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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,446
    Trying to post pics, but they are in AWR format and I cannot even see them to know what they are. Does anyone know how to convert them.
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  • Kex
    Kex Posts: 5,200
    edited August 2019
    Sounds like it might be a RAW photo format, maybe ARW from Sony?

    For many RAW formats, you can use Irfanview if using Windows. It’s been around for ages, so it’s a bit clunky, but it does work.

    For the Sony format (ARW), they have a download page of their own image viewer.

    Irfanview Download Page
    Sony Viewer Download
    Alternate RAW file viewer for Windows
    Alea jacta est!
  • verb
    verb Posts: 10,176
    This baby was parked outside Design Studio today. Kinda baby blue, but darker. Gorgeous! :)
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  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,949
    Look at that door scoop!
  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,086
    edited August 2019
    Hmmmm. Lambo had a baby with Ferrari.

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    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,446
    Call me crazy but I prefer the Vette...
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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,086
    Call me crazy but I prefer the Vette...

    Nothing crazy about what you like. I'm sure just about every car out there has its fans.
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

    Village Idiot of Club Polk
  • charley95
    charley95 Posts: 908
    No one beats the Italians when it comes to styling IMO.
  • motorhead43026
    motorhead43026 Posts: 3,900
    edited August 2019
    These Vetts will be a big hit with the lonely ugly guys.
    The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

    It is imperative that we recognize that an opinion is not a fact.
  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,303
    These Vetts will be a big hit with the lonely ugly guys.

    You already have your name on one? >:)
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  • motorhead43026
    motorhead43026 Posts: 3,900
    edited August 2019
    TX, I could be wearing an Edsel and still look good.
    The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

    It is imperative that we recognize that an opinion is not a fact.
  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,086
    edited August 2019
    txcoastal1 wrote: »
    These Vetts will be a big hit with the lonely ugly guys.

    You already have your name on one? >:)

    I already tried. They took one look at my old Honda and said "We made this new Vette for a good price, but not THAT good of a price." I said "But look at me, I'm lonely and ugly, please help."

    Then I tried to play it off like I wasn't interested in the first place "Let's see you daily drive one of these new Corvette's for 25 years and a quarter million miles without touching the engine or transmission, then we'll talk".
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

    Village Idiot of Club Polk
  • verb
    verb Posts: 10,176
    These Vetts will be a big hit with the lonely ugly guys.

    A Vette makes anybody look good! 😀
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  • verb
    verb Posts: 10,176
    edited August 2019
    Completely unrelated, but this was announced today!
    GM Defense was awarded a 1M contract to develop prototype vehicles for the new Infantry Squad Vehicle (ISV). Shares the same architecture as the current production Colorado and Canyon pickup trucks!
    cyps1qk1ecwf.png
    https://www.defensedaily.com/gm-defense-tapped-deliver-prototypes-armys-infantry-squad-vehicle-program/army/
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  • verb wrote: »
    Completely unrelated, but this was announced today!
    GM Defense was awarded a 1M contract to develop prototype vehicles for the new Infantry Squad Vehicle (ISV). Shares the same architecture as the current production Colorado and Canyon pickup trucks!
    cyps1qk1ecwf.png
    https://www.defensedaily.com/gm-defense-tapped-deliver-prototypes-armys-infantry-squad-vehicle-program/army/

    The battlefield will be littered with broken down Chevys.
    The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

    It is imperative that we recognize that an opinion is not a fact.
  • Kex
    Kex Posts: 5,200
    The battlefield will be littered with broken down Chevys.
    Hey now! That’s not fair! We run a Jan 1994 K1500 from new, with 225K miles... mostly spent towing horses, not just parading around town.
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  • verb
    verb Posts: 10,176
    But, they can run to the local auto parts store to fix em! :)
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,901
    edited August 2019
    verb wrote: »
    Completely unrelated, but this was announced today!
    GM Defense was awarded a 1M contract to develop prototype vehicles for the new Infantry Squad Vehicle (ISV). Shares the same architecture as the current production Colorado and Canyon pickup trucks!
    cyps1qk1ecwf.png
    https://www.defensedaily.com/gm-defense-tapped-deliver-prototypes-armys-infantry-squad-vehicle-program/army/

    The battlefield will be littered with broken down Chevys.
    It could be woise, you know?
    Imagine the future if they started puttin' RAMs out in harm's way :o


    At any rate, we all know that the best battlefield trucks are Toyotas... still the terrorist's weapons platform of choice after all these years.

  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,446
    verb wrote: »
    But, they can run to the local auto parts store to fix em! :)
    They opened a NAPA store in Islamabad, and Pyongyang?
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  • motorhead43026
    motorhead43026 Posts: 3,900
    edited August 2019
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    verb wrote: »
    Completely unrelated, but this was announced today!
    GM Defense was awarded a 1M contract to develop prototype vehicles for the new Infantry Squad Vehicle (ISV). Shares the same architecture as the current production Colorado and Canyon pickup trucks!
    cyps1qk1ecwf.png
    https://www.defensedaily.com/gm-defense-tapped-deliver-prototypes-armys-infantry-squad-vehicle-program/army/

    The battlefield will be littered with broken down Chevys.
    It could be woise, you know?
    Imagine the future if they started puttin' RAMs out in harm's way :o


    At any rate, we all know that the best battlefield trucks are Toyotas... still the terrorist's weapons platform of choice after all these years.

    No worries, a Dodge would never make it to the battlefield.
    The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

    It is imperative that we recognize that an opinion is not a fact.
  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,949
    I think it would be cool if Chevrolet used what they learned developing the new Corvette and came to market with a smaller, lighter, more purist mid engine vehicle to compete against the Subaru BRZ/Toyota 86.
  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,901
    edited August 2019
    Clipdat wrote: »
    I think it would be cool if Chevrolet used what they learned developing the new Corvette and came to market with a smaller, lighter, more purist mid engine vehicle...
    What, like with a manual transmission (aka millennial antitheft device)?

    That would be cool -- but... it'd still be a Chevy :(

    (sorry, @verb!)
  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,562
    verb wrote: »
    But, they can run to the local auto parts store to fix em! :)

    Some vehicles need more than a spare tire...
  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,446
    Clipdat wrote: »
    I think it would be cool if Chevrolet used what they learned developing the new Corvette and came to market with a smaller, lighter, more purist mid engine vehicle to compete against the Subaru BRZ/Toyota 86.

    The last thing we need is another Fire-ero...
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  • verb
    verb Posts: 10,176
    Found this on the R&T site. Some clues as to the sound of the C8, cruising around town in Bowling Green!

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  • ZLTFUL
    ZLTFUL Posts: 5,652
    I just want to spend some time with a C8.R
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfg71KgtxO4
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  • verb
    verb Posts: 10,176
    New Convertible announced recently!
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    https://youtu.be/-hI59Wqz0JM
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  • halo
    halo Posts: 5,616
    The only thing I really don't care for are the taillights. To me, a Vette should have 4 circles back there, 2 per side. YMMV.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,981
    Being one to always knock GM, they did a fantastic job with this one. Drop dead gorgeous.
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