[felix]

One thing that amazed me when I was in the 'states last year was the amazing varity of autos on your roads.

In fact, I got told to "shut up about the damn cars already" (I stayed in Queens and out in Nassau County).

Coming from Australia where we have a limited number of "common" cars, be they domesitc or foreign, I was simply amazed at the array of vehicles on the road.

Must admit a major liking of the Cadillac's.

What do you guys think of the Pontiac GT? I could be wrong but I believe it is based very heavily on our Holden Monaro. I was also led to believe (by someone I met whilst over there - friend of a friend etc) that getting rear-drive new cars is very difficult. I find that hard to believe as I do enjoy rear-drive cars far more than front drive. I think RD are much safer too.

I am probably buying a new car on Monday so I'll post pictures next week.

[AndyFair]

[felix]

I pay $AU1.10 per litre for lead-replacement petrol for my '84 Nissan.

Unleaded is $AU1.05 per litre.

Premium ULP is $AU1.15 per litre.

For those who know NSW geography, I live on the coast about 300km south of Sydney. We have some of the most expensive petrol on the NSW coast.

[clutch]

Well, I just paid $1.75/gal for 93 octane ("Premium" unleaded in this area) last night, while regular unleaded goes for about $1.50 right now. It seems that the areas in the world where cars are needed most have better fuel prices, or at least have governments that aren't taxing so heavily. We frequently have people that go to Germany, Denmark, and Switzerland and they not only speak of the higher fuel prices, but they also note that things tend to be closer together and allow for bike riding or walking. These areas also seem to have really nice public transportation systems as well.

[Jerry Atrik]

thats not even freakin fair
2.07 reg
2.30 premium

rape rape!!!!

at least now that i got a car like apk i dont need premium anymore
to fill the truck up is almost 50$. (which almost lasts 2 weeks)

[clutch]

Where do you live, are you in California? I am in Wisconsin right now (near Chicago), but I'll be moving back to Tucson soon where the gas should be cheaper than this.

[Jerry Atrik]

sweeet
yep yep i wanted the intrepid but could only afford the stratus.
i still got the 210 horse v6. 28 mpg@ 100 mph cruise. it's geared low
ill post some pics

hey whats that white stuff all over the ground

[Jerry Atrik]

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sweeet

Hey man, it's where Pablo Escobar left his last stash I think... lol!

* Actually, it called "snow", which is probably a totally foreign concept to you southerners!

(And, I know it is: I lived in Atlanta Ga. from 1995-1999 (almost 2000)).

APK

after seeing that pic of the tricked out one i think it would be neet
to dress up the little car.
i get hit on all the time in this car
who woulda thought huh.

[Marktait]

Here is an english Ford Escort spoofed up!



and here a car as standard....

[Marktait]

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(Just like programs too... two of them that perform equally & do just as good a job as one another, but one LOOKS HOT? Heh, I know which one I end up keeping & using...)

Is this like the difference between XP and 2k?

[Marktait]

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(Just like programs too... two of them that perform equally & do just as good a job as one another, but one LOOKS HOT? Heh, I know which one I end up keeping & using...)

Is this like the difference between XP and 2k?

Actually the standard is a 1.6 and the spoofed up has an xr3i engine it.

[clutch]

The tricked out Escort looks almost like a Cosworth, but it doesn't have the flared fenders and super-dramatic spoiler like so:



You can see the rest of the pics at www.wrc-cosworth.org. They have a ton of pics with the car in rally trim, but I was looking it up after watching "Getaway in Stockholm 2" (which had a Supra and a Cosworth racing around Stockholm pissing off police).

[Lotus]

Car eh? Try a motorcycle! I ended up buying a brand new ZX6R sportbike 4 years ago. This thing will do 170mph in seconds PLUS I can go about 200+ miles with $4 - $5 in gas

[Marktait]

This escort is also the next model, the cosworth was made only at mk5, these are mk6's which i prefer and u can get whaletail's for these too!

Edit: The cosworth btw will do 188mph and has the world record for pulling a caravan at 128mph 8)

[clutch]

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Car eh? Try a motorcycle! I ended up buying a brand new ZX6R sportbike 4 years ago. This thing will do 170mph in seconds PLUS I can go about 200+ miles with $4 - $5 in gas

I'm a car person myself, and I favor AWD vehicles (Subaru Impreza, Mitsubishi EVO, Nissan Skyline GT-R R34, etc) since I want max performance in all weather. After that, I dig RWD cars as they're more fun to drift.

[Jerry Atrik]

as long as it's got wheels or wings im game

it's all fun

[WRX_Rocky]

Well, I do more than play racing games

This is my old car, a BMW Z3 Coupe 2.8


And here is my latest, an 02 Subaru WRX


I could have come in 2nd year end, but I missed a few races.

As for the Fast & Furious, that movie was not bad - BUT it glorifies illegal street racing. And that is causing all sorts of hell out here in SoCal! And as for drag racing? What good is a 8 second thrill, when road racing you can have up to a half hour or more or pure rush???? And its also more fun when you turn right as well as left! Never did any rally stuff, though it looks like a blast. Just don't want to spend the next month still trying to get the dirt out of the car 8)

[felix]

Lot more to do that just the dirt.

When I was a little tacker my old man used to drive rallies.
(I'm talking aussie cars from here on)
WE had a Datsun 1600 Sedan with a 180b engine, Celica 5-speed, twin webbers, extractors and some really cool green mags.

Used to pull around the 160mph mark and had some mean acceleration and power.

Never won much bet we all had an amazing amount of fun with it.

Too expensive now, and after Dad sold the car, the blokes wrote it off in their first rally.

It looked something like this:
http://www.carsales.com.au/pls/carsales/...p;model_id=2737

[SHS]

Love what I have back in good old days thoses new cars junk to much BS on them.

[clutch]

WRX, nice rides. I just have a RS 2.5 myself, but I am hoping to add a "-T" at the end of it once I move back to AZ (there's a speed shop in Phoenix that does turbo conversions for the 2.5L motors). At first, I didn't care for newer cars either since they had a ton of sensors and crappy ECUs. But the newer engine management systems are much more flexible and can deliver a great deal more power by just tuning or swapping out the ECU to adjust the fuel maps. Basically, once you get familiar with the systems you find them to be much nicer than fiddling around with jetting at different altitudes and such. I like having the car manage itself.