Vancouver Auto Show

zenon · April 5th, 2004, 04:35 AM

Here is a link to a collection of my photos from the Vancouver Auto Show I went to this week:

http://www.sfu.ca/~jsloan/autoshow/autoshow.htm

There were lots of amazing vehicles (RUF 911 Turbo, RX8, turbocharged Miata, SL55 AMG etc.), and lots of ridiculousness (Cadillac Sixteen, Dodge Ram SRT-10, Dodge Tomahawk).

Enjoy images/smilies/biggrin.gif

Viper007Bond · April 5th, 2004, 05:13 AM

Nice Turbo. 8)

And if you say that the SRT-10 is ridiculous again, I'll ban you. images/smilies/twisted.gif

http://gallery.viper007bond.com/2004...DodgeRamSRT-10

justin syder · April 5th, 2004, 05:33 AM

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SL55 AMG

M5Rangerover · April 5th, 2004, 05:36 AM

Man i wish i still lived in Vancouver

the auto show here in edmonton is CRAP

oh well

going to detroit next year images/smilies/biggrin.gif

zenon · April 5th, 2004, 05:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Viper007Bond

And if you say that the SRT-10 is ridiculous again, I'll ban you. images/smilies/twisted.gif

Hahaha, ok...

Well, I don't want to sound like too much of a tree hugger, but I guess it is sort of cool having a truck with that much power, but as our planet is becoming increasingly raped of resources, is less than 10 miles per galon really an ethical thing for consumers to be buying in to?

When I was looking at the Cadillac Sixteen at the autushow, my girlfriend asked me what was so speical about the car... I proceeded to tell her how the average Civic has about 100hp, and this car has over 1000hp. I explained my view that it is basically the embodiement of North America's wanton wastefulness. The whole time I was saying this, a Cadillac employee was standing nearby and overheard our conversation. He gave me this extremely dirty look as we were leaving. It was really hilarious!

I just really have a problem with the average North American's wastefulness... having Cadillac produce a 1000 horsepower vehicle and Dodge using 8.3 litre engines in the Viper\Ram\Tomahawk doesn't really help out.

I don't want to rag on anyone's favourite car or anything images/smilies/biggrin.gif

...
I just don't want another fuel crisis.

CanadianLoonie · April 5th, 2004, 09:18 AM

^Wow...someone that actually uses their SFU webspace semi-productively.

The Porsche 911 Turbo is my favourite car, but I would perfer to keep it in the same specifications it left the Porsche factory it. Personally, I consider anything that RUF does to be tampering with a masterpiece of art and engineering.

Viper007Bond · April 5th, 2004, 11:05 AM

Crazy canucks. We should almost call you guys Europeans!

xkwilson · April 5th, 2004, 03:28 PM

Wow...nice show with a lot of nice cars. Hmm...I tot the Cadillac 16 is suppose to be more economical. It was shown on Top Gear and it says that when in city driving only 4 of its cylinder is running and when on freeways it 8 cylinders is running...only when u floor it then all its 16 cylinders will be in use. I tink for a huge car like tis it manages ard 20+ mpg tat's not tat bad.

justin syder · April 5th, 2004, 08:22 PM

as far as another fuel crisis, we are slowly moving into the use of hydrogen as primary fuel for cars. less then 20yrs from now.

and as far as RUF tampering, well, if a 200mph+ R Turbo is tampering then i guess a faster and more improved porsche is what you wont like. RUF cars are great, just as Brabus does with Merc.

zenon · April 5th, 2004, 09:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by justin syder

as far as another fuel crisis, we are slowly moving into the use of hydrogen as primary fuel for cars. less then 20yrs from now.

Although it is an extremely debated topic, we might be using hydrogen in 20 years. Thats heavy on the 'might'.

But right now, the general public is definetly moving in the opposite direction. Over the last five years there have been many extremely inefficient trucks\SUVs etc. in the lists of top selling vehicles.

SiR_dude · April 5th, 2004, 11:07 PM

I agree with watching our resources, but c'mon people...this world is so advanced it stinks. Do you actually think that if we ran out of gas, the world would grind to a halt? I don't think so. The only reason that hydrogen/alternative fuels aren't more commonplace yet is because fossil fuels are too much of a cash cow. We all know how bad cigarettes are, right? Then why do governments allow smoking to go on? Because they rape smokers on the tax. It's a big income for them. Same with gas. There's way too much money involved to scrap it yet. Big corporations like Exxon Mobil and others will make quick work of anyone who would try to sell a hydrogen car. Big automakers realize that alternative fuels aren't welcome just yet, so there isn't a huge push to develop them. We posses more than enough technology to be able to find some other renewable source of energy...but some big money machines will mow you down if you touch their incomes....

Renesis · April 5th, 2004, 11:26 PM

nice pics.

SL55, RX-8, RUF, RS6, new S40 T5 8) nice!

but who the fuck decided to bring a yellow RX-8!?! images/smilies/wacko.gif

zenon · April 6th, 2004, 12:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SiR_dude

I agree with watching our resources, but c'mon people...this world is so advanced it stinks. Do you actually think that if we ran out of gas, the world would grind to a halt? I don't think so. The only reason that hydrogen/alternative fuels aren't more commonplace yet is because fossil fuels are too much of a cash cow. We all know how bad cigarettes are, right? Then why do governments allow smoking to go on? Because they rape smokers on the tax. It's a big income for them. Same with gas. There's way too much money involved to scrap it yet. Big corporations like Exxon Mobil and others will make quick work of anyone who would try to sell a hydrogen car. Big automakers realize that alternative fuels aren't welcome just yet, so there isn't a huge push to develop them. We posses more than enough technology to be able to find some other renewable source of energy...but some big money machines will mow you down if you touch their incomes....

Exactly!

Although I do think preserving resources is very important, it's mostly our blind, opportunistic use of fuel that is the problem. The United States has spent a lot of money and blood attempting to make their artificially lowered fuel prices stay low.

zenon · April 6th, 2004, 02:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Renesis

but who the fuck decided to bring a yellow RX-8!?! images/smilies/wacko.gif

There was actually a red RX-8 parked right beside it. I had a bunch of pictures of a red RX-8 at the autoshow last year, so I took some of the yellow one this year. It looks okay, but I don't know how you could buy an RX-8 and not get red images/smilies/mrgreen.gif

Renesis · April 6th, 2004, 02:42 AM

I wouldn't mind a black one either.. but my pick would be a red one

but if you give me a yellow one I'll take it images/smilies/wink.gif

April 5th, 2004, 04:35 AM	#1
zenon VIP Joined: Mar 8th, 2004 Last Online: April 3rd, 2007 Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 2,546 Rep Power: 22	Vancouver Auto Show Here is a link to a collection of my photos from the Vancouver Auto Show I went to this week: http://www.sfu.ca/~jsloan/autoshow/autoshow.htm There were lots of amazing vehicles (RUF 911 Turbo, RX8, turbocharged Miata, SL55 AMG etc.), and lots of ridiculousness (Cadillac Sixteen, Dodge Ram SRT-10, Dodge Tomahawk). Enjoy __________________ *Disclaimer: 'Official "What's that Song?" Guy' unless said song is European house music or sung in German.

April 5th, 2004, 05:13 AM	#2
Viper007Bond Lazy Head Dude Joined: Sep 21st, 2003 Last Online: 11:29 AM Location: Portland, Oregon Age: 24 Posts: 20,964 Car: Dodge Viper (I wish!) Rep Power: 233	Nice Turbo. 8) And if you say that the SRT-10 is ridiculous again, I'll ban you. http://gallery.viper007bond.com/2004...DodgeRamSRT-10 __________________ Fight back against the evil Quiky by +1'ing this post! There is no replacement for displacement. - Wolfgang Bernhard, Chief Operating Officer, Chrysler Group talking about the Dodge Viper SRT-10 ... I ask Herb Helbig, vehicle synthesis manager for SRT and a member of the original Team Viper development group since day one, if they'd ever thought of adding traction control. "It comes with two," he says, pointing at my feet. "Learn to use them." Got it. - Motor Trend on the 2006 Dodge Viper Coupe, November 2005

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M5Rangerover Joined: Jan 28th, 2004 Last Online: November 3rd, 2008 Location: Edmonton, Alberta Posts: 422 Rep Power: 0	Man i wish i still lived in Vancouver the auto show here in edmonton is CRAP oh well going to detroit next year __________________ ----------- 1986 325 ----------------------------------------------------------- 1987 325ic -----------

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CanadianLoonie Joined: Feb 16th, 2004 Last Online: November 17th, 2008 Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Age: 24 Posts: 641 Car: 1993 Acura Integra RS sedan Rep Power: 20	^Wow...someone that actually uses their SFU webspace semi-productively. The Porsche 911 Turbo is my favourite car, but I would perfer to keep it in the same specifications it left the Porsche factory it. Personally, I consider anything that RUF does to be tampering with a masterpiece of art and engineering. __________________ The Porsche 911 Turbo, the world's most civilized sports car.

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Viper007Bond Lazy Head Dude Joined: Sep 21st, 2003 Last Online: 11:29 AM Location: Portland, Oregon Age: 24 Posts: 20,964 Car: Dodge Viper (I wish!) Rep Power: 233	Crazy canucks. We should almost call you guys Europeans! __________________ Fight back against the evil Quiky by +1'ing this post! There is no replacement for displacement. - Wolfgang Bernhard, Chief Operating Officer, Chrysler Group talking about the Dodge Viper SRT-10 ... I ask Herb Helbig, vehicle synthesis manager for SRT and a member of the original Team Viper development group since day one, if they'd ever thought of adding traction control. "It comes with two," he says, pointing at my feet. "Learn to use them." Got it. - Motor Trend on the 2006 Dodge Viper Coupe, November 2005

April 5th, 2004, 03:28 PM	#8
xkwilson VIP Joined: Dec 8th, 2003 Last Online: February 22nd, 2008 Location: Singapore Posts: 261 Rep Power: 0	Wow...nice show with a lot of nice cars. Hmm...I tot the Cadillac 16 is suppose to be more economical. It was shown on Top Gear and it says that when in city driving only 4 of its cylinder is running and when on freeways it 8 cylinders is running...only when u floor it then all its 16 cylinders will be in use. I tink for a huge car like tis it manages ard 20+ mpg tat's not tat bad.

April 5th, 2004, 08:22 PM	#9
justin syder Joined: Dec 8th, 2003 Last Online: October 29th, 2007 Location: New York, USA Age: 27 Posts: 4,087 Car: 1986 Mercedes-Benz 300E Rep Power: 25	as far as another fuel crisis, we are slowly moving into the use of hydrogen as primary fuel for cars. less then 20yrs from now. and as far as RUF tampering, well, if a 200mph+ R Turbo is tampering then i guess a faster and more improved porsche is what you wont like. RUF cars are great, just as Brabus does with Merc. __________________ Top Gear list http://forum.finalgear.com/viewtopic.php?t=179 5th Gear list http://forum.finalgear.com/viewtopic.php?t=931 Ich Fahre Deutschen, Ich Fahre Mercedes-Benz.

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SiR_dude Joined: Mar 5th, 2004 Last Online: November 11th, 2008 Location: Somewhere in rural Ontario, Canada Posts: 3,640 Car: 2000 Civic SiR Rep Power: 24	I agree with watching our resources, but c'mon people...this world is so advanced it stinks. Do you actually think that if we ran out of gas, the world would grind to a halt? I don't think so. The only reason that hydrogen/alternative fuels aren't more commonplace yet is because fossil fuels are too much of a cash cow. We all know how bad cigarettes are, right? Then why do governments allow smoking to go on? Because they rape smokers on the tax. It's a big income for them. Same with gas. There's way too much money involved to scrap it yet. Big corporations like Exxon Mobil and others will make quick work of anyone who would try to sell a hydrogen car. Big automakers realize that alternative fuels aren't welcome just yet, so there isn't a huge push to develop them. We posses more than enough technology to be able to find some other renewable source of energy...but some big money machines will mow you down if you touch their incomes....

April 5th, 2004, 11:26 PM	#12
Renesis Lazier than Viper Joined: Nov 27th, 2003 Last Online: November 17th, 2008 Location: Quebec, Canada Age: 21 Posts: 9,676 Car: 2007 Pontiac G5 GT LFS Status: Rep Power: 0	nice pics. SL55, RX-8, RUF, RS6, new S40 T5 8) nice! but who the fuck decided to bring a yellow RX-8!?!

April 6th, 2004, 02:42 AM	#15
Renesis Lazier than Viper Joined: Nov 27th, 2003 Last Online: November 17th, 2008 Location: Quebec, Canada Age: 21 Posts: 9,676 Car: 2007 Pontiac G5 GT LFS Status: Rep Power: 0	I wouldn't mind a black one either.. but my pick would be a red one but if you give me a yellow one I'll take it

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