the "car guy" thread

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  • Claireack
    Claireack Posts: 13,561
    Phantom Pain wrote:
    Claireack wrote:
    Should it be the 'car person' thread? Then women can join in too?

    Not me though, as long as it goes I don't care :D

    No...you have bumper stickers on your car

    :P

    No bumper stickers - just dents where I've inadvertantly bumped into stuff.

    Citreon Berlingo is our car, plenty of room for the shopping.
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  • nuffingman
    nuffingman Posts: 3,014
    Claireack wrote:
    No bumper stickers - just dents where I've inadvertantly bumped into stuff.

    Citreon Berlingo is our car, plenty of room for the shopping.
    Enlighten us on "stuff" :lol:
  • RKCNDY
    RKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    I want a Mini ssssooooooooooooooooooooo bad. ok, maybe not a good idea since I tend to have a leadfoot in fast cars....I miss the Camaro. :(
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  • Claireack
    Claireack Posts: 13,561
    nuffingman wrote:
    Claireack wrote:
    No bumper stickers - just dents where I've inadvertantly bumped into stuff.

    Citreon Berlingo is our car, plenty of room for the shopping.
    Enlighten us on "stuff" :lol:

    :oops: Parked vehicles, moving vehicles, walls, umm stuff covers everything really, well except animals & people
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  • nuffingman
    nuffingman Posts: 3,014
    Claireack wrote:
    nuffingman wrote:
    Claireack wrote:
    No bumper stickers - just dents where I've inadvertantly bumped into stuff.

    Citreon Berlingo is our car, plenty of room for the shopping.
    Enlighten us on "stuff" :lol:

    :oops: Parked vehicles, moving vehicles, walls, umm stuff covers everything really, well except animals & people
    I can list a post box, a mini, my garage door and a flower bed so you're not alone. :D
  • 12345AGNST1
    12345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    edited February 2011
    Flagg wrote:
    2009 Mini Cooper S - Astro Black (no stripes or two-tone, all black) with tan leather interior. Love, love, love it.

    My favorite is when people tail-gate me (especially pick-up drivers) because they think the small car is slow. hahaha. They don't realize the power to weight ratio with the turbo engine is pretty high.

    Oh, and her name is Jetta. Naming your Mini is important. :lol:

    This is Jetta:
    http://i550.photobucket.com/albums/ii417/PJ24587/Baseball%20Car%20PJ/100_1933.jpg


    Haha nice name. I have the previous gen that is supercharged but I've driven a 2009 S as a loaner. I love mine to death. I plan on running it to the ground, Im never selling it. And yes. I look forward to driving it every single day. Ive had it for almost 2 years now and its stil just like day one for me.
    eddiec wrote:
    My first car was a 1978 Datsun 280z. It had a straight 6 and was the year before the catalytic converter came in. This wasn't environmentally sound as I could run the thing on leaded fuel. I loved that car.

    http://static.cargurus.com/images/site/2009/06/25/01/48/1978-datsun-280z-pic-31454.jpeg

    That's not my picture but that was the car.

    sweeeet. My dad bought a 72 240Z back when I was in middle school. I got to drive it a few times in parking lots. I loved that car. It was lime yellow with only 23K miles when he bought it!
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  • 12345AGNST1
    12345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    81 wrote:
    ok...i gotta ask.....what is with the man love for these mini coopers? i don't get it.

    didnt see that. Because they handle incredible. Especially if you have the first gen like mine. the new ones have a tad more of an "artificial" feel. The steering is ultra responsive, the clutch is nice and stiff, the gearbox is ultra notchy, the ride is very stiff, the supercharger SCREAMS at full throttle, the stock engine management was purposely designed to leave excess fuel run off into the exhaust so it burns off which causes the exhaust to burble and pop.I can go on and on. Its 100% an enthusiasts car. lots of people auto cross their minis. Plus, their owners arent your typical douche bag VW owner. I get waves from other mini drivers. the only bad thing is most of the owners arent car enthusiasts, just a girl who wants a "cute" car.

    Small and light is the way too go for me. Give me a lotus elise over a car like a viper or a vette. Thats just me.
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  • chadwick
    chadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    i have myself a 94 lincoln town car executive edition
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUXRIEijUPg
    charcoal gray
    black leather interior

    the engine runs on almost zero oil
    it has about 190,000 miles on it
    i've had the starter replaced/rebuilt 3 different times
    had the rear suspension air bags replaced
    had a transmission cooler thingy installed for pulling loads up mountains

    the windshield is trashed, the only window that opens is the driver's window.
    duct tape, my car loves duct tape

    nine years ago i paid $10,000 cash for this car.
    ever hand a car salesman 10 grand in cash money?
    he used to call every so often inquiring on vehicale status. ........ ...... ...... .dick
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  • 81
    81 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    am i missing something, because the numbers are not impressive at all.

    http://www.zeroto60times.com/Mini-Coope ... Times.html
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  • nuffingman
    nuffingman Posts: 3,014
    81 wrote:
    am i missing something, because the numbers are not impressive at all.

    http://www.zeroto60times.com/Mini-Coope ... Times.html
    It's not all about straight line speed but about handling and the ability to throw it around. :D
  • Lizard
    Lizard So Cal Posts: 12,091
    My husband is into old cars that are a pain in the ass!!! Rebuilt a ‘66 Mustang for my one son and the other son has a work in progress (runs most of the time) which is a ‘72 Chevelle. GAS GUZZLERS Too besides the problems that always pop up.
    Oh ...and he made us get a new Challenger when I had a boo boo in our old lady buick century and totaled it!!
    So I'll just lie down and wait for the dream
    Where I'm not ugly and you're lookin' at me
  • evenflow
    evenflow Posts: 401
    Yeah, I was gonna say that drag racing isn't the only determining factor to a cars fun factor. Sometimes it can kinda kill it even. My vette runs a sub 10 sec. quarter, but is a bitch to try and race from a dead stop on the streets. Even at half throttle I'm spinning through 3rd, but once I catch traction it's on.

    Quarter mile racing is really an American thing. Over in Europe and Japan it's all about road racing (not to be confused with street racing :) ). There's a really great vid I want to find about power vs handling, where a Miata takes on a viper on the road course. The results were pretty interesting.
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  • nuffingman
    nuffingman Posts: 3,014
    The fastest car they've ever tested on Top Gear.
    Pagani Zonda R doing a 6m.47secs at the Nurburgring.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPd0ATqv ... r_embedded
  • 12345AGNST1
    12345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    81 wrote:
    am i missing something, because the numbers are not impressive at all.

    http://www.zeroto60times.com/Mini-Coope ... Times.html

    0-60 times hardly mean anything when it comes to how fun a car is to drive. Especially if your autocrossing and the highest speed you'll reach is well under 100 mph.
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  • 81
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    Obviously a small tight track favors a mini or miata, but there is something to be said for get up and go speed.

    I'd take a old vette or new camaro over any little car. Love me some rumble.
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  • 12345AGNST1
    12345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    edited February 2011
    81 wrote:
    Obviously a small tight track favors a mini or miata, but there is something to be said for get up and go speed.

    I'd take a old vette or new camaro over any little car. Love me some rumble.


    Fair enough. I know speed is always a big thrill. But to me, a really fast car is somewhat pointless. I hardly ever get a chance to really push my car on public roads, and when I do its only to about 10 over the speed limit and then I back off. Just the other day I did that and I immediately slowed down only to notice a cop sitting on the side of the road who pulled over another car. I have a friend with a 400+ hp Audi S4 and the thing is an absolute beasts (kills tuned evos) but its a pain to always have the urge to go that fast when you never have a chance. With that said, id rather just have something that I can toss around the corners. You cant get in trouble for that.

    Oh and I live in north jersey, alot of cars on the road.
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  • chadwick
    chadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    small car vs' powerful barge car in a cat & mouse game.
    this was me and my friends.

    toyota corolla. me.
    ford elite/ford torino and monte carlos. friends. all are so much faster than my scrapyard little 4 banger.

    they rarely caught me.
    the main reason... they weren't as nuts and they can't drive and what they used was to big for tight driving.
    dicks.

    if you're gonna play cat and mouse you had better be willing to do 70 over several sets of speed bumps, jump highways, and blast around like a dumb asshole.

    toyota corollas are tough little shits.
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  • 81
    81 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    12345AGNST1 wrote:
    81 wrote:
    Obviously a small tight track favors a mini or miata, but there is something to be said for get up and go speed.

    I'd take a old vette or new camaro over any little car. Love me some rumble.


    Fair enough. I know speed is always a big thrill. But to me, a really fast car is somewhat pointless. I hardly ever get a chance to really push my car on public roads, and when I do its only to about 10 over the speed limit and then I back off. Just the other day I did that and I immediately slowed down only to notice a cop sitting on the side of the road who pulled over another car. I have a friend with a 400+ hp Audi S4 and the thing is an absolute beasts (kills tuned evos) but its a pain to always have the urge to go that fast when you never have a chance. With that said, id rather just have something that I can toss around the corners. You cant get in trouble for that.

    Oh and I live in north jersey, alot of cars on the road.

    plenty of traffic here. :lol:

    cars can be such a touchy topic. my problem is the car i ever noticed as a kid was a mid 70's orange corvette. that thing was bad ass looking and still is. one of the best car designs ever.
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  • 81
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    chadwick wrote:
    small car vs' powerful barge car in a cat & mouse game.
    this was me and my friends.

    toyota corolla. me.
    ford elite/ford torino and monte carlos. friends. all are so much faster than my scrapyard little 4 banger.

    they rarely caught me.
    the main reason... they weren't as nuts and they can't drive and what they used was to big for tight driving.
    dicks.

    if you're gonna play cat and mouse you had better be willing to do 70 over several sets of speed bumps, jump highways, and blast around like a dumb asshole.

    toyota corollas are tough little shits.

    you are just nuts.
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  • 81
    81 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    how about the new ZL1 Camaro. 550 HP of pure coolness.
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