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re: What made the Lamborghini Countach so popular in the 80’s?
Posted on 12/2/20 at 5:45 pm to CaptainsWafer
Posted on 12/2/20 at 5:45 pm to CaptainsWafer
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I think there were Countachs in a handful of episodes, like 4-5.
Not any that were involved in the show's action. Another cool car was the 1966 Porsche 906 Carrera that was in the episode "Florence Italy."
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Posted on 12/2/20 at 5:50 pm to Paul Allen
Magnum PI
Posted on 12/2/20 at 5:50 pm to Saint Alfonzo
How did this get all the way to page 5 without someone dropping "Lam-Baw"
Posted on 12/2/20 at 5:56 pm to The Boat
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Because people liked retarded looking people and stuff in the 80s
You may have a point, they elected Reagan.
Posted on 12/2/20 at 5:56 pm to jatilen
Everyone had that poster in the 80’s
Posted on 12/2/20 at 5:56 pm to Paul Allen
Because it was sexy as frick.
Posted on 12/2/20 at 6:13 pm to Paul Allen
Posted on 12/2/20 at 6:14 pm to texn
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Name any car from the 80s that looked cooler.
The F40 was a much better-designed car from an aesthetics POV. It was one of the great Pininfarina cars. The Countach like the Vector had more poster appeal for teenage boys but the F40 or the not quite 80's McLaren F1 would have been on hanging on the wall of an engineer or anyone casually acquainted with fluid dynamics. The 80's Countach was the product of a 70's design set upon by designers with a Lego spaceship set that just kept bastardizing the Bertone Italian Wedge.
The thing about the F40 and F1 is they actually worked as cars on the street and on the track although the F1 was a more tractable streetcar. Both designed with purpose. If you have ever been in or driven a Countach you know it is a pile as a car. It had the quality of a kit car. The interior tried to feign luxury but it looked cheap and could fall apart in your hands.
The F40 didn't try to be luxurious and let its carbon fiber freak flag fly in the interior and when it came to putting numbers on the board it delivered in a way the Countach just never had the engineering to do.
This post was edited on 12/2/20 at 6:46 pm
Posted on 12/2/20 at 6:33 pm to Obtuse1
Doors of a billionaire
Posted on 12/2/20 at 6:48 pm to Paul Allen
I have no idea, but I did have the poster.
The first one that I ever saw in person was in front of what is now Sullivans. It was a popular bar back in the day and the Countach was parked front and center. I just remember being surprised at how small it was.
The first one that I ever saw in person was in front of what is now Sullivans. It was a popular bar back in the day and the Countach was parked front and center. I just remember being surprised at how small it was.
Posted on 12/2/20 at 6:48 pm to EveryoneGetsATrophy
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Miami Vice
Ferrari 512
One of the vintage shop owners in the French Quarter drives a red one.
Posted on 12/2/20 at 7:05 pm to Paul Allen
The mirrors on the Countach were useless for closer views. It was a bitch backing my Johnboat down the ramp.
Posted on 12/2/20 at 7:05 pm to Paul Allen
The weirdest thing I learned about the Countach is that every piece of glass on it is flat, even the windshield. A flat windshield is so awkward. 
Posted on 12/2/20 at 7:13 pm to TouchedTheAxeIn82
We didn't own those posters because of the car. We owned those posters because of the hot babe sprawled out on the hood of the car. We wouldn't have cared if the car was a VW Bug or a Ford Pinto.
Posted on 12/2/20 at 7:16 pm to Paul Allen
1. Cannonball Run
2. 80s were all about $$$ and pussy
3. That car reflected $$$ and got pussy
2. 80s were all about $$$ and pussy
3. That car reflected $$$ and got pussy
Posted on 12/2/20 at 7:24 pm to TouchedTheAxeIn82
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The weirdest thing I learned about the Countach is that every piece of glass on it is flat
Not only that, but you can't see out of the back of a Countach. In order to back out of a parking spot, you have to open the door, and sit on the side of the floor panel.
Posted on 12/2/20 at 7:36 pm to Paul Allen
I certainly had the poster. Great marketing I am sure.
Posted on 12/2/20 at 7:42 pm to Centinel
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Gull wing doors make that edge.
Posted on 12/2/20 at 7:43 pm to Oates Mustache
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Looks like the Great Value version of a Countach.quote:
Like a Go-Bot vs a Transformer
The Vector looks like what you get when your mom tells you that you have Countach at home.
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