Cars, Man

Gather App
Candle Power Forums

Help Support Candle Power:

Re: Snakes & Spyders

StarHalo said:
It does a bit, though the Spyder has the cool new "bikini top":

boxsterbikini.jpg


The one that looks most like original Spyder to me (in the nose section, at least) is the vaporware Ruf I put in the very first post: http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showpost.php?p=3173813&postcount=1
Click to expand...


That is sweet:caution: Love the black & white / black & cream on these cars.

The Carrera GT looks better in Syper format with the carbon panels removed, but this looks great with the bra on.

Love the Ruf's & have a few of those around (pics at least:() I'll try to find.

Can't wait to get down to Monterey again this year for the races. The Wine country classics are a lot of fun also.
Better fried calamari at 'Seca though :-).

Took another look at the first Ruf & you're right. You can clearly see they went after some lineage there.
Porsche has always been my favorite car designer since a little kid. Ferry Porsche was a genius innovator, designer, engineer on the same level as John Browning.

Timeless designs of purity of form, function, efficiency & grace.
 
Last edited:
StarHalo said:
That would be the 2011 Shelby GT500 (not the earlier models), but no one's tested one yet. You can distinguish it from earlier models by the thinner race stripes..
Click to expand...

Thinner?? :duh2:

Is that the Ladies Edition? :poke:

Okay, I'm kidding. That's a great pic.
 
StarHalo said:
but no one's tested one yet.
Click to expand...

And wouldn't you know it, two days later, Car & Driver tests one:

2011 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500: 1/4 mile in secs: 12.4@117mph, lateral Gs: 1.00
2010 Chevrolet Corvette: 1/4 mile in secs: 12.4@117mph, lateral Gs: 0.99

^ You're reading that correctly..

shelby2ck.jpg
 
DAMN!!!:eek::faint::ooo::huh:

That Snake looks sooo Bad-***!!:devil:

I'm a chevy guy myself, but these new Mustangs is just so damn nice lookin!!:thumbsup:
 
Monocrom said:
I love the performance. But what the f**k is up with that giant smile?!
Click to expand...

Gotta have a bigger airdam for the intercooler, a problem you'd still have to deal with if you supercharged a regular Mustang. But it least it doesn't look like this:

mazdaspeed3.jpg



Though the truly bad-*** have the intercooler(s) right out in the open..

f40intercooler.jpg
 
StarHalo said:
Gotta have a bigger airdam for the intercooler, a problem you'd still have to deal with if you supercharged a regular Mustang. But it least it doesn't look like this:

mazdaspeed3.jpg
Click to expand...

Oh don't remind me! :green:

You have no idea how happy I am that Mazda decided to re-design the 6 a year earlier than the 3.

Otherwise my baby would be wearing that hideous Joker grin. :aaa:
 
Monocrom said:
Oh don't remind me! :green:

You have no idea how happy I am that Mazda decided to re-design the 6 a year earlier than the 3.

Otherwise my baby would be wearing that hideous Joker grin. :aaa:
Click to expand...


Looks more like gills, poor things trying to breathe and be smothered all at the same time.
 
65535 said:
Looks more like gills, poor things trying to breathe and be smothered all at the same time.
Click to expand...

I've seen a few of them on the road. Not surprisingly, the vast majority are black in color.

Gee, I wonder if that's because black makes that insane-asylum grin appear quite a bit less obvious. :D
 
I see way too many of those new 3's around here. Absolutely hideous. Oddly, the majority of the ones I see are red or white. They always catch my eye because I really liked the previous generation, and the new one still looks decent from the rear.

Guess someone at Mazda was a fan of the old "Frog Eye" Sprite?

frogeye.jpg
 
The 3 is based on Mazda's current design aesthetic centered around the Furai concept car, but the idea doesn't really translate to a hatchback..

furai.jpg
 
Skyline GTR nismo Z-tune.

only available in right hand drive but that's what i like cause i learned to drive in a RHD car plus it's stick shift(i know it doesn't shift faster than a double clutch watever but it's much more fun with stick and i think most of us don't really have the skills or guts to drive those fast cars to do the things they can do anyways.

Mercedes G-class(i can spell the german name they gave to this thing)

Cool thing is that u have a car who's design won't get outdated because they never update it plus from what i've read/watched,it's a pretty good offroader

Ford bronco concept(oldish concept)
http://img52.imageshack.us/i/fordbroncoconcept200416.jpg/

Morgan aeromax..love it or hate it.
http://img714.imageshack.us/i/mainfileaeromaxbackwhit.jpg/
Rolls Royce Ghost
http://img59.imageshack.us/i/rollsroyceghost20101600.jpg/
Aston one 77




Zenvo ST1 supercharged&turbocharged 7L with over 1200+hp
 
No love for the new kid?

gtrml.jpg


I've seen a few of these in person, gotta say it's awfully big for a sports car, at least the size of an Accord coupe..

Edit: It's this big:

gtrnsx.jpg


N10 said:
i think most of us don't really have the skills or guts to drive those fast cars to do the things they can do anyways.
Click to expand...

That's the joy of AWD, you can drive it a lot closer to/at its limits with relative ease; regardless of how ham-fisted you are with the throttle, it always holds its line (barring surprise downshifts). Guests at the Lamborghini factory are welcome to drive an AWD Murcielago around their track - they guarantee your lap time will be within two seconds of the track record set by their factory driver.

N10 said:
Mercedes G-class(i can spell the german name they gave to this thing)
Click to expand...

Somebody in my neighborhood has an AMG G-Wagon, it's very impressive to see until you consider what else the money could have gone to (a Porsche Turbo or house in the midwest comes to mind..)
 
Last edited:
You must log in or register to reply here.

Latest posts

Back
Top