Car Chat

[r0tor]

I really want to go to the NY Autoshow their year as I have missed it since COVID happened... Only problem is there are no cars left to actually look at 

It looks like 2 of the 3 halls have now been converted from cars to EV test drives   

[Rich]

I was thinking about going until you said that

[Eye of the Tiger]

I really want to go to the NY Autoshow their year as I have missed it since COVID happened... Only problem is there are no cars left to actually look at 

It looks like 2 of the 3 halls have now been converted from cars to EV test drives   

wtf man

[CaminoRacer]

Test driving is more fun than just looking, but I'm sure you won't go more than 3 mph so it's not a real test drive

[r0tor]

I don't even see Mazda, Volvo, Jaguar, Land Rover, Lincoln, Cadillac, Audi, and mini mentioned in the website!!  Nor Tesla, Polestar, Rivian, or any of those types

[giant_mtb]

Test driving is more fun than just looking, but I'm sure you won't go more than 3 mph so it's not a real test drive

Yeah, a walking-speed "test drive" with a salesperson blabbing away about features and stats in your ear the whole time (keeping you from just exploring a vehicle on your own at your own pace) sounds like approximately zero fun.

[Soup DeVille]

Electric vehicles open up so many more possibilities when it comes to form factor, that its a damned shame we aren't seeing any crazy assed concept cars.

[CaminoRacer]

Electric vehicles open up so many more possibilities when it comes to form factor, that its a damned shame we aren't seeing any crazy assed concept cars.

How about this

https://youtu.be/Qq5Q1qKW-1g

[Laconian]

I saw that. I'm sure I would hate that guy IRL but he is certainly creative with his chaos.

[Eye of the Tiger]

I swear I could be more creative and more functional if I had that infinite youtube money.

[Soup DeVille]

I saw that. I'm sure I would hate that guy IRL but he is certainly creative with his chaos.

Whistlin Diesel?

Yeah, you'd hate pretty much everything about him

[Eye of the Tiger]

Whistlin Diesel?

Yeah, you'd hate pretty much everything about him

I am barely able to stand him. I usually mute him unless there are engine noises.

[giant_mtb]

I like some of his videos because the ideas themselves are fun...but then his douchebaggy personality often saps out most of the fun.

[CaminoRacer]

I like some of his videos because the ideas themselves are fun...but then his douchebaggy personality often saps out most of the fun.

I've only watched it on mute

[r0tor]

Electric vehicles open up so many more possibilities when it comes to form factor, that its a damned shame we aren't seeing any crazy assed concept cars.

Tons of possibilities, but the generic skateboard architecture ensures almost all of them are crossover or geriatric height 

[Soup DeVille]

Tons of possibilities, but the generic skateboard architecture ensures almost all of them are crossover or geriatric height 

But that was the job of concept cars- to throw new ideas out to the public and gauge their reaction.

We should be getting insane Luigi Colani and Sid Meier sci-fi looking stuff. Instead we get something about as exciting as the washer/dryer aisle at Home Depot.

[Morris Minor]

I've only watched it on mute

Terminal video fails usually show up in the first 30 seconds:
Presenter yelling.
Presenter opening with, "What's up....???!!!
Presenter with hat on backwards.
Bad upbeat music.
Bad swirly opening graphics.
Also... bad overdubbed music track throughout drowning out voices.

[r0tor]

But that was the job of concept cars- to throw new ideas out to the public and gauge their reaction.

We should be getting insane Luigi Colani and Sid Meier sci-fi looking stuff. Instead we get something about as exciting as the washer/dryer aisle at Home Depot.

What else can you do though when the floor is 8" thick?  You plop a box on top of a box

[Soup DeVille]

What else can you do though when the floor is 8" thick?  You plop a box on top of a box

Why would one build a concept using standardized power modules?

[Eye of the Tiger]

Why would one build a concept using standardized power modules?

Standardization is the concept. The modules are the build.
?

[r0tor]

Why would one build a concept using standardized power modules?

So you don't become Subaru who routinely made concept cars that could never be built and then produced a shitty looking production car.

[Eye of the Tiger]

This is the most car any member of the proletariat should be allowed to own, by law.

https://youtu.be/TrtgzKfrEcc

Change my mind.

[r0tor]

The new C&D is actually showcasing the Yugo and pointing out they are now selling for upwards of $8k for a pristine version.  First of all, what is a pristine Yugo.  It's a Yugo.  Secondly, the only thing that ever made them desirable was the companies figuring out how to recycle them.

$8k.... For a Yugo.... The brown eye of the automotive world

[Eye of the Tiger]

I'd rather have a Lada

[Morris Minor]

The new C&D is actually showcasing the Yugo and pointing out they are now selling for upwards of $8k for a pristine version.  First of all, what is a pristine Yugo.  It's a Yugo.  Secondly, the only thing that ever made them desirable was the companies figuring out how to recycle them.

$8k.... For a Yugo.... The brown eye of the automotive world

My Fiat Uno had that same 55 hp 1,100 cc engine. It was only a couple of years old, but its exhaust fell off when my wife & were driving her parents to the airport for their trip back home to the US. She told me much later that that, & seeing our home, had prompted them to very gently start planting the seed, suggesting we might move to the US, & afford something better.

[r0tor]

My Fiat Uno had that same 55 hp 1,100 cc engine. It was only a couple of years old, but its exhaust fell off when my wife & were driving her parents to the airport for their trip back home to the US. She told me much later that that, & seeing our home, had prompted them to very gently start planting the seed, suggesting we might move to the US, & afford something better.

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1988-fiat-uno-2/

!!!

[Soup DeVille]

The new C&D is actually showcasing the Yugo and pointing out they are now selling for upwards of $8k for a pristine version.  First of all, what is a pristine Yugo.  It's a Yugo.  Secondly, the only thing that ever made them desirable was the companies figuring out how to recycle them.

$8k.... For a Yugo.... The brown eye of the automotive world

They're- unique, and therefore interesting. It also has to be really rare to find one in good condition.

Not my cup of tea, but I can see why people would want them.

[AutobahnSHO]

Fiats were very popular in Argentina in the mid-90s, along with Peugeots. Not many Japanese cars!

[Morris Minor]

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1988-fiat-uno-2/

!!!

Here it is.
https://www.carspin.club/index.php?topic=36241.0

[FoMoJo]

Is this the normal way to change a bulldozer tire?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51Dc4bWVleg