Car Talk 4: The Richard Hertz Rent-A-Car 500

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MexicanYarisTK wrote: Mon May 27, 2019 10:48 am :ohdang: troy, probably the first lincoln mkz in the history thats driven this hard.


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:notsure: :mahtroy: s in the bestest of hoods in the country drive em like this daily to escape gang hits and they also don’t service them ever because why?
I was thinking about :dat: as well. And cuz they spend more money on ugly ass rims than servicing the goddamn vehicle


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CaleDeRoo wrote: Sat May 25, 2019 11:37 am They sell Camaros in this color now it's fucking terrible
I love the highlighter color. :iono:

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Honda's Tonic Yellow is awesome.
That is a gorgeous color.


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Anyone else in your class?
Focus ST and an E46 330 both beat me by a few tenths. The other top folks in PAX were in a DS WRX and an ES MR2 Spyder, it was a really really tight course. I used 1st gear for 80% of the thing, only grabbing second briefly in one spot - the site is 20 minutes from my place but I wouldn't go back there.

There's one good site about an hour from here and apparently that's the only one worth running at in NY. Several different clubs run there throughout the summer.

I don't know if I'll bother continuing to run the MKZ, it's both fun and frustrating at the same time.
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troyguitar wrote: Tue May 28, 2019 12:30 pm :derp: contest

https://www.glen-scca.org/Solo/2019/PAX20190526.asp
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I love the stuff you beat with a grandpa car. 5/7 driver mod right there.
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troyguitar wrote: Tue May 28, 2019 12:30 pm :derp: contest

https://www.glen-scca.org/Solo/2019/PAX20190526.asp
41 3 BS 3 Julius C 1mcoupe DNF *0.810 0.000

Tell me more.. Did the 1m jump a cone and bend a wheel?
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CorvetteWaxer wrote: Tue May 28, 2019 12:59 pm
troyguitar wrote: Tue May 28, 2019 12:30 pm :derp: contest

https://www.glen-scca.org/Solo/2019/PAX20190526.asp
41 3 BS 3 Julius C 1mcoupe DNF *0.810 0.000

Tell me more.. Did the 1m jump a cone and bend a wheel?
Julius C(aesar) was probably stabbed in the back by an official.
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troyguitar wrote: Tue May 28, 2019 12:30 pm :derp: contest

https://www.glen-scca.org/Solo/2019/PAX20190526.asp
41 3 BS 3 Julius C 1mcoupe DNF *0.810 0.000

Tell me more.. Did the 1m jump a cone and bend a wheel?
Baller orange 1M, :derp: driver just idled around the course unable to figure out which way to go around the cones. No carnage, just :disappoint:
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:hue: that sure looks like a big wang to me
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MexicanYarisTK wrote: Wed May 29, 2019 1:02 pm :hue: that sure looks like a big wang to me
:dat:
:wap: Where are these mangos?
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MexicanYarisTK wrote: Wed May 29, 2019 1:02 pm :hue: that sure looks like a big wang to me
Nah, bet it's pretty small.

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So the CT4/5-V are just LOLsad
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CaleDeRoo wrote:So the CT4/5-V are just LOLsad
Depends on pricing. I'm happy that the 4 isn't bigger than the ATS. If they knock the price down to 1-series/A3 levels then it could be a good option.
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troyguitar wrote: Fri May 31, 2019 6:58 pm
CaleDeRoo wrote:So the CT4/5-V are just LOLsad
Depends on pricing. I'm happy that the 4 isn't bigger than the ATS. If they knock the price down to 1-series/A3 levels then it could be a good option.
I mean it is an ATS, but new interior and bumpers etc. Pretty sure everything from A-C pillar is the ATS.
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troyguitar wrote: Fri May 31, 2019 6:58 pm Depends on pricing. I'm happy that the 4 isn't bigger than the ATS. If they knock the price down to 1-series/A3 levels then it could be a good option.
I mean it is an ATS, but new interior and bumpers etc. Pretty sure everything from A-C pillar is the ATS.
No stupid capacitive touch buttons on the console is enough to make it bigly better.
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I really like the look of the new Ridgeline... is it because I'm stoopid? It is probably great on gas and can offer just as much room for :pinshit: activities. 5/7 would consider it for the truck . :gaydance:
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Tarspin wrote: Sat Jun 01, 2019 7:44 am I really like the look of the new Ridgeline... is it because I'm stoopid? It is probably great on gas and can offer just as much room for :pinshit: activities. 5/7 would consider it for the truck . :gaydance:
Need pics of it with a rtt, on swampers in a mall to decide.
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max225 wrote: Sat Jun 01, 2019 11:06 am
Tarspin wrote: Sat Jun 01, 2019 7:44 am I really like the look of the new Ridgeline... is it because I'm stoopid? It is probably great on gas and can offer just as much room for :pinshit: activities. 5/7 would consider it for the truck . :gaydance:
Need pics of it with a rtt, on swampers in a mall to decide.
☝️, needs to be able to crawl a curb occasionally for scene points
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The release of the CT4-V details had me check out ATS-V prices... I think I might get an ATS-V at the next :plac: time.

They are already down in the mid-high 30s for good examples. Near 500 hp V6TT, 8AT, :fancy: computerized diff and shocks, recarbros, HUD, etc. They also look pretty good IMO. I bet they'll be out there for $30k flat next year.
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troyguitar wrote: Sat Jun 01, 2019 9:52 pm The release of the CT4-V details had me check out ATS-V prices... I think I might get an ATS-V at the next :plac: time.

They are already down in the mid-high 30s for good examples. Near 500 hp V6TT, 8AT, :fancy: computerized diff and shocks, recarbros, HUD, etc. They also look pretty good IMO. I bet they'll be out there for $30k flat next year.
ATS-V prices have tanked.

I haven't looked to see if that TTV6 has any inherent issues, though.
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troyguitar wrote: Sat Jun 01, 2019 9:52 pm The release of the CT4-V details had me check out ATS-V prices... I think I might get an ATS-V at the next :plac: time.

They are already down in the mid-high 30s for good examples. Near 500 hp V6TT, 8AT, :fancy: computerized diff and shocks, recarbros, HUD, etc. They also look pretty good IMO. I bet they'll be out there for $30k flat next year.
How are prices between the Manuel and auto?
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Dunno, I'm stuck in autotragedy for the foreseeable future. :gay:
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Huckleberry wrote: Sun Jun 02, 2019 12:16 am
troyguitar wrote: Sat Jun 01, 2019 9:52 pm The release of the CT4-V details had me check out ATS-V prices... I think I might get an ATS-V at the next :plac: time.

They are already down in the mid-high 30s for good examples. Near 500 hp V6TT, 8AT, :fancy: computerized diff and shocks, recarbros, HUD, etc. They also look pretty good IMO. I bet they'll be out there for $30k flat next year.
ATS-V prices have tanked.

I haven't looked to see if that TTV6 has any inherent issues, though.
Seems close to m3 prices ....
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troyguitar wrote: Sat Jun 01, 2019 9:52 pm The release of the CT4-V details had me check out ATS-V prices... I think I might get an ATS-V at the next :plac: time.

They are already down in the mid-high 30s for good examples. Near 500 hp V6TT, 8AT, :fancy: computerized diff and shocks, recarbros, HUD, etc. They also look pretty good IMO. I bet they'll be out there for $30k flat next year.
I like them as well. Hardly ever see one.
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