Cars and Other Driving Machines - Page 51

pony_trekker · 03-23-2005, 02:05 PM

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Originally posted by Flanders
Agree 100%. Well, except for the Ford GT. Ford appears to be out of ideas. Resurrecting trendy designs from the sixties is not going to cut it. As to the new mustang, they apparently listened to the accountants and put in a live axle rather than independent suspension. WTH? Now we have sixties looks and sixties handling, go figure.

Crap crash test results, crap reliability, crap handling, crap motors and trannies? And no one at the big three can figure out why they suck?

dc_chef · 03-25-2005, 10:37 AM

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Originally posted by pony_trekker
(Ford bashing)

Say what you will, but I want one of these:

The number Iharra and Gouzowski will most likely recite when describing the Shelby Cobra GT500 is 450, as in 450 horsepower and 450 pounds-feet of torque generated from a supercharged 5.4-liter DOHC V-8 engine. The 5.4-liter engine was first put into service in the limited-edition 2000 SVT Mustang Cobra R, a car that Car and Driver magazine ran from 0 to 60 mph in 4.7 seconds and from 0 to 100 in 11 seconds -- without a supercharger. From Ford's website

mmm3587 · 03-25-2005, 12:01 PM

I can see a little lust for that motor. Ford makes some great cheap powerful cars, with the emphasis on cheap and powerful. When I was 17, sure, I wanted a 5.0 really bad. Or a Saleen, or whatever. But, have you been in even a nicer Mustang? They are shit. Plastic everywhere. And they fall apart terribly. It's like the Wrangler: dumb kids under 25 want them and don't force the market to make them more practical, long-lasting or reliable.

If I had $35k to spend and wanted to buy a car like that, I would buy a used C5 or change my budget and buy a C6. GM is lights years ahead in true muscle car technology. All Ford can do is make a profitable, but crappy, pony car, and many variations thereon.

Sure, the Cobra R was great in the numbers, but would you really want a car without a stereo, AC, power windows or just about any sound deadening? It was a purpose-built track car.

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Originally posted by dc_chef
Say what you will, but I want one of these:

The number Iharra and Gouzowski will most likely recite when describing the Shelby Cobra GT500 is 450, as in 450 horsepower and 450 pounds-feet of torque generated from a supercharged 5.4-liter DOHC V-8 engine. The 5.4-liter engine was first put into service in the limited-edition 2000 SVT Mustang Cobra R, a car that Car and Driver magazine ran from 0 to 60 mph in 4.7 seconds and from 0 to 100 in 11 seconds -- without a supercharger. From Ford's website

dc_chef · 03-25-2005, 01:24 PM

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Originally posted by mmm3587
I can see a little lust for that motor.

Lots of lust for the motor and the shape and stripes. I'm a sucker for Shelby stuff, especially Shelby stuff with stripes. One day, when I have some money, I'm going to get a 427 Cobra.

I had a GT from the '94-'98 series. Sure, it was cheap inside, but it had everything -- stereo that thumped, leather, power everything, plus that motor. Oh, that motor. All that for $23,000. I loved that car, axle hop on bumpy corners and all.

bilmore · 04-01-2005, 12:16 AM

Anyone here ridden the new FZ1 yet? Any comments?

More upright than the basic rocket, looks like a nice commute, but I can't find anyone that's ridden one, and they're not here yet for tests.

pony_trekker · 04-01-2005, 02:05 PM

Atticus Grinch · 04-02-2005, 07:31 PM

Malaysian accountant discovers there's a gruesome downside to his Benzo's biometric ignition system. No word yet on whether the thieves are in the chili supply business.

I have heard carjacking was virtually unknown before the late 1980s, and was an unintended consequence of the development of ignition-defeating car alarms. If you can't hotwire an empty car, just wait for the owner to return with the key . . . .

*No, it isn't.

Alex_de_Large · 04-04-2005, 06:10 PM

An interesting race: MB A160 v. MB E500 v. 1997 McLaren Mercedes F1 car.

NotFromHere · 04-06-2005, 01:34 PM

Alex,
I know you did a link to a Honda commercial before, but this one seems a little different. Maybe longer. Maybe I just don't remember.
Is this the same one?

Alex_de_Large · 04-11-2005, 06:53 PM

You, same one. EuroAccord Wagon. Yum.

Alex_de_Large · 04-11-2005, 06:54 PM

The Chrysler 300c SRT-8. 425 bhp for $40k.

NotFromHere · 04-11-2005, 07:00 PM

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Originally posted by Alex_de_Large

Big ass car pic

It's still a Chrysler. Probably still corners like a yacht.

Confirmed this weekend in Palm Springs...the Lexus SC400 is officially an old man's car. In a city where every 10th car is a Bentley, we calculate that every 5th car is a Lexus SC400 driven by a bluehair.

Mmmm, Burger (C.J.) · 04-11-2005, 07:09 PM

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Originally posted by Alex_de_Large
yum

you have a remarkably high tolerance for butt-ugly cars. kudos to you, American consumer.

Alex_de_Large · 04-11-2005, 09:08 PM

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Originally posted by NotFromHere
It's still a Chrysler. Probably still corners like a yacht.

It's basically a Mercedes E-class with a viper drivetrain. That's pretty badass.

Alex_de_Large · 04-11-2005, 09:09 PM

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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
you have a remarkably high tolerance for butt-ugly cars. kudos to you, American consumer.

I'd never buy one for the size, for starters, but I am all in favor of 425 bhp cars.