by "DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish!" (daft-ryosuke)
Published 09/21/2017 at 09:26
by "DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish!" (daft-ryosuke)
Published 09/21/2017 at 09:26
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Another argument brought to you by the offices of DaftRyosuke & Daily Drives a Dragon, LLC.
Which do you think is a better thing to be into?
"Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap" (ddadragon)
09/21/2017 at 09:30, STARS: 0
The XK and a VW? Seriously?
"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
09/21/2017 at 09:33, STARS: 0
Stance wins every time
"Nibbles" (nibbles)
09/21/2017 at 09:33, STARS: 7
Personal Luxury Coupes. Because who doesn’t want 22 feet of car designed to carry maybe two people?
"HPoz - I like Honda Fits and I cannot lie" (hpoz54)
09/21/2017 at 09:34, STARS: 2
Oh man that stanced XK pains me
"WilliamsSW" (williamssw)
09/21/2017 at 09:35, STARS: 0
Malaise - they’ll certainly ride a lot better!! I grew up with those cars, so it’s a bit of nostalgia for me, even though I’m not a huge fan.
The E38 and SL above are reasonably tasteful, though - another inch or so upward, and I’d rock either one.
"fintail" (fintail)
09/21/2017 at 09:35, STARS: 2
Nice, don’t see many Mark Vs in that color.
Not a stance fan, I’ll take malaise excess.
"DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish!" (daft-ryosuke)
09/21/2017 at 09:38, STARS: 0
Hey I just googled stanced luxury cars and that’s what came up
It’s a Phaeton so
"If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee)
09/21/2017 at 09:39, STARS: 4
Malaise is better. Bad cars need love too. Stance is more like good cars getting bad love.
"Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer" (smallbear94)
09/21/2017 at 09:40, STARS: 1
Malaise.
"Honeybunchesofgoats" (honeybunche0fgoats)
09/21/2017 at 09:40, STARS: 2
Fucking with Jag suspensions makes me die inside.
"Eric @ opposite-lock.com" (theyrerolling)
09/21/2017 at 09:46, STARS: 0
I never thought malaise would be preferable to anything, but you found it. Exposed fasteners everywhere, ill-fitting/aligned body panels, mushy handling (but great ride), etc, is bad, but stance is much worse. At least the malaise sleds can be driven safely on public streets.
"Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap" (ddadragon)
09/21/2017 at 09:47, STARS: 1
Also, choose a good e38
"Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs" (yowen)
09/21/2017 at 09:51, STARS: 1
What’s the better thing to get into? For me it’s neither. But if I had to pick, I suppose I’d roll around in a convertible malaise era land barge.
If I could unstance the Jag, I’d be pretty happy with that too. Somewhat smaller wheels in a different color.
"WilliamsSW" (williamssw)
09/21/2017 at 09:54, STARS: 0
One of my bucket list cars is a 70's Caprice Classic convertible, with a 454. I knew a guy who had one in the family in HS (triple white!), and it was sweet.
"WilliamsSW" (williamssw)
09/21/2017 at 09:54, STARS: 0
One of my bucket list cars is a 70's Caprice Classic convertible, with a 454. I knew a guy who had one in the family in HS (triple white!), and it was sweet.
"Mini Guy- Now has a 4Runner" (gavinharter30)
09/21/2017 at 09:54, STARS: 0
Stanced jag tbh
"Sovande" (sovande)
09/21/2017 at 09:56, STARS: 3
There isn’t a better thing to be into. That’s the beauty of the hobby. Some people really like stanced luxury, some like malaise era land yachts, some like bro trucks, some like old Japanese cars, etc. The only universal truth is that the person who talks shit about what another likes, just because it’s different from what they like, is an asshole.
"Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)" (bman76-4)
09/21/2017 at 10:06, STARS: 1
Faux-tina needs to die as a trend
"crowmolly" (crowmolly)
09/21/2017 at 10:14, STARS: 2
Malaise.
That G-Body has fucking lightning rods! How can you say no to that.
"itschrome" (itschrome)
09/21/2017 at 10:25, STARS: 2
Malaise > stance
Stance: take perfectly good car and ruin it.
Malaise: have the oppurtunity to take terrible car and make better
Oh course you could double down...
"DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish!" (daft-ryosuke)
09/21/2017 at 10:27, STARS: 0
I’m sorry but that’s the best lowered E38. It’s very VIP-esque
"Jayhawk Jake" (jayhawkjake)
09/21/2017 at 10:34, STARS: 0
Neither buuuuut I have a growing appreciation for massive two door coupes.
"CobraJoe" (cobrajoe)
09/21/2017 at 10:44, STARS: 0
Malaise era cars are really underrated, especially as a project car.
They’re a class above the 60s cars in terms of tech (actual power disc brakes and coil spring rear suspensions), stupidly easy to work on and improve, and cheap as heck to buy and modify. Plus you’ll never lose your car in the parking lot.
They are a bit on the heavy side, but not every car in your fleet has to be a sports car.
"Nothing" (nothingatalluseful)
09/21/2017 at 10:45, STARS: 0
Stance doesn’t appeal to me at all. I’d take a G body, I like em. Drop me back into the barges of malaise, well, I’d still take those over a stanced ride.
"CobraJoe" (cobrajoe)
09/21/2017 at 10:54, STARS: 0
Malaise era cars need more love around here.
Sure, they’re big, heavy, underpowered, and softly sprung. But they’re also extremely cheap, easy to work on, easy to upgrade, built like a truck, and will turn heads even in “straight out of the barn” condition (if they’re not banged up).
As long as you can acknowledge that they’ll never be a sports car or handle like a CTS-V, you can have 2 tons of fun for cheap. (Seriously cheap. There’s a great condition ‘74 Lincoln Continental on my local CL for $1500).
"CobraJoe" (cobrajoe)
09/21/2017 at 10:56, STARS: 0
Stance: take perfectly good car and ruin it.
Malaise: have the oppurtunity to take terrible car and make better
Very well put.
"CobraJoe" (cobrajoe)
09/21/2017 at 10:57, STARS: 0
Except over speed bumps. Or bumpy roads. Or roads with thickly painted lines.
"AfromanGTO" (afromangto)
09/21/2017 at 10:57, STARS: 0
No El Camino :(
"itschrome" (itschrome)
09/21/2017 at 10:58, STARS: 1
#stanceisrapeculture
"Sovande" (sovande)
09/21/2017 at 11:05, STARS: 0
Don’t be sad.
"AfromanGTO" (afromangto)
09/21/2017 at 11:11, STARS: 0
No, he puts up a Hurts Olds but no El Camino.......
"19JRC99" (19jrc99)
09/21/2017 at 11:12, STARS: 0
Malaise. I’d gladly own a malaise era boat.
"KnowsAboutCars" (knowsaboutcars)
09/21/2017 at 11:16, STARS: 1
I think neither of them is the better thing to be into. You’re into stancing expensive cars? Cool, just build them properly. Into malaise? That’s great too! I’m personally more into the latter.
"Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever" (superchan7)
09/21/2017 at 11:17, STARS: 0
Ahhh, Russia. Making the classiest things un-classy.
"If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee)
09/21/2017 at 11:22, STARS: 0
Those cars never gave consent
"Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap" (ddadragon)
09/21/2017 at 11:22, STARS: 0
It’s getting an e60 v10 and a 6 speed soon
"Sovande" (sovande)
09/21/2017 at 11:25, STARS: 1
I tried to post a pic of my G Body elco but it apparently didn’t work.
"Sweet Trav" (thespunbearing)
09/21/2017 at 11:26, STARS: 2
Malaise...
"sony1492" (sony1492)
09/21/2017 at 11:33, STARS: 0
Those jags can be found for cheapish
"yamahog" (yamahog)
09/21/2017 at 11:40, STARS: 0
#wtf
"RT" (rt-p)
09/21/2017 at 11:48, STARS: 0
What defines a car as ‘malaise’?
"DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish!" (daft-ryosuke)
09/21/2017 at 12:21, STARS: 0
Not that one the OP one.
I hate that build idea.
"DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish!" (daft-ryosuke)
09/21/2017 at 12:22, STARS: 0
1972-1996. The time of scandals and pre-OBDII
"RT" (rt-p)
09/21/2017 at 12:25, STARS: 0
I’m assuming only American cars right?
"DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish!" (daft-ryosuke)
09/21/2017 at 12:44, STARS: 0
Most classify it as only America, but there’s s group on Facebook that includes all nations.
"RT" (rt-p)
09/21/2017 at 13:03, STARS: 1
Back to topic:
Stanced luxury cars are basically ruined versions of nice cars.
And if all 1972-1996 cars worldwide were malaise, then I’d happily choose them - the 80s were easily my favourite decade for cars. But assuming that the term only applies to American cars (because seriously, the Ferrari F40 isn’t what you’d call malaise)…
…Then yeah, I’d still go for ‘malaise’ American cars.
Etc.
"Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap" (ddadragon)
09/21/2017 at 13:27, STARS: 0
The OP one looks like the wheels are too small.