***** Motors Chat - Round 5*****

Supergurrier

Shurre what ya want all that power for hah ?

doin wheelies i suppose

GvidoR

toastedpickles wrote: »

No to be truly hipster you have to buy something no one else has

Oh no. If this is the definition of a hipster, then I might become one fairly soon. :eek:

toastedpickles

GvidoR wrote: »

Oh no. If this is the definition of a hipster, then I might become one fairly soon. :eek:

Hate that

CianRyan

Lads, Hipsters don't wear hats... Or shoes.

toastedpickles

I'm alright so

GvidoR

Did the hats become too mainstream? :pac:

Ded_Zebra

Supergurrier wrote: »

Shurre what ya want all that power for hah ?

doin wheelies i suppose

Actually you would love my Primera! Galway reg and all :D


The worrying thing is that it's 90BHP which sounds really dreadful, until you remember all the laaaads in their 90BHP golfs and boras and passats going on about for fast that are and the massive torque laaaad etc. What would these fine young gentle men think if they got into a car that was mildly paced even. Never mind something fast!!!!

CianRyan

If a Hobit wouldn't wear it...

Oh, just leaving this here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKfp9aKu1Mo

toastedpickles

GvidoR wrote: »

Did the hats become too mainstream? :pac:

Just to clarify, I was wearing hats before it was cool


I was also driving an estate before it was cool too

quadrifoglio verde

Supergurrier wrote: »

Today i have decided i don't need the hassle of a V8 and i would prefer an E39 6 cylinder sub 3 grand to drive around not giving a care in the world and looking down my nose from my leather cockpit at all the peasants in diesels.

Tomorrow maybe V12, who feckin knows

How about a v8.....
http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/ford-mustang-cobra-svt-v8-5-0l/6849586

wotzgoingon

CianRyan wrote: »

If a Hobit wouldn't wear it...

Oh, just leaving this here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKfp9aKu1Mo

I want them 5-6mins of my life back please.
I was waiting for them birds to sing.

CianRyan

wotzgoingon wrote: »

I want them 5-6mins of my life back please.
I was waiting for them birds to sing.

They sing alright, have a look at some more Babymetal tunes. :pac:

Supergurrier

quadrifoglio verde wrote: »

How about a v8.....
http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/ford-mustang-cobra-svt-v8-5-0l/6849586

Lol 0-60 in 3.9

3.9 what ?

CianRyan

Supergurrier wrote: »

Lol 0-60 in 3.9

3.9 what ?

Minutes!

toastedpickles

CianRyan wrote: »

Minutes!

Was gona say lightyears but that works too :P

Kaiser D

Jeez, I have to get up in a few hours and make for the Whest!

Feck, I'll be tired tomorrow...

Noccy_Mondy

Kaiser D wrote: »

Jeez, I have to get up in a few hours and make for the Whest!

Feck, I'll be tired tomorrow...

Yeah, about time some of ye eastern's came to the best side of the country

GvidoR

toastedpickles wrote: »

Was gona say lightyears but that works too :P

TBH, lightyears wouldn't have worked at all.

MetzgerMeister

quadrifoglio verde wrote: »

How about a v8.....
http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/ford-mustang-cobra-svt-v8-5-0l/6849586

Anyone else think that the 90s was a fairly bad time for car design or is it just me?

GvidoR wrote: »

TBH, lightyears wouldn't have worked at all.

Yeah, considering it's a measurement of distance rather than time!

toastedpickles

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Anyone else think that the 90s was a fairly bad time for car design or is it just me?



Yeah, considering it's a measurement of distance rather than time!

Yeah it was a rough oul time alright, the set square age i like to call it

Also that was the joke about the lightyear thing :P

MetzgerMeister

toastedpickles wrote: »

Yeah it was a rough oul time alright, the set square age i like to call it

Also that was the joke about the lightyear thing :P

Oh right yeah!

The 90's was a great time for music and good weather but not for car design.

toastedpickles

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Oh right yeah!

The 90's was a great time for music and good weather but not for car design.

Aye, with an exception of one or two cars, toyota supra springs to mind, and the skylines perhaps but that's about it

MetzgerMeister

I'm not saying all cars were bad, just most.

CianRyan

Late 80's and through out the 90's are a great time for cars in Japan and Europe, just not so much America.

From Starions, RX7, M3 Evos ands Williams Clios. What a great time for car heads!

Ded_Zebra

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Anyone else think that the 90s was a fairly bad time for car design or is it just me?

I would tend to disagree. A lot of really good looking stuff came out over that time

BMW E39 and E46

Alfa 145 147 155 156 166

Mitsubishi Galant

Toyota Levin (though I'm biased) Supra and lots of other stuff we never got

Honda NSX (or was that 80's?)

Lexus IS200 and LS400

Porsche 996

Ferrari f355

Fiat Barchette (sp?)

Volvo 850R

Saab 9-5?

All a case of taste obviously and I'm sure there are plenty more.

post 3000:D:D what do I win?

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime

Ded_Zebra wrote: »

I would tend to disagree. A lot of really good looking stuff came out over that time

Mitsubishi Galant

Toyota Levin (though I'm biased) Supra and lots of other stuff we never got

Honda NSX (or was that 80's?)

Lexus LS400

Ferrari f355

Volvo 850R

All a case of taste obviously and I'm sure there are plenty more.

post 3000:D:D what do I win?

I fixed that list for you

chrisb1

90s was far from a bad time for car design

Subarus and evos
civics integras crx nsx
corollas carinas
skylines silvias 200sx 180sx 100nx (for the hair dressers)
mercs bmw
405mi-16
gti golfs
isuzu aska
cosworths xr3i and rs turbos
And some of the fast hot hatches out there 205 gti xr2i

Just to name a few

GvidoR

Volvo 850 T5R > Volvo 850 R

Also, I think 90s might actually be the best decade for car design. Most new cars look meh.

Cleveland Hot Pocket

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Anyone else think that the 90s was a fairly bad time for car design or is it just me?

'murican cars went through a bad era from the early/mid nineties up till about 2003-2004 when some of the muscle/pony cars were relaunched.

I pinpoint the decline of 'murican cars at two spots. Firstly around 1979, when a lot of manufacturers downsized from big blocks to small blocks, the transam for example now came with a 5.0 instead of a 6.6.
Secondly - around the same time as the above, maybe a couple years later, alot of the full size sedans from cadillac/lincoln etc - in addition to downsizing the engines- also swapped to FWD from RWD.
And finally from the mid '80s the car designers must have just put the previous model on a radiator and melted it - then used that as the new design, otherwise there is no explaining the styling!


(what's a rant??)

Big Nasty

The GM 400 / 403's used in Firebirds were small block. Also a lot of Caddys were FWD going back as far as the 70's. Other than that I agree.