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<blockquote data-quote="Low Class Yuppie" data-source="post: 14029807" data-attributes="member: 130505"><p>Great thread! I've been lucky enough to experience a few of these.</p><p></p><p><strong><em>Meet:</em> Lamborghini Countach 5000S</strong> There's nothing quite like it, it's one of the most beautiful cars in the world, and I could stare at it all day. It's got a huge wing, massive fender flares, six twin-choke Webers feeding a massive, angry V12, and THOSE doors...opening and closing them NEVER gets old. However, actually driving it is, in a word, punishing. It's like making love to the woman of your dreams while someone repeatedly punches you in the back of the head. Growing up, this was in my "holy trinity" of dream cars. The Mystic Cobra was on that shortlist as well, rounded off by...</p><p></p><p><strong><em>Keep:</em> Porsche 911 Carrera 3.2</strong> Driving this car is an incredible experience like no other. Every ridiculous superlative lavished lovingly upon this car by generation upon generation of automotive journalists is 100% true. First, there's the sound. The roar of an angry, unmuffled flat six simply must be experienced by everyone at least once - preferably from a cockpit stripped of carpet and sound deadening, in a tunnel, around 3500-4500 RPM. The car requires a delicate touch and takes real work to drive, akin to attempting brain surgery with a sledgehammer, but you are rewarded endlessly for your efforts. It also has, hands down, the best brakes of any car I've ever driven. While other cars coddle you and allow you to learn at your own pace, aircooled 911s back you into a corner, put a gun to your head, and <u>FORCE</u> you to get better. Durable, reliable, and easy to maintain, I would drive mine every day if I could.</p><p></p><p><strong><em>Elevate:</em> Ford Mustang II</strong> Often maligned by people who've never driven one, these cars in hatchback form are actually quite attractive. As a kitschy '70's throwback, replete with psychedelic graphics, spoilers, lovers, scoops, and side spats, it certainly looks the part, and performance-wise, it stacked up well against the competition in its day. While the legendary <em>"Smokey & The Bandit"</em> Trans Am made do with 180 horsepower from a 6.6 liter Oldsmobile V-8, the Mustang II made only 40 less horsepower with nearly two fewer liters of displacement. It's light, with a short wheelbase and a clever front suspension design. Due to the lack of shock towers, you can fit damn near anything in the engine bay...but I'd be happy with a 5.0, a four-speed, and a limited-slip rear, like the one I owned in high school.</p><p></p><p><strong><em>Denounce:</em> Bugatti Veyron</strong> It's ugly, it's boring, and the only reason anyone cares about it is because it was, for a time, the fastest production car in the world. Cars like the Ferrari F40, Jaguar XJ220, and McLaren F1 all had style and panache - the ever-changing "fastest car in the world" moniker was just another feather in their respective caps. The Veyron, meanwhile, looks like a pregnant cockroach. It's loved by the same sort of people who malign the Mustang II because they "read it was bad," go on forums acting like a 14-second quarter mile time is slow, and act like the R35 is God's gift to the world (because it's CHEAP and FAST!) - wannabe alphas who have never actually owned an actual nice car, who are content to magazine race. I saw one at a dealership in Manhattan last year and it was the least interesting car in the room.</p><p></p><p>Flame away, kiddies! :banana:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Low Class Yuppie, post: 14029807, member: 130505"] Great thread! I've been lucky enough to experience a few of these. [B][I]Meet:[/I] Lamborghini Countach 5000S[/B] There's nothing quite like it, it's one of the most beautiful cars in the world, and I could stare at it all day. It's got a huge wing, massive fender flares, six twin-choke Webers feeding a massive, angry V12, and THOSE doors...opening and closing them NEVER gets old. However, actually driving it is, in a word, punishing. It's like making love to the woman of your dreams while someone repeatedly punches you in the back of the head. Growing up, this was in my "holy trinity" of dream cars. The Mystic Cobra was on that shortlist as well, rounded off by... [B][I]Keep:[/I] Porsche 911 Carrera 3.2[/B] Driving this car is an incredible experience like no other. Every ridiculous superlative lavished lovingly upon this car by generation upon generation of automotive journalists is 100% true. First, there's the sound. The roar of an angry, unmuffled flat six simply must be experienced by everyone at least once - preferably from a cockpit stripped of carpet and sound deadening, in a tunnel, around 3500-4500 RPM. The car requires a delicate touch and takes real work to drive, akin to attempting brain surgery with a sledgehammer, but you are rewarded endlessly for your efforts. It also has, hands down, the best brakes of any car I've ever driven. While other cars coddle you and allow you to learn at your own pace, aircooled 911s back you into a corner, put a gun to your head, and [U]FORCE[/U] you to get better. Durable, reliable, and easy to maintain, I would drive mine every day if I could. [B][I]Elevate:[/I] Ford Mustang II[/B] Often maligned by people who've never driven one, these cars in hatchback form are actually quite attractive. As a kitschy '70's throwback, replete with psychedelic graphics, spoilers, lovers, scoops, and side spats, it certainly looks the part, and performance-wise, it stacked up well against the competition in its day. While the legendary [I]"Smokey & The Bandit"[/I] Trans Am made do with 180 horsepower from a 6.6 liter Oldsmobile V-8, the Mustang II made only 40 less horsepower with nearly two fewer liters of displacement. It's light, with a short wheelbase and a clever front suspension design. Due to the lack of shock towers, you can fit damn near anything in the engine bay...but I'd be happy with a 5.0, a four-speed, and a limited-slip rear, like the one I owned in high school. [B][I]Denounce:[/I] Bugatti Veyron[/B] It's ugly, it's boring, and the only reason anyone cares about it is because it was, for a time, the fastest production car in the world. Cars like the Ferrari F40, Jaguar XJ220, and McLaren F1 all had style and panache - the ever-changing "fastest car in the world" moniker was just another feather in their respective caps. The Veyron, meanwhile, looks like a pregnant cockroach. It's loved by the same sort of people who malign the Mustang II because they "read it was bad," go on forums acting like a 14-second quarter mile time is slow, and act like the R35 is God's gift to the world (because it's CHEAP and FAST!) - wannabe alphas who have never actually owned an actual nice car, who are content to magazine race. I saw one at a dealership in Manhattan last year and it was the least interesting car in the room. Flame away, kiddies! :banana: [/QUOTE]
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