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·I saw Magnus in his 76 Turbo on Santa Monica Blvd this morning…but I was too slow to get my camera out. Here is a photo of it in any case.
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··Ash @ ΩFI saw Magnus in his 76 Turbo on Santa Monica Blvd this morning…but I was too slow to get my camera out. Here is a photo of it in any case.
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·I'm struggling to see how this turns left or right, maybe it's an optical illusion but surely the tires are gonna hit the arch with the slightest turn of the steering wheel?
Yeah, they're really nice and as you say surprisingly affordable, if you do decide to take the plunge, only go for one with a full up-to-date Aston Martin service history, as they can be really serious money pits, I've been down this road before.. more than once🙁
I don't think I would ever buy one. Too many other cars on the list that come before it.
I'd also be interested in knowing if that one rubs a bit. It is a pretty meaty tire setup.
From someone who was once part of the "slammed car scene" you'd be surprised what you could get away with...
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··Spam RiskStill trying different methods.
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·Still trying different methods.
You can always do a RAW to JPEG convert.
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··Spam RiskYou can always do a RAW to JPEG convert.
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·Have more, but many of my screenshots are too big to upload, being raw format. Maybe red cars take up less space👍.
Daytona for me, the last great front-engine V12 Ferrari.. I used to live around the corner to Victoria Station, and every weekday morning a blood-red Daytona (not convertible, my preference, although I've never driven one) would rocket full throttle past the house (you could actually hear him coming from about half a mile away), then chuck a left on the corner with screeching rears..
It was like having the perfect alarm clock😀
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·Dad had a Daytona, what a car both beautiful and brutal at the same time.
Absolutely magnificent, a car for real drivers, not a car for posers.
Just starting it up was a memorable event
Absolutely magnificent, a car for real drivers, not a car for posers.
Just starting it up was a memorable event
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··Ash @ ΩFDad had a Daytona, what a car both beautiful and brutal at the same time.
Absolutely magnificent, a car for real drivers, not a car for posers.
Just starting it up was a memorable event
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·Nah it was light metallic green, it now lives in QLD and has been painted in resale red, I do remember the blue one another (dark) green one, which I believe left to country and became a NART clone and has possibly since returned and also a black one that also had the Dulux overhaul into resale red.
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··Vintage Omega Aficionado1989 Sauber/Mercedes C11
Video with sound on Instagram.
Video with sound on Instagram.
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Last corner, last lap. Still amazed Toyota didn’t just walk away with this race. I think they got complacent. Best part for me was the JOTA Porsche leading at the roughly 5 hour mark. I’m going out on a limb and guessing 1995 was the last time a privateer team had snowballs chance of even leading this race. Hoping more privateer teams join the ranks and win WEC races.
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·Still amazed Toyota didn’t just walk away with this race. I think they got complacent.
Well for all of their 'wins' in the last 5 years, they were more or less running unopposed. Without any real competition it's hard to tell what would happen if one did show up
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··Spam RiskWell for all of their 'wins' in the last 5 years, they were more or less running unopposed. Without any real competition it's hard to tell what would happen if one did show up
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·I was trying to be nice to Toyota. After WRC they are forever branded cheaters in my world.
Boy do you hold a grudge! 😁
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·I was trying to be nice to Toyota. After WRC they are forever branded cheaters in my world.
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·Well how about 3.3 litre DFVs when F1 was 3.0 litres? "Production" cars with fewer than the required number made? Lots of instances of that. And then we have software: so hard to figure out what is going on.
And we also have -- refillable water cooling tanks for the brakes, and extra-heavy wings that could be substituted before car weighing. Mechanics sitting on the rear wing "in celebration of a win" to get it down to a legal height. Acid-dipping for "stock" cars. Even, I understand, 90% scale bodies. All your heroes have feet of clay.
And we also have -- refillable water cooling tanks for the brakes, and extra-heavy wings that could be substituted before car weighing. Mechanics sitting on the rear wing "in celebration of a win" to get it down to a legal height. Acid-dipping for "stock" cars. Even, I understand, 90% scale bodies. All your heroes have feet of clay.
