e.w. niedermeyer: look at what this stupid website made me do

look at what this stupid website made me do

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the joke is that this car was nicknamed "the clownshoe" by the haters, so now I'm taking it back if you see me clownin' around, say hi

It's not every day I see a picture of a car I have literally never seen before. My brain is having a hard time processing the dimensions. It exists partially in Hyperspace.

The Car Talk guys HATED that car.

Did they? Not familiar with that lore. It's an obscure car and it sold terribly when new, but not sure why they would have hated on it.

I remember them just absolutely going on about how ludicrously overpowered it was for a small RWD coupe. This is also ages ago and I am old, so my brain might just be lying to me.

This is hilarious because my S52 is rated at 240 HP and would probably get smoked by a new Camry from a stop (and would definitely get smoked by basically every modern EV).

Bless you for referencing Car Talk. One of the best shows on radio, ever.

No, you’re right. It was weird that they were fixated on the M coupe specifically, which was powerful but not insanely so especially in S52 guise; their show was entertaining but that part of their schtick (we work on cars but we hate cars har har har) always really bugged me

It was dubbed «the worlds fastest bread van» in Europe;-)

They're not wrong, particularly the later S54-powered models. But that's also the whole point. We can't all drive Corollas!

The quintessential Car Talk car is a lightly used Fiat 124 Spider that gets maybe 100 HP if the carbs were recently jetted, & all other cars are judged accordingly

it _looks_ overpowered, which is, I thought, the holy grail for muscular body styling.

It’s so good to drive, though.

And to be fair, the Car Talk guys pretty much hated ALL cars.

Except the Dodge Colt Vista.

Didn't one of them famously walk to work?

As if reflected in a fun-house mirror.

Car features by percentage of length: Trunk: 0.5% Back seat: 0.75% Front seat: 5% ENGINE BLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCK: 9000%

It looks like, at least, the front seats must have a lot of leg room.

Speaking as a 6'1" guy that got to drive an M roadster once upon a time, they do not. To get in the car, open the driver's door, muster your faith in gravity, back in/sit down, DO NOT HIT HEAD if roof is up, attempt to manually haul legs under the steering wheel one at a time.

Oh man the Z3 coupe is AMAZING, especially in M form, although those are rare enough to be stupid expensive for what they are.

i absolutely love this for you

I'm in my goofin' around era

sorry, the z3 is a penis, it has a glans and everything

one of the first things one of my friends said after I bought it more than 10 years ago was "it's Ace and Gary's car, from the old SNL Ambiguously Gay Duo cartoon" and I've been living with it ever since... guess it's a clown penis now

*honk honk*

I actually like the coupe way more than the convertible, lol.😅

AS IF THAT’S A BAD THING

oh HELL yes... I have a soft spot for the clownshoe

The M clownshoe is my just-won-the-lotto ride.

Oh man is that a Z3??

yes, a '99 M coupe

Beautiful

I knew a clown that owned one of these. I’ll see myself out…

🎼Wasn’t it bliss? Didn’t it move? Once it was tearing around, Now it can't move, Where are the clowns? The shoes of the clowns?🎼

I think what made me grudgingly admire that car was that there was no way someone drew a car that looked like that and asked the engineers to make it work. You only arrive on that shape because every other shape must have been a worse comprise of some important function

Europeans have been riffing on this design for decades. It works on me

The M Coupe is such a pretty car.

I…*love* this car?!

Mad jelly.

you need to get a bright red wrap on that thing

u need to polish those headlights bröther

I need to replace the main bulb in one of them, one thing at a time

it's so easy if you have a power sander type thing and the results are stunning

geez, it's not even *that* hard to do by hand. +2500 wetdry and some soapy water, then Novus "heavy scratch" polish, then "light scratch" polish... #carglaucoma

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