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Are old 'fast' cars still fast by modern standards?
I want to buy pic related, I've been to see a few over the last few months but all of the ones I've seen have either been way too expensive or ready for a scrap heap, I've never driven one.
The engine is a supercharged 4.0 inline 6, which the factory claims made 322bhp some 20 years ago. I used to think this would mean it would be fast as shit, as it's BMW M3 kind of power, but I'm thinking maybe I'm setting myself up to be disappointed.
They weigh around 1900kg, use a 4-speed torque converter with extremely long gearing, and because they all have high-miles have probably lost a decent amount of power. I'm starting to think that in the real world, maybe even something as 'slow' as a Fiesta ST would give it a run for it's money.
Can old cars be fast?
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>can old cars be fast?
That depends, how fast do you wanna spend?
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>>16552122
Looking to vastly fast, pass and gas those aghast people of lower caste.
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>>16552089
>Are old 'fast' cars still fast by modern standards?
whats considered fast?
My 16 year old barge does 6.x secs to 100km/h
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Why don't cars have gold badges anymore? I think it looks good on certain colors like pearl white, dark red, or dark green.
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because no one gives a shit what you think looks good
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>>16552047
because it looks shit on most color combos and market research bullshit
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>>16552047
Cars do have gold badges, especially in Little India
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on a scale of 1 to 10 how likely is it that America will one day get some alfa-romeos
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I would say likely just as dodge
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Are you a retard? Or living under a rock?
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Drumpf will throw a hissy fit at "Italian car manufactures are laughing at us!", will put a 35% tax on them, and force Americans to buy American turds
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I'm building a junker 2 door Maverick as a drag car, but I want to use an I6. What should I use?
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2jz or rb26
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ausi MOPAR hemi-6 if you wanna spend money
pontiac OHC if you wanna spend less money
ford thriftpower if you don't wanna spend money
Volvo B630 if you wanna fuck with people
nip motor if you wanna get gay bashed by people because your different
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the lima with a huge ass turbo
1/4 in 9 seconds
>Ferd
http://www.timeslive.co.za/thetimes/2017/01/19/Not-just-recalled-Kugas-Now-other-Ford-models-ablaze1
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Toyota is the shining light in the dark 2017-01-25 02:10:28 Post No.16551085
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Toyota is the shining light in the dark
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http://blog.caranddriver.com/why-toyota-didnt-add-a-turbo-four-and-still-offers-a-v-6-in-the-2018-camry/
When everyone has fallen for the turbo/turbo four meme, Toyota stands alone in offering a enjoyable engine. Plus what they are doing to keep the 2.5 competitive sound cool, it should be pushing 195 hp or more.
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>>16551085
Should have at least put a forced four in the gt86 though
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>>16551085
Because Akio Toyoda wants to make the brand more exciting.
He is behind these kind of things.
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"Enjoyable engines" while shoving CVT and electric assisted everything down everybody's throat, paired to 15 year old engines.
Mazda is the only one avoiding CVTs and instead of sacrificing everything around it for efficiency.
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https://tampa.craigslist.org/hil/cto/5963467517.html
Who the fuck would buy this for $7k. Fucking meme car is worse than wrx prices.
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>>16550854
https://orlando.craigslist.org/cto/5948503023.html
>NOTE-- Car needs a motor, not running currently
>***NOTE*** This is not an STi it just has the body and interior conversion it is the WRX version
>$10k
HAHAHAHA how the fuck do these people justify such prices.
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>>16550891
kek offer him 2k and madd amounts of vape juice
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>>16550854
If it was 5500 I could see it being a good track car, but not 7k.
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Does anyone absolutely hate looking for used cars? I'm picky about the car to begin with, as in no high mileage cars, no to certain options, and no used dealers because they're shitbags. I get so stressed out looking for cars. Anyone else have similar experiences?
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>>16550624
What shitty car are you trying to find?
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>>16550665
04-08 acura tl. or possibly an is300 but they're rare and usually beat to shit.
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>>16550715
>buying a used rebranded Honda
Lmao
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Bonus points for diesels!
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>>16550428
i thought they were memerims for a second
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Does anyone know what car has a SONAR button?
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>>16550255
You mean the your wife is driving button?
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A car with back up sensors? The sensors are sonar. In this case it kind of looks like a toyota, maybe?
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>>16550255
far as i know it stops the reverse sensor beeping at you so you're free to crash into shit unimpeded
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>You are in your lane
>Someone in an suv is "swimming" around traffic by jumping lanes to go around cars that arent speeding
>jumps lanes and starts going into your lane
Your action:
>swerve to avoid him
>let him hit you
This happens daily where I live and I'm getting tired of putting myself in danger so someone could get away with being a dickhole on the road. Should I just let them hit me next time this happens?
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Get a dashboard camera and let him hit you.
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>>16550210
Why don't you just go the fucking speed limit or match the speed of the other traffic. If people are constantly swerving around you to pass that means you're going too fucking slow.
SLOWER TRAFFIC KEEP RIGHT
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>>16550210
Also if you "let him hit you" you're going to fuck up a thousand people's day and cause even more traffic as they have to avoid you. Doing this would make you a piece of shit.
Get off the fucking road if the big scary SUV's are triggering you.
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What's /o/s opinion on electric cars? Is this guy right?
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Electric cars are great and elon is the savior we don't deserve.
not to mention the model s being one of the fastest accelerating production cars in history makes /o/tists sperg the fuck out
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>>16549258
This. The Model S is literally as fast as a Veyron and the Model X beats a 911 Turbo.
Tesla is the greatest thing to ever happen to the automotive industry, since not only did they make electric cars viable, they made electric cars the most desireable cars on the planet.
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>>16549220
They need to replace the battery with something that can be filled as quickly as a gas tank. /o/ seems to think hydrogen is just a Hindenburg waiting to happen due to ignorance so I leave it to the collective to come up with a better idea than batteries to run the electrics.
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Gonna get my second crown vic today!
I bought a 2011 with 194xxx kms on it and only 2000 h of idle. i pay 2200$ for it!
Its only problem is that there a slight exhaust leak on one of the manifolds (makes a clicking sound under load) But a part from that she runs fucking great!
Panther thread
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>>16548235
how deep are you on the spectrum?
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>>16548257
very deep.
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>>16548235
Somebody say B-body thread?
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Is it true that later on in the series that Iketani is revealed to be a bit of a loser?
how old is his character supposed to be anyways?
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>>16547086
Yes, but it isn't in the anime unless you watch the "extra" stages.
Basically, he's mid-20s and still lives with his mom. At the time the manga was being written that's kinda bad I guess, but in post-great recession reality for most of the West it's fucking nothing.
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all the speedstars are kinda losers, that's what makes it charming
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what are their irl equivalents supposed to be like?
Are they supposed to be autistic dorks. like Itsuki sort of is a typical dork....but Kenji and Iketani are drawn to be relatively good looking guys?
Are they supposed to be dude Bros?
or dude Bros in highschool that never amounted to much?
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Hey guys,
Did you know that Toyota isn't reliable?
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um wot
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um wot
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>>16545551
Yeah guys. Didnt you know?
This guy said so!
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