Gib pls

"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform) 11/28/2016 at 11:11 • Filed to: None

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Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > TheHondaBro 11/28/2016 at 11:22

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Wow that’s ugly

TheHondaBro > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 11/28/2016 at 11:22

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Better than a Buick.

The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock > TheHondaBro 11/28/2016 at 11:23

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It even has a rare factory aero kit. Its not a Buick by the way.

TheHondaBro > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock 11/28/2016 at 11:23

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It’s not a Buick, and that’s what makes it better than a Buick.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > TheHondaBro 11/28/2016 at 11:24

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Really though what the fuck is the beltline/that character line doing? Makes the car look like a cartoon wedge with the universes worst rear visibility

The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock > TheHondaBro 11/28/2016 at 11:27

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Nothing better then a Buick.

TheHondaBro > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 11/28/2016 at 11:27

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Pininfarina

TheHondaBro > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock 11/28/2016 at 11:28

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I can name a whole bunch of things that are better than a Buick.

The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock > TheHondaBro 11/28/2016 at 11:30

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but none are better then a buick.

AuthiCooper1300 > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 11/28/2016 at 11:33

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Believe me, if you think that car has bad rear visibility it’s because you haven’t endured (sorry, driven) one. Talk about steering from inside a postbox. It feels very claustrophobic and I am not even tall.

I suppose the feeling is less severe in the soft top version, for obvious reasons. In fact I think the cabrio is prettier.

By the way, the front and general outline has more than a passing ressemblance to Pininfarinas’s Audi quattro-based “Quartz” show car from 1981.

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FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem > TheHondaBro 11/28/2016 at 11:34

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Didn’t some Alfa Spiders of that gen make it to the States?

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > AuthiCooper1300 11/28/2016 at 11:39

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I just generally hate cars with severely raked beltlines. See also: Cadillac CTS Coupe, Toyota Prius, Ford Fiesta.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > TheHondaBro 11/28/2016 at 11:39

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So? Just because some design firm shat it out doesn’t make it solid gold

AuthiCooper1300 > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 11/28/2016 at 11:44

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I suppose the idea in this case was to make the rear quarters look less fat. The Alfa’s half-sibling, the Fiat Coupé –with a more primitive rear suspension but probably a better car overall, even if it never ever had Alfa’s glorious V6– used something like “slashes” for a similar effect.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > AuthiCooper1300 11/28/2016 at 11:46

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Pardon the garbage photoshop from forever ago, and I realize this destroys rear headroom but from an aesthetic standpoint I hope you’ll see where I’m coming from.

Boom. No more acres of blank space above the rear wheels. Much more proportional. Oh, and fuck door handles.

AuthiCooper1300 > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 11/28/2016 at 11:51

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I do, I do. However, there must be a reason - maybe cramming all those humans inside a shortish car and having the fuel tank under the rear seat/boot area etc etc. Design is likely to be much more driven by (technical) compromise than we think!

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > AuthiCooper1300 11/28/2016 at 11:52

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Yeah, that combined with rear crash safety is why many cars do it, but other cars that have no reason to be that way often do the same thing.

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > TheHondaBro 11/28/2016 at 11:56

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I have a unsanitary obsession with these. Give me a turbo V6 and I’m DONE.

RT > TheHondaBro 11/28/2016 at 11:58

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Beautiful car, so much more so than a Buick.

TheHondaBro > FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem 11/28/2016 at 11:58

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I don’t think so.

FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem > TheHondaBro 11/28/2016 at 12:30

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There actually a few 916 GTV Spiders in the US, although grey market ones. A guy from Tennessee imported some of those Spiders in the late 90s but were caught by the EPA.

I’m sorry for you ‘Muricans with those dumbass pseudo protectionist nonsense laws and regulations.