Last Call- Rode Hard, Put Away Wet Edition
Driving in the wet is a particular challenge, especially in a rear-wheel drive car with enough ponies to break the backend loose. That being said, the rain sure makes for a purdy picture.
Image source: [loonilab//m3 via strictlyeuropean.com forums]
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Cool pic.
/trying to keep my heretic tricolor dislike to myself
Floating an idea to the Forzaphiles around here… anybody up for a goofy themed race or two? I was inspired by the inclusion of a Fiero in this month's DLC pack to recreate the Team Ponticrap livery…:
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…and from there the wheels started turning. Call it "Legends of LeMons." I'm thinking it could be a timed race event, with bonus laps awarded for best LeMons team homage and best original theme.
I like that idea.
Yes, rain does make for a purdy picture.
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I reported this picture for being too awesome.
I woke up in a sweat… Now I know why.
That pic would make a great poster.
When will the stupid trends stop? Too small tires on rims just looks stupid.
Also, its not rain, its a car wash.
Bringin the reality.
"stupid trends" will probably stop the day after stupid opinions are outlawed.
All fascists will be shot.
Meaning what…exactly?
I used to be a Facist until I took an arrow to my aargghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Er, I suppose it means I'm an individualist who spends a lot of time thinking about cultural and moral relativism. Also, I used to be funny, but my humor got warped.
That's kind of what I thought, but it is sometimes hard to gauge humor/sarcasm on teh Interwebz.
If one looks deep into my reply, they would see the contradictory and ironic undertones that I cleverly inserted into it. Because I was replying to a "stupid opinion" about outlawing "stupid opinions"…all the while doing it with my own "stupid opinion," thereby going directly against the very theory that I was trying to propagate.
I had to ask, because after reading your reply, I realized that the way I worded it that I was taking a bit of a gamble as to how I would come off sounding.
Someone needs a hug.
Are you offering? I'd gladly accept.
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I don't know what the country is that this particular car is registered in, but in e.g the Netherlands, you can not have the thread profile of the tire extend beyond the bodywork of the car. For some people with messed up logic when it comes to wheels "bigger is better" so they go wider than they should, and put smaller tires so the thread profile stays within the legal limits.
I agree that it looks stupid. Rain on car that has just been waxed looks awesome though!
Are you saying there's no correlation between car washing and rain?
Rainy car pics are neat. Rainy driving not so much. I drove a Regal GS for the second time ever in the rain the other day and it hopped around on launch, not a good impression.
Did it give you Ion Redline memories?
The reviews I've read said it has almost no torque steer and they're right. It goes in a straight line while shaking the shit out of you when it launches. The good news is, the car doesn't feel like it's going to fall apart. Once you get past the whole front wheel drive thing, it's really awesome.
I was more referring to the wheel hop on hard acceleration.
I still don't understand why they didn't bring the AWD one.
So I don't know if you folks get "black ice" this time of year (rain that fell during the day, but turned to ice once the sun went down and the clouds cleared), but here's a trick that Truck-Drivers have been using forever. You find a "bird-dog", somebody going just a bit slower/faster than you want to go traveling the same direction, and you tail them from a discrete distance. If there's spray coming off their tires, you're golden. If the spray stops, you know that they're on ice, and you probably are too.
Good tip. I wish I could have used that one back in December 1983 when black ice on a negative camber curve sent my 1978 Renault R17 Gordini off road and into a tree. I was only doing 15 MPH when I hit the curve. Wound up totaling the car once the insurance adjuster got a true repair cost.
It's a conundrum, this car. Almost a paradox.
E30 says Enthusiastic Driver / BMW 3-Series connoiseur.
But Stretched Tyres and "Stanced" Posture positively screams "fashion victim / scenester".
Should have been a convertible.