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max225 wrote: Fri Jan 18, 2019 2:42 pm https://www.gasmob.co/

How on planet earth is this a viable business model
They're probably banking on making enough money off the initial users and being able to quit after everyone realizes that the fees just aren't worth the convenience.

Just like people are figuring out with these food delivery apps.
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The average fillup is somewhere in the $35 range... getting someone to DRIVE to you and fill you up... easily costs $50 alone, before the cost of the gas. This whole thing is just :fullretard:
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Huckleberry wrote: Fri Jan 18, 2019 3:34 pm
max225 wrote: Fri Jan 18, 2019 2:42 pm https://www.gasmob.co/

How on planet earth is this a viable business model
They're probably banking on making enough money off the initial users and being able to quit after everyone realizes that the fees just aren't worth the convenience.

Just like people are figuring out with these food delivery apps.
We use this service at work. Must only be for the ultra lazy, or those that don't know how a gas pump works.


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Desertbreh wrote: Fri Jan 18, 2019 12:54 pm
Davestr wrote: Fri Jan 18, 2019 9:14 am With all the crap going on at GM in Ohio - the real question is - will this guy get to heaven and be rewarded with his due of 'virgin's, or should he go PDK Turbo 911......

Caught this lone Allahu Akbar Vette resting nicely this morning! Have a good day!

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That is the real question. Thanks for the real talk Dave.
You're not landing hot willing virgins with corvette, everyone knows you need the 911.
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Tarspin wrote: Fri Jan 18, 2019 4:15 pm
Desertbreh wrote: Fri Jan 18, 2019 12:54 pm

That is the real question. Thanks for the real talk Dave.
You're not landing hot willing virgins with corvette, everyone knows you need the 911.
:dat: Corvettes are for the poors pretending to be rich. Porsche is the cheapest acceptable sports car that shows you made it. Corvettes are :disgust:
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max225 wrote: Fri Jan 18, 2019 4:22 pm
Tarspin wrote: Fri Jan 18, 2019 4:15 pm

You're not landing hot willing virgins with corvette, everyone knows you need the 911.
:dat: Corvettes are for the poors pretending to be rich. Porsche is the cheapest acceptable sports car that shows you made it. Corvettes are :disgust:
I got more attention from girls in my TL then I did in my :poorvette: lol
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max225 wrote: Fri Jan 18, 2019 4:22 pm
Tarspin wrote: Fri Jan 18, 2019 4:15 pm

You're not landing hot willing virgins with corvette, everyone knows you need the 911.
:dat: Corvettes are for the poors pretending to be rich. Porsche is the cheapest acceptable sports car that shows you made it. Corvettes are :disgust:
:hai:
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Johnny_P wrote: Thu Feb 09, 2023 3:21 pm Earn it and burn it, Val.
max225 wrote: Mon May 01, 2023 5:35 pm Yes it's a cool car. But prepare the lube/sawdust.
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Desertbreh wrote: Fri Jan 18, 2019 4:32 pm
max225 wrote: Fri Jan 18, 2019 4:22 pm

:dat: Corvettes are for the poors pretending to be rich. Porsche is the cheapest acceptable sports car that shows you made it. Corvettes are :disgust:
:hai:
:ohshit:

Ahhh... wide body is a TOTALLY different story of course!
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Tarspin wrote: Fri Jan 18, 2019 4:34 pm
Desertbreh wrote: Fri Jan 18, 2019 4:32 pm

:hai:
:ohshit:

Ahhh... wide body is a TOTALLY different story of course!
Ha, ha, no it's not. Wide panel gaps, poverty seats, recycled garbage body. I'm a mullet barge commander poser. :sad:
Detroit wrote:Buy 911s instead of diamonds.
Johnny_P wrote: Thu Feb 09, 2023 3:21 pm Earn it and burn it, Val.
max225 wrote: Mon May 01, 2023 5:35 pm Yes it's a cool car. But prepare the lube/sawdust.
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Desertbreh wrote: Fri Jan 18, 2019 4:39 pm
Tarspin wrote: Fri Jan 18, 2019 4:34 pm

:ohshit:

Ahhh... wide body is a TOTALLY different story of course!
Ha, ha, no it's not. Wide panel gaps, poverty seats, recycled garbage body. I'm a mullet barge commander poser. :sad:
At least if it had a slanted H you could kill yourself.
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Tarspin wrote: Fri Jan 18, 2019 4:43 pm
Desertbreh wrote: Fri Jan 18, 2019 4:39 pm

Ha, ha, no it's not. Wide panel gaps, poverty seats, recycled garbage body. I'm a mullet barge commander poser. :sad:
At least if it had a slanted H you could kill yourself.
:dat:
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Tarspin wrote: Fri Jan 18, 2019 4:43 pm
Desertbreh wrote: Fri Jan 18, 2019 4:39 pm

Ha, ha, no it's not. Wide panel gaps, poverty seats, recycled garbage body. I'm a mullet barge commander poser. :sad:
At least if it had a slanted H you could kill yourself.
Oh man, to think I was considering owning a slanted H AND a Corvette...

:gag: :gag: :gag:
:gag: :disgust: :gag:
:gag: :gag: :gag:
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D Griff wrote:
Tarspin wrote: Fri Jan 18, 2019 4:43 pm At least if it had a slanted H you could kill yourself.
Oh man, to think I was considering owning a slanted H AND a Corvette...

:gag: :gag: :gag:
:gag: :disgust: :gag:
:gag: :gag: :gag:
Would have had to kill yourself with fire under those circumstances.


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BMW Is Reportedly Working on a Manual-Only Rear-Drive Version of the Next M3
Currently called, the M3 Pure, this will be the cheapest, most pared-back version of the most important BMW M car.
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Desertbreh wrote: Fri Jan 18, 2019 4:32 pm
max225 wrote: Fri Jan 18, 2019 4:22 pm

:dat: Corvettes are for the poors pretending to be rich. Porsche is the cheapest acceptable sports car that shows you made it. Corvettes are :disgust:
:hai:
:dat: My hero!
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wap wrote: Fri Jan 18, 2019 9:37 pm :notbad:
https://www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars/f ... n=15744189
BMW Is Reportedly Working on a Manual-Only Rear-Drive Version of the Next M3
Currently called, the M3 Pure, this will be the cheapest, most pared-back version of the most important BMW M car.
:zing:

911 Carrera T and this is a great start and more should follow suit.
Naturally no one will as the greater margin is in the options, and consumers are more than willing to pay for it.
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Swedish Chef wrote: Sat Jan 19, 2019 6:00 am
:zing:

911 Carrera T and this is a great start and more should follow suit.
Naturally no one will as the greater margin is in the options, and consumers are more than willing to pay for it.
I hope that this sells well for the sake of "Save the Manuals" crowd. BMW just saved the manual, it is time to get out the cheque books!
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Tarspin wrote: Sat Jan 19, 2019 6:17 am
Swedish Chef wrote: Sat Jan 19, 2019 6:00 am

:zing:

911 Carrera T and this is a great start and more should follow suit.
Naturally no one will as the greater margin is in the options, and consumers are more than willing to pay for it.
I hope that this sells well for the sake of "Save the Manuals" crowd. BMW just saved the manual, it is time to get out the cheque books!
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/guilty of bringing an extra auto BMW to the world..
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Swedish Chef wrote: Sat Jan 19, 2019 8:22 am
Tarspin wrote: Sat Jan 19, 2019 6:17 am

I hope that this sells well for the sake of "Save the Manuals" crowd. BMW just saved the manual, it is time to get out the cheque books!
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/guilty of bringing an extra auto BMW to the world..
I'm already R.I.P. to the manual daily driver, my wife refuses to drive them and some of the auto trans are better
My R has a DSGay
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Tarspin wrote: Sat Jan 19, 2019 9:11 am
Swedish Chef wrote: Sat Jan 19, 2019 8:22 am

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/guilty of bringing an extra auto BMW to the world..
I'm already R.I.P. to the manual daily driver, my wife refuses to drive them and some of the auto trans are better
My R has a DSGay
I'm getting there with the PDK. I know there's no way in hell I could out perform it, and it is fun to drive. All that with consistent launches and no riding the traffic with your left leg only getting the workout.
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Tarspin wrote: Sat Jan 19, 2019 9:11 am

I'm already R.I.P. to the manual daily driver, my wife refuses to drive them and some of the auto trans are better
My R has a DSGay
I'm getting there with the PDK. I know there's no way in hell I could out perform it, and it is fun to drive. All that with consistent launches and no riding the traffic with your left leg only getting the workout.
At this level of speed a manual is simply not fun, the human body can simply not keep up with everything you need to do. I have no rugrats on the dct in mine other than the slow speed shit, but that comes as a side effect of epic shifts/ launch control etc
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Tarspin wrote: Sat Jan 19, 2019 9:11 am
Swedish Chef wrote: Sat Jan 19, 2019 8:22 am

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/guilty of bringing an extra auto BMW to the world..
I'm already R.I.P. to the manual daily driver, my wife refuses to drive them and some of the auto trans are better
My R has a DSGay
Definitely!
I had the DSGay too in mine and although I had a weird 5>6 shift hesitation at WOT that VW never figured out, I liked it.
The 6MT is supposed to be a disappointment in the R anyhow.
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Swedish Chef wrote: Sat Jan 19, 2019 2:42 pm
Tarspin wrote: Sat Jan 19, 2019 9:11 am

I'm already R.I.P. to the manual daily driver, my wife refuses to drive them and some of the auto trans are better
My R has a DSGay
Definitely!
I had the DSGay too in mine and although I had a weird 5>6 shift hesitation at WOT that VW never figured out, I liked it.
The 6MT is supposed to be a disappointment in the R anyhow.
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Gberg2119 wrote: Sat Jan 19, 2019 3:25 pm
Swedish Chef wrote: Sat Jan 19, 2019 2:42 pm

Definitely!
I had the DSGay too in mine and although I had a weird 5>6 shift hesitation at WOT that VW never figured out, I liked it.
The 6MT is supposed to be a disappointment in the R anyhow.
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