AK
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Originally posted by CorsAsh
If you bought a car like that, how often would you want to remove the rear bumper 
Not exactly a concrete sales pitch "Yes sir, and you can take the rear bumper off REALLY easily!"
did i say it was...
If it had 4 4" Peco BB4's would it be better?
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Butler
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Give me an RS4 any day
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CorsAsh
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quote:
Originally posted by AK
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Originally posted by CorsAsh
If you bought a car like that, how often would you want to remove the rear bumper
Not exactly a concrete sales pitch "Yes sir, and you can take the rear bumper off REALLY easily!"
did i say it was...
If it had 4 4" Peco BB4's would it be better?
Don't be ridiculous. And yes, you were trying to say it's a good thing to have disconnected exhaust trims on a bumper as you can take it off easily, I fail to see what relevance that is? Aside from if you go looking to buy a car that a bodyshop would find easier to work on after a rear ender.
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The rear bumper can come off a lot easier than with them 'fixed'
Can't imagine it's much harder if the a car's exhausts slip sensibly into a properly designed hole in the bumper.
The sales pitch thing was just a funny image I had in my head, I apologize if that's what got your back up.
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Nath
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Porsche 911's have the same kind of exhaust thing going on.
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Robin
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They're connected to the exhaust Nath, you can't waggle your hand between the backbox ans the tailpipes
What a silly idea.
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Nath
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They still look shit though.
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Steve
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quote:
Originally posted by CorsAsh
The "exhausts" aren't even exhausts
http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Drives/Comparos/articleId=123158
same with the triangle new civic exhausts
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AK
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quote:
Originally posted by CorsAsh
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Originally posted by AK
quote:
Originally posted by CorsAsh
If you bought a car like that, how often would you want to remove the rear bumper
Not exactly a concrete sales pitch "Yes sir, and you can take the rear bumper off REALLY easily!"
did i say it was...
If it had 4 4" Peco BB4's would it be better?
Don't be ridiculous. And yes, you were trying to say it's a good thing to have disconnected exhaust trims on a bumper as you can take it off easily, I fail to see what relevance that is? Aside from if you go looking to buy a car that a bodyshop would find easier to work on after a rear ender.
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The rear bumper can come off a lot easier than with them 'fixed'
Can't imagine it's much harder if the a car's exhausts slip sensibly into a properly designed hole in the bumper.
The sales pitch thing was just a funny image I had in my head, I apologize if that's what got your back up.
your not getting me are you... I'm not saying its a 'good' thing... I'm just saying why the hell is it so 'bad'?? it isnt.
The removing rear bumper thing was the only advantage of it i could think of, and the resulting snug fit look of the tail pipe ends in the bumper
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CorsAsh
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Registered: 19th Apr 02
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Ok, fair enough.
Strikes me as they wanted to design the rear to make it look powerful by slapping on a few tail trims. It wouldn't surprise me if they had made the choice to do that before thinking about how to make it work properly.
The other big Lexus come to think of it is the same, the one that parks itself. I think that if you're designing something aimed at the high end German cars and you do this sort of thing, it makes it look cheap and rushed.
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Jamie
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I kind alike that
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