Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

Nice Cortina.

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lol not a chance :)

I would 100% have one of them, they're awesome.

You could fit an I16 under that bonnet I reckon.

the spare tyres are ace

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He's not Liberace.

so, i finally got my mk2 on the road, pictures are crap but i'll try and get some decent ones soon.

before;

after;

an audi golf
i knew they shared parts floor pans and engines but not names ?

Looks great Dry! Audi wheels look ace and it's good to see another one back on the roads!

Looks boss.

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It's amazing how little taste for aesthetic Americans have. Fuck me.

Guess they were trying to evoke a vintage look but instead happened upon a genetically cloned growth way ahead of its time.

The bonnet on the two door looks longer than the rest of the car combined.

Needs a chandelier as a good ornament.

Today I saw a Porsche 918 Spyder.

It pulled up behind me on Sheikh Zayed Road and flashed its' lights (middle-eastern for "gtfo of my way"), so I selected 'sport' mode and welded my foot to the floor.

I got to 165kph and he was about 2 inches behind me, never missing a beat.
I got to 185 and the fucker was so close I thought I was actually towing him along.
At 210 I decided that my licence could do without adding to the collection of points.

I pulled over and this thing screamed past me.

Beautiful car - probably the most beautiful car I've seen here in the flesh as it were.

The only downside was the colour that this chap had ordered it in - maroon.

Maroon. Not aubergine, but maroon.

csb.

It's amazing how little taste for aesthetic Americans have. Fuck me.

you don't get it.

after;

That's the damage, what a transformation. Like it.

^ MOAR please

Corvette Daytona Prototype from last year

http://johndagys.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/gallery/tusc-corvette-dp-evo/spirit-of-daytona-2014-daytona-prototype-road-atlanta-test-06.jpg

http://johndagys.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/gallery/tusc-corvette-dp-evo/spirit-of-daytona-2014-daytona-prototype-road-atlanta-test-07.jpg

i always wondered what was in the briefcase