What do you think about sleepers?

>>16607464
I like em

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>>16607464
I fucking love sleepers.

>>16607464
On my way home today I walked past this guy in a last-gen caprice sitting in a parking lot, and it was the worst looking thing ever.
That sort of not-quite-cream-not-quite-white color with the ugly-ass maroon pinstripes, the REALLY ugly almost solid stock rims, just a chevy badge and a caprice badge, nothing about the model; fucking thing looked like if someone's artsy grandma had designed a fleet car.
Now, the lack of model designation, the cleanliness, and the fact that the driver looked like someone who would drive either a lifetd truck or a turdgen made me pause and do a double take.
It was a de-badged SS on brand-new, unbranded street tires with a VERY well muffled, stroked V-8 with a bit of turbo whine.
Fucker probably does sub-14 quarter miles, and you wouldn't hardly know it unless you looked under the hood.
Just kind of a related story I'm posting for no reason.

>I want a fast car but I have a wife and children

>>16608925
Exactly, what's wrong with that? Get you a car that can do both.

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whats a sleeper? how fast is needed to achieve it?
is a chevy ss a sleeper?

>>16609084
remove the SS badging and Brembo logos and yes

>>16608911
Guy I used to work with drove a VW Beetle with almost no paint left, beaten to hell, looked like complete shit. It ran 11s.

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>>16609084
>is a chevy ss a sleeper?
yes
>How fast is needed to achieve it?
At least fast enough to surprise someone
>Whats a sleeper?
a Sleeper is a non-descript looking car that is a LOT faster than it looks.
Pic related is a sleeper. These V6 family sedans were faster than V8 Ford Mustangs

>>16608156
>sleeper

>>16609146
are they that blatant? i personally dont notice them in person

>>16609084
In the US sure. They're ridiculously common and well known in Australia though.

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>>16609167
pretty sure my car would rape a SHO of that gen and its not even fast. can we revoke its status?
its SLOW now.

>>16609171
they do 0-60 in the low 6 range

enough to surprise old sports cars

>>16609202
Wtf are you talking about low 6? Sauce on that

>>16609202
from Car and Driver

Zero to 60 mph: 6.2 sec
Zero to 100 mph: 15.5 sec
Zero to 120 mph: 24.6 sec
Standing ¼-mile: 14.7 sec @ 97 mph

and a video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7vTaRkdMK8

no its not that fast but I think its enough to surprise some people

>>16609255
did not mean to quote myself obviously
>>16609222

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>>16608925
Under 5 sec 0-60, Volvo safety, wagon practicality, and awd

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>>16609290
how is that a sleeper? looks fast.

>>16609300
It's a 4K+ lb wagon
Also comes in black or white for ultra sleeper status, but who wouldn't want it in rebel blue?

>>16607464
>>16609290
>>16609300
those don't look sleeper at all

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>0–60: 5.8 seconds
>1/4: 14.3 @ 93 mph

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>>16609321
no. it does not look slow at all
it looks like a sporty car that happens to be a wagon. thats like saying an EVO is a sleeper because its based on an economy car

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>>16609348
I've never seen a Volvo wagon and thought man that looks quick
Maybe it's the big wheels?

>>16609200
>pretty sure my car would rape a SHO of that gen and its not even fast
no it can't.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ouNa6a_pto

>>16609392
>two slow cars "racing"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ew6YwIN2IQc&list=PL0361C82CF6C05721