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    • Paul RussamP Offline
      Paul Russam
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      What I had:

      http://photo.netcarshow.com/BMW-5_Series_2001_photo_09.jpg

      BMW 535i 1999 - A 3.5l V8 beast, We loved it but it started to develop a lot of electrical problems and was part exchanged.

      What I've got:

      http://photo.netcarshow.com/Volkswagen-Touareg_2003_photo_09.jpg

      VW Touareg 2003 2.5l diesel - Its good (like a big Golf/Rabbit) but its boring and dull.

      What I want:

      http://photo.netcarshow.com/BMW-5_Series_2004_photo_01.jpg

      BMW 535d sport 3.0l twin turbo diesel - All the economy of the diesel but the umph of an M5 - In black of course with 19" wheels, either one of these 2 styles:

      http://www.angelfire.com/biz7/bmwheelie/TMP_wheel/bmw_wheel_124.jpg

      http://www.angelfire.com/biz7/bmwheelie/TMP_wheel/bmw_wheel_172.jpg

      I don't think I'm asking for too much, am I?

      Paul Russam
      English doesn't borrow from other languages. It follows them down dark allies, knocks them over, and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.

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      • KrisidiousK Offline
        Krisidious
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        the crane has a tether attached to it. the hook is off to the side, the were worried about the hook damaging the car/plane. the reason the tether is there, is in case one of the 4 turbofans fail, and the car comes crashing down. they had a lot of money and time in the prototypes and didn't want to risk it with free flight.... I don't think they have ever taken it to free flight before or forward flight for that matter.

        on the note of everyone getting one. it's not that they can't you can go and get an experimental pilots license, the thing is they only licensed pilots for aircraft that are approved by the FAA so things like gyro-copters and new designs all fall under one license. the craft has to have written on it in large letters for the pilot to see, experimental aircraft. normally this is inside the cockpit. and you can build your flying device and fly it after passing this very basic flying test.

        we built one years back, me and some friends from the local libertarian party. the gentleman running for Lt. governor, and the gentleman running for u.s. congressional house seat 7, now our current city councilmen,

        http://www.mcp.com.au/xcom760/gallery/aircraft-large/aircraft-016.jpg

        it was a really nice machine, the man who paid for the toy in a box, had lost the use of his legs in a parachuting accident, in the Rangers... so this guy had no fear... we built it, then had to have each 50 hours in the seat with a licensed pilot.

        well our engine tests and prop tests were all good, and we were all in classes for our license, and our first test flight days came. well the guy running for congress Doug, and our instructor pilot who had never flown a gyro before started on there first hour. as they took off, he pulled back on the stick too hard and the rotor clipped the rear stabilizer or tail. they got off the ground and continued their flight, all was well... on landing they did not clip it again but it came very close.

        sooo needless to say with my lack of surety in a god, I backed out of the project as to keep my risk of death at a minimum... I'm not sure how much farther they took it. they don't talk about it anymore, but I don't see Phil the owner too often. I know Doug isn't involved any more but I do think he got his Experimental License...

        anyway the point of the matter is, they will let anyone who can get that certification fly whatever they want... I think the trust fear and monetary hurdles to keep them from doing so...

        I think this flying car is very unstable, and someone would have to give it port-starboard engine rotation coinciding with the aft-forward rotation. and this would all need to be computerized so that it could compensate for wind gusts and cross winds. I would not trust a man to manipulate the controls quick enough to catch surprise wind changes... it's really cool but I don't know if I would fly one.

        one of the big let downs for me of the pilot's licnese was that you were not supposed to get acrobatic, and that most of the plane you would fly would not even structurally handle banking hard much less acrobatics... and the cost of the planes that would was huge... maybe one day I'll have my mustang

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        • Mike LuceyM Offline
          Mike Lucey
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          @paul russam said:

          What I want
          BMW 535d sport 3.0l twin turbo diesel - All the economy of the diesel but the umph of an M5 - In black of course with 19" wheels, either one of these 2 styles:

          I don't think I'm asking for too much, am I?

          Good choice of engine Paul. This new 3lt twin turbo from BMW offers the perfect
          balance of performance and economy for the car enthusiast. Personally I would go for it in the X3 with a LUMMA tuning kit!

          Mike


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          • T Offline
            todamgood4U
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            WOOT...a post I can actually be a part of and talk for days on...the second love of my life...my realistic dream car...my baby. ๐Ÿ˜„

            Been featured in magazines and is still a daily driver! In the process of putting in a new twin turbo 500+ HP engine. Hoping to run the dyno closer to 600HP though.


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            • CraigDC Offline
              CraigD
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              Whoa! ToDamGood, that thing is off the hook!

              Sweet!

              • CraigD

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              • Paul RussamP Offline
                Paul Russam
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                I like the look, nice and anonomous, a real Q car.

                Paul Russam
                English doesn't borrow from other languages. It follows them down dark allies, knocks them over, and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.

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                • W Offline
                  Will03
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                  I love how you kept the exterior a little bit more 'sleeper' ish, bet you've won a race or two with that eh? lol

                  my one question: is that a bottle of NO on the console? where do you put your arm while driving? lol

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                  • T Offline
                    todamgood4U
                    last edited by

                    Yea, I love the sleeper look as well. A great story...

                    I went to my son's daycare to pick him up and this little girl comes up to me and said "My daddy likes your car and saw it in a magazine". I said oh really. Just then her mom came up and the little girl says "hey mommie, it's HIS car". She then turned and smiled and said she got home from work the other night and her husband was looking through a magazine and shouts out "HEY, I know that car, it's always at (whatever their girls name is) daycare". She said he couldn't believe I had all that in there and that he actually saw it in real life. Pretty funny stuff.

                    I can't go anywhere without people wanting to take a look. They are blown away when they really see what I have inside. Almost 10,000 watts of audio, Playstation 2, TV tuner, DVD, CD, Navigation, 5.1 surround processor, the works. Drive-In movie theaters never sounded so good. ๐Ÿ˜†

                    Yes, that is nitrous there...and my arm fits perfectly over the top of it. My hand rests right at the valve and is actually more confortable on the bottle than without.


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                    • W Offline
                      Will03
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                      I found the problem, you have no steering wheel... ahahah

                      great looking car! how fast can you actually get going with NOS? and do you just turn the nozzle on and off by hand when you want? sorry for my ignorance, but I've never ridden in a car that has it.

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                      • T Offline
                        todamgood4U
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                        LOL...that's called a theft deterent - one of many located on the car. No steering wheel = harder to drive away. Special unique locking pins prevent other steering wheels being put in its place, even if from the same company/brand.

                        As for the speed thing...I really don't know. I have the car built to look fast, run fast and be fast, but I just cruuiiizzeeee in it. Although, I did, just this one time, put it down as I saw a ricer (slang for a wanna-be import tuner) about a mile up and as I went by him about 140mph (speedo goes to 160), I looked in my rear view mirror only to see a nice gold colored car with interior lights going crazy. So I pulled over and waited for him to catch up...and he was not very happy with me. Luckily for me, I was going faster than he could even determine and I wouldn't admit guilt, so all he could do is yell (and he was literally yelling at me like I was his kid) and look the car over for something stolen.

                        I haven't ever run it with the nitrous though...but to turn it on, you have to turn the bottle on, allowing gas to the engine. You can then purge (you might see people doing this by spraying up in the air)it at this point to get any air out of the lines to prevent hesitation. Flipping the switch ("go baby go" on Gone in 60 Seconds movie - highly recommended by the way, not only for the hot cars, but Angelina Jolie is fiiiiine in it ๐Ÿ˜„ ) putting the petal all the way to the floor opens up the solenoid to inject the gas into the air intake and mixing with the fuel. Mine is set for 60 additional HP per "hit". The injectors are replaceable and can be adjusted from 25hp to blown motor.

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                        • CraigDC Offline
                          CraigD
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                          Sounds like fun. You want a "focus moment" try that on a bike...on the track please..

                          I have some pretty good track training (and multiple season as race winning motorcycle road racer) and my wife and I have become friends with Kieth Code and the folks at his California Superbike School. So at the end of my 4th level of training with him on track, he followed me for a number of hot sessions around Virginia International Raceway. I was feeling good and he said he'd trail me and critique so I went on track and gave it the berries (so to speak).

                          So for multiple track sessions I was allowed full effort riding...this means a race prepped Kawasaki ZX6RR going flat out on the track...to the limit. It is an interesting moment when you have to take a bike that is going roughly 170 mph (6th gear flat out on the rev limiter) and then haul it down to around 50 mph or less for turn one. I'm not sure if you can imagine scrubbing off over 120 mph as you approach the end of a straight away with a fairly tight right hand corner coming up! I mean if you only scrub off 110 mph, you're going 10 mph too fast to make the corner...it's tough to gauge to say the least.

                          My race bike only tops out at about 120 mph, but it's geared that way because of the tight track I ran in New Hampshire.

                          I've gone almost as fast in race cars, but it is totally different on a bike! The steering becomes very, very stiff above 150 mph and the wind buffeting and noise are amazing. A car doesn't steer any differently at speed, but a bike becomes very hard to turn..you really have to muscle it and not influence the chassis the wrong way.

                          I'm addicted, that's for sure!

                          Great car! I'd love to see and hear it sometime.

                          Cheers,

                          • CraigD

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                          • M Offline
                            Marek Badzynski
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                            My personal/family 16teen wheeler ๐Ÿ˜„ ....

                            Oh, it floats too
                            Marek


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                            • o2bwlnO Offline
                              o2bwln
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                              my daily driver, unfortunately that isn't my daily commute ๐Ÿ˜„


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                              • M Offline
                                mut
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                                current car:

                                http://i351.photobucket.com/albums/q448/mut_uk/th_frontquater.jpg


                                http://i351.photobucket.com/albums/q448/mut_uk/th_04062008144.jpg

                                http://www.StairBox.com We make stairs... easy

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                                  mut
                                  last edited by

                                  My previous car:

                                  http://i351.photobucket.com/albums/q448/mut_uk/th_15551_5339.jpg


                                  http://i351.photobucket.com/albums/q448/mut_uk/th_15551_5341.jpg

                                  228bhp cooper S Schnizter ๐Ÿ˜„ fast car, i had the speedo off the clock once ๐Ÿ˜†

                                  http://www.StairBox.com We make stairs... easy

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                                  • Mike LuceyM Offline
                                    Mike Lucey
                                    last edited by

                                    Jason,

                                    Its good to see that we plenty of car nuts here on the forum. I'm gradually going off sports cars but at the same time want something that will offer an enjoyable driving experience. I am waiting patiently for the Venture One now named the Persu Hybrid http://www.flytheroad.com/ . It will be the ideal runaround for me AND offer lots of fun at the same time, not to forget easy to park ๐Ÿ‘

                                    Mike


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                                    • marked001M Offline
                                      marked001
                                      last edited by

                                      ah yeah, i remember this thread ๐Ÿ˜„ and i got a new car this year, so i can update...

                                      08 subaru impreza wrx

                                      http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/5782/dscn2890jl1.th.jpg


                                      http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/126/dscn2882mr1.th.jpg


                                      http://img55.imageshack.us/img55/7351/dscn2889wf6.th.jpg


                                      http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/6871/img00197mg9.th.jpg

                                      and my track car is in more of a finished state as of this spring..

                                      http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/8876/crw2423iv2.th.jpg


                                      http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/2635/crw2426dm8.th.jpg


                                      http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/2991/img3225ms7.th.jpg


                                      http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/6388/img2937em8.th.jpg

                                      http://www.revision21vis.com

                                      instagram: revi21on

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                                      • S Offline
                                        ScottPara
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                                        Not a picture of mine as mine is black (second one, first one met a ditch, tree, and a fence up close). I just added long headers, air intake, and had the computer remapped. Thank god for lower priced gas as I get to drive it more now. Rough numbers are about 525-550hp. It pretty much kills most things it comes next to but if I get another ticket my wife will kill me.

                                        Scott


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                                        Love the fact that some HATE my avatar.....

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                                        • B Offline
                                          bubbalove
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                                          Here is my current ride...


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                                          "Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm." - Churchill

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                                          • K Offline
                                            KDSDESIGN
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                                            I drive a c350 but no pics (now its crashed) my wife has an XF only pic was at the dealer. Damn! over 256kb oh well ๐Ÿ˜’

                                            Regards,
                                            โ–ˆKevinโ–ˆ

                                            (about 20% done)

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