The Best ///M/Barge/General Rant/Look at this/O/T(Vol XIX)

The Best ///M/Barge/General Rant/Look at this/O/T(Vol XIX)

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ATM

18,285 posts

219 months

Wednesday 7th December 2022
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Chris Stott said:
Pflanzgarten said:
Chris Stott said:
Fast Bug said:
Ignoring the price, I really like that Jag.
Me too!
The lower case R in the S P O r T badging would absolutely do my fking nut in.
No you’ve mentioned it I can’t unsee it laugh

And to compound the OCD, I think the letters are all different fonts.
Oh yeah


DeejRC

5,791 posts

82 months

Thursday 8th December 2022
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W00DY said:
Chris Stott said:
Probably brilliant to drive, but you’d have to be fairly thick skinned to drive that around laugh
Normal people won't understand, but normal people drive Kia Sportages.
Nobody has ever accused me of being normal and I don’t understand why on earth anybody would be seen dead in that!
It’s a toss up between that and the fking appalling Escort Turbo crap above as to which is more woeful. At least the Impreza has being a useful car on its side. The Escort should just have been crushed.

Scho

2,479 posts

203 months

Thursday 8th December 2022
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DeejRC said:
Nobody has ever accused me of being normal and I don’t understand why on earth anybody would be seen dead in that!
It’s a toss up between that and the fking appalling Escort Turbo crap above as to which is more woeful. At least the Impreza has being a useful car on its side. The Escort should just have been crushed.
Don’t hold back man…

Ha, I love that red wagon posted earlier. The white one however looks super council.



anonymous-user

54 months

Thursday 8th December 2022
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ATM said:
Oh yeah

Jaguar have always been really weak at fonts/logotypes/whatever you want to call it. That was particularly egregious (and the concept sadly short lived) but the current font they're using for JAGUAR looks really cheap and nasty, the R badges look garish and cheap, and replacing the growlers with leapers all over the car makes it look like eBay enthusiast Geralds have taken over that department.

NomduJour

19,106 posts

259 months

Thursday 8th December 2022
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Quite like the mismatched typeface, very of-its-time.

This or a Chasseur Stealth Biturbo, though?


Blown2CV

28,809 posts

203 months

Thursday 8th December 2022
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stickleback123 said:
ATM said:
Oh yeah

Jaguar have always been really weak at fonts/logotypes/whatever you want to call it. That was particularly egregious (and the concept sadly short lived) but the current font they're using for JAGUAR looks really cheap and nasty, the R badges look garish and cheap, and replacing the growlers with leapers all over the car makes it look like eBay enthusiast Geralds have taken over that department.
that is hilariously bad! Why did they do that...

Crook

6,758 posts

224 months

Thursday 8th December 2022
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Prefer the wheels on the Tommy Walkinshaw job I think.

On the subject of car typefaces, whilst reading about the last of the BMW V12s, I noticed this, which looks like it's been spawned (whatever that means) in Minecraft.


Crook

6,758 posts

224 months

Thursday 8th December 2022
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Blown2CV said:
that is hilariously bad! Why did they do that...






F1GTRUeno

6,354 posts

218 months

Thursday 8th December 2022
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It's very late 80's/early 90's to have something written like that.

Remember growing up and nearly every VHS had a preview section with wonderful patterns and purple, pink, light blue colours and the letters in preview would've been in different fonts, colours, etc.

MattsCar

950 posts

105 months

Thursday 8th December 2022
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ferrisbueller said:
https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/1996-subaru-im...

Collecting cars sold one with a lot less miles earlier this year, for a chunk less money.

Not sure how robust and durable the tuning is. And how well it would wear that mileage.

I assume it comes with a balaclava as standard.
The red one is based on a WRX.

The white one is rarer and based on an STI and is also a saloon, which is more desirable.

braddo

10,466 posts

188 months

Friday 9th December 2022
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Happy Friday.




From Goodwood a couple of weeks ago. The big lump in the middle of the queue is a M4. The Cortina had a mechanical problem during the day unfortunately. Great looking little thing.

Crook

6,758 posts

224 months

Saturday 10th December 2022
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Doc on Michelle Mouton on Sky Docs now thumbup

Trailer

It has some great footage including the removal of the finger tips from a car. I must admit I did think that was something of a myth.



Edited by Crook on Monday 12th December 09:07

Crook

6,758 posts

224 months

Thursday 15th December 2022
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I should probably ask this on the Mercedes part however I know that some on here have had and do have AMG _63 cars.

Is there any difference / benefit APART from the size between a C63 and an E63 both in the 6.2 estate flavour? I've not looked into it with any seriousness yet however the Audi, whilst being genuinely a very surprisingly great car is absolutely killing my back: I cannot get on with the seat and so as with my ideas on an M6 the window of opportunity for stupidly large engines as daily drivers is slowly closing.

C63 As an example.



One difference would appear to be an absence of E63 estates for sale.




jeremyc

23,466 posts

284 months

Thursday 15th December 2022
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Crook said:
... the Audi, whilst being genuinely a very surprisingly great car is absolutely killing my back: I cannot get on with the seat ...
Or just change the seat(s) in the Audi. But of course that's less fun. smile

Crook

6,758 posts

224 months

Thursday 15th December 2022
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jeremyc said:
r just change the seat(s) in the Audi. But of course that's less fun. smile
I have thought of that but I wouldn't actually know where to start.

On the fun side, a 63 is more likely as a daily proposition then the A6 plus an M6 is whilst I continue racing at this moment in time.

Or it's keep A6, fix seats and add 100bhp.

jeremyc

23,466 posts

284 months

Thursday 15th December 2022
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Crook said:
Or it's keep A6, fix seats and add 100bhp.
Can't vouch that they're legit. wink




Crook

6,758 posts

224 months

Thursday 15th December 2022
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Ah, okay, literally as simple as that! thumbup

(Will probably never happen but will have a look)

Thanks.

jeremyc

23,466 posts

284 months

Thursday 15th December 2022
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Crook said:
Ah, okay, literally as simple as that! thumbup

(Will probably never happen but will have a look)

Thanks.
No idea if they'll fit, but there will be some that do.

Also you'll need to try a few variants to find a type that your back finds acceptable.

Cactussed

5,292 posts

213 months

Thursday 15th December 2022
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As the owner of an E63 (5.5) wagon, the heated and cooled massage seats are lovely....

Crook

6,758 posts

224 months

Thursday 15th December 2022
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biggrin
Sounds ideal!