CT LVIII: Squat or sit?

Post #1541 » by **Danny Darko** » Mon Jun 2, 2014 4:13 pm

Holy crap. Never surfing again. Dude's gopro caught that he was frolicking next to a great white. He never knew til he watched back:

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_b5kIQEm-4[/youtube]

Post #1542 » by **Kilroy** » Mon Jun 2, 2014 4:19 pm

I was surfing Scripts one time and felt something brush my foot... Looked down (the water there is almost Caribbean-clear) to see about a 7 foot shadow swim under me... I called to the lineup to let them know the get the hell out, and another local said, "Nah man, that's just a Sand-Shark... They're harmless..." I never saw the dude look down... To this day I still am not sure he knew what the **** he was talking about...
I stayed for another hour or so... Never caught another wave and saw the shark a few more times...

I didn't surf for a while after that either... A Great White probably would have made me move to the 909...

TonyMontana · Post #1543 » by **TonyMontana** » Mon Jun 2, 2014 6:52 pm

I know I share some female pics lol, but for a change of pace I also wanted to share some pics of my shop and cars which we specialize on Benzs BMWs Bentleys and Rolls that me and my pops have built in the past few years. Majority of these cars we restored from ground up. In general my pops is the guru behind the vintage cars and Im the one who does all the new cars and I help him with the restoration of the older cars as well. I hope you guys enjoy some of these pics.

TonyMontana · Post #1544 » by **TonyMontana** » Mon Jun 2, 2014 7:00 pm

Post #1545 » by **Slava** » Mon Jun 2, 2014 7:46 pm

I'm a sucker for vintage benz and modded BMW m-series.

Post #1546 » by **Slava** » Mon Jun 2, 2014 7:49 pm

Discovery is fast approaching the history channel ancient aliens spectrum with their Russian Yeti shows.

Doormatt · Post #1547 » by **Doormatt** » Mon Jun 2, 2014 8:18 pm

I dig the vintage but I'm more of a modern sports car type guy. Speaking of cars thinking about buying an RSX type S pretty soon

Doormatt · Post #1548 » by **Doormatt** » Mon Jun 2, 2014 8:22 pm

Danny Darko wrote:Holy crap. Never surfing again. Dude's gopro caught that he was frolicking next to a great white. He never knew til he watched back:

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_b5kIQEm-4[/youtube]

**** the ocean maaaaaan

TonyMontana · Post #1549 » by **TonyMontana** » Mon Jun 2, 2014 8:25 pm

I wish I could post some more pics but half of them are cut off and I really don't want to go photobucket to resize them. Any ideas?

Post #1550 » by **Kilroy** » Mon Jun 2, 2014 8:28 pm

Got a soft spot for an e28 M5... Would love to have a euro version some day.

TonyMontana · Post #1551 » by **TonyMontana** » Mon Jun 2, 2014 8:30 pm

Two benzes getting prepped for restoration.

TonyMontana · Post #1552 » by **TonyMontana** » Mon Jun 2, 2014 8:36 pm

Kilroy wrote:Got a soft spot for an e28 M5... Would love to have a euro version some day.

Really?? Good to know. I have basically owned every M3 and M5 in every generation.

1989 e30 M3
1997 e36 M3 coupe, convertible which I have widebodied and 4 door.
My 2003 e46 M3 first widebody convertible in the world and my 2005 e46 M3 widebody coupe pushing 586hp to the wheels and Currently own a 2006 BMW M3 convertible.

In the M5 I only owned the 1991 e34 M5 and 2002 e39 M5, I don't like the new e92 or the e60s. They look too much like a Honda.

Post #1553 » by **Kilroy** » Mon Jun 2, 2014 8:40 pm

I like the e28 because it essentially defined the 'Sports Sedan' category when it came out... And also because it's a stylish and classy car that's still a sports car and not a touring sedan... It still retains an agile look about it.

I love the first generation 750iL too... But that's a tank. The little e28 still looks like it can still get after it if pushed.

And I agree about the later BMW's... Personally, I think they've lost their way a little bit in the styling dept. I think the new 1 series is essentially an admission of that guilt. They made all their cars too big and bulky and there's something more 'assembly-line' about them...

TonyMontana · Post #1554 » by **TonyMontana** » Mon Jun 2, 2014 8:45 pm

TonyMontana · Post #1555 » by **TonyMontana** » Mon Jun 2, 2014 9:24 pm

Kilroy wrote: I like the e28 because it essentially defined the 'Sports Sedan' category when it came out... And also because it's a stylish and classy car that's still a sports car and not a touring sedan... It still retains an agile look about it.

I agree. Im sure you do know that it was their first production so called supercar that was designed as a dialy driver.

Even though the M-sport began in 1972 and they were known for dominating the DTM and European touring circuit, the only other manufacture was Porsche at that time that was building supercars for daily use.
Porsche basically dominated the Autobahn and the only after market builders were Alpina, Hartge, AcSchnitzer for BMW and AMG for Mercedes.

Btw check out this site. I think you'll like it mang.

http://www.bmwdrives.com/bmw-m-history.php

Kilroy wrote:I love the first generation 750iL too... But that's a tank.

e32?? Oh ya. Two engine in one and the worst BMW to ever work on. They used the same concept and design on the 850s too, but the gem in that series is the 850 CSI . Right now if you can find one of those I have a buyer that is willing to pay up to 130k depending on the condition.

Kilroy wrote:And I agree about the later BMW's... Personally, I think they've lost their way a little bit in the styling dept. I think the new 1 series is essentially an admission of that guilt. They made all their cars too big and bulky and there's something more 'assembly-line' about them...

Yuppp........... I hate the 1s. So freakin ugly. That was suppose to be their concept car of the old school e21 2002s. Its so FUGLY.

Gek · Post #1556 » by **Gek** » Mon Jun 2, 2014 10:12 pm

EArl wrote:I'm a mutt.

Also Pangaea is much older than human existence. The earth was pretty similar to how it is now when anatomically modern human was alive.
If you want to go there we are all African.

You would like african homo erectus.

Gek · Post #1557 » by **Gek** » Mon Jun 2, 2014 10:15 pm

Doormatt wrote:
Danny Darko wrote:Holy crap. Never surfing again. Dude's gopro caught that he was frolicking next to a great white. He never knew til he watched back:

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_b5kIQEm-4[/youtube]

**** the ocean maaaaaan

I'd argue that this video is support for you not having to worry about it. You're not getting much closer to a shark than that without intentionally doing it, and the shark clearly gave 0 ****. Plus that dolphin had his back.

Gek · Post #1558 » by **Gek** » Mon Jun 2, 2014 10:29 pm

http://www.travelchannel.com/interests/ ... tions-2014

Pittsburgh made the list 8-)

Kalidogg24 · Post #1559 » by **Kalidogg24** » Mon Jun 2, 2014 10:38 pm

Gek wrote:http://www.travelchannel.com/interests/travels-best/photos/travels-best-all-american-vacations-2014

Pittsburgh made the list

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UX6K7waag5Q[/youtube]

Kalidogg24 · Post #1560 » by **Kalidogg24** » Mon Jun 2, 2014 10:40 pm

I'd roll one of them classic drop top Benzo's! Pimpin