I love all Italian cars. I was pretty heavy into Ferraris and Lamborghinis when I was younger. After I moved to NYC, I saw them all over the place. I still appreciate a nice one though, especially any vintage example. Shortly after I first moved out I had some of my paintings on display at Manhattan Motor Cars, that's NYC's Lamborghini/Porsche/Rolls Royce/Bentley/Lotus/Spyker and whatever else dealer. Nice guys working there. But, the more I got in to it and the more I was around people who owned these cars, the more turned off I got. A lot of the owners seem to own them for the same reasons their wives own Louis Vuitton hand bags. For fashion and to impress their peers. For instance, I went to a Ferrari Councours at West Point, I think it was in 03ish. Tons of awesome Ferraris. One guy had a Dino with a Ferrari badge on the hood, one behind each window and one on the trunk. Now, if you know anything about Ferarri, you know the name Ferrari is not to be found anywhere on a Dino. The guy got out of his car and was wearing a Ferrari shirt, Ferrari hat, Ferrari shoes, red pants and had a mini clown bike in red with Ferrari badges on it. I almost laughed. He was the extreme, but there were a lot of stuffy people there. Ironically enough, the coolest people there seemed to be the ones in old blue jeans, tshirts and comfy sneakers who pulled up in an F40 with bugs splattered all over the front. It was pretty easy to tell the true enthusiast from the people with the status issues.
my thoughts exactly.i see the high end cars in nyc and nj and think good luck with the pot holes. Ferraris and most high end cars are now made for the people with the status issues.i think the f40 was there last real car. id take a pickup truck over any new high end sports car. oh and nice painting i thought it was a photo
The service director at my FORD dealership has a BMW and a Porsche. What does that tell you? His wife drives the Expedition
This is why employees have to park behind the building!
i worked for jeep/dodge dealer and 1 of the salesman i was friends with had to buy a new car.. he shoped around and they still could not beat the deal he could get on a vw....they ask him to park his vw away from the customers
Halgar wrote:To be more accurate, we'd have to also include BMW, Mercedes, modified rice, and ghetto cruisers.
Some things are obviously the same where ever you live....! I'd have to remove ghetto cruisers from that list & add Audi's, then it would be perfect for the UK also
Hi all, my collegaue has brought in his old Kyosho F40 OT-122 chassis, I can't find out anything about it on the internet. Does anyone know if it is worth anything. It is almost complete (gearbox cover is missing) and it even has a brand new sealed...
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I had one of these in the early 90's but with the Porsche 911 Slantnose body. It was durable and a lot of fun. I remember digging it out in about 10 years later but I had lost the body by then and the width of the chassis made it hard to use modern...
Is anyone aware of this body being produced as a reproduction? It was available for a long time but I can't seem to find one anywhere. Any help would be appreciated.
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Wow. I had no idea this body was so hard to find. Now I really want one.
A couple of months ago I was minding my own business at a local car show and then this appeared on a vendors table...............I had no choice but to spend more money on RC, how could I walk away :roll:
Needs a light detail and radio gear clean...
Got the blu ray and watched it last night and I'm curious if any of our membership here has seen it.
I thought I knew the story but was surprised by some plot twists. Perhaps the film-makers have taken some artistic license in an effort to make a...
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I finally watched it last month. Being a life long gearhead/car guy, I have to admit I was not looking fwd to Matt Damon playing Carol Shelby, just seemed like a really poor choice to play Carol. But I can admit when I am wrong, and thankfully, I...
Many people have asked for the dimensions of the RC10R5 once the Full-Option ( 235mm conversion kit is installed. Well, here are some photos showing that in fact the rear end is around 3/8 narrower than the stock RC10L and the front end is around...
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TOTP!!!
I can only figure there are three types, only because there are three different types of rebuild kits that I have come across for the similar .56 shock bodies.
Maybe others can chime in with there tribal knowledge...
It was nice to have the chance to own two kinds of alloy gear cases made by Walt & Rouge elements. Haven't acquired the golden years tranny case yet because of price.. :(
Which do you think looks better or made better? Didn't have a chance to try...
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How much are these cases? The machined Delrin cases for dirt oval cars are under $40.
you really don't wanna know Mike :lol: .