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Old Nov 28, 2023 | 12:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Margate330
If my car had buttons for P, N, D I'd be ok with that.
i guess you don't reverse much.
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Old Nov 28, 2023 | 01:42 PM
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Originally Posted by bitkahuna
i guess you don't reverse much.
R is overrated.
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Old Nov 28, 2023 | 02:17 PM
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Originally Posted by bitkahuna
i guess you don't reverse much.
Originally Posted by LexBob2
R is overrated.
Never need reverse if you have the skills like this. Lol

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Old Nov 28, 2023 | 03:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Margate330
Never need reverse if you have the skills like this. Lol

https://youtu.be/YQ4V_-GY3PM?si=GudZ6ZPm-Z8hEU0C
Ace Ventura! They don't make 'em like that anymore. I wonder what Jim Carrey's been up to?
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Old Nov 28, 2023 | 08:25 PM
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Recognize this panel?

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Old Nov 29, 2023 | 03:21 AM
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Looks like a Plymouth Prowler, though I don't remember it having the Jaguar-esque deboss on the steering wheel.
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Old Nov 29, 2023 | 05:12 AM
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Originally Posted by geko29
Looks like a Plymouth Prowler, though I don't remember it having the Jaguar-esque deboss on the steering wheel.
Yep.......
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Old Nov 30, 2023 | 12:08 PM
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I saw one of these in the wild back in the day.

Bonus, what is the vintage?
Bonus, what's under the hood?

What am I?



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Old Nov 30, 2023 | 12:27 PM
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Ferrari Testarossa, specifically 512 M. I think that version was 1984-1990, and then replaced by the 512 TR in 1991? I might be off by a year or two. Most of them were red, of course, but white was made pretty famous by Miami Vice. I had one (in red) on my wall as a kid, along with a Lamboroghini Countach LP5000.

There is nothing under the hood, it's mid-engine.

In the back, there's a 4.9L V12. Ironically I only know it made 380hp because I read an article recently about some vehicle of the same era (which I no longer recall, maybe a truck of some sort) making 382hp and therefore being more powerful than a Testarossa.

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Old Nov 30, 2023 | 05:52 PM
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Originally Posted by geko29
Ferrari Testarossa, specifically 512 M. I think that version was 1984-1990, and then replaced by the 512 TR in 1991? I might be off by a year or two. Most of them were red, of course, but white was made pretty famous by Miami Vice. I had one (in red) on my wall as a kid, along with a Lamboroghini Countach LP5000.

There is nothing under the hood, it's mid-engine.
You got it!

Dammit, I stepped it up in difficulty and still too easy for ya'll.

Was hoping to catch you off guard, engine is in the back! Haha
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Old Nov 30, 2023 | 09:31 PM
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A Ferrari Testarossa is something every car guy can easily identify lol. Gotta step it up a little higher than that

Many of us had posters of them.
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Old Dec 1, 2023 | 06:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Stroock639
there's been some hints above already as to what this is
speaking of stepping it up, no takers here?
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Old Dec 1, 2023 | 06:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Stroock639
speaking of stepping it up, no takers here?
Hi Stroock,

All I see is air, did you drop a pic?
Bring it up close so we can see please.
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Old Dec 1, 2023 | 06:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Margate330
Hi Stroock,

All I see is air, did you drop a pic?
Bring it up close so we can see please.
was referring to post #1434 but here it is again

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/car...l#post11620486

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Hmmm?......It looks like a Miata in the rear end, but the wheelbase is clearly too long for a Miata.
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