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    Nissan Roox: Kei Car Comes With Round-Eyed Headlights Or Umm...

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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    12/03/09

    In reply to Nissan Roox: Kei Car Comes With Round-Eyed Headlights Or Umm...
    This is gonna look bitchin' with some 22" rims on it, yo....

    /tread-to-tread wheelbase = 2 inches
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    that ain't the way to have fun, son was starred that ain't the way to have fun, son was unstarred
    Image of FrankGrimes FrankGrimes
    12/03/09

    In reply to Nissan Roox: Kei Car Comes With Round-Eyed Headlights Or Umm...
    I fixed it.
     Reply
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    Image of snapoversteer 'bout to get told snapoversteer 'bout to get told
    12/03/09

    @FrankGrimes: I'm turning you in to Jerry Lewis's intellectual property lawyers.
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    Image of tonyola tonyola
    12/03/09

    In reply to Nissan Roox: Kei Car Comes With Round-Eyed Headlights Or Umm...
    Sell a version equipped with a high-end stereo, and call it the Roox E Music:

    "There's a new sensation
    A fabulous creation
    A danceable solution
    To teenage revolution"
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    Image of bmoreDLJ bmoreDLJ
    12/03/09

    In reply to Nissan Roox: Kei Car Comes With Round-Eyed Headlights Or Umm...
    They're that small because they poop...a LOT.
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    Image of GreenN_Gold GreenN_Gold
    12/03/09

    @bmoreDLJ: Please clarify...you talking quantity or frequency?
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    Image of snapoversteer 'bout to get told snapoversteer 'bout to get told
    12/03/09

    In reply to Nissan Roox: Kei Car Comes With Round-Eyed Headlights Or Umm...
    I wonder if these could put a chink in the sales figures of big SUVs in the states. Might make a good little city car for running inscrutable errands during the salaryman week. Then on the weekend you escape your internment to zip off with a horde of friends to hit the slopes with divine winds nipping at your heels.

    Please don't ban me; I'm already going to hell.
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    Image of Ben Wojdyla Ben Wojdyla
    12/03/09

    @snapoversteer 'bout to get told: Ban? If you didn't already have a star that would be promoted!
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    Image of Ash78, cube farmer Ash78, cube farmer
    12/03/09

    In reply to Nissan Roox: Kei Car Comes With Round-Eyed Headlights Or Umm...
    Two trimlines:
    Serious Anime
    Surprised Anime

    Random beads of flying sweat cost extra (vinyl decals).
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    Image of twitchykun(level 10 Jalop-Knight) twitchykun(level 10 Jalop-Knight)
    12/03/09

    @Ash78, cube farmer: Tsundere Option Package - Navigation acts all haughty, voiced by Rie Kugemiya, constantly calls you "Baka".

    Yandere Option Package - Inner door handles have blades on them, preventing exit from car. Really comfortable massaging chairs. Navigation system constantly calls you "Onii-chan", voiced by Rie Tanaka.
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    Ash78, cube farmer promoted this comment Edited by twitchykun(level 10 Jalop-Knight) at 12/03/09 11:34 AM twitchykun(level 10 Jalop-Knight) was starred twitchykun(level 10 Jalop-Knight) was unstarred
    Image of Ash78, cube farmer Ash78, cube farmer
    12/03/09

    @twitchykun(level 10 Jalop-Knight): And every button and switch provides audio feedback that sounds like someone pinching a loaf (male) or executing a tennis serve (female).
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    Image of twitchykun(level 10 Jalop-Knight) twitchykun(level 10 Jalop-Knight)
    12/03/09

    @Ash78, cube farmer: God help us if those cars start having discussions about their "powerlevels" while their drivers presses all their buttons.
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    twitchykun(level 10 Jalop-Knight) was starred twitchykun(level 10 Jalop-Knight) was unstarred
    Image of Leeeeena the Jalopchick Leeeeena the Jalopchick
    12/03/09

    @Ash78, cube farmer: I was thinking more along the lines of this.
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    12/03/09

    In reply to Nissan Roox: Kei Car Comes With Round-Eyed Headlights Or Umm...
    Nice box. This Gaijin prefers the round-eye.
     Reply
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    Image of smalleyxb122 smalleyxb122
    12/03/09

    In reply to Nissan Roox: Kei Car Comes With Round-Eyed Headlights Or Umm...
    Roox kinda goofy in either guise.
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    Image of GreenN_Gold GreenN_Gold
    12/03/09

    @smalleyxb122: Roox rike a rittoh Quest.
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    Image of bzr bzr
    12/01/09

    In reply to Detroit Auto Show Pretends It Has Aston, Ferrari, Rolls, Porsche and Lambo
    In something unrelated, can I say wow, what a beautiful building? It manages to be Art Deco and minimalist at the same time. Makes it look like Detroit is, unlike what the NY Times says, still worth saving.
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    Image of Ben Wojdyla Ben Wojdyla
    12/01/09

    @bzr: Surprise!
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    Image of PHXSJAZ PHXSJAZ
    12/02/09

    @bzr: There isn't much that a long exposure photo can't improve on! Its what isn't in the photo that you should be worried about. The area around the casino is a disaster. Still looks like the set of Robocop.
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    Image of bmoreDLJ bmoreDLJ
    12/01/09

    In reply to Detroit Auto Show Pretends It Has Aston, Ferrari, Rolls, Porsche and Lambo
    Five seconds after I enter the Porsche display:

    "Sir, could you please leave, now, without a fuss?"

    (dejected) Okay...
     Reply
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    12/01/09

    In reply to Detroit Auto Show Pretends It Has Aston, Ferrari, Rolls, Porsche and Lambo
    They can't even get local dealers to show up and fill their spots?

    Of course, that depends on whether or not there are such things as Detroit Aston Martin, Ferrari, Lamborghini and Rolls-Royce dealerships.
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    Image of Ben Wojdyla Ben Wojdyla
    12/01/09

    @Pessimippopotamus: There are, the Troy motor mall has one of each.
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    Image of mytdawg mytdawg
    12/01/09

    In reply to Detroit Auto Show Pretends It Has Aston, Ferrari, Rolls, Porsche and Lambo
    Not exactly a new tactic. Detroit has been pretending it had automakers for years.
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    Image of SerialThriller SerialThriller
    12/02/09

    @mytdawg: Ouch
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    mytdawg promoted this comment SerialThriller was starred SerialThriller was unstarred
    Image of mytdawg mytdawg
    12/02/09

    @SerialThriller: I actually prefer "domestic" vehicles personally. I've got 5 GM's and a Ford and I've never had a major component failure (well I did lose a transmission in a '72 Nova back in the 80's). One is pushing 200K and one 250K miles. But I'm not impressed with their management decisions or Detroit politics.
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    Image of FTGDWolverineEdition'09 FTGDWolverineEdition'09
    12/01/09

    In reply to Detroit Auto Show Pretends It Has Aston, Ferrari, Rolls, Porsche and Lambo
    Yeah.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    11/29/09

    In reply to TheEastBayKid Finds Us Some Cool Machinery In The Southern Hemisphere
    I've said for years that I'd kill for an E30 estate, and I meant it. Not sure it can compete with that panel van, though! So much cool stuff down under that we never caught a glimpse of...
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    Image of tonyola tonyola
    11/29/09

    In reply to TheEastBayKid Finds Us Some Cool Machinery In The Southern Hemisphere
    I remember seeing a black SP250 around Cocoa Beach in the 1970s. You have to wonder about the Daimler directors standing around the styling buck and saying "We have to build this!". Perhaps a moment of desperation? Daimler had frittered away too much money on a wide variety of luxury cars selling in small numbers. There was also the matter of a managing director and his wife using company funds for a ridiculously extravagant lifestyle, including several over-the-top show cars like the one I've pictured. It was on its last legs as an independent manufacturer and would very soon find itself in the not-so-loving arms of Jaguar. Maybe the SP250 was hideous, but it was also pretty fast for the time - top speed was close to 125 mph.
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    Image of brandegee brandegee
    11/29/09

    @tonyola: 125 mph is definitely very fast for the time...similar front-end to the fast Studebakers. The Majestic Major, with the larger 4.5-litre V8, also had a top speed above 120 mph despite being extremely heavy. It's mystery to me why Jaguar never bothered to install these engines in their cars.

    The SP250 was such a weird car for a company best known for making the limousine of choice for super-high-end hotels all over the world. Hong Kong, in particular, swore by them.
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    Image of tonyola tonyola
    11/29/09

    @brandegee: William Lyons, the head of Jaguar, was notoriously protective of the make and refused to acknowledge that any ideas from "outside" might be of benefit to his cars. Too bad - the 4.5 would have been a natural for the Mark X and XJ6. Some Jaguar Mark II sedans were given the 2.5 and badged Daimler 2 1/2 Liter and V8-250 - these were said to be nicer to drive than the Mark IIs, though not as powerful as the 3.4/3.8 Jags.
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