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>>16233784
>Is taking a car beyond the limits of grip safe?

Gee I dunno, lemme think about that one for a while.

>Could it go wrong?

Of course it could, you absolute retard.

Im not saying dont do it. Not trying to talk you out of it. Your questions are just really fucking stupid. Getting the ass end out is fun, do it if you want to, but realize that yes there are risks and yes you could crash.

>>16233850
Im talking slow corners, so it feels pretty safe. Will accelerating correct it? Since its fwd, the front wheels would push the car out of the oversteer into the correct position.
Noob talking here, so dont take anything i say as serious.

>>16233866
Yeah, pointing the wheels in the direction you want to go and hitting the gas should pull you out of the slide with FWD.

Shit's fucked m8.

Avoid like the plague. What's your budget and what are you looking for? Budget barges?

The interior looks a little too worn to have only done 89k, although that's just my opinion. I do think it's worth noting that all the other 5 series being sold at that price have 50k more miles than this one.

Could be a good deal, or something dodgy, you won;t know unless you go and have a look otherwise.

>>16233755
Nvm after having another look I think the interior looks about right.

>REAL PEOPLE

>>16233514
thank you for contributing

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>mitsubishi eclipse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OH0zWrDi6GA

>>16233125
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWYdJpHFmSM

https://youtu.be/x698U8vd_WE

Finance a non boring car

You grow up.

lease it for 3 years

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postan

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>>16232591
guys got the most punchable face i've ever seen
if i ever saw him around here i would def give him a little amnesia

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>>16232591
People who got the ford GT
>Deadmau5
>Some minecraft youtuber
>Amy McDonald
>This fucking carspotter
People who did not got a ford
>The Aghakhani Family, which owned 5 GTs and raced them regularly instead of keeping them in bubbles and running for 5 millimeters per year.

Thank you mister poo in loo. You are not definitely making the GT a publicity stunt.

>>16233014
In Shmee's defence, he got a 675 LT Coupe which he got like 5k miles on, his 675 LT Spyder has 7k KM on it so far and still going. He put a few K Miles on his GT4 Cayman before selling it. His 12C and 650S Spider weren't garage queens.

His upcoming AMG GT R, Aston GT8 and Ford GT won't be sat around either.

>Deadmau5
He drives his cars as well

>Amy McDonald.
Quite famously a big car fan.

I wouldn't be surprised if Josh Cartu got one as well but he's keeping it VERY secret. He did get a LaFerrari Aperta recently while also owning a 458 Speciale and an F12 TDF

>>16232578
/o/ur car*

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my vote goes to the hon hon

>implying /o/ owns cars

>>16232537
No go back to school Carl, you need an id card to drive if you get pulled over with no license have fun in juvie or jail and than not having a license fot years.

No, you need a license first. If you get pulled over, saying "I don't have my license but I passed my test" isn't going to fly

>>16232537
In the UK, that's perfectly legal. They can just radio your details back to HQ and find out if you're licensed or not.
Then take your car for lack of insurance.

>>16230092

It's a meme.

You want more weight over the front axle for maximum rotation potential.

>go to supermarket
>grab a shopping cart
>grab a big bag of dog food or something similarly heavy
>put it as close to the back of the cart as possible
>round a corner with it
>put bag of dog food to very front of cart
>make same corner

Weight distrubution isn't a meme

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>>16230092
physics and simulation guy here

Sort of.

The maximum cornering potential is when the lateral forces are used 100%; which basically just boils down to the mass pushing you outwards matching the grip pulling you inwards.

Assuming no downforce, and a constant speed, a 50:50 weight distribution will work perfectly when you have the same fromt and rear tyre size and contact patch. This is just basic physics.

If you increase the rear grip from that state, the forces pulling you inward are behind the center of the car, while the force pushing you out are still at the center, hence you'll understeer. Center of grip is behind center of mass = understeer.

(p1)

>Subaru

Get him an Impreza

>>16229037
Find a 2.5RS, and do a father-son STI swap.

Why is this a thing? Is Australia somehow unique as a country when it comes to the auto industry and deserves their own general thread?

>>16224387
It's a containment thread, though we're fairly unique as far as our car culture developed. No Euro displacement or emissions taxes, plenty of Jap crap to import, and our cheap used market isn't as mangled the American market after Obongo's cash for clunkers program. And up until recently we also had the Falcodores; the reason there are no "wat is gud rwd" posts here. A bit like the Crown Vic only lighter, sometimes quicker depending on trim, and no autismo undercover cop stigma. They're cheap and go sideways easy, and the used ones will last us another decade at least. Also utes.

We've got shit highway cops and the media loves to run stories about hoons and dangerous imports, but fuckall happens about it. A meet or two gets busted up by revenue raisers but life goes on.

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>>16224387
It's a containment thread, though we're fairly unique as far as our car culture developed. No Euro displacement or emissions taxes, plenty of Jap crap to import, and our cheap used market isn't as mangled the American market after Obongo's cash for clunkers program. And up until recently we also had the Falcodores; the reason there are no "wat is gud rwd" posts here. A bit like the Crown Vic only lighter, sometimes quicker depending on trim, and no autismo undercover cop stigma. They're cheap and go sideways easy, and the used ones will last us another decade at least. Also utes.

We've got shit highway cops and the media loves to run stories about hoons and dangerous imports but fuckall happens about it. A meet or two gets busted up by revenue raisers but life goes on.

Fuck tracks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcgKdBBqq4s

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>>16217354
they look like silverback gorillas from the thumbnail on the catalog

>tfw no Arctic Truck-modded Hilux

Why even live?

No car has been impounded/towed in four years here

>>16232046
Let me guess Frosty the weedman?

>Picked up and hauled off to jail after a vehicular search on a Friday night
>Officer nimrod found melatonin in the console and thought he was really onto something
>Police report says he identified the pills as alprazolam through his extensive training and my body showed signs of being nervous, cardiac central system or something
>Don't see a magistrate till Tuesday at noon; bailed out at 3k
>Find out some shady towing lot has my car
> $385 to get it back
>Signed the release form and drove away
>Alignment was off and tools were missing
>Went back and asked what the fuck
>Hurr you signed the release from
>Form is nothing more than "this is your car and it's registered and insured "
>Call lawyer and ask him if there's anything I can do
>"Only if you have a good case, otherwise they're not exactly liable. Did you sign paperwork? "

Ended up taking them to small claims and held them accountable for the missing tools and the alignment. Was more a waste of time than anything, but it was a final fuck you.

According to a friend of mine the release form now includes a lot more than just whether or not the vehicle is legal.

All charges were dropped after having the pills tested.
>Never transport pills in your cars, regardless of what they are

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>>16230408
Some more interiors that have a spacey feel

yeah desu , i didn't care that much for interiors until I sat in some interesting ones. Even better if the car has performance to boot. really gives you that spaceship feeling

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>>16230412