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Detroit, 3:31 AM
Fri Dec 11
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11/19/09
Why does every car these days have to shout "look at me?" I do miss discreet performance. Maybe I am getting old.
Some simple style to balance out the ABT Golf.
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11/19/09
If I pulled up next to this thing at a light I'd be fooled into thinking that so much exterior upgrading must mean he's got some real nice engine goodies.
Then I'd smoke him in my roomates Neon SXT.
11/19/09
This isn't your 1977 47hp rabbit diesel with the 3+1 gearbox.
11/19/09
I guess this might maybe be quicker than my roomate's neon. Maybe.
You folks may have forgotten that the SXT model is special because it comes with a factory spoiler.
This spoiler in fact brings wheel horsepower up to around 400.
It also automatically takes 3 seconds of the 0-60 time.
#tips
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So it helps me a lot.
#tips
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11/19/09
I know it's sacrilege, but I really like the looks of the 4-door Golfs more than the 2-door (in the MkV and MkVI versions). Makes the car more competitive with the MS3, as well.
02/26/09
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02/26/09
Boy racers, your dream car has arrived. ABT Sportsline, no affiliation to CBS Sports, has improved on the Audi A5 by adding an S between the A and the 5 and adding an R. Not only that, but we put a supercharger and changed the computer programming of the AS5-R to increase horsepower to 510 hp. The 0-62 time drops to 4.5s and the top speed is now 292 km/h.
Consumption and emissions stay the same so we won't receive hate mail from the Sierra Club.
Additional features include enormous 380mm brakes, a new coil-over suspension system, and Christian Abt perfectionised power interaction. All of this results in a car your wife won't object to riding in.
The glove fits, but you must acquit. A new body kit gives it that boy racer look you've desired without being too over the top. A rear diffuser and 4-pipe exhaust complete the ass...er...A5S-R.
The A5S-R will not perform unless you also buy the body kit. We specifically designed it so a sleeper model would not work.
02/26/09
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02/26/09
Please reference this car when you next decide to try and make an M3 coupe. This is proof that German cars don't need to be bulbous, lumpy, flame-surfaced and fat-looking. Isn't it sad that Audi has made a car that is everything the M3 should have been, but isn't.
Just ignore those fender vents, unless you find a reason that they need to be functional. In which case, huge clouds of steam should shoot out of them.
All my love,
Deartháir
02/26/09
Watch it, or we'll re-hire Chris Bangle. Do you think our designs will get better with a chap named Adrian van Hooydonk? Just look for our new cars equipped with 22 inch chrome spinners.
02/26/09
Thankfully, we still have Audi making beautiful German cars, even if BMW and Mercedes have jumped aboard the ugly bandwagon.
02/26/09
Dear Deartháir:
Please, please don't forget about us! We'll put a bigger engine and throw another supercharger in! It's not all BMWs and Audis you know, we have the biggest bulges and the biggest fender holes in the business! So pleaaaaaseee buy our cars instead! We'll throw in a Smart for free! We have plenty of those just sitting out in the lots!
from Mercedes-Benz
02/26/09
02/26/09
Yes. So does moss, if you stand still for long enough.
Each successive Audi, to my eyes at least, has gotten better and better looking. In about 1999, I wouldn't even notice one, particularly when compared to a BMW or Mercedes. Now they're the only ones I want to see.
02/26/09
BMW stills seems pretentious, but Mercedes is the prime offender. It just seem so amateurish with how it applies the new designs.
@leavethegun-takethecannoli: It always reminds me of a woman who's gotten too many unnecessary plastic surgeries.
The only Mercedes that I actually like is the CLS and that was conceived before this Bangular nonsense.
02/26/09
The ketchup popsicle on white gloves leaves a bit to be desired. Looks like a used tampon. Wow, I'd never thought I would ever write anything like that. I just said I'm sorry to myself.
02/26/09
Who the fuck thought THAT was a good idea?
02/26/09
The Designer: "I was looking at some of my old underwear, and all of a sudden the idea of racing stripes popped into my head. But that's a little played out, so I said to myself I need a twist, how about racing stripes for women? And boom, I had my new paint scheme."
02/26/09
I kinda get it from a styling standpoint but then again, I'd never own anything with it.
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