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Offline Scaerio

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Re: What car have you been obsessing about today?
« Reply #4860 on: May 21, 2017, 01:39:54 am »
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agreed, or Martini

I always associate Martini with Porsche -- Stratos has to be Alitalia.

Yeah Martini has a long history with Porsche.

...but Martini livery to me has always been Italian - Alfa 155 in DTM [Larini], Lancia Delta Integrale, Lancia 037 [driven by Walter Rohrl]
depends on what cars you saw racing around as a kid I guess...

but yes Alitalia is a great historical livery for the Stratos

but that is a Hawk HF3000 - it can be any livery it wants to be :)

During the Stratos era, I believe Martini was pretty tight with Porsche.  All those Italian cars you mentioned are from the '80s, after the Stratos's glory days...
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Re: What car have you been obsessing about today?
« Reply #4861 on: May 21, 2017, 02:00:38 am »
IQ in the Porsche Martini Racing Room at Mickey Blaine's cigar bar. :)


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Re: What car have you been obsessing about today?
« Reply #4862 on: May 21, 2017, 02:02:20 am »
Awesome pic!
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Re: What car have you been obsessing about today?
« Reply #4863 on: May 22, 2017, 05:54:34 pm »
2009 IS F

Seems the pricing on these has hit bottom and holding or going up now.

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Re: What car have you been obsessing about today?
« Reply #4864 on: May 22, 2017, 06:13:56 pm »
Awesome car with an amazing V8.

I will own one someday.
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Re: What car have you been obsessing about today?
« Reply #4865 on: May 22, 2017, 07:35:00 pm »
That is a great looking car

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Re: What car have you been obsessing about today?
« Reply #4866 on: May 29, 2017, 08:36:13 am »
The Alfa slappy presents an Alfa vid. Shocker!  :P

Always wanted a 4C since they were launched, but thought it needed more NA music. This seems to be a good solution. Wow is this thing is a monster.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSd9sVV5LFU
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Re: What car have you been obsessing about today?
« Reply #4867 on: May 29, 2017, 10:47:09 pm »
Quote from: ChaosphereIX on May 29, 2017, 08:36:13 am
The Alfa slappy presents an Alfa vid. Shocker!  :P

Always wanted a 4C since they were launched, but thought it needed more NA music. This seems to be a good solution. Wow is this thing is a monster.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSd9sVV5LFU
As if the Akrapovič accessory exhaust option wasn't good enough.......
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Re: What car have you been obsessing about today?
« Reply #4868 on: May 30, 2017, 09:04:58 am »
Smoking Tire drove one today, and I am completely infatuated again, just like when I saw the Top Gear review. Possibly one of the prettiest and best sounding cars of all time.


Smoking Tire review - listen to it wow...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiXML78oywo&t=0s

Will never have one, but a Maserati Gransport is close enough for me...and those are much cheaper  :)

OK sorry with the Alfas, will tone it down for a while...
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Re: What car have you been obsessing about today?
« Reply #4869 on: May 30, 2017, 09:16:18 am »
It's definitely one of the best looking modern cars but it's unfortunate that the 8C wasn't actually that good. I'd still own one though.
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Re: What car have you been obsessing about today?
« Reply #4870 on: May 30, 2017, 09:55:57 am »
Who said it is not that good? Clarkson? He drove it on a track. Funny how the Disco Volante is basically the same car, and he could not stop driving that thing...oh and they loved the Gransport when they drove that too, which shares a lot of bits with the Alfa contradictions abound!

It is a GT and canyon carver, as Matt Farah found out in the hills of California. For that, it is just fine...

Still, it is not really a car anyways. It is automotive art. In that respect, Clarkson was bang on.
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Re: What car have you been obsessing about today?
« Reply #4871 on: May 30, 2017, 09:59:05 am »
Most of the reviews I've read were not too kind about the handling IIRC.
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Re: What car have you been obsessing about today?
« Reply #4872 on: May 30, 2017, 10:06:30 am »
Quote from: OliverD on May 30, 2017, 09:59:05 am
Most of the reviews I've read were not too kind about the handling IIRC.

yeah I have read a few too, it is basically a beautiful Italian Mustang. A muscle car in Armani. I am fine with that.
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Re: What car have you been obsessing about today?
« Reply #4873 on: May 30, 2017, 10:17:09 am »
F150 Raptor....because reasons....

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Re: What car have you been obsessing about today?
« Reply #4874 on: May 30, 2017, 10:27:37 am »
Why not the new one?

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Re: What car have you been obsessing about today?
« Reply #4875 on: May 30, 2017, 10:35:02 am »
Ecoboost.....not a fan. Nicer truck all around, deserved a real engine.
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Re: What car have you been obsessing about today?
« Reply #4876 on: May 30, 2017, 10:58:12 am »
Quote from: ChaosphereIX on May 30, 2017, 09:55:57 am
Who said it is not that good? Clarkson? He drove it on a track. Funny how the Disco Volante is basically the same car, and he could not stop driving that thing...oh and they loved the Gransport when they drove that too, which shares a lot of bits with the Alfa contradictions abound!

It is a GT and canyon carver, as Matt Farah found out in the hills of California. For that, it is just fine...

Still, it is not really a car anyways. It is automotive art. In that respect, Clarkson was bang on.



Absolutely love the styling of the Disco. I wouldn't care is it handled like a Freightliner.
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Re: What car have you been obsessing about today?
« Reply #4877 on: May 30, 2017, 11:00:11 am »
Quote from: Sir Osis of Liver on May 30, 2017, 10:58:12 am
Quote from: ChaosphereIX on May 30, 2017, 09:55:57 am
Who said it is not that good? Clarkson? He drove it on a track. Funny how the Disco Volante is basically the same car, and he could not stop driving that thing...oh and they loved the Gransport when they drove that too, which shares a lot of bits with the Alfa contradictions abound!

It is a GT and canyon carver, as Matt Farah found out in the hills of California. For that, it is just fine...

Still, it is not really a car anyways. It is automotive art. In that respect, Clarkson was bang on.



Absolutely love the styling of the Disco. I wouldn't care is it handled like a Freightliner.

Its an art car....thats also Italian. Drain the fluids, pull the battery, stick it in your dining room.
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Re: What car have you been obsessing about today?
« Reply #4878 on: May 30, 2017, 11:25:04 am »
Quote from: Fobroader on May 30, 2017, 10:35:02 am
Ecoboost.....not a fan. Nicer truck all around, deserved a real engine.
:iagree:  ;D
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Re: What car have you been obsessing about today?
« Reply #4879 on: May 30, 2017, 01:14:06 pm »
Quote from: Vmango on May 30, 2017, 01:11:06 pm
Quote from: Firm on May 30, 2017, 11:25:04 am
Quote from: Fobroader on May 30, 2017, 10:35:02 am
Ecoboost.....not a fan. Nicer truck all around, deserved a real engine.
:iagree:  ;D


Should have put the voodoo in

I don't even know about that...a 5L with a set of free flowing heads, a lumpier cam and a few intake manifold mods should be able to get ya 450-500hp no problem. I like the Voodoo, but in a Mustang, not a truck.
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