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Rich people got rich by being smart.
Of course they buy their cars manual

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Every single 911R was sold immediately.

yes they do buy them.
They wont sit in traffic with them, but they do track them and use them on weekends.

drivetrain tolerances and reliability. this question comes up every day. in layman's terms, you can take a Z06 to 80k miles without any problems but you'd have to rebuild the jag twice in that same amount of time.

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>>17727728
>why would u not have smaller engines producing the same HP?
>Wouldnt fuel economy increase?

Ford probably thought the same thing with the new """GT""" and they got blown waaaay the fuck out on that deal.
>11 mpg

I suppose you could also ask why Porsche and Ferrari didn't just boost a V6 up to 800 and 900 HP instead of the heavy V8/V12 Hybrid setup they currently have.

>>17727728
if you have a smaller engine or an engine with fewer cylinders, you have to compensate with higher boost, higher compression, and likely some type of more complicated camshaft(s) and valve design. You end up with more moving parts, and higher loads on the engine from added boost and higher compression.

Big american V8s have always had lower than necessary compression which means while they generate less power than they could, they have much lower engine stresses which improves the longevity of the engine.

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>>17727547

and no one on /o/ will own one

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>>17727547
I didn't realize that M5 is on NFS Payback cover art. Interesting...

>>17727504
>My girlfriend won't let me
is this real?

Grow a pair and do it

>>17727504
>>17727508
I lived with such a GF and moved out after 2 years.

I now live alone with a loaded 3 car garage.

Not gonna lie, there are nights I wish I could go back. Cooking for 1 is a bitch and so is paying the full rent by myself. Travelling alone can present awkward situations too, eaten in a lot of bars on the road.

But for the most part, nah...I do whatever I want whenever I want. Its great. Even if I found a GF who was more flexible I kind of doubt I could ever go back to that kind of life.

I intuitively have no idea

>>17727747
Do you for sure have no idea for sure though?

fairly sure top fuel uses crossplane.

probably because merica and no other reason.

Everything can be overbuilt and I don't think either design has more strength than the other.

the best way to describe them is that flat planes have alot lower rotating mass adn good secondary balance whilst crossplane has better primary balance.
crossplanes make good smooth torquey engines that don't have to rev too high
flat planes make great responsive high revving engines

>17 years old - 2003 neon sxt
>19 years old - 95 3000GT
>21 years old - Challenger R/T
i dont acutually own the challenger yet but i will in December

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Owned Scion 2007-2010
Owned Infiniti 2010-2015
Owned Subaru 2015-Present

1)1994 740i

2)2010 VW Jetta Wolfsburg

3)EP3 Civic Si

>>17727133
If you're American the Mustang will be the better choice because you won't get absolutely gouged by parts prices.

>>17727133

Porsche: reliable but high upkeep cost... still chick magnet - "I drive Porsche" sounds coool!

Ford Mustang: semi-reliable but lowest upkeep cost. Redneck car. Dumb ugly obese chick magnet. "I drive Ford" sounds uncool

>>17726904
That's rather racist.

>>17726904
I'll assess and caress your mom lmao

back to your cesspit

>>>/pol/

reported

Is that why you don't have one?
@17726871

>>17726871
Interesting picture anon. More backstory?
Wish i had a crew of friends who cared about driving to drive mr2's around town with

every MR2 owner I've met is legit autistic, not even memeing, they're legit awkward and weird

probably the only thing that puts me off of them like with Subaru's and their douchey owners

this is a great threat
10/10

how will gm recover now

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>>17726763
Daily reminder, the new mustang is simply tied with the old camaro and the mustang now has down syndrome

>>17726661
Classic muscle is great for drifting. My uncle has a 94 rwd mustang and it drifts amazingly.

boi racer

>>17726661
>one thing to note is that my towns roads are ass and whatever i'm driving has to have a relatively high ride.
Tell me about it. We've got shitty roads, snowy winters, and a complete lack of any windy roads where I live.

Before you buy anything though I'd recommend you practice hard turns and mess around in some parking lots in whatever you have already, so you have an idea of what you're getting into. Assuming you already have a car.

>>17726570
I've driven a cvt and I hate how they drone. Manual is fun to me, I'm not driving it because of what other people think.

Angry CVT cuck detected. My daily is a manual and is nicer than all those pieces of shit.

>>17726570
I like the concept. In reality they sap power and are short lived. They also somehow make the car less fun to drive, probably because they're mated to gutless cuckmotors.

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trash

>>17726567
I know it's trash, but was it good for it's time?

>>17726563
shitloads of aftermarket, solid transmission(if you got a t56), rear end is shit. swap an lm7 or lq9 in and boost the shit out of it.

regarding good for their time, yes, they run low 13's in the quarter.

>>17726393
In really dum dum terms, if you roll, and put more weight on the outside tires(the ones doing the work) then they have more grip. But this has to be balanced with the fact that bodyroll makes transitioning from one turn to the next difficult.

>>17726393
My basic understanding is that stiffer suspension keeps the tyres in a better position for grip and roll is taking grip away from the inside tyres. Yes the outside tyre does the majority or work but I can only assume that having 4 contact patches is better than 2.
Stiffer suspension probably also loads a well setup tyre and wheel more than when there is a lot of roll

Race car Dynamics, Milliken& Milliken.
Chapter 2 explains everything you want to know.

http://books.sae.org/r-146/

>>17726389
When they realized their customer baser is mostly Filipino with low standards.

>>17726389
Probably when the realization hit them how much they fucked themselves in the early to mid 2000's. They were a great company with good popular cars then just suddenly quit competing and released the blandest rehashes with no marketing behind them whatsoever and lost their momentum. The last lancer was pretty good but that was it, it was the only car that succeeded in the niche it was designed for which was just good cheap econoboxes. Then they kept it going with basically no changes to 2008 until 2015 or 2016 whenever they gave up.

They did it all to themselves.

>>17726389
Their automotive division blew what little money they had on shit like the Outlander Sport and base model Lancers where they'd never be able to compete. I mean, what is a base model Lancer except a shitter Honda Civic or Subaru Impreza?

Also, their CEO fell for the electric vehicles meme.