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Unless you're a food fetishist who eats many pigs whole, the eSeries segway allows for 34kg of cargo to be toted. I do not buy fourteen thousand Caramilk bars, so I, for one, would "be down with that."
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quote:Try to bring home groceries on one of those things. That's all I gotta say.
Now, Buttercup, all you would need to do is hitch up a little red wagon to the back of the Segway. It'd be so easy to transport groceries, a passenger, or a Great Dane with 16 kilos of pure cocaine tucked into condoms and shoved up his ass.
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you shoulda seen the look on that dogs face
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I drool over this: 2003/2004 Aston Martin DB7 Zagato
A modified Aston Martin DB7 Vantage that is shipped to Italy to have it's body built, by hand, by Zagato coachbuilders. Every exterior panel is pounded out with hammer and anvil. The standard 420hp V12 is upped to ~450hp, and the car made lighter by 60kg. Dark Chocolate aniline leather interior. 2-seater only (No 2+2 option, unlike DB7 Vantage). 6 speed manual transmission with modified Final Drive gear and short-throw shifter. Vantage Sport suspension. Upgraded brakes. Car built to buyer's specifications. Total uniqueness since only 75 - 100 cars will be built. 0 - 60 in under 5 seconds. Top speed over 190mph. Total price of approximatly $200,000.
Gimme. Now.
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Would I sound Omegesque in my tastes if I said I preferred the styling on the regular DB7? The grille just seems a bit disproportional, though I'm sure it sucks powerfully.
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Yes, it looks like some kind of whale or something. Be sure to clean the excess plankton off the radiator regularly...
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Well it's merely a matter of taste. The DB4GT Zagato had a slightly larger grill with a large nose overhang compared to the regular DB4GT, and the V8 Vantage Zagato had a totally redesigned grill. So I guess it's just a Zagato trademark (along with the Double-Bubble roof styling).
The grill reminds me of the Chrysler LHS/Concorde and Cunningham C12R grills.
Of course, the grill isn't the only thing that has changed:
Beefed up rear wheel arches, double-bubble roof and rear window, Italian-style taillights, fold-down boot access, and a modern take on the Kamm tail, originally used on the DB6.
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I'm more of a Vanquish man myself. Though I probably wouldn't buy an AM (assuming I ever could afford one, that is).
Also, the '92 Vantage looked better.
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I have no problem with the Vanquish, it's also a great looking car and the performance is better then the DB7 Zagato, but the Zagato is also more of a collector's item. Less then 100 Zagatos will be built total, while 300 Vanquishs will be built this year alone. All to this the fact that the Zagato is the most powerful DB7 yet, better then the regular car or the Vantage version. The Vanquish is merely the starting of the new line. Vanquish Vantage will be out in a few years with slightly new styling and a ~700hp Supercharged V12. So this Zagato may be one of the last big hurrahs for the DB7 before DB8 comes out in the future.
Oh, and the '92 V8 Vantage was good, but the '99 V8 Vantage LeMans was better 550hp Twin-Supercharged V8 in standard form or 600hp in V600 form. 40 built, the last of the V8 Vantage line. All painted British Racing Green I believe. Built for the 40th anniversary of Aston Martin's only winning of LeMans in 1959 with the DBR1.
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Put it this way: I'd have no objection to owning any of these beasts, but if given the choice, I'd still pick the Vanquish.
*sigh* reality checks are a bitch.
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OR, you could always get on eBay and buy a deLorian...
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I'll take the Vanquish that was used in Die Another Day... one never knows when a machine gun or a rocket launcher can be handy in Los Angeles traffic.
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Nah, no flux capacitor. And it's not stainless steel.
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