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npaulseth 11-09-2005 11:38 PM

Re: This spring I will be looking for a new car.
 
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Originally Posted by Steeltwo
words...

Hurah! Next time someone asks me to race, I'll schedual them a proper time to have a time trial and a local auto-x track, because that is convenient.

9guy9 11-10-2005 01:50 AM

Re: This spring I will be looking for a new car.
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by npaulseth
Hurah! Next time someone asks me to race, I'll schedual them a proper time to have a time trial and a local auto-x track, because that is convenient.

Because if you loose a race it must mean you have the smaller penis. :rolleyes:

9guy9 11-10-2005 01:53 AM

Re: This spring I will be looking for a new car.
 
I just remembered that there is a 96 (I think) BMW 325 in the Mankato Free Press with a M3 engine in it. It also mentions some sort of suspension work. That might be somthing to check out. M3 power and handeling with 325 inscurance.

niterydr 11-10-2005 10:36 AM

Re: This spring I will be looking for a new car.
 
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Originally Posted by ecoli
Get a cheap beater. Don't take out a loan for some 20k car while you are trying to work through college.

Best advise in thread thus far.

Steeltwo 11-10-2005 11:58 AM

Re: This spring I will be looking for a new car.
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by npaulseth
Hurah! Next time someone asks me to race, I'll schedual them a proper time to have a time trial and a local auto-x track, because that is convenient.

if all you care about it straight line speed, why not get muscle car?

parts are cheaper and easier to find
faster to install
and you have more options

Shane@DBPerformance 11-10-2005 12:08 PM

Re: This spring I will be looking for a new car.
 
A lot of the go-kart cars like the Miata, Focus, CRX, etc get their asses handed to them when you goto a real road course where both power and handling come into play. A lot of cars aren't well suited for swerving in and out of cones in a parking lot in 1st gear.

niterydr 11-10-2005 12:10 PM

Re: This spring I will be looking for a new car.
 
But in a parking lot you can throw up chalk!!!!

TheBlizzard 11-10-2005 12:27 PM

Re: This spring I will be looking for a new car.
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Steeltwo
tell that to the AWD dsm owners that I put 1.5 seconds on in the local autox. They were running summer onlys while my poor shitbox waste of space was running all seasons.

the svt focus beat me by almost 2 seconds.



in 03 the SVT focus beat the 03 SRT4 in car and drivers comparo test.

it beat the
civic si
mazada speed
srt4
se-r spec v

that must mean all the 03 models of those cars are wastes of space.

everyone tears the svt econo cars down because they aren't fast in a straight line.

Oh yeah and about the comparison, not to throw salt in the wound here, but I read the review on the comarison you are talking about and the SRT-4 beat everything in every category other than braking distance and weight if I remember correctly.

Steeltwo 11-10-2005 01:38 PM

Re: This spring I will be looking for a new car.
 
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Originally Posted by TheBlizzard
Oh yeah and about the comparison, not to throw salt in the wound here, but I read the review on the comarison you are talking about and the SRT-4 beat everything in every category other than braking distance and weight if I remember correctly.

here is the link to the comparo where the SRT4 won. Can't find the other one, maybe it was road and track.

http://www.caranddriver.com/article....&page_number=1

Steeltwo 11-10-2005 01:40 PM

Re: This spring I will be looking for a new car.
 
here is a road and track one.

http://www.roadandtrack.com/article....&page_number=1


the focus gets 3rd, srt gets 4th.

a TRD Celica gets 1st somehow.

IdriveCarAwd 11-10-2005 10:07 PM

Re: This spring I will be looking for a new car.
 
Im not exactly sure anymore, i might try and get a cheaper car if i can go back that far with a loan. Hopefully, because i need a car like today! haha

-Colin


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