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I recently found this SUV when it showed up in the Houston Craigslist. It's an Italian SUV from the '80's called a La Forza.
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There's one for $1500 in Flint too apparently.
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I recently found this SUV when it showed up in the Houston Craigslist. It's an Italian SUV from the '80's called a La Forza.
Looks a lot like a Trooper... but (wow, there's a Wiki!) apparently it's a bespoke vehicle.
Now that is a truly, truly obscure car...
From my favorite car makers. The '79 Aston Marton Bulldog. Gullwing doors. What you thin is a hood folds down and is a long row of head lights. I remember seeing this car in my father's Playboy magazine.
Then there is the Aston Martin Lagonda. It still is beautiful
*But this picture is waaaaaaaaaaaay too big for GTP. Please stay within 1280 x 720p please.
Then there is the Aston Martin Lagonda. It still is beautiful
*But this picture is waaaaaaaaaaaay too big for GTP. Please stay within 1280 x 720p please.
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Holy massive pictures, Batman.
Heard of the Bulldog before but never thought to check it out. The Lagonda on the other hand, certainly isn't what I'd call beautiful! Distinctive maybe, or imposing...
Heard of the Bulldog before but never thought to check it out. The Lagonda on the other hand, certainly isn't what I'd call beautiful! Distinctive maybe, or imposing...
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Posted it in another thread to show extreme street cars: Camparo T1 (searched this thread did not find it)
A car made for races, but supposed to be allowed in races for street cars, so is street legal.
A car made for races, but supposed to be allowed in races for street cars, so is street legal.
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Posted it in another thread to show extreme street cars: Camparo T1 (searched this thread did not find it)
A car made for races, but supposed to be allowed in races for street cars, so is street legal.
Of course, street-racing is illegal... so...
It's a street-legal racecar, that means you can drive it on the streets, not race it on the streets. Just mind them humps.
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Of course, street-racing is illegal... so...
Actually racing on public or private roads is almost the only thing going on here, that means:
You block off a lot of road, here we do this mostly on hill climbing races or rally, and you do a time trial on that bit of road.
There are a lot of not street/road legal cars in these street races though.
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Yeah... but it's not a street-legal race car because it's legal to race on the streets. It's because it's legal to drive on the streets.
A tarmac rally isn't a street-race. It's a closed-course road race.
Yeah, I know... small difference.
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But it's not a street car. It can't be used to meet my needs, so it's not a street car.
I really hope someone gets that.
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But it's not a street car. It can't be used to meet my needs, so it's not a street car.
I really hope someone gets that.
Yo!
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But it's not a street car. It can't be used to meet my needs, so it's not a street car.
I really hope someone gets that.
Ooookay, so this is how I see these definitions:
Street car: street legal. Can be anything above and beyond. A Toyota Camry or an electric yellow submarine.
Road car: Same thing, really.
Practical car: a car that can be used on a daily basis as a mode of transport. Toyota Camry fits the definition to a T, Pagani Zonda with a jet engine, not so much.
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I wasn't serious when I wrote that, I just poking fun at an earlier thread. No offence Zenith, by the way.
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None taken. Arguments on the internet? *gasp* NEVER!
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I was vaguely aware of that, but i was under the assumption that you were the person prolonging that argument. I was evidently wrong, and I apologize.
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Not clear if it exists already, but is for sale, delivery in 2011:
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Oldsmobile Aerotech:
267.88 mph, 2.3 L Quad 4 engine appx 850 horsepower
267.88 mph, 2.3 L Quad 4 engine appx 850 horsepower
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Which one?
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Just discovered these VW concept car: Volkswagen W12 Coupe "Nardò"
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So you've not played Gran Turismo 4 then?
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- Are you kidding?
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Correct only have GT5p in the series, sorry for that if it is known to all here. Just picked up simulators since May 2009.
I'll check from now on if I can find some info concerning the cars in Gran Turismo.
Just found this picture of it:
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^ It happens all the time dude. 
BT-> I've always thaought back in high school, that the mid-'90s Cadillac DeVille and the Cadillac Fleetwood were the same car under their skin, because the way the almost look-alike!
DeVille
Fleetwood
^ And thought that the Fleetwood was just a spiffed-out Deville. I was completely wrong...
...turns out the the Fleetwood was RWD and the (lamer) DeVille was FWD!
BT-> I've always thaought back in high school, that the mid-'90s Cadillac DeVille and the Cadillac Fleetwood were the same car under their skin, because the way the almost look-alike!
DeVille
Fleetwood
^ And thought that the Fleetwood was just a spiffed-out Deville. I was completely wrong...
...turns out the the Fleetwood was RWD and the (lamer) DeVille was FWD!
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^ It happens all the time dude.
BT-> I've always thaought back in high school, that the mid-'90s Cadillac DeVille and the Cadillac Fleetwood were the same car under their skin, because the way the almost look-alike!
^ And thought that the Fleetwood was just a spiffed-out Deville. I was completely wrong...
...turns out the the Fleetwood was RWD and the (lamer) DeVille was FWD!
Cadillac was weird back in the day. Up until around '76, the DeVille was smaller than the Fleetwood. In '77, they were both downsized and used the same chassis, but were still separate cars. In '85, they were merged into one car on their new FWD chassis, with DeVille being the base models, and the Fleetwood/Brougham being the higher trims. In around '94, they put the DeVille on the same platform as the Seville, and again upsized the Fleetwood, putting it on their new RWD chassis shared with the Caprice and Roadmaster. Of course, in 2000 they dropped the Fleetwood name and redesigned the DeVille.
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Some of you may already know of this site, but I find looking through it interesting every now and then.
Serious Wheels
Lots of manufacturers and modifiers in there.
Serious Wheels
Lots of manufacturers and modifiers in there.
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