qualified 10th I think, and with Barichello taking the pole, he might have a pretty tough time winning the race anyway. Still, you can always hope.
Originally posted Monday, October 13, 2003 (8 years ago)
Well, unfortunately there weren't quite enough breaks to prevent Schumacher from taking the title - although it did look interesting there for a while. Montoya died with hydraulic problems after it was clear he had a way superior pace to everyone else, and Alonzo blowing up. But there weren't quite enough strokes of luck to get McLaren into first. Oh well, at least the drivers championship was close this year.
Originally posted Tuesday, October 14, 2003 (8 years ago)
Missed it.
Heading over the 59th St Bridge's Upper Roadway yesterday early morning, I came upon the first of two blind turns just before it releases you on Queens. I was side by side with a Galant.
It's an elevated ramp with two lanes and zero shoulder just two "Jersey walls" bordering it so you don't flip and fall. As we approached the bend side by side at about 30MPH a car came upon us, heading straight at us...IN THE WRONG DIRECTION! It was impossible to see he had wandered on to the ramp in the wrong direction. We all braked hard and he stopped a foot before the Galant.
The driver was stunned and I keep signaling with my hands that he needed to turn around. Cars we all getting on their brakes behind us to stop. Finally the guy does a 10 point turn and we all get outta there.
I was in an SUV and it was SCARY! I was glad I wasn't on the bike, I'm not sure I would have stopped in time.
Originally posted Tuesday, October 14, 2003 (8 years ago)
Eff,
Please stop telling me these stories. You're starting to scare me.
Saw the GP, but I was unimpressed. About the only highlight for me was watching Schumacher smash his front wing early in the race, drop into the pits to get a replacement, and still finish in 8th place. I love F1, always have, but the changes in recent years to limited aero packages and grooved tires have made it boring to watch. No really close competition.
Originally posted Tuesday, November 11, 2003 (8 years ago)
Can't remember if I posted this but I saw a new silver 911 turbo and silver and hardtopped Z8 following each other closely on the FDR southbound a few days back. What's that, a quarter million!?!
Car Talk...Part 4
......ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ! :evil: OK.... I'm pissed. Have you Car Talk thread posters heard about this: (New York-WABC, September 30, 2002) — Drivers will have to think twice before parking illegally in New York City anymore. Starting Tuesday, October 1st, fines for some city parking tickets…
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World's smallest car:
http://www.dfj.com/nanocar/nanoimages.html
-Eff
Went to a lovely party on Shelter Island this weekend. The host has an estate on the water with octagonal-themed architecture.
Anyhow, he's got a convertible M3 in the (octagonal) garage. This is a car of high interest to me, so I ask him about he's experience with it. Turns out he has a 400 pony M5 as well with money down on the upcoming V-10 500 pony M5. Which he will let someone else have if the M6 is released.
What's the deal with the M6? Anyone know?
-Eff
(shortened & emphasis mine)
Can somebody please explain to me the purpose of a concept car? It seems as though the only reason automakers have these is to show off what they can do and then refuse to do it (possibly with a bit of maniacal laughter and an ominous soundtrack).
I've been looking at the Saturn SKY for a while, hoping for its evenutal production. It received rave reviews and seemed to be a great form-plus-function inexpensive convertible. But there's been no word of any production since the 2002 concept.
So are concept cars just a "Neener neener neener" on the part of the automakers? :dunno:
I find that Z4 proto ugly as hell.
http://www.horizonvp.com/005.html
Thank me later folks.
-Eff
The Shelby Club Meet was held this weekend at Infineon Raceway (formerly Sears Point). I lost count of Cobras after a dozen, and that was just driving around NorCal. Taken Sunday (and that's no replica):
Who's hog are you riding b_tch on Newsie?
-Eff
Girlfriend's father's. Stay tuned, film at 11!
The cover story in last week's issue of Autocar is "Britain's Best Handling Car". They tested 32 cars, then a final test of 7 which included:
Porsche 911 GT3 Noble M12 Caterham R400 Lamborghini Murcielago Subaru Impreza Spec C BMW Z4 Mazda MX-5
Who won?
-Eff
The Miata. No fastest, best grip, just best handling.
-Eff
If you haven't already, get your windows VIN-etched. Most police departments have a government funded program to do it for free, or you can get a kit to do it yourself for 15-20. Insurance companies offer a discount of 3-15 on auto insurance for VIN-etched cars.
More importantly, the risk of having your car stolen is significantly lower with VIN-etched windows. In NYC alone, statistics show that theft rates are 7.1 for automobiles without VIN-etched windows, versus less than .7 for cars VIN-etched by the NYPD. Car theives know it will cost a few thousand dollars to replace all the windows on a stolen car, so it's easier to move on to another target then bother with one that has been etched.
New York State sponsors a program called "Watch Your Car", and you can have your windows etched for free under this program. Police also place a Warning sticker on the driver window and windshield warning potential thieves that windows have been etched.
I'm a bit of a flame job fanatic, but this is hands down the most amazing flame job I've ever seen.
ARDMORE, Pa. - Where do you hide a 729,000 Ferrari during rush hour? That's what police in the Philadelphia suburbs want to know, after a con man drove off with a red Ferrari F50 during a test drive.
The Ferrari F50 which can hit 60 mph in less than 4 seconds and tops out at 203 mph hasn't been seen since.
Police theorize it was hustled into a trailer and quickly shipped overseas for sale on the black market.
The company made just 349 of the eye-popping Italian roadsters described by one car-enthusiast Web site as "part Batmobile, part ballistic missile" in 1995 to commemorate its 50th anniversary. It was designed to be a street version of a Formula One race car.
The thief, a nattily dressed man who claimed he had flown up from Atlanta and had a limo waiting nearby, took the test drive Sept. 16 without producing a license. The ID, he said, was in the wallet he had left at the airport.
The salesman from Algar Ferrari in Rosemont first took the prospective buyer for a spin, then let him get behind the wheel. During the test drive, the man clean-cut and sporting a shirt, tie and apparent Rolex watch pulled to the side of the road and asked the salesman to drive back to the dealership.
When the salesman got out, the thief sped off.
Police were summoned, but never spotted the vehicle. Now they're looking for the con man, described as a 6-foot, slender white male with reddish-brown hair and glasses.
Lower Merion detectives believe he had help.
"This took a lot of planning," said Det. Charles J. Craig, the lead investigator.
Police are also exploring whether the case is tied to similar Ferrari thefts in North Carolina and Long Island, N.Y.
-Eff
Now THIS is a car:
Last race of the season is at Suzuka:
That track is extremely technical - I've driven it a bunch of times (in simulation of course) - far more interesting that Indianapolis (sorry guys) :)
I was once offered a highly lucrative job at the Skip Barber Racing School in Lime Rock CT. Turned it down. The hours and travel are insane.
Hey Eff, I think these would look great on your wall:
BMW M3 Hallogen Wall Sconce
My current plan is keep driving the 97 Intrepid through the winter, then replace it in the spring. I was planning on replacing it with my mother's super low mileage 98 Concorde LXi...but I think I just found my new car, the Toyota Scion xA and xB. Available in California now, east coast Feb. 2004, Midwest June 2004.
I'm more apt to go for the xA, the curvier of the two models shown below. The xB is just too, well, ugly for my tastes!
Look at all the standard features on an under 13K car!!!! (Auto is 800 extra on both models.)
Price: 12,965-14,165 MSRP (includes delivery charge, no extra dealer processing charges!)
Standard Equipment:
Air Conditioner Power Windows (with one-touch Auto Down on driver's window) Power Door Locks Power Outside Mirrors Rear Window Defogger Tilt-Steering Wheel Column Cargo Area Cover Tachometer and Trip Meter Sport Front Bucket Seats with Fabric Upholstery Cargo Area Under-floor Storage 60/40 Split Folding Rear Seat Intermittent Front Wipers Rear Wiper Chrome Exhaust Tip Rocker Panel extensions Pioneer AM/FM/CD Head Unit (MP3 and Satellite controller capable) Scion Sound Processing 6-Speakers (including 2 tweeters) Driver and Passenger Front Airbags Anti-Lock Brakes (ABS) First Aid Kit
Scion Complimentary Oil Change Promotion: Scion is currently offering three complimentary oil changes as part of your vehicle's standard service features.
Very popular with the 18-29 crowd in japan, where they have been in production for several years, and have a large share of the Japanese market. More pics:
the bottom one, looks like the pictures of what kids draw.
anything with 300 HP gets my attention. the new mustang, its gonna be prity sweet. i wish GM would get there heads out of there butts and bring back Camaro its on a (hiatas) probably till 2007 when it has its 40th anniversary, like what pontiac did with the GTO which will be back with the next model year i am a HUGE muscle car freak, anyone here in denver can vouch for that (sorry guys, i know its almost the only thing i talk about) there are some amazing cars here. and alot of people are not afraid to drive there very expensive (1 of 99) produced cars around here right mark? great state to cruise in
Now I want a second generation M3!
-Eff
Well I just watched the qualifying sessions for Suzuka on Speed - looks like there is still a small window open for the championship - Michael got burned by the rain late in the session and qualified 14th. So it's not a given he is going to finish in the points. Of course, Raikkonen only qualified 10th I think, and with Barichello taking the pole, he might have a pretty tough time winning the race anyway. Still, you can always hope.
Race starts, 1am EST.
Well, unfortunately there weren't quite enough breaks to prevent Schumacher from taking the title - although it did look interesting there for a while. Montoya died with hydraulic problems after it was clear he had a way superior pace to everyone else, and Alonzo blowing up. But there weren't quite enough strokes of luck to get McLaren into first. Oh well, at least the drivers championship was close this year.
Did anyone else watch the race?
Missed it.
Heading over the 59th St Bridge's Upper Roadway yesterday early morning, I came upon the first of two blind turns just before it releases you on Queens. I was side by side with a Galant.
It's an elevated ramp with two lanes and zero shoulder just two "Jersey walls" bordering it so you don't flip and fall. As we approached the bend side by side at about 30MPH a car came upon us, heading straight at us...IN THE WRONG DIRECTION! It was impossible to see he had wandered on to the ramp in the wrong direction. We all braked hard and he stopped a foot before the Galant.
The driver was stunned and I keep signaling with my hands that he needed to turn around. Cars we all getting on their brakes behind us to stop. Finally the guy does a 10 point turn and we all get outta there.
I was in an SUV and it was SCARY! I was glad I wasn't on the bike, I'm not sure I would have stopped in time.
-Eff
Eff,
Please stop telling me these stories. You're starting to scare me.
Saw the GP, but I was unimpressed. About the only highlight for me was watching Schumacher smash his front wing early in the race, drop into the pits to get a replacement, and still finish in 8th place. I love F1, always have, but the changes in recent years to limited aero packages and grooved tires have made it boring to watch. No really close competition.
-Eff
The ultimate Miata. Now all it needs are Yehoodi plates. The Aquada.
Video.
http://www.tennessean.com/local/archives/03/10/41877517.shtml?Element_ID=41877517
It's legal to flash in some places now.
-Eff
Can't remember if I posted this but I saw a new silver 911 turbo and silver and hardtopped Z8 following each other closely on the FDR southbound a few days back. What's that, a quarter million!?!
-Eff
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