Pantera Update

NICE!!!

The Cat in orange has a real attitude about it.

It makes me feel like an attention whore, but it looks great. I think it is a good color for the car. They did a great job, and it is great to have it back.

- Robert

Robert, the car looks f'n AWESOME! Even in orange ! Ride height looks perfect and now all is right with the world. Enjoy! (and update your avatar)

Mark

Nice Bro! Love it. It screams.

Yeah the car looks great! Nice job, enjoy the hell out of it!

Outrageous color for an outrageous car -- perfect combination; great choice.

It looks like you have tinted windows -- what do you have in your car, and would you do it again?

Mark

Looks really nice buddy.

Time to lay some artwork on it since it is your promo car like your skateboards. This one is even the same color

Thanks for all the positive feedback. I knew the Pantera family would be my toughest critics if I took this car in the wrong direction. Now I am struggling with graphics. So far I haven't found a solution that doesn't cheapen the look of the car.

@ DeMopuar: Not sure what you mean by "what do you have in your car". The windows are tinted, including light tint on the windshield. It gets HOT here and I think the tint helps.

- Robert

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Originally posted by Mark Charlton:
Robert, the car looks f'n AWESOME! Even in orange ! Ride height looks perfect and now all is right with the world. Enjoy! (and update your avatar)

Mark

Mark - What are you thinking! Although his car does look hotter, his avatar looks hotter still. He just needs to get a new set of shots of the new paint job with the bikini babes.

-William

Hmm, now that I think about it, what does he mean when he says "it gets HOT in there and the tint helps."..???

Atention whore? A supercar is supposed to destroy the forest and kill all the whales, so letting people know that YOU are coming just makes it more fun, and is a part of the game. Looks hot!

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A supercar is supposed to destroy the forest and kill all the whales

I disagree, I believe the Pantera is one of the most animal friendly cars out there - The bl@@dy roar of the engine gives gentle woodland creatures ample warning to get off the road, while these silent electric cars tend to sneak up on unsuspecting animals and dispatch them with nothing more than a quiet whirrr that barely crescendos to mark the last fractions of a second they have on earth.

The above holds true for pedestrians too!

As for trees, how many of them are destroyed when we flood a valley for a hydro-electric dam?

vs. electric cars, I believe the Pantera is whale-neutral, but I'll have to think about it a bit.

Robert, the car looks awesome, I don't envy your challenge of trying to add graphics without detracting from the look, I'm confident you'll succeed, just take your time and keep looking at examples on the web and whoever is going to create the vinyl decals for you should have a scrapbook of examples to help you decide.

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Originally posted by #5754:
I believe the Pantera is whale-neutral, but I'll have to think about it a bit.

Car emissions cause global warming. Global warming is causing the oceans to become more acidic. Acidic oceans could potentially harm whales or their food source?

That is why I tell people it runs on recycled vegetable oil. :-)

- Robert

your car looks sick! Orange POPS! really nice, congratz

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Originally posted by duz185:

Mark - What are you thinking! Although his car does look hotter, his avatar looks hotter still. He just needs to get a new set of shots of the new paint job with the bikini babes.

-William

Hmm, now that I think about it, what does he mean when he says "it gets HOT in there and the tint helps."..???

William, I'm just bored of the same babe in front of that old refrigerator and think it's time for Robert to change it up.

And as for that dark window tint, I'm not really sure I WANT to know what he's doing in there that nobody can see.

Mark

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... emissions cause global warming. Global warming is causing the oceans to become more acidic...

Thanks Robert, you've set me on the right course... Considering that over 50% of the U.S. electrical supply comes from coal fired sources (at least this was true in 2000), then it's the electric cars that are to blame for the whales!



Just doing my part to help ... get peoples minds off the theme of what's going on inside your car

a HUGE improvement...whenever you want to trade cars, just let me know!

John

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Originally posted by #5754:
Thanks Robert, you've set me on the right course... Considering that over 50% of the U.S. electrical supply comes from coal fired sources (at least this was true in 2000), then it's the electric cars that are to blame for the whales!

I have often wondered how people can justify the use of plug in electric cars. I know it cuts down on our use of foreign oil, but much of the electricity comes from coal. I guess the amount of coal used to make the electricity must not be as harmful as the emissions from the gasoline?

Whatever, at 8.5mpg I will never be able to justify my car to anyone that is green.

- Robert

Robert, your car looks amazing. I'd think twice before messing with graphics. Hard to improve on that orange beauty.

As for being green, this goes way beyond cars. You don't have to justify your love of art, design and speed.

On second thought... just park this XV in your driveway and your Pantera will look like an environmental marvel.

That XV = awesome.

- Robert

I showed the picture of the XV to my son.

His immediate answer was, "I thought the Canyon-arrow was only in a cartoon !?"



B.G.

P.S. "Canyon-arrow" is a supersized SUV owned by a clown in a "Simpsons" episode.

As far as graphics go, I vote for those classic DeTomaso scripts with the GT5 designation by the rear wheels. Someone photoshop so we can take a vote! That car is seriously radical looking!