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Streetrod
Original Poster
4,989 posts
75 months
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Look I am a dyed in the wool Hotrodder of 35 years standing who also happens to love classics, supercars, boats, planes, basically anything with a large engine that goes fast. Which is why I find this video so entertaining. It’s a comparison between an Aventador and a Rat Rod (I hate that expression by the way) in Southern California. I love the way this video is structured and some of the conclusions these guys come too. One of the best conclusions is that women apparently prefer the Hotrod. Personally I am not a fan of the "Rat Rod" look, I prefer my Hotrods to have a little more engineering integrity, but enough of that check out the video, its fun  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rArpyMXT2ew&fea...Mods please don’t move this to the video section as I think it deserves a larger audience
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VR6 Turbo
1,358 posts
23 months
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Streetrod said: Look I am a dyed in the wool Hotrodder of 35 years standing who also happens to love classics, supercars, boats, planes, basically anything with a large engine that goes fast. Which is why I find this video so entertaining. It’s a comparison between an Aventador and a Rat Rod (I hate that expression by the way) in Southern California. I love the way this video is structured and some of the conclusions these guys come too. One of the best conclusions is that women apparently prefer the Hotrod. Personally I am not a fan of the "Rat Rod" look, I prefer my Hotrods to have a little more engineering integrity, but enough of that check out the video, its fun http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rArpyMXT2ew&fea...Mods please don’t move this to the video section as I think it deserves a larger audience Great video. I would have the sailor jerrys Rod in a heart beat, even if Id look like a total bellend in this country.
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LCR265
1,220 posts
30 months
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Nice video, thanks. Couple of laugh out loud moments in there too.
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Fartgalen
4,388 posts
76 months
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Jamie VTS
564 posts
16 months
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Thanks, I enjoyed watching that!
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cpl_payne
401 posts
52 months
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Thank you, that was fun to watch! Definitely leaning more towards rat than bling, but that particular one is just too impractical.
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Garlick
38,300 posts
109 months
PH Manager Bloke
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Very cool.
Envious of their ability to 'pop to the beach'. God I love California.
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Streetrod
Original Poster
4,989 posts
75 months
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Garlick said: Very cool.
Envious of their ability to 'pop to the beach'. God I love California. Hey you and me both. There is a load of crap than goes down in the States but the whole Hotrod and car culture of Southern California is like a magnet too me. Loads of happy memories
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rhinochopig
16,059 posts
67 months
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Gaz.
47,177 posts
120 months
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Not keen on rat rods at all, but a big fan of painted & glazed hotrods.
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fozzymandeus
679 posts
15 months
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I thought those two were cool.
They managed to yap on about cars for ages without once screaming "POWER" and "WHAT A MACHINE", yet managed to be entertaining.
More of them please.
I like how they deconstructed the Lambo too... they spoke a lot of sense about it, really.
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traffman
1,470 posts
78 months
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I really enjoyed that !
Thank you !
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SteellFJ
240 posts
36 months
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really enjoyed that!
two of my favourite cars/styles!
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300bhp/ton
26,483 posts
59 months
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Cool vid  And I love rods. But that thing sucks big time. Such a pointless vehicle 
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Streetrod
Original Poster
4,989 posts
75 months
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300bhp/ton said: Cool vid And I love rods. But that thing sucks big time. Such a pointless vehicle One mans pointless is another mans fun chariot 
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300bhp/ton
26,483 posts
59 months
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Streetrod said: One mans pointless is another mans fun chariot I guess. Although I don't really understand why you'd want to make something that performs badly or worse. I guess it's the age old divide between the Hot Rodders and Customs/Street Rods. One is built to perform, the other is built to look like it might perform.
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Jag-D
19,565 posts
88 months
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Top video
The Rat Rod looked like hell to drive and a complete pain in the arse...but I still would
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irocfan
1,516 posts
59 months
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Streetrod said: One mans pointless is another mans fun chariot +1
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davetibbs
132 posts
15 months
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I understand (I think!) the point of Rat Rods - to spend all the money on the engine and not give a crap if the body falls apart around it. So why, then, does the engine in that Rat Rod run like s  t? I'd at least try to scrape some money together so it could idle properly :P
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hairykrishna
8,976 posts
72 months
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davetibbs said: I understand (I think!) the point of Rat Rods - to spend all the money on the engine and not give a crap if the body falls apart around it. That was the original point. These days it seems a term for cars people have deliberately, and at great expense, made to look like they're f ked.
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