Cars, cars, cars...
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911 isn't a hatchback and doesn't have anything like the bootspace if you want the practicality Stevo mentioned in an impractical car.
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It's better designed at the back and has better proportions overall than a 911. It is more analogous to that "entry level" Ferrari, but with a muscle car front end. If that was a bit more refined it would be improved.
I'd probably not hand one back *immediately* mind you, if I could afford one!
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Yes but it looks like a Transformer, so it's not suitable for adults.
Ferrari Roma, that's the one I was thinking of.
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lol because other fast cars are so grown up lol.
“quick put a spoiler on it and a massive grill so it looks like it’s from thunderbirds”
the childish nature of them is the whole point.
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Good point, that as well.
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Correct. It's also a status thing, obvs, which is why the Nissan - despite probably being better in many respects, isn't as desirable. Since we are talking about cars I can no longer afford, I don't feel strongly about it.
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Good suggestion but for me personally they're a bit long in the tooth and I've done the 'Jap Crap' performance thing, having owned a Mitsubishi Evo 6. Don't get me wrong though, fantastic cars to drive and I enjoyed ragging mine round various circuits on track days.
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Well now, here's Stevo admiring a LBGT car! Gone all woke? 😉
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Close - its an MBGT car (Mercedes Benz amg GT) 🙂
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You no clocked the reg plate then?
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European, innit 😉
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
Why has this thread been steered back around to a fugly AMG C63?
You would think it was the only car in the world worth having.
seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
Because it's a car and this is the car thread?
PS it's a GT63 😉
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Anyhow, went to a 'classic' car meet this morning where the definition of classic seems to be a bit broad. Loads of different stuff, here's a selection:
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I'd forgotten the engine is further forward of the radiator in those Audis. A friend parked his in the front of a bus outside work, we were amazed he didn't need a radiator looking at the damage from outside. Then he opened the bonnet and we realised why. Still an expensive repair.
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lol I read that merc is 2.1 tonnes, doesn’t come with ceramic brakes unless it’s the top spec and it’s so long and low it bottoms out all the time
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I bet that NSX is a blast to drive if it still has the Senna DNA!
Doubt I’ll find out though.
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It definitely looked good. Had never seen one before in the metal.
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
You don't need ceramic anchors unless you're doing track days.
I think the 2.1 tonne weight is for the hybridised version which puts out over 800 bhp and 1400 Nm of torque to compensate. Seems to be more of a Grand Tourer/super daily driver than (say) a 911 or a Vantage.
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If you have a car like that I'd want to be able to thrash it and not worry about brake fade, surely. 2.1 tonnes is a lot for a sports car.
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Steel brakes are generally up to the job of 'spirited' road driving if sensibly specced. Track days are a different league in terms of braking intensity and frequency. In my experience at least.
Also decent steel brakes with good ventilation, metallic/semi metallic pads and dot 5 or specialist brake fluid can be very effective. Worked a treat in my old Evo 6 which I took on track regularly with slick tyres - and I was hard on the brakes.
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Interesting anthropological study over lunch between a Car cafe and a moto cafe on each side of a crossroads somewhere in the west south downs...
Moto Cafe - hairy men, motorhead, greasy spoon food (well done though), rubbish coffee. sticky plastic booths, dirty toilets
Car Cafe - quiffs, turn of millennium house music, hipster food (not sampled), proper coffee, beautiful interior, toilets to nice to go No. 2 in
We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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About 2/3 the weight. But the brakes are proportionately smaller 320mm plays 390mm or 420mm. In terms of surface area and assuming the piston area is similarly sized, that's pretty proportionate. I don't think AMG are in the business of skimping on brakes given the type of cars they produce.
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Who knew car designers know more about car design than the average punter?
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Yeabut this is not 'Stevo's car'.
seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
You're dead right there, that GT63 is not my car: I drive a C63 estate. Hopefully cars from the same manufacturer are OK for Judge Pinno? 😉
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
Stop being a tw@t. What I meant was, this is not Stevo's car thread. It's a general thread about cars and seemingly always seems to come back around to your car or your previous Mitsubishi. It's getting a bit tedious. Perhaps @briantrumpet could rename the thread 'Stevo's car'.
seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
'It's not my thread but I'll post if I want to....' - sounds like a song? 😊
Feel free not to reply if you're not interested in what I post.
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