Car Porn…

[Coronita]

I was looking forward to seeing this next generation Acura NSX… It’s kinda interesting….

But then Ford dropped a bombshell with the next generation Ford GT…..Damn….

Interesting both are 6 cylinders….

Well, gas is cheaper now 🙂

[svelte]

Ha! My son just sent me a text saying that Ford stole Acura’s thunder, then I see your post. 🙂

That Bolt, though derivative of i3 and Escape, is simply gorgeous – hope it makes it to production unscathed. And the Volt – that’s what it should have looked like first time around! Great design.

Love, love, love the VW Cross Coupe GTE. Man I really hope that makes production as-is! But it won’t. Sigh.

[The-Shoveler]

I really like the new F-150, but I wish they still produced the ranger as well.
Don’t know why but I really don’t want to drive an oversized truck or car.
Too much hassle parking and finding enough space to change lanes etc…
And if you want to load it from the side you have to lift the load about 4.5′ to 5′

“Well, gas is cheaper now :)”

Yea I think we scared the cr$p out of OPEC with our energy independence LOL.

[svelte]

I miss the Ranger too. Rented a 4×4 extended cab for a trip to NorCal one time and loved it! Was planning to get one eventually but they discontinued it.

[svelte]

[quote=The-Shoveler]
Yea I think we scared the cr$p out of OPEC with our energy independence LOL.[/quote]

Lol. I think you’re right.

I hope as a nation we can all come together and support energy independence / incentives for alternate energy sources etc.

Doesn’t matter to me whether you support those concepts because they are good for the environment or because they give the finger to the middle east, the concepts are good for the US and we should encourage them.

[spdrun]

Actually, it’s a big deal. There’s a big difference between oil independence (build-baby-build, nukes and renewables for me please) vs energy independence (frack-baby-frack, drill-baby-drill).

The two concepts are diametrically opposite.

Frankly, in the absence of nuke/alternative investment, I’d sooner see US oil production infrastructure wither. The oil in Saudi is easier, and thus less environmentally costly to extract. And better they pollute their environment than we ours.

Sooner or later, there will also be another severe crisis in the Middle East, which will hopefully cause world oil prices to hit $300/bbl. Then we’ll be forced to seriously consider alternatives, with a gun to our collective heads.

What we should be doing is taxing gasoline at $2/gal while it’s cheap and using the revenue to push alternatives while the opportunity exists. But this will never happen — Americans are too stupid and brainwashed to accept it, and we don’t have enough of a strong technocratic leadership class to get it done against the will of the lumpenidiotariat.

[The-Shoveler]

If SkunkWorks does what they say they can do (and I think they can, SkunkWorks does not generally say something unless they really really mean it), Big Oil will become almost completely irrelevant over the next 20 years.

Enjoy the cheap Oil until then.

[spdrun]

Fusion reactors have always been 20 years away, since the 1940s at least 🙂

Personally, I’d be happy if they succeed, but also disappointed. Free energy would mean no good reason for people to concentrate in cities anymore, reducing spontaneous human contact and making the life of the average person a living, isolated Hell.

[moneymaker]

Remember a couple years ago how the fuel cell was going to revolutionize everything. Seems like all these big ideas never really get going. Have to disagree with you spdrun on the taxing gasoline to encourage alternatives, it is just inherently wrong to tax something to encourage the opposite. I know it is done I’m just saying I don’t like it any more than all the other unconstitutional laws we have on the books that will never get repealed. Does the term “tea tax” ring a bell.

[spdrun]

I don’t see it as wrong or unconstitutional. We’ve had excise taxes since at least the late 1700s — see also the Whiskey Rebellion. Way before income tax.

[svelte]

Autoblog just released stats. Of the cars that debuted at the Detroit Auto Show, the average was:

– 331 HP
– 7 speeds
– 0-60 in 5.6 seconds

What a world we live in!

[Coronita]

[quote=svelte]Autoblog just released stats. Of the cars that debuted at the Detroit Auto Show, the average was:

– 331 HP
– 7 speeds
– 0-60 in 5.6 seconds

What a world we live in![/quote]

I still like the NSX styling better than the GT. But I like the GT’s drivetrain better…. I wonder how much the GT will be….

That F150 will be interesting… Aluminum body….It went on a serious diet…

[spdrun]

I’d rather have a good ‘ol 6-speed Miata with under 200 whorespower, but light, unsafe, and fun to drive. Not a ‘pooter on wheels.

[moneymaker]

I have a Mazda MX-5 that is a lot of fun to drive, the other day however I saw a Jeep (at least it had the symbol on the front) that looked just like a Hummer (the military version) should have got a picture because I’m really wishing I had one, whatever it was.

[phaster]

[quote=flu]I was looking forward to seeing this next generation Acura NSX… It’s kinda interesting….

But then Ford dropped a bombshell with the next generation Ford GT…..Damn….

Interesting both are 6 cylinders….

Well, gas is cheaper now :)[/quote]

don’t know what it is, but that “new” car porn just does not do for me, perhaps I’m thinking of what happens in the real world (bad roads and all)

a few years ago my mercedes mechanic gave me a call and told me come by the shop because there would be something I’d might be interested in. So I showed up and got to check out the tesla roadster. I’m a tech geek and did have check out the tesla roadster up in san carlos (bay area, not SD), when they were developing it back in 2007.

Anyway what I noticed about the tesla roadster on harbor drive down town by the convention center is how much one has to be aware of how bad the road is because the tesla is has an air dam and is so low to the ground. Also one has to consider crossing rail road tracks (ya have to creep and best cross a slight diagonal to avoid damage)

personally if I was going to throw away a couple of hundred grand on personal car porn I’d get an older “reimagined” porsche which BTW also has six cylinders….

http://singervehicledesign.com/gallery/the-machines/san-diego/

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