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Old 04-01-2015, 11:43 PM
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Originally Posted by blueosprey90
What happened to the sports cars of yesteryear? Long, sleek, sexy hoods and fenders, cockpit set back and a door slung low so you could rest your arm on it.
Progress is terrible. Or is it really progress? Alfa needs to be lobbied to import those types of sports cars to the states again. I'd even give up my S for one. Make mine an 8C, Zagato bodied, around 1932 to 34. Sure having the accelerator in the center would take some getting used
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Old 04-02-2015, 03:46 AM
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^ I'd love to own an Alfa or I think I love the idea of owning any Alfa.

The S2000 is really special though. There was a magic that I felt the first time I drove it. I bet that was the same feeling you guys had when you drove the sports cars of your youth.

And I'm officially old. I watched that Meme through time video cone mark posted on the Listening To Thread. And while I listened to the Beatles it was Freddie Mercury to Nirvana I most identified with. Music died the day Kurt died for me. Other than one or two chart toppers I've not listened to the ones that came after.
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The side and especially rear view of that Civic Type R looks great. Did I just say that a Honda looks great? I thought they forgot how to design good looking cars.

Then I got to the front of it
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Originally Posted by Crazy_Schizo
The side and especially rear view of that Civic Type R looks great. Did I just say that a Honda looks great? I thought they forgot how to design good looking cars.

Then I got to the front of it
It will likely be fast and versatile. Good enough for me looks wise. The front seems a little too plain perhaps. Is that why you dislike it?
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Too stumpy. Needs to be more tapered. Probably kills more pedestrians, puppies, and bald eagles that way, so we get stumpy instead.
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"@#$&$#@ pedestrians should get out of the middle of the road when they cause that much damage to styling!"


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Old 04-02-2015, 05:40 AM
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^ I agree with that. When I am a pedestrian I try to cross the street as soon as I can so I don't hold up a car that is waiting. But I see people waddling across like ducks. It's for traffic people. Them yielding to you is them being courteous. Don't be an idiot and take all the time in the world to slowly cross. It isn't a park and you risk being hit by a 3000lb block of metal.
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Originally Posted by Crazy_Schizo
The side and especially rear view of that Civic Type R looks great. Did I just say that a Honda looks great? I thought they forgot how to design good looking cars.

Then I got to the front of it
I'm thinking the price may make us all
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Old 04-02-2015, 09:09 AM
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^ makes me wonder how much more did an ITR cost over a base Integra back in the day? I'm thinking pricing will be similar. Also considering the engines will be made in Ohio and they have facilities for building the civic in canada, perhaps it could be somewhat competitive in price. But yeah price would be a big factor.
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If it costs as much as the ITR was..and performs as well as the ITR was...will it be stolen as much as the ITR was?
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