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Mr. Jones

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  1. Link Broken This sounds interesting, would love to know more and probably have you do a car or two in spring.
  2. http://derper.com/images/derp/Obama_Derp.jpg
  3. Should have been the other way around. EAD Slow driving dildos.
  4. I was with you until you said Auto. But, if for no other reason, it's something new to play with, I say YES>
  5. Thanks Pat! Always crazy addictive to watch.
  6. He wants a 300hp awd sub for $15,000 new. Tiguan is too pricey for his needs.
  7. Well, it's partly due to inability to honor any real Euro NCAP standards vs sending a boat load of cars over to the US just to be slammed into walls. But, US consumers are are also to "blame" by not in reality wanting anything to do with these cars. Example: The cheapest AWD Yetis' are around £19,000, or nearly 30K in USD. This is for an SUV with 110HP. That is before importation, taxes, and whatever federalization costs. Assuming for a second that we have a wizard that can transform them into LHD cars, and conform to all us emissions with no price increase so we can have them for $30k. :dumb: :dumb: Who on CR would buy a Small SUV with 110HP for 30K that consumes Diesel which is $1 more than gas? Probably nobody, seeing as you can get a variety of small SUV's here from Kia, Hyundai, even GMC that get 30-32mpg and run on $1 a gallon cheaper gasoline. Cost, $8-10K cheaper than our "Wizard Provided" Yeti. Factor in real-life costs of bringing that car over here and it would be at least 10-15K more than your Kia Sportage, be slower and suckier at everything and you see why they don't exist.
  8. +1 For Capital. They take awesome care of your car. Never seen a driver take such care to ensure the front end doesn't get scraped while loading / unloading. Truly refreshing for those of us with lowered cars.
  9. DING DING DING DING. It costs buttloads, and I mean BUTTLOADS of money to federalize and bring a new fleet of cars here. In order for it to be remotely profitable they'd have to have a huge audience of people standing by with deposits placed. This doesn't happen for 0-60 in 15 second 61mpg small SUV's. This is America. We get huge petitions signed to bring over specialty cars that get 10-15 and go 0-60 in 3 seconds, not for family haulers. The amount of people that would actually purchase that vehicle, after driving one and realizing they might die trying to get up to speed on 270 is so limited. This brings us to the other problem, the price of the car once imported, it WOULD BE HUGE. NOBODY would be willing to pay what it costs for one once they actually got over here. If you really really really want one, begin a Petition online on facebook and get signatures. It works, as a result, I should have a new car come springtime. No, it's not fuel efficient, but people cared enough to gather enough signatures and made it happen and were willing to put deposits down. GOD BLESS THE USA.
  10. Tons of cool cars under the VW empire over there. We'll never see any of them though. I was told that a whole new mess of diesels are headed this way though!!!! HAPPY HAPPY JOY JOY
  11. I don't think anybody could hate on that car. IT'S A LEGEND!
  12. For this very reason, I always carry a compact bull horn in a holster.
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