The car appreciation thread

[A Y]

We seem to have lots of threads about individual cars, but how about one for general appreciation of all marques and models? Pics, videos, stories, whatever are welcome.

Here are a few videos to start this off:

24 Hours in 19500 Frames - a condensed documentary of the 2010 24-hour race at the Nurburgring. This may have won a couple of awards, and has been in some film festivals.

Testing for the 24-hour Ring race - a test film for the film above. Looks at the team that ultimately won the 24-hour race.

Ferrari F40 - a pr0ny look at the F40 in a rare midnight blue color.

VLN Endurance race at the Ring - follows Chris Harris and his Porsche team at an endurance race at the Ring

These 4 films are all produced by the same team, and shows what kind of remarkable work is being turned out by people armed with no more than 1 or 2 DSLRs, and a couple of lenses.

--Andre

 

[bawlin]

Some of my faves...
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[rnoldh]

Nice stuff. The F40 looks good but strange in blue.

I might be able to get some rare classic car videos. Stuff with Duesenbergs, Talbot Lagos and Delahayes. But probably no race car stuff though.

Stuff like this

 

[PsycoticClown]

Some of my favorites right now:

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[StephenHero]

1984 Plymouth Voyager

Before '84, wood was just the **** that sailboats and grandfather clocks were made of. Its uses were considered exhausted. The critics declared "Wood is DEAD." But then Chrysler escaped the shackles of mankind's imagination. They said "No. Wood isn't DEAD. Wood is an IDEA. Wood is an ATTITUDE. Wood is IMMORTAL. Watch us wallpaper a ******* van with it." And like that, in the most ironic technological breakthrough ever, Chrysler scaled to the summit of Post-Modernism. In rear-wheel drive.

The game changed forever in '84.

 

[ALFAMALE]

Originally Posted by StephenHero

1984 Plymouth Voyager

Before '84, wood was just the **** that sailboats and grandfather clocks were made of. Its uses were considered exhausted. The critics declared "Wood is DEAD." But then Chrysler escaped the shackles of mankind's imagination. They said "No. Wood isn't DEAD. Wood is an IDEA. Wood is an ATTITUDE. Wood is IMMORTAL. Watch us wallpaper a ******* van with it." And like that, in the most ironic technological breakthrough ever, Chrysler scaled to the summit of Post-Modernism. In rear-wheel drive.

The game changed forever in '84.

 

[runner-guy]

My brother went to supplier day at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit and said the new BMW 1M was the sweetest car of the entire show. http://www.bmwblog.com/2011/01/10/20...-2011-naias-9/

 

[whiteslashasian]

^ already a lengthy discussion of the 1M...

However I think it looks pretty good compared to the base 1. The orange is flattering. I have a feeling I'd be a little cramped in that cockpit though...

 

[A Y]

I saw a regular 135 on the street today, and really noticed its cab-backwards design: it looks like it has a really long front end with the driver seated back really far, which is a bit more exaggerated by its really tall, vertical snout. I wonder how that will change with the 1M's new bodywork.

BTW, here's a pretty interesting audio interview with the US M manager, Matt Russell:

http://www.bimmerfile.com/2011/01/11...-matt-russell/

It sounds like BMW's really made an earnest effort to make this car the best it can be (unlike, for example, the half-assed Cayman R). I am disappointed that nothing has been done to the engine with respect to its own cooling. Perhaps the new bodywork will send more cool air its way, but the cooling systems of the engine itself seem to be the same as before.

--Andre

 

[MrGoodBytes]

Originally Posted by StephenHero

1984 Plymouth Voyager

Before '84, wood was just the **** that sailboats and grandfather clocks were made of. Its uses were considered exhausted. The critics declared "Wood is DEAD." But then Chrysler escaped the shackles of mankind's imagination. They said "No. Wood isn't DEAD. Wood is an IDEA. Wood is an ATTITUDE. Wood is IMMORTAL. Watch us wallpaper a ******* van with it." And like that, in the most ironic technological breakthrough ever, Chrysler scaled to the summit of Post-Modernism. In rear-wheel drive.

The game changed forever in '84.

I wouldn't knock that car, it has crazy amounts of potential for a sleeper car

http://www.turbovan.net/van.html

 

[dave]

Originally Posted by A Y

Ferrari F40 - a pr0ny look at the F40 in a rare midnight blue color.

--Andre

now THAT's what a Ferrari should be. though it should be rosso corsa. I've been in one a handful of times and it seriously feels like you're going 100mph in the parking lot.

 

[MrGoodBytes]

the oily bits are my favorite http://speedhunters.com/archive/2011...oily-bits.aspx

 

[Imhoff]

Will be attending this years' Barrett-Jackson show in Scottsdale and cannot wait to see some of the cars on display.

Mainly:

1936 PLYMOUTH 4 DOOR SEDAN
http://www.barrett-jackson.com/appli...&aid=403&pop=1

1954 CHEVROLET BEL AIR 2 DOOR SEDAN
http://www.barrett-jackson.com/appli...&aid=403&pop=1

And my dream car....

1960 MGA ROADSTER
http://www.barrett-jackson.com/appli...&aid=403&pop=1

 

[A Y]

Originally Posted by MrGoodBytes

the oily bits are my favorite

http://speedhunters.com/archive/2011...oily-bits.aspx

Awesome. The bare F1 car is the best. The little aero doohickeys that stick out of the bodywork are always fascinating.

Another great technical blog: http://scarbsf1.wordpress.com/

Anyone like the new closed-cockpit Audi R18?

--Andre

 

[zjpj83]

I certainly appreciate cars. At their best, they are moving sculptures.