I wish - it's a rusty old Suzuki with an 80's O/A lump. If it's a rocket, then a paper bag is a bomb shelter.
Still humiliate squids and corporate guffs in BMW's with it though
Ricer ships/People buying big ships without thinking for a moment
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I wish - it's a rusty old Suzuki with an 80's O/A lump. If it's a rocket, then a paper bag is a bomb shelter.
Still humiliate squids and corporate guffs in BMW's with it though
I once saw a fully kitted out scooby, racing seats, alloys, probably Nitro? But was for driving lessons (Had the triangle on top and all) in the service station outside Cardiff.
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Ah Torchwood. Brings back good TV memories, except that last series in the US which was naff.
Talking about big spoilers, I was gutted when someone told me who the Face of Bo was! His express purpose was to ruin my enjoyment of one of the most interesting retconned plotlines in history. I'd say it was a very functional spoiler.
Torchwood... anagram of Doctor Who. Got friends who played in it, that and Pobol Y Cwm
Rice Rocket & Rice Grinder generally refer to really fast, powerful Japanese motorcycles and really worn out, tired, beater Japanese motorcycles in that order. A ricer generally refers to an Asian import car with a bunch of cosmetic mods and/or a bunch of performance stickers/decals on it, usually with a coffee can muffler and not much else in the way of actual performance modifications. Since I grew up in the Seventies, my stable (until I got married and they all went away), included a 70 Buick Grand Sport with a 455 stage 1 V8 with a lot of Kenne-Bell performance parts, a 70 Pontiac GTO with Ram Air IV 400 and a 4 speed, and a 78 Z-28 Camaro modified with a lot of herb Adams VSE and Gustard suspension parts. Fun days. Now all of my Hotrods are digital and fly in ED. I was lucky enough to pick up a Python for 30% off as part of the Onnes Gateway CG and I finally completely A Rated her last night when I replaced the Bi-Weave shield with an A rated class 6 shield. When I got her, all I could afford was moving the A rated FSD swapped from my Asp Explorer, C rated thrusters, with a class 6 Bi-Weave shield with C2 beams and a couple of Class 2 multi cannons. Lots of power management issues early on but that was part of the fun. It was a lot more fun having to work to A Rate her although I did have one insurance claim. Depending on my current needs she is either a 208 ton trader, a miner, or right now, I just dropped 64 Ton of cargo space and added a 6A Fuel Scoop to do the Indi Bourbon CG. I have also learned when I can fight and when I need to run (the insurance claim was an expensive lesson). A pair of C3 Beams and 3 C2 multi-cannons make quick work of a single opponent but when I run up against a wing, I have found that my lovely Naomi tends to wallow like a pig and seems to take about a billion light seconds to turn in combat so while I am trying to take out one, his wing mates are chewing me up. I figure it will be a long while until I get a 'Conda or 'Vette but when I do, the fun starts all over again.
I don't think a lot of people in this thread truly understand the point of rice rockets.
The point is not to go fast, but to turn really well and corner fast.
American Muscle are good and all until you try to make a turn with them. There is a reason why Nascar only turns 1 direction while F1 drives on Suzuka and Monte Carlo
My Grand Sport was strictly a street/strip car but over 600 lbs of torque would regularly pull the left front wheel in contests of speed for cash and made me a lot of money. My 70 Goat (GTO) was a good general all around performance car and and handled better than average for 70's era muscle. My Z-28 was a flat out road racer with a stout 350 but the suspension was so stiff it would kill your kidneys every time it hit a bump. Also had a few sleepers in my day (car with very powerful engine and good suspension in a POS car body) which were a lot of fun. Going to high school in the 70's when you could pick up some serious muscle off a used car lot for a little cash. In the late 70's/early 80's you could not give away a Corvette and by the 90's you could not afford one for love or money.
Okay, enough off topic. How can we get ED to buff a Python with a Class 8 power plant, Class 8 FSD, and do they make Class 9 thrusters? A Python that turns and flies faster than a Cobra Mk III could be a whole lot of fun.
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I don't think a lot of people in this thread truly understand the point of rice rockets.
The point is not to go fast, but to turn really well and corner fast.
American Muscle are good and all until you try to make a turn with them. There is a reason why Nascar only turns 1 direction while F1 drives on Suzuka and Monte Carlo
Typical ricer excuse. Unless you are speaking of american muscle cars of the 60s and 70s, american sports cars can corner just as well as their japanese and european counterparts.
I am not a fan of NASCAR. I do understand NASCAR and it has been my experience that the only people that make fun of it do not understand it. The bottom line is that NASCAR has different rules, different cars, different costs, and it is a different kind of racing.
Until recently I'd have disagreed, but American sports cars have improved drastically in that respect.
However, I'd still wager that they are less idiot-proof through corners than EU counterparts. Which isnt necessarily a bad thing
Or a plastic fantastic or a Tupperware torpedo! (50 pencing down your favourite road round about this time of year, bahh. )
ED and I buy'em as soon as I can get'em. Always flying on E's.
ED and I buy'em as soon as I can get'em. Always flying on E's.
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Ok up upgrade early for trading, but bad idea if you are into combat.
Yes guilty of upgrade and running without insurance, breaking the golden rule.
But when you find that sweet trade route risk worth reward. Though I only did this with smaller ships Hauler, Asp, T6 & T7. When I upgraded to Python I made sure she was C grade minimum before switching. Same with move from T9 to Cutter.
Yes guilty of upgrade and running without insurance, breaking the golden rule.
But when you find that sweet trade route risk worth reward. Though I only did this with smaller ships Hauler, Asp, T6 & T7. When I upgraded to Python I made sure she was C grade minimum before switching. Same with move from T9 to Cutter.
Loved up pilot, right there
INTERDICTION
"Oh, whoah there. Hey, wow, it's another player, wicked! Erm... how do I send a message...? No, that's landing gear... Hmmm
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Hey, freaky, shields are down, how did that happen all of a sudden? I wonder if...
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