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I have to go with one of the Bourne movies, probably the first one.

As tempting as it is to go for a 'car' movie, or even a movie about racing, I love the driving done for the Bourne movies - so I'll go with the first of them. All the driving was done by a real driver, without the aid of CGI. The kind of precision driving that requires, along with the inability to damage too many vehicles beforehand, means the skills of the stunt drivers were exceptional.

Yeah, I gotta go with The Bourne Identity. It's truly exceptional driving.

If it had been plural, I'd have said the whole damned series - but the series with that bald-headed action star (Fast and Furious, I think?) has some pretty sweet driving in it, as well.

(Pardon me, if I'm not here long. I may fall asleep.)

I have to go with one of the Bourne movies, probably the first one. As tempting as it is to go for a 'car' movie, or even a movie about racing, I love the driving done for the Bourne movies - so I'll go with the first of them. All the driving was done by a real driver, without the aid of CGI. The kind of precision driving that requires, along with the inability to damage too many vehicles beforehand, means the skills of the stunt drivers were exceptional. Yeah, I gotta go with The Bourne Identity. It's truly exceptional driving. If it had been plural, I'd have said the whole damned series - but the series with that bald-headed action star (Fast and Furious, I think?) has some pretty sweet driving in it, as well. (Pardon me, if I'm not here long. I may fall asleep.)

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[–] • 2 pts

I'm somewhat aware of modern car culture because their interests often coincide with my own (I build computers as often as chance allows).
It's entirely possible that I'm not aware of the depth of such culture.
Maybe it's the fact that newer cars don't have the throaty rumble and lope of the old big-block engines that puts me off. I don't get nearly as excited about ricers with aftermarket fart-cans buzzing down the interstate.

[–] • 3 pts

Big muscles still exist in cars. During the summer, my daily driver is a bespoke M6 that looks like a fat bastard (and is a fat bastard) that puts down 0 to 60 times in the low 4s mark. It's "only" 445 HP with a nearly equal amount of torque. It's got 4 doors - and weighs something retarded like 4200 lbs.

It is symphonic. Hold on! LOL I made a symphony with just ripping on it.

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But, yes... You're generally correct - until you hear today's muscle. Have you listened to the new Mustangs, Vettes, etc? They cheat and tune the exhausts - but damn aren't they sexy sounding.

Of course, you're more likely to hear a Ford Focus - but that was true back in the 60s, 70s, 80s, etc... You were far more likely to see a sedate sedan than you were a muscle car, 'cause they were more practical and better priced.

Rose colored glasses!

[–] • 2 pts

Yeah, I can admit that car culture isn't dying, as I made it sound in previous comments.
It's changing, and it's far different from what I'm used to, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.

[–] • 2 pts

It has definitely changed. If I had those sorts of options as a kid, I may well have picked a career that had to do with automotive engineering or something.

They do things like write complete engine maps for specific setups. They have all this data available and so many possible things to configure.

I smashed my femur in a vehicle wreck (I was a passenger) and was unhappy that I'd have to give up my beloved third pedal. So, I called up BMW and told 'em my problem and told 'em that I was thinking about leaving the brand for an AMG. They came over with an M6, sans competition package, and I fell in love with the dual-clutch automatic-manual (flappy paddles).

In the audio you heard, that's actually still just the above mentioned loaner (without the competition pack). I slowed down my rate of acceleration and was pretty much three times the posted speed limit when I finally let off completely. By the time you're shifting out of 2nd, you're going 60 mph.

I thought I'd hate all the automated stuff, but I can disable traction control and leave it in purely automatic mode - and just mash the gas pedal and it'll rip the thing out sideways and keep smoking the rear tires until they pop. It's so configurable, between the many settings for traction and stability control, steering inputs, transmission behavior, etc...

And that transmission? It's delicious! I've been to advanced driving schools around the country - and on tons of tracks. No human alive shifts faster than it does. It's amazing. I expected to hate it, 'cause I do love me a manual transmission. Instead, I absolutely love it.

Don't get me started on the carbon ceramic brakes! They literally catch on fire - and this is considered normal. They explicitly tell you to not worry about it unless they stay on fire for more than 30 seconds. I'm not even kidding. They deal with heat that well. It takes all of like 92' to stop it from 60 mph.

I fucking love modern cars!