OT - For Car Lovers: Some Recent Exotic Spottings

billt01

Ozzie_Isaac said:

gold BBS wheels..

awesome ride!..

Ozzie_Isaac

billt01 said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

gold BBS wheels..

awesome ride!..

I almost missed the picture, because he let'er eat making the left hand turn.  Sounded pretty cool to hear an air cooled being opened up.

lousubcap

Ozzie_Isaac said:

billt01 said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

gold BBS wheels..

awesome ride!..

I almost missed the picture, because he let'er eat making the left hand turn.  Sounded pretty cool to hear an air cooled being opened up.

The 911 exhaust note was quite distinctive when air cooled. Unique and easily recognizable.  Once the water cooled engines arrived the engineers could not get the same note.  Automotive history and a brief link to the tones here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_RcUFscxBw

kl8ton

lousubcap said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

billt01 said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

gold BBS wheels..

awesome ride!..

I almost missed the picture, because he let'er eat making the left hand turn.  Sounded pretty cool to hear an air cooled being opened up.

The 911 exhaust note was quite distinctive when air cooled. Unique and easily recognizable.  Once the water cooled engines arrived the engineers could not get the same note.  Automotive history and a brief link to the tones here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_RcUFscxBw

It is very fascinating to me, the lengths that auto makers will go through to get the correct exhaust note.  Even in boring every day cars.  Working in tool and die, we had a few projects where we built tooling that would stamp inner muffler panels.  As an example, a panel could be about 24 inches long and 12 inches wide.  We called it a lunar surface panel. The exhaust engineers, thru simulation, created a specific geometry that looked like a lunar surface.  It would have approximately 350 perforated holes around  .140" in diameter.  We would produce a few sample pieces for the customer, Bosal, for example.  They would weld up the muffler with the panels we created sandwiched inside.  They would test it on a car.  The engineers would come back with a request to remove holes 247 - 253 and 301 thru 320.  We would run more samples.  The process of adding and removing holes and changing the geometry of the lunar surface would go on for months until it was "just right."

Ozzie_Isaac

kl8ton said:

lousubcap said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

billt01 said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

gold BBS wheels..

awesome ride!..

I almost missed the picture, because he let'er eat making the left hand turn.  Sounded pretty cool to hear an air cooled being opened up.

The 911 exhaust note was quite distinctive when air cooled. Unique and easily recognizable.  Once the water cooled engines arrived the engineers could not get the same note.  Automotive history and a brief link to the tones here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_RcUFscxBw

It is very fascinating to me, the lengths that auto makers will go through to get the correct exhaust note.  Even in boring every day cars.  Working in tool and die, we had a few projects where we built tooling that would stamp inner muffler panels.  As an example, a panel could be about 24 inches long and 12 inches wide.  We called it a lunar surface panel. The exhaust engineers, thru simulation, created a specific geometry that looked like a lunar surface.  It would have approximately 350 perforated holes around  .140" in diameter.  We would produce a few sample pieces for the customer, Bosal, for example.  They would weld up the muffler with the panels we created sandwiched inside.  They would test it on a car.  The engineers would come back with a request to remove holes 247 - 253 and 301 thru 320.  We would run more samples.  The process of adding and removing holes and changing the geometry of the lunar surface would go on for months until it was "just right."

That is pretty cool!  Then some guy cuts it all put and installs.some.straight pipes 🤣

Ozzie_Isaac

This made me laugh (click spoiler for funny part)

JohnInCarolina

Ozzie_Isaac

JohnInCarolina said:

That GT3 spoiler is a thing of functional beauty.

kl8ton

Ozzie_Isaac said:

That is pretty cool!  Then some guy cuts it all put and installs.some.straight pipes 🤣

Exactly.  One of the first things that gets ripped off. 

alaskanassasin

kl8ton said:

lousubcap said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

billt01 said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

gold BBS wheels..

awesome ride!..

I almost missed the picture, because he let'er eat making the left hand turn.  Sounded pretty cool to hear an air cooled being opened up.

The 911 exhaust note was quite distinctive when air cooled. Unique and easily recognizable.  Once the water cooled engines arrived the engineers could not get the same note.  Automotive history and a brief link to the tones here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_RcUFscxBw

It is very fascinating to me, the lengths that auto makers will go through to get the correct exhaust note.  Even in boring every day cars.  Working in tool and die, we had a few projects where we built tooling that would stamp inner muffler panels.  As an example, a panel could be about 24 inches long and 12 inches wide.  We called it a lunar surface panel. The exhaust engineers, thru simulation, created a specific geometry that looked like a lunar surface.  It would have approximately 350 perforated holes around  .140" in diameter.  We would produce a few sample pieces for the customer, Bosal, for example.  They would weld up the muffler with the panels we created sandwiched inside.  They would test it on a car.  The engineers would come back with a request to remove holes 247 - 253 and 301 thru 320.  We would run more samples.  The process of adding and removing holes and changing the geometry of the lunar surface would go on for months until it was "just right."

Did you guys make cherry bombs?

kl8ton

Nope

DoubleEgger

Not a great pic through the window, but this Aston Martin is a stunna. 

kl8ton

Watched an 85+ YO couple ease out of this thing. It was a process. Bradenton FL

Ozzie_Isaac

kl8ton said:

Watched an 85+ YO couple ease out of this thing. It was a process. Bradenton FL

Youth is wasted on the young.

lousubcap

Hopefully not shopping for Depends-not enough cargo space in that Lambo. 

GrateEggspectations

lousubcap said:

Hopefully not shopping for Depends-not enough cargo space in that Lambo. 

Something tells me Depends would come in useful for the driver of that car, regardless of age. 

GlennM

Ny neighbours new ride

HeavyG

I think the seat in that 'Vette going to make some men feel inadequate.

JohnInCarolina

@GrateEggspectations - love that car but man, were I the buyer... I'd definitely be going with a different color choice.  I don't hate the gray as much as I would a white version,  but in my opinion the red or blue in that model is far more appealing.  

Ozzie_Isaac

JohnInCarolina said:

@GrateEggspectations - love that car but man, were I the buyer... I'd definitely be going with a different color choice.  I don't hate the gray as much as I would a white version,  but in my opinion the red or blue in that model is far more appealing.  

Orange or Green for me

GlennM said:

Ny neighbours new ride

That is a gorgeous car!  Congrats to the neighbor!  Is it winter in your part of.the world or do you live snow free also.

JohnInCarolina

JohnInCarolina said:

@GrateEggspectations - love that car but man, were I the buyer... I'd definitely be going with a different color choice.  I don't hate the gray as much as I would a white version,  but in my opinion the red or blue in that model is far more appealing.  

Oops - tagged the wrong dude on this one!  Should’ve been @GlennM

Corv

On a gray day, against a gray road, a gray car tends to blend in. Had one, not like that though, and I won't have another.

DoubleEgger

Corv said:

On a gray day, against a gray road, a gray car tends to blend in. Had one, not like that though, and I won't have another.

Sometimes you need to blend in to avoid the PoPo. 

DoubleEgger

Having a Maybach and a driver is the real deal. 

Ozzie_Isaac

DoubleEgger said:

Having a Maybach and a driver is the real deal. 

The back seats in those are glorious!  The outside is meh, but the insides are on another level.

Botch

DoubleEgger said:

Corv said:

On a gray day, against a gray road, a gray car tends to blend in. Had one, not like that though, and I won't have another.

Sometimes you need to blend in to avoid the PoPo. 

Especially in an affordable supercar.  

dbCooper

Silver is better with black go fast stripes.

Ozzie_Isaac

Botch said:

DoubleEgger said:

Corv said:

On a gray day, against a gray road, a gray car tends to blend in. Had one, not like that though, and I won't have another.

Sometimes you need to blend in to avoid the PoPo. 

Especially in an affordable supercar.  

I believe that is a Z06 too. Insane power and acceleration numbers.

DoubleEgger

Ozzie_Isaac said:

DoubleEgger said:

Having a Maybach and a driver is the real deal. 

The back seats in those are glorious!  The outside is meh, but the insides are on another level.

The outside of a car is for everyone else. The interior and the ride quality are for you. 

Ozzie_Isaac

DoubleEgger said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

DoubleEgger said:

Having a Maybach and a driver is the real deal. 

The back seats in those are glorious!  The outside is meh, but the insides are on another level.

The outside of a car is for everyone else. The interior and the ride quality are for you. 

I think I posted these earlier, but we looked at a Maybach.  Was pretty cool and can see the appeal if you are in it a lot.  My wife was almost sold 🤣 when she did a quick conference call from inside.  I thought an investment property would be a better place to put the money.