i just saw on the news...
03-29-2007, 12:15 AM
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Re: i just saw on the news...
Originally Posted by Dr.Boost
I highly doubt that a ~$1.2million purpose built race car with a full carbon fiber body doesn't handle as well as your $6000 economy grocery getter. 
03-29-2007, 01:51 AM
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Re: i just saw on the news...
Originally Posted by Xgenturbo
355 Berlinetta, 350 Modena. Yes it was fast, as in top speed fast. torque wise it felt like an SIR with a B16. The only thing that wow'd me was the brakes.
I'm sorry to point this out, but you contradicted yourself there a bit.
"They may be unreliable pieces of ---- that break and cost a fortune to fix and aren't even that fast"
then
"pure automotive pleasure"
Yeah, If you take pleasure in towing it to the nearest ferrari dealer then writing cheques for the parts and labour.
As for "No jap crap supercoupe will ever have that wow factor, certainly not as it rolls off the showroom floor"
Take a Turbo Supra or Skyline R34 and you'll have an even greater WOW factor.
Personally. If I was out to buy a super car I would buy either a Porsche 997 AWD Turbo, Carrera GT, Pagani Zonda, McLaren F1 or an Old XJ220
I'm sorry to point this out, but you contradicted yourself there a bit.
"They may be unreliable pieces of ---- that break and cost a fortune to fix and aren't even that fast"
then
"pure automotive pleasure"
Yeah, If you take pleasure in towing it to the nearest ferrari dealer then writing cheques for the parts and labour.
As for "No jap crap supercoupe will ever have that wow factor, certainly not as it rolls off the showroom floor"
Take a Turbo Supra or Skyline R34 and you'll have an even greater WOW factor.
Personally. If I was out to buy a super car I would buy either a Porsche 997 AWD Turbo, Carrera GT, Pagani Zonda, McLaren F1 or an Old XJ220
03-29-2007, 02:30 AM
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Why, because their reliability surpasses the ferrari's any day? Dont get me wrong, I love the looks of Ferrari but their quality shows exactly what you get from a company that designs the body then throws in an engine to finish things off.
03-29-2007, 03:40 AM
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Re: i just saw on the news...
I wonder if Eddie's story will sound like Cosby's.
http://www.rhapsody.com/billcosby/200mph
http://www.rhapsody.com/billcosby/200mph
03-29-2007, 08:46 AM
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R34 is more of a mature factory racecar than a supercar, but it approaches the exotics in performance but is infallibly reliable. Anyway, rawr is right about MR cars, dynoing what should be a 350whp MR2 today and last night's street tune was hairy (literally, lol). As for exotics according to Joey, a used Mosler Intruder or Raptor would flay all comers alive for a fraction the price.
03-29-2007, 12:54 PM
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Re: i just saw on the news...
Originally Posted by Xgenturbo
Personally. If I was out to buy a super car I would buy either a Porsche 997 AWD Turbo, Carrera GT, Pagani Zonda, McLaren F1 or an Old XJ220
03-29-2007, 04:34 PM
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Re: i just saw on the news...
Originally Posted by DrSeuss
How many of you have actually been for a ride in a ferrari? Or any of the exotic cars you choose to talk ---- about?
Hand build does not mean better.
Originally Posted by random-strike
i thought enzos run about 11 flat. how could a "lightly modded" jap car come even close to that.
i seriously doubt there are more than 50 civics in the world, race cars or not, that could hang with an enzo around a road course
i seriously doubt there are more than 50 civics in the world, race cars or not, that could hang with an enzo around a road course
I didnt say civics. I could give a rat's *** about running around in circles on a road course, I admit I am biased towards dragracing, having been born and bred in the trailerpark, but i do have a slight interest in twisty mountain roads, of which the stiff suspension, rear weight bias, and incredibly wide ferrari's do not have an advantage. A properly set up miata(lol) will be just as fast on the rough, uncleaned, less-than-track maintained mountain road, with the proper driver of course.
Originally Posted by Joseph Davis
R34 is more of a mature factory racecar than a supercar, but it approaches the exotics in performance but is infallibly reliable. Anyway, rawr is right about MR cars, dynoing what should be a 350whp MR2 today and last night's street tune was hairy (literally, lol). As for exotics according to Joey, a used Mosler Intruder or Raptor would flay all comers alive for a fraction the price.
Originally Posted by QikEnuF
XJ220? And you guys bitch that ferraris are unreliable? There is a reason that car didn't sell for ----. Enzo waxes all the cars you just named. And the 997 Turbo isn't a supercar. A GT2 is however. Ever hear an XJ220? They sound a whole lot like a tractor.
03-29-2007, 05:56 PM
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haha thats awesum !! Loaded dudes with wayyy to much money ..and they cant drive for ---- 
Reminds me of that new 4wd lambo , had a dude trying to race it at our strip and kept running 14s
He also cudn't stage it to save his life ..haha fukin morons
Reminds me of that new 4wd lambo , had a dude trying to race it at our strip and kept running 14s
He also cudn't stage it to save his life ..haha fukin morons
03-29-2007, 07:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Hitchhikkr
Ive ridden shotgun in more than a few pasta rockets, its one of those competion comparisons that porsche uses to flaunt the GT3. Overpriced, unreliable, rich man's ***** size compensation. Dont get me wrong, I was impressed with the brakes, and the total lack of body roll, but thats about it.
Hand build does not mean better.
Like i said. Lightly modded jap car.
I didnt say civics. I could give a rat's *** about running around in circles on a road course, I admit I am biased towards dragracing, having been born and bred in the trailerpark, but i do have a slight interest in twisty mountain roads, of which the stiff suspension, rear weight bias, and incredibly wide ferrari's do not have an advantage. A properly set up miata(lol) will be just as fast on the rough, uncleaned, less-than-track maintained mountain road, with the proper driver of course.
It takes some money to go fast, but at the point of spending more money on a car than a house. Forget it. Nothing more fun than beating an exotic in a car that costs a 1/10 the price, and wont get stolen while you run in the gas station to grab a drink.
Last time I checked, which was yesterday, it takes exactly a boost controller and straight pipes to put a 997 turbo into the 10's on street tires. The GT2 does not impress.
Hand build does not mean better.
Like i said. Lightly modded jap car.
I didnt say civics. I could give a rat's *** about running around in circles on a road course, I admit I am biased towards dragracing, having been born and bred in the trailerpark, but i do have a slight interest in twisty mountain roads, of which the stiff suspension, rear weight bias, and incredibly wide ferrari's do not have an advantage. A properly set up miata(lol) will be just as fast on the rough, uncleaned, less-than-track maintained mountain road, with the proper driver of course.
It takes some money to go fast, but at the point of spending more money on a car than a house. Forget it. Nothing more fun than beating an exotic in a car that costs a 1/10 the price, and wont get stolen while you run in the gas station to grab a drink.
Last time I checked, which was yesterday, it takes exactly a boost controller and straight pipes to put a 997 turbo into the 10's on street tires. The GT2 does not impress.
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