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[terrytek]

Just now, vinyldash303 said:

Increases the chance of the cop ticketing you when youre pulled over

fine. how bout a mount that hangs it and lets it swing down to perpendicular, but mounted on the inside of the windshield? instead of having an ugly front bumper plate.

[terrytek]

1 minute ago, vinyldash303 said:

Mounts that are hinged arent legal either. 

[Ithanul]

29 minutes ago, vinyldash303 said:

Increases the chance of the cop ticketing you when youre pulled over

No kidding, that was the first time I was actually pulled over by a cop.

 

Talk about being super confused.  I had no clue that law existed until then (none of the Calis informed me).  I thought I maybe went a bit over speed down the bridge, but I tend to be mindful about that since the cops around here love to park down at the bases of hills just to ticket people for speeding.

[Ithanul]

3 minutes ago, vinyldash303 said:

Did you get fined though?

Got off with a warning.

[Drak3]

5 hours ago, terrytek said:

Really I think a loophole is that you can have your front plate mounted inside, under the windshield. i've seen people do it before and it's still legal, and doesn't interrupt the look of the front.

The Federal legal requirements have always been unobstructed view of license plate. Most "mounting solutions" that place the plate anywhere other than the front of the vehicle obstruct that view from certain angles.

 

Plus, glare from the windshield can obstruct the view.

[Drak3]

@Ithanul That map listing plate requirements isn't 100% accurate. Not sure about other states, but in Idaho, only the rear plate is required on cars manufactured 30 years+ ago, provided you get the correct plate (Classic, Old Timer, Year of Manufacture, or Street Rod).

[terrytek]

1 hour ago, vinyldash303 said:

You know theres a reason they're on the front bumper right?

most of the time people are probably not even gonna pay attention to the front plate. i feel like the rear plate is much more important tbh, front plates are kinda useless.

[RevoltTrain]

11 hours ago, JoaoPRSousa said:

@RevoltTrain recognize this?

 

 

Ayyyyyyyye, back in the NA-KA days

8 hours ago, Ithanul said:

Well, not sure which State that person is in, but says under the avatar driving around in Louisiana.  That State is like Alabama where front plates are not required(most of the South East States only require one).  Still, can't see the back plate so not sure which State that vehicle has plates from.

 

 

One of the few redeeming things for Indiana

5 hours ago, terrytek said:

Really I think a loophole is that you can have your front plate mounted inside, under the windshield. i've seen people do it before and it's still legal, and doesn't interrupt the look of the front.

see above.

Or just get a retractable plate mount

 

20 minutes ago, terrytek said:

most of the time people are probably not even gonna pay attention to the front plate. i feel like the rear plate is much more important tbh, front plates are kinda useless.

Helps ID a hit and run...

[AlwaysFSX]

7 minutes ago, RevoltTrain said:

Helps ID a hit and run...

Numbering from the plate branded on the person isn't good enough?

[RevoltTrain]

9 minutes ago, AlwaysFSX said:

Numbering from the plate branded on the person isn't good enough?

More mean when someone rear ends someone else and you can read the imprint on the rear end

[RevoltTrain]

8 minutes ago, vinyldash303 said:

Or when they leave the bumper behind

that too

[bcredeur97]

Happy new year everyone!! (Official here as of 30 mins ago lol)

[AlwaysFSX]

Happy New Years from MST.

[bcredeur97]

soo matt was telling me ford is going to come out with another big V8? 7L I think he said? 

I find that surprising... unless it has something like HCCI/SPCCI it would likely be a step backwards in terms of where they've been heading lately.

[AlwaysFSX]

13 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

soo matt was telling me ford is going to come out with another big V8? 7L I think he said? 

I find that surprising... unless it has something like HCCI/SPCCI it would likely be a step backwards in terms of where they've been heading lately.

I heard that rumor, I doubt it. They've been downsizing for a reason.

[vetali]

1 hour ago, bcredeur97 said:

soo matt was telling me ford is going to come out with another big V8? 7L I think he said? 

I find that surprising... unless it has something like HCCI/SPCCI it would likely be a step backwards in terms of where they've been heading lately.

Very doubtful unless its a diesel... then again the 6.7 is overkill and reliable.

 

So maybe, Ford likes to replace stuff thats good for stuff thats worse.

[AlwaysFSX]

6 minutes ago, vetali said:

Very doubtful unless its a diesel... then again the 6.7 is overkill and reliable.

 

So maybe, Ford likes to replace stuff thats good for stuff thats worse.

Naw it was a rumor for a 7L gas V8.

[vetali]

Just now, AlwaysFSX said:

Naw it was a rumor for a 7L gas V8.

has to be to replace the v10... which I could see.....

[bcredeur97]

3 minutes ago, vetali said:

has to be to replace the v10... which I could see.....

seems like that's what they were/are going for.

 

im just surprised to see them not turbo a smaller V8 instead. (i.e. add a V8 ecoboost to their lineup)

[AlwaysFSX]

3 minutes ago, vetali said:

has to be to replace the v10... which I could see.....

I dunno, they're intentionally keeping it around for a reason, along with the 6.2.

1 minute ago, bcredeur97 said:

seems like that's what they were/are going for.

 

im just surprised to see them not turbo a smaller V8 instead.

Turbo V8 would be in theory less reliable than the larger V10 though, more stuff to break.

[vetali]

2 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

seems like that's what they were/are going for.

 

im just surprised to see them not turbo a smaller V8 instead. (i.e. add a V8 ecoboost to their lineup)

well most of its sales will be fleet. so they likely wana go for maximum reliability. only reason why the v10 still exists.

[terrytek]

5 hours ago, vetali said:

well most of its sales will be fleet. so they likely wana go for maximum reliability. only reason why the v10 still exists.

I think a motor with fewer cylinders, but larger bore would be more practical for fleet operations, because that would more likely mean more low end torque, and less emissions from fewer cylinders, and thus fewer parts that could break. should work tbh.

[Canada EH]

4 hours ago, terrytek said:

I think a motor with fewer cylinders, but larger bore would be more practical for fleet operations, because that would more likely mean more low end torque, and less emissions from fewer cylinders, and thus fewer parts that could break. should work tbh.

Depends on what their load is.

[Kawaii Koneko]

Well, I just made a deal with someone to buy their 2004 Lexus LS430. It's a bit high in the mileage department but these things will go forever if properly maintained and this particular car was dealer maintained and is one owner. So I expect a lot of life but it's really just a temporary car, I think. I plan on buying an e39 540i 6spd (M5 is technically within reach of an initial purchase but I don't want to deal with that dual VANOS lol) at some point but I want to find the perfect one. I just needed a car now that didn't require me to search for the right one.

 

I won't be able to pick the car up until next week due to the owners schedule so I don't have pictures of the actual car but it looks like this.

 

 

Anyway, it is a fine car indeed. It may not be as fun to drive as that 540i I want but it is pure luxury. I'd imagine it outperforms the 540i in that regard.

 

Oh, it has the factory navigation and it is so funny how out of date that thing is compared to something like Google Maps. If I was keeping it longer I would definitely put an Android tablet into the dash for a truly great experience.

[AlwaysFSX]

5 hours ago, terrytek said:

I think a motor with fewer cylinders, but larger bore would be more practical for fleet operations, because that would more likely mean more low end torque, and less emissions from fewer cylinders, and thus fewer parts that could break. should work tbh.

You need a healthy mixture of torque and hp in large, heavy trucks.