SultanOfSwing

Indeed. He's free to have his car however he likes, and I'm free to think it's shit.

Win win

Pulaski

Obviously still pursuing happiness because as a driver of a Chrysler Dodge Jeep product they won't have actually achieved happiness yet.

SultanOfSwing

Maybe they should have bought a Dolomite Sprint ...

Nutek

More likely to catch it than in a jeep.

ellio

If you have a need for any kind of vehicle that is fair game.

But plenty of guys over here think its fine to make fun out of smaller cars and their drivers. If you are a man in a Prius or Mini you will get slaughtered.

Now turn around and ask a man with a shiny raised truck if he is trying to compensate for the size of his penis

Also truck drivers please note, tire super shine does not belong on your truck tires.

lansbury

lansbury

Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk Approved for Production

Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk Hellcat. 0 - 60 3 seconds, top speed 200mph. Not so sure that is a good idea.

Pulaski

Indeed, just because you can doesn't mean you should, though people said the same thing about the SVT Lightning and the Syclone back in the 90's. I remember Jeremy Clarkson comparing one of them, (or both?) to the Ferraris and Lamborghinis of the day and how in a Lambo or Ferrari you had to balance the accelerator and the clutch, then drop the clutch, manage any tendency to spin the wheels, change gear once, and with skill you could do 0-60 in around four seconds. Whereas with a Lighting/Syclone and their automatic transmissions, you stood on the brake and the accelerator, then released the brake and off you go, 0-60 in barely more than four seconds, and that a 17 year old novice driver could do it.

The only question I have is if you can get 5,000lbs of Grand Cherokee to 60mph in three seconds, why can't Lambos and Ferraris already do 0-60 in two seconds or less?

lansbury

There is another question. How do you stop 5,000 traveling at that speed? I realize why my JGC has forward collision radar with stop fitted on it now, anything faster would be a real handful on city streets.

Pulaski

Empirical evidence based on local observations is that a trees are remarkably effective. I hear that in Florida water-filled ditches fulfill a similar role. ..... Not only that, trees and ditches also usually stop someone making the same mistake twice.

Boomhauer

It's a full on desert race truck so the body shell is fiberglass for weight saving and because it will get mashed . Below pic is of same truck .



Jimco makes a less mental version which is genuinely based on the Raptor chassis albeit highly modified. Below are pics of that.




I like the Stewart racing Raptor below.



I am not sure what a "Tart's vehicle " is but I picture vehicles like the pink Bentley Paris Hilton drives or the glammed up SUVs and cars driven by Katie Price , Balotelli , some Premier league footballers and celebs.

ellio

You know exactly what a tarts vehicle is.

Boomhauer

My guess is the exponential rise in torque requirement is a far bigger deal when you get into sub 3 second 0-60mph times, much like how to reach higher and higher top speeds the horsepower requirement rises exponentially. Diminishing returns and all that. Aerodynamics also plays a big role.

markonline1

So found out today one of the guys I work with has a rather nice Mustang. It's a 66 V8. A cool car anyway, but made even cooler by the fact it was restored by himself, his dad and his grandad. He took me out for a spin in it, and I gotta say, the thing is absolute car porn as far as I'm concerned!!!!!!

Nutek

That is a cool car.