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I know a guy up in new england that bought a barn-find GT500, and has spent over 90k (including the cost of the car) just to get it to the point that it can be driven.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010 ----- You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010 ----- When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Shelby's are not practical. I am going to assume that people who buy Shelby's are people who enjoy collecting fast sports cars and fixing them up...more of a hobby than a family car. I believe John owns a Shelby and is a Shelby enthusiast.
The car you linked to is practical, less manly, but practical. I would never be caught dead driving that car, but I can't knock the logic for buying it, and would not make fun of any man who did drive that car...publicly .
To each their own.
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While I agree with you about the muscle cars I was astonished by the performance of the Skoda wagon when I hired one in the UK about a decade ago. It had the Audi TT motor and willingly picked up it's skirts and bolted down the M40 to Shropshire.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity -
RAH
I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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I don't own a Shelby, but am a Shelby enthusiast. My car requires an almost disturbing amount of testosterone to drive.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010 ----- You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010 ----- When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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I am trying to find a link to your car. I could swear you linked to a youtube car video a while back, plus you had a website at one time with pics of your car? Not sure on that one.
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Blowaaaah! (reduex)
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".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010 ----- You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010 ----- When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Nice, that's the one.
Now, you said you do not own a Shelby but your hood says Shelby.
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I bought the car new in 2012 as a V6. Everybody was happy.
I put the hood, body kit, "Power by Ford" emblem and blue stripes on it. I immediately started getting hate because everyone thought I was trying to represent it as an actual Shelby. One guy was especially upset because of the hood. He had a 2008 GT500-KR, and the hood I selected closely resembles a KR hood.
I figured that if I was already pissing people off without make an overt attempt to do so, I would make an overt attempt to do so, so I added the "SHELBY" emblem on the hood and trunk lid. That was the only SHELBY-oriented thing I did to the car - no other emblems, the text "GT500", or anything. That was 2013.
In 2014 I did the engine swap. People still hated on it because of the emblems, even though the car made more power as the GT500's, and was honestly closer to the post-title cars produced in the mid-60's. It was the most faithful "tribute" car anyone has ever done.
In 2016, I added the blower, and because I had to change the hood, the SHELBY emblems cam off - not because of the hate, but because the car was no longer a Shelby tribute (no Shelby has ever had a blower sticking out of the hood).
The car needs a paint job, and I'm thinking I want to put hot-rod flames on it.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010 ----- You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010 ----- When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Before the blower - open cutouts - YouTube[^]
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010 ----- You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010 ----- When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Slacker007 wrote: and would not make fun of any man who did drive that car
Because real men don't drive that car, so mocking would be a waste of time.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010 ----- You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010 ----- When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: Because real men don't drive that car That's 'cause it's white.
Paint it black, with a red lightning flash down either side, and...
Nope. I still wouldn't want it. Nor the woolly abomination I'd have to wear, if driving it.
Maybe in British racing green, with the matt-black number spots painted on. Any car painted that way gets street cred, even if it's never been raced.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I agree that the Skoda Fabia is not a sportscar, although even the standard engine (Volkswagen) is far from sluggish with it's turbo.
I bought it because it is a reliable and affordable car that gets me from A to B without problems, I own it now for about 8 years and never had any real problems (except a blown fuse for the ventilator which was replaced for free)
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I remember when Skoda first came out in the UK.
It was subjected to such a massive, vicious, and venomous misinformation campaign (I don't like to give bad things cool names) attack by other car companies that I decided to never again buy anything made by ford or BL (whatever they're calling themselves, these days).
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Where are the gun turrets?
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Well, this seems to be right along the lines of what I would expect as a banner ad on CP.
https://i.stack.imgur.com/TSW4T.png[^]
1. I'm nowhere near Australia.
2. I am not interested in learning to dance.
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1. see 2
2. You philistine.
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What ads?
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010 ----- You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010 ----- When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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1. Take a screen-shot of the ad.
2. Click the blue "X" in the top-left corner. Paste the screen-shot and report the ad.
3. Profit[^]!
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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The beaver, also known as Justin Beaver over here, has been active. This is what we saw during our stroll along the canal: Google Photos[^]
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Humans will become active when Justin blocks the canal
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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To admire him, and exclaim "Nice beaver" ?
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It is a rodent, similar to a musk-rat
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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