Cars & Bikes, Driving & Riding

Postby **CBear3** » Tue Oct 09, 2018 2:07 pm

Modern sports/super cars are being designed by people who watched too much Speed Racer and played with the fictional Hot Wheels cars instead of the classics.

Postby **NTP66** » Tue Oct 09, 2018 2:14 pm

Ever see those Corvette Giveaway commercials during Pens games? The 65 Stingray is gorgeous, even though it's white (@Willie Kool), but they put a Lingenfelter LS3 in it. I know the 396 can't compare performance-wise, but I'm not a fan of cars like that with modern power plants.

Postby **dodint** » Tue Oct 09, 2018 2:16 pm

C1's are still the best looking Vettes. At least in this old guy's opinion. Also great fun to go through the gears and drive on 2 lane roads. Self driving cars are coming and are going to suck.

Self-driving cars will be great. They'll get the dimwitted morons that can't merge from behind the wheel and into the backseat where they can give their iPhones undivided attention. The rest of us will have much less congested and safer roads.

Postby **mac5155** » Tue Oct 09, 2018 3:18 pm

Ever see those Corvette Giveaway commercials during Pens games? The 65 Stingray is gorgeous, even though it's white (@Willie Kool), but they put a Lingenfelter LS3 in it. I know the 396 can't compare performance-wise, but I'm not a fan of cars like that with modern power plants.

My uncle has a 67 Chevelle 396SS. It's no LS3 but it still gets me tingly when he chomps on it.

Postby **Lemon Berry Lobster** » Tue Oct 09, 2018 3:20 pm

Sure, Corvettes are cool, but have yinz ever seen a Dodge Intrepid. Those suckers are v lit af.

Postby **offsides** » Tue Oct 09, 2018 3:20 pm

C1's are still the best looking Vettes. At least in this old guy's opinion. Also great fun to go through the gears and drive on 2 lane roads. Self driving cars are coming and are going to suck.
Self-driving cars will be great. They'll get the dimwitted morons that can't merge from behind the wheel and into the backseat where they can give their iPhones undivided attention. The rest of us will have much less congested and safer roads.

IMO Self-driving cars and driver cars on the same highways will be very bad. I can see many issues. For one, If I have a self driving car will I be able to set the speed 20 mph over the limit or will they be required to stay at the speed limit? Since self-drivers know how fast they are going will they be allowed to speed? If everyone is required to have a self driver do we even need things like a drivers license, traffic lights, speed limits or traffic police? Lots of issues to deal with when they start producing them which is suppose to be soon.

Postby **dodint** » Tue Oct 09, 2018 3:22 pm

Sure, Corvettes are cool, but have yinz ever seen a Dodge Intrepid. Those suckers are v lit af.

Postby **NTP66** » Tue Oct 09, 2018 3:39 pm

Every time I'm reminded that dodint's alias is about the car, it saddens me.

Postby **Willie Kool** » Tue Oct 09, 2018 4:53 pm

The 2.7L was a complete piece of crap. Saw a bunch with trashed bearings and cranks at less than 50K.

Postby **Willie Kool** » Tue Oct 09, 2018 4:58 pm

The 65 Stingray is gorgeous, even though it's white (@Willie Kool)

Postby **dodint** » Tue Oct 09, 2018 5:05 pm

The 2.7L was a complete piece of crap. Saw a bunch with trashed bearings and cranks at less than 50K.

Yes. Notoriously bad. I had the 3.5 and 3.2. The 3.5HO was supposedly tits.

Postby **Lemon Berry Lobster** » Tue Oct 09, 2018 5:55 pm

Sure, Corvettes are cool, but have yinz ever seen a Dodge Intrepid. Those suckers are v lit af.

These guys need to slow down and save some ladies for single guys like me...

Postby **mac5155** » Wed Oct 10, 2018 11:02 pm

Every time I'm reminded that dodint's alias is about the car, it saddens me.

Huh. TIL.

Postby **Freddy Rumsen** » Thu Oct 11, 2018 10:10 pm

Never put that together, but totally see it.

Postby **dodint** » Thu Oct 11, 2018 10:13 pm

The last one I had rusted out in 2007. If I needed a cheap daily driver I wouldn't hesitate to pick one up again. They were big, comfortable, and quick for their size. By the end I had my last one extensively upgraded and customized to my liking, not sure I could ever go home at this point as I'm not willing to do all that work again.

Postby **iamjs** » Fri Oct 12, 2018 7:56 am

Never put that together, but totally see it.

a day later and I still don't see it

Postby **Lemon Berry Lobster** » Fri Oct 12, 2018 9:00 am

Never put that together, but totally see it.
a day later and I still don't see it

dodge intrepid
dod int

Postby **Silentom** » Fri Oct 12, 2018 9:03 am

bi tch

Postby **NTP66** » Fri Oct 12, 2018 9:06 am

To be fair, that's a whackadoodle abbreviation.

Postby **dodint** » Fri Oct 12, 2018 9:30 am

Given my current line of work people assume it's short for DoD Intelligence which is worse, really, given it's a personal account.

Postby **NTP66** » Fri Oct 12, 2018 9:40 am

I just assume that it stands for dodint now.

Postby **dodint** » Fri Oct 12, 2018 9:46 am

Postby **iamjs** » Fri Oct 12, 2018 2:48 pm

I always see dod as dept of defense and couldn't figure out what int was.

Postby **dodint** » Fri Oct 12, 2018 10:28 pm

Meanwhile at the Green Hell...

Postby **Factorial** » Fri Oct 12, 2018 11:12 pm

Is that a Continental? Or a Mark ?