@WBizarre There's a little bit of derp going from 300 to 350, but this does a good job showing off how the 400 is trying to emulate the original.

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@pip-bip Right before the crest of a hill? Seems like a safe place to pull over...

@phenotyp Don't worry lol, I just meant every subsequent time someone will suggest an earlier Z until I eventually have all the pieces. The Z range is ripe for a megamorph, I'll get to it eventually.

@WBizarre In hindsight, the Z was a much better looking car IMO. The headlights on the G make it look a little goofy. It doesn't help that G's are all driven by teenage dirtbags enthusiasts nowadays.

@pip-bip Oyasumi nasai😑

@pip-bip honestly one of the ugliest cars ever put on sale

sick

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Someone pushed a Nissan out of a dark, damp and somewhat untrimmed hole...

saw an R34 GT-R on the eastern fwy yesterday. couldn't see the whole thing over the barrier, just saw a bayside blue stock wing peeking out

@Vondon302 I wish

@amoore100 current BMW grilles that look like two giant teeth. horrible!

@pip-bip I want one so badly.

@pip-bip snazzy

@pip-bip Love the R30

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He should get those wheels looked at. They seem a little crooked.

@pip-bip it's nice of them to tell you the back seats aren't useable. 2+2=2 seater.

@ST80MND a rising tide raises all ships. If you can buy and keep a nice one you should be rewarded. Good cars too.

@pip-bip vrooom vroom!

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No-one wants to ride in the back seat anyway...

@HFV Yea lol. Would you sit inside the Mona Lisa?

@pip-bip Tommykaira's font is lovely

Calsonic is the best sonic

@pip-bip Ain't she sweet

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And the Kenmeri

@Highlander isn’t he Raymond Poulidor ?

@Hamster-V10 I was waiting for the Z to do the gutter run, was not disappointed.

@fintail Yes, that's the original one. And very nice. Mine is a Gulliver Customs, still made in Japan though.

@pip-bip nice, love the mention of "quartz headlights". quartz was very trendy back then.
for the americans out there, this would be pronounced "enough zed", ie. "enough said".
not "enough zee".

@pip-bip It's a stunning car, but I agree with the others that the wheels are a touch too big. Needs more sidewall:

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@415s30 I'm sure they'll make every kind of SEMA tribute and "wheels 'n stripes" special edition eventually.

@pip-bip Mini Ariya!

@amoore100 Subaru plz.

@pip-bip So they were offered but we didn't buy them ...check

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awesome. i think that's a late factory car, a type s or something.

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I don't think the windmill is working properly.

I thought you meant this by Japanese Jellybeans:

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@415s30 Jeep said they received 30k orders for them, which is IIRC close to 10% of their annual output. That seemed high to me, but hopefully there’ll be a few around.

I’ve only spotted one or two.

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Gojira does his own stunts...

@Nauraushaun It was a bit of a mess though. Longbridge had always been the small car plant, Cowley was the large car plant, so the entire new MINI production line was installed at Longbridge - entirely new paint shop, totally rebuilt car assembly building, then Rover Group was split up just before it could be switched on. They had to disassemble the Rover 75 line at Cowley and truck it to Longbridge to reassemble there, and move the MINI tooling over to Cowley, while BMW also had to contract with MG Rover to continue building the classic Mini for a few more months to bridge the gap.

BMW opted to keep the Cowley plant because it was smaller, and they didn't think they'd need a big space for expected MINI volume, but they ended up outgrowing it fast and can't expand because it's hemmed in with development

@WBizarre Genesis Coupes immediately came to mind.

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@eel I like the R30 too!

@WhoIsTheLeader Wow, I freaking love it. To have the new Z and my original 240 is a life goal of mine. Also the new Z would be much more pleasant for longer drives.

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@HammerheadFistpunch This goes double for any vehicle not likely to have a practicable lift option.

@pip-bip the 300ZR had the NA VG30DE that would be used in the Z32 300ZX (dual overhead cam compared to the VG30E of most Z31s). this would've been pretty potent, at 220hp which is more than the turbo Z31 put out.

@annoying_salman yep, same generation though it's based on a slightly different wide-body variant for Japan only called the Nissan Largo.

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@pip-bip opens new tab, googles "80s concept car diecasts"
Ended up on awesomediecast.com and found this. I know we have some R class fans here.
https://www.awesomediecast.com/spark-1-43-mercedes-benz-fascination-concept-car/
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Actually this concept had nothing to do with the R class, the proportions just looked similar.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_ConceptFASCINATION

@pip-bip It broke.