Message from @LordCaledus

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2018-07-10 05:43:38 UTC  

I forgot that until I had mine fully assembled. Had to take the whole fucking thing apart again.

2018-07-10 05:43:49 UTC  

Turned a 30 minute install into 2 hours

2018-07-10 15:54:57 UTC  

Volkswagen AG has more Nurburgring lap time records than any other brand, including the current fastest. Keep in mind these are the people who make Porsche.

2018-07-10 15:55:55 UTC  

all modern VW's have Audi engines and they're usually the same ones put in Audi cars so its not rare to be able to bump up your VW by 50-100hp simply by swapping in some Audi parts.

2018-07-10 15:59:32 UTC  

oh, and Lamborghinis are VW products too, and not just in name either, they've audi TSI V10/V12's.

2018-07-10 18:07:06 UTC  

@radeon When did Lamborghini drop their 40 year old V10?

2018-07-10 18:07:29 UTC  

they haven't used the exact same engine for 40 years

2018-07-10 18:08:09 UTC  

Alright, it's the battle of the North Atlantic boys:

2017/8 V8 Vantage, vs Mustang.

2018-07-10 18:08:12 UTC  

its the same engine as the R8

2018-07-10 18:08:48 UTC  

@radeon Hmm, thats a bit of a letdown I guess. Not exactly living up to their Italian heritage

2018-07-10 18:09:08 UTC  

602 bhp, its also the fastest lamborgini on the ring.

2018-07-10 18:10:35 UTC  

third fastest car around the nurburgring is the V10 making 631 hp

2018-07-10 18:10:56 UTC  

and to be clear, that is faster than *all* ferraris

2018-07-10 18:43:04 UTC  

vw and their ownership of other brands has lead to the boring corporate snoozewagons being so prevalent, almost everything being made by the vw umbrella is soulless corporate cash grabs. While lambo might be more reliable now, they're much more boring, the urus is an insult to the brand, most of audis lineup is reskinned vws with awd options, bentley is now the automotive equivalent of designer handbags, porsche are the only ones with any individuality left really and that's because the outright ownership is also the most recent and convoluted

2018-07-10 18:47:48 UTC  

oh and then there are the side companies; seat and skoda which just sell polos, golfs and passats with different shapes

2018-07-10 18:51:09 UTC  

also nobody knows how fast ferraris are because they cheat on all the testing

2018-07-10 18:51:50 UTC  

they put goddamn slicks and road legality breaking ecu tunes on their test cars, it's complete bs

2018-07-10 18:57:20 UTC  

Cannot say about seat or skoda, but the rest makes little sense.

2018-07-10 18:57:32 UTC  

The Urus is the result of customer demand.

2018-07-10 18:57:51 UTC  

Have you _seen_ the sales figures of the Cayenne and Macan?

2018-07-10 18:58:05 UTC  

Not to mention theor profit margins.

2018-07-10 18:58:27 UTC  

Lamborghini was never a mass market brand, vw have decided to impose that on them

2018-07-10 18:58:50 UTC  

by reskinning a toureg and selling it with a badge tax

2018-07-10 18:58:57 UTC  

Maybe so, and if they go that route fully it will be a big mistake

2018-07-10 18:59:12 UTC  

Having an entry level car isnt a mistake tho

2018-07-10 18:59:24 UTC  

I don't blame them for doing it from a financial perspective, but no car enthusiast should be supporting this behaviour

2018-07-10 18:59:35 UTC  

Also, man, the friggen Cayenne is a reskinned Toaureg

2018-07-10 18:59:44 UTC  

Try telling that from driving i
One

2018-07-10 19:00:14 UTC  

and I doubt it will be a mistake; the majority of people buying supercars these days aren't buying them to drive them, they're either buying investments or buying badge status

2018-07-10 19:00:27 UTC  

These days?

2018-07-10 19:00:33 UTC  

This is a new thing?

2018-07-10 19:00:40 UTC  

It really is not.

2018-07-10 19:02:09 UTC  

the people who bought f40s and f50s and countaches often bought them for driving thrill

2018-07-10 19:02:14 UTC  

not for status or investment

2018-07-10 19:05:43 UTC  

And the people who bought Jonkheere Coupes?

2018-07-10 19:06:16 UTC  

You think they bought them because they liked how they drove or because they were a mobile status symbol?

2018-07-10 19:06:28 UTC  

Much like Bentley and Rolls Royce today.

2018-07-10 19:06:47 UTC  

That's why Ariel Atoms are a thing now: Driving enthusiasm