Not a complaint, but E D designers obviously fans of 1970's muscle cars

[the100thmonkey]

I've been flying my Viper Mk4 recently and, I gotta say, the noise it makes is badly wasted on such a mediocre ship.

It sounds like there's an angry tiger loose in the cargo hold.

This is because you have strayed from the path. The Mk. III is the one true God.

I mean really - there is basically no point to the Mk. IV. It's like a Mk. III, but with a bit more cargo and a whole lot more crappiness. If I wanted to fly a bathtub, I'd buy a bathtub.

 

[Mengy]

Nice car. But the knoll in the background - wasn't that the site for a certain close encounter of the third kind?

It's Devil's Tower, Wyoming. Been there several times on a few of my Harleys, awesome sight to see. Crazy people actually rock climb up that thing, I've seen them.


Actually I used to own a 1994 Camaro Z28, and now that I think about it, it does kind of look like an FDL...

 

[Lobey]

I had one of these. Does it count?

http://www.mulierchile.com/austin-allegro/austin-allegro-001.jpg

That's an Asp isn't it ? - and folk wonder why I won't fly in one

 

[DaveB]

And what's wrong with 70's British Muscle cars?

Lucas electrics.

Other than that, not much

 

[Grizz Jabarie]

American muscle cars are cool, but I personally would like to mod my ship to look like this 70's Italian "widowmaker".

 

[IndigoWyrd]

I had a ship that looked just like:

But for some reason, when I put the White engine mod on it, it only flew backwards....

 

[Bryan K]

American muscle cars are cool, but I personally would like to mod my ship to look like this 70's Italian "widowmaker".
https://i.imgur.com/sSQhSet.jpg

Blessed be the Lancia Stratos. The closest I’ll likely ever get to one of those beauties is through Forza, sadly.

 

[Bryan K]

I had a ship that looked just like:

http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/Mzc1WDUwMA==/z/A1UAAOSwmrlUyKQ2/$_3.JPG?set_id=2

But for some reason, when I put the White engine mod on it, it only flew backwards....

Fun fact, you can still buy a “new” DeLorean from a company in Texas. I believe they even offer an engine that actually does 88 miles per hour.

 

[IndigoWyrd]

Fun fact, you can still buy a “new” DeLorean from a company in Texas. I believe they even offer an engine that actually does 88 miles per hour.

Downhill? Or across level ground?

 

[Stealthie]

This is because you have strayed from the path. The Mk. III is the one true God.

I mean really - there is basically no point to the Mk. IV. It's like a Mk. III, but with a bit more cargo and a whole lot more crappiness. If I wanted to fly a bathtub, I'd buy a bathtub.

Yeah, my Viper 4 is a bit of a vanity project.

It was, IIRC, the cheapest/best ship I could buy near Fehu and it's what I used to complete the Imperial rank-grind and get myself a Cutter in 4 days.
As a result of that, I'm rather fond of it.

At the end of the day, it's no substitute for a decent Cobra 3 (although it has better armour and shields) but it does makes some lovely noises - as does the Viper 3.

 

[Bryan K]

Downhill? Or across level ground?

Level ground, believe it or not. Basically they took the crappy Renault engine out and dropped in a better one. Can’t remember specs off the top of my head. Nothing really sporty, but at least decent.

 

[GJ51]

FD are fans of 1970s muscle cars? Aren't we all?

Nah,

I prefer mid to late 60's

Before the EPA started designing the power train