Completely off topic BS thread!!!

[1320goat]

Motortrend had an interesting article regarding this car. The engineers purchased 2 Ferrari 458's during the build of the car. This is the design they came up with. It looks great, I wonder why...

[Mark Aubele]

Well, it has been known for a very long time that there is one thing the Japanese do better than anyone else.....copy shit.

[Cam99]

Well, it has been known for a very long time that there is one thing the Japanese do better than anyone else.....copy shit.

Lol.

[sutyak]

Motortrend had an interesting article regarding this car. The engineers purchased 2 Ferrari 458's during the build of the car. This is the design they came up with. It looks great, I wonder why...

Also looks like a Lotus Evora.

[PaxtonShelby]

I think all 3 of them look pretty sweet.

[Jeff95TA]

Well, it has been known for a very long time that there is one thing the Japanese do better than anyone else.....copy shit.

So do the Chinese. No, wait. That's steal shit. The copying part is questionable. Cross your fingers when they build their own AP1000. We should be far enough away when there's a plant meltdown.

[wick]

So on tonight's menu, we got...
burgers marinating in the fridge in montreal steak seasoning, paprika, drop of olive oil.
bacon (RIGHT?)
smoked gouda cheese
sauteed mushrooms and onions... worchestershire sauce, BUTTER, more montreal seasoning, garlic, dump some beer in at the end if need more saucy
horseradish sauce
Cellone's hard sandwich rolls

Wifey says we have to have brussel sprouts on the side. Fukc dat... :(

Are you serious? Who in their right mind eats Brussel sprouts?

[somethingclever]

Buddy of mine was one of the test engineers that spent considerable time in the 458 (and the other supercars they tested in that price range) during market bench testing and also considerable time in the new NSX....mostly track and some street miles....said the attn the 458 gets on the street actually gets annoying....so annoying after a week of road trips in it after he got back to the plant he and the other egr he was with went out to lunch...upon entering the parking lot they both looked at each other with keys in their hands for a 458 and a Honda Fit.......they drove the Fit to lunch.

True story bro.......



But anyway....he has the top license for track testing within Honda so his job is generally pretty freakin cool.

[sutyak]

Buddy of mine was one of the test engineers that spent considerable time in the 458 (and the other supercars they tested in that price range) during market bench testing and also considerable time in the new NSX....mostly track and some street miles....said the attn the 458 gets on the street actually gets annoying....so annoying after a week of road trips in it after he got back to the plant he and the other egr he was with went out to lunch...upon entering the parking lot they both looked at each other with keys in their hands for a 458 and a Honda Fit.......they drove the Fit to lunch.

True story bro.......



But anyway....he has the top license for track testing within Honda so his job is generally pretty freakin cool.

Pretty funny, but I could certainly see that happening.

[CobraII]

There are currently 10 tires plus 4 wheels in the back of my Navigator, not counting the factory spare.

I had 2 wheels with 28x10.5 slicks on them, and the 2 MT pro bracket radials to replace the slicks, all stuffed in the Jetta.

[somethingclever]

Anyone care to guess how much the steering wheel for a 458 costs?


My buddy said during testing they welded robot type arms to theirs and then afterward had to purchase a new wheel.


I was rather surprised at the amount.

[Terminated]

Useless Fact: 95V6 is the top poster in this thread with 823 posts.

Anyone care to guess how much the steering wheel for a 458 costs?


My buddy said during testing they welded robot type arms to theirs and then afterward had to purchase a new wheel.


I was rather surprised at the amount.

$10k?

[PaxtonShelby]

I am thinking higher...

[sutyak]

Maybe it's like an iPhone battery; you just have to buy a whole new car.

[John4cam]

I'm sure auto zone got one in the back.

[Monkeygrits]

Saw this on social media today. Looks like it could've rolled off the assembly line that way. uploadfromtaptalk1460423443359.jpg

[Troll]

that looks like some of that crap from Barrett-Jackson in Florida over the weekend. they had some real stinkers come across the block. :sad:

[somethingclever]

I would think that 3k is about right for a wheel with some switches....but Ferrari says $20,000 for a new wheel.


I thought the corvette tax was bad.

[Stangman701]

Maybe that was the special "discount" applied when shipping to the Honda factory, lol

[CobraII]

Saw this on social media today. Looks like it could've rolled off the assembly line that way.

That's not bad. Maybe a Pontiac purist would be upset over the use of the front clip. The honeycomb wheels and 1985 white letter tires need changed.