OT - For Car Lovers: Some Recent Exotic Spottings

DoubleEgger

It’s usually tall boys on ice near the registers around here. 

zaphod

Roxanne Kowalski: I was being ironic.
C.D. Bales: Oh, ho, ho, irony! Oh, no, no, we don't get that here. See, uh, people ski topless here while smoking dope, so irony's not really a, a high priority. We haven't had any irony here since about, uh, '83, when I was the only practitioner of it. And I stopped because I was tired of being stared at.

Foghorn

@zaphod, I was about 90% sure about you, but I'm still unclear about the original comment about $400 wine near the register.  Given the price of some of these automobiles, it seems plausible.

zaphod

I hear you. prices can be silly but sadly i suspect that somewhere out there a $400 bottle is for some people an impulse. I have better things to impulse - hah.

Buckwoody Egger

Oh it’s more than plausible!  But maybe a detail or two will clear up why I shared the snippet. Highlands NC is a high net worth resort / vacation home area going back well over 100+ years.  Legendary golfer Bobby Jones dad was a founder of the country club there (they were based in Atlanta).  It’s had as much economic insulation as any other immensely wealthy area around the US.  The elevation is over 4,000 feet. It is “up the mountain” from the northeast corner of Georgia and the two Carolinas which have kept it fed with destination vacationers and free of interstates. When we drive to that area it’s more often for waterfalls and hikes as the shopping is high end.  https://www.highlandschamber.org/articles/post/15-magical-facts-about-highlands/

Around Atlanta fine wine retailers the premium wines are usually in a climate controlled “room”. The store I mentioned has a few long racks of wine. The premium bottles are closest to the register, maybe 5-8 feet away.  My guess would be for security instead of impulse. They are not on the counter there next to advil and altoids. 

DoubleEgger

It’s the “high rent district” as they say. 

kl8ton

Mint

Ozzie_Isaac

Mansory Rolls Royce Cullinan

(Money does not equal taste)

dbCooper

zaphod

The 60's just called - they want their muscle van back.

Botch

dbCooper said:

I just saw a similar vehicle in my own 'hood last week.  

GrateEggspectations

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Mansory Rolls Royce Cullinan

(Money does not equal taste)

Rare sighting indeed. 

Had my finger hovering over the “like” but just couldn’t bring myself to do it.

Legume

That's a first for me, dually van.

DoubleEgger

Legume said:

That's a first for me, dually van.

I see a lot of locksmiths driving them. I think they sell safes for businesses as well. 

alaskanassasin

Legume said:

That's a first for me, dually van.

 Dually Suburban is a good one too.

Ozzie_Isaac

GrateEggspectations said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Mansory Rolls Royce Cullinan

(Money does not equal taste)

Rare sighting indeed. 

Had my finger hovering over the “like” but just couldn’t bring myself to do it.

Imagine paying $1M for that !?

DoubleEgger

People are dying to ride in it. 

Gulfcoastguy

DoubleEgger said:

People are dying to ride in it. 

A friend of mine had one of those for his personal ride freshman year of college. His name was Kelly Love and he called it the Love Mobile.

lousubcap

And for those of you high rollers:

Zip ties are your friend!

Botch

lousubcap said:

And for those of you high rollers:

Zip ties are your friend!

I probably should not have seen that.    

ColbyLang

It’s a fantastic idea lol

GrateEggspectations

Botch

Porsche has finally released a hybrid 911.  The electric motor(s) are not connected to the drivetrain; its connected to the oversize turbo, so it's constantly spinning, no boost lag (gotta wonder what the life on that turbo is ).  Only $196K.
 
https://youtu.be/wDzi0-S9Bpo?si=jmJzduvyDWhZjXgh 

Ozzie_Isaac

Botch said:

Porsche has finally released a hybrid 911.  The electric motor(s) are not connected to the drivetrain; its connected to the oversize turbo, so it's constantly spinning, no boost lag (gotta wonder what the life on that turbo is ).  Only $196K.
 
https://youtu.be/wDzi0-S9Bpo?si=jmJzduvyDWhZjXgh 

Warmed up, properly oiled/cooled, life may be improved with a more consistent RPM, especially if separated from exhaust gases - cold starts and high revs before properly warmed up kills turbos.

alaskanassasin

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Botch said:

Porsche has finally released a hybrid 911.  The electric motor(s) are not connected to the drivetrain; its connected to the oversize turbo, so it's constantly spinning, no boost lag (gotta wonder what the life on that turbo is ).  Only $196K.
 
https://youtu.be/wDzi0-S9Bpo?si=jmJzduvyDWhZjXgh 

Warmed up, properly oiled/cooled, life may be improved with a more consistent RPM, especially if separated from exhaust gases - cold starts and high revs before properly warmed up kills turbos.

Shutting an engine off before a turbo has spooled down is a good way to burn one up. They continue to spin without oil pressure 

Botch

Ozzie_Isaac said:
...cold starts and high revs before properly warmed up kills turbos.

Good point.  

Ozzie_Isaac

alaskanassasin said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Botch said:

Porsche has finally released a hybrid 911.  The electric motor(s) are not connected to the drivetrain; its connected to the oversize turbo, so it's constantly spinning, no boost lag (gotta wonder what the life on that turbo is ).  Only $196K.
 
https://youtu.be/wDzi0-S9Bpo?si=jmJzduvyDWhZjXgh 

Warmed up, properly oiled/cooled, life may be improved with a more consistent RPM, especially if separated from exhaust gases - cold starts and high revs before properly warmed up kills turbos.

Shutting an engine off before a turbo has spooled down is a good way to burn one up. They continue to spin without oil pressure 

This is so true!  My ex-wife immediately revs her twin-turbo V8 Cayenne when she leaves, and rolls in hot and just shuts it off.  I tried to explain to what temp everything needed before high revs and also let it sit for a minute  or two when she pulls in to let it cool down and slow up before she shuts it off.  It didn’t stick.

ColbyLang

Ozzie_Isaac said:

alaskanassasin said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Botch said:

Porsche has finally released a hybrid 911.  The electric motor(s) are not connected to the drivetrain; its connected to the oversize turbo, so it's constantly spinning, no boost lag (gotta wonder what the life on that turbo is ).  Only $196K.
 
https://youtu.be/wDzi0-S9Bpo?si=jmJzduvyDWhZjXgh 

Warmed up, properly oiled/cooled, life may be improved with a more consistent RPM, especially if separated from exhaust gases - cold starts and high revs before properly warmed up kills turbos.

Shutting an engine off before a turbo has spooled down is a good way to burn one up. They continue to spin without oil pressure 

This is so true!  My ex-wife immediately revs her twin-turbo V8 Cayenne when she leaves, and rolls in hot and just shuts it off.  I tried to explain to what temp everything needed before high revs and also let it sit for a minute  or two when she pulls in to let it cool down and slow up before she shuts it off.  It didn’t stick.

Just make sure you ain’t paying the repair bills brother

DoubleEgger

Nacho Problem anymore! 

alaskanassasin

Ozzie_Isaac said:

alaskanassasin said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Botch said:

Porsche has finally released a hybrid 911.  The electric motor(s) are not connected to the drivetrain; its connected to the oversize turbo, so it's constantly spinning, no boost lag (gotta wonder what the life on that turbo is ).  Only $196K.
 
https://youtu.be/wDzi0-S9Bpo?si=jmJzduvyDWhZjXgh 

Warmed up, properly oiled/cooled, life may be improved with a more consistent RPM, especially if separated from exhaust gases - cold starts and high revs before properly warmed up kills turbos.

Shutting an engine off before a turbo has spooled down is a good way to burn one up. They continue to spin without oil pressure 

This is so true!  My ex-wife immediately revs her twin-turbo V8 Cayenne when she leaves, and rolls in hot and just shuts it off.  I tried to explain to what temp everything needed before high revs and also let it sit for a minute  or two when she pulls in to let it cool down and slow up before she shuts it off.  It didn’t stick.

The “warm up” (as indicated on the temperature read out) on swmbo car is a buzz kill. I’d love to pull out of the driveway and dog the sheet out of it.