The cars and bikes thread!

[Raza]

I'm in Taiwan right now and there are scooters everywhere.

[geoffbot]

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[geoffbot]

Ferrari really cheapen their brand with shit like this. I mean, I'd still have one of their cars, but still

[Domo]

BMW is phasing out manuals on anything bigger than the 2 series. Cars are over.

Since cars are over, I've targeted this as a possible 2018 purchase:


Triumph Street Twin, part of the Bonneville line. 55hp, ABS, traction control. Pretty much all the bike I could ever need. Z4, Street Twin, and SUV is the target garage by the end of 2018. As long as my mom doesn't write me out of the will for buying a bike.

As a Zed driver shouldn't you be considering this? Nothing beats matching marques in the carport



Ahh ha ha....Oh god. But anyway on a serious note, nice choice and you are clearly a man of taste. Naked bike is best bike. If you prefer your bread unbuttered and without crusts, the CB1100RS should get a look in too.

[geoffbot]

I'd quite like an s1krr to match my 3 series

[geoffbot]

Some cars from the tour today

The noise that lancia made - my God!

[geoffbot]

Also the 458 owner told me that porsche are moving towards 4 cylinder turbo engines too!

[mlcor]

Also the 458 owner told me that porsche are moving towards 4 cylinder turbo engines too!

That was my point...everyone is, in order to improve fuel economy. Which isn't always the case--my naturally aspirated V-8 in the Panamera (hardly a small car) gets around 22 mpg in mixed driving. The new turbocharged V-6 in the current 4S has around the same hp and gas mileage is not appreciably better.

[geoffbot]

Yes I read this mpg is largely unaffected. Seems to be true in my 328 vs the old 6 cylinder lumps. But emissions are lower , no? That's what the car companies will be targeted on surely, not mpg. Plus people are still making na v12s and 8s so what gives? I haven't done any research FYI.

[geoffbot]

On another note there's a hydrogen charging station near my father in law - what's that about?! Hydrogen cells now?