MostlyYank

LMAO!!

Pete

Jonion

As my main interests are cars (necessity,hobby,business) I'm trying to decide if I have the time to read this thread in its entirety.
Anyone got any bullet points?

So far I've managed to glean that the MX5 is still known asa hairdressers car. I agree... but it's a damn fun drive as well.

And that I still have no real interest in having to sit 45 mins at a power outlet to wait until I can continue my journey.

dakota44

Oye, the Aztec. True story; when they unveiled the Aztec for the media etc., the audience was pretty much stunned by its absolute ugliness and the question was asked, "Are you serious?" The design was slammed by pretty much every automotive journalist, and the public, and yet GM refused to back off and launched it anyway. It was, IMHO, one GM vehicle whose ugliness actually slightly exceeded its unreliability. But it was a close call.

Nutek

Well... I found my new ahh... practical... hatchback today.










It's all Mrs N.s fault.

Pulaski

The bästard offspring of a Mini and a Vauxhall Tigra!

He who depends on his wife for his choice of vehicle deserves all that's coming to him! Given my "choice" of Accord, I know what I'm talking about.

Nutek

It followed me home.

Anyhow.. Supercharged...208HP It'll do me.

(god it's fast).

dakota44

That might be the only car that can make the Aztec look good.


Just kidding, but I do find it odd looking.

Pulaski

BBR Motorsports, a known Mini tuner, would say "Pft!, 208HP?".

That said, I don't think I've ever floored my Mustang GT which has 260hp, and my licence would be in jeopardy after no more than about 8 seconds if I did.

SultanOfSwing

That's 260HP at max RPM anyway - even if you were flooring it, would you actually be redlining it as well?

Jonion

I'm not surprised!
If I looked like that I'd follow home the first person likely to feed me.

Not so much Cat, more Dwayne Dibley. ;-)

Pulaski

Scary either way! .... In first and second gear it would be possible, but third gear, even on the interstate would be in lost-licence territory.

Jonion

But just fyi, my 22 year old (150bhp) Honda does 65mph in second gear (in less than 7secs) so it's not really a big deal.

Our RL (which weighs more than most British homes) is even more capable.

I always used to think that the big American cars were a bit pointless but since driving in the US I can see the appeal.
My usual UK cars wouldn't be nice on a long highway cruise and the big US cars would be horrible on my local UK back lanes.

Something about horses and courses (not in the beef substitute way).

SultanOfSwing

That must be nice. My car only has 127 but it's automatic so that's an unattainable figure

Jonion

Could be worse, it could be French as well!

SultanOfSwing

It's Japanese.

As far as French cars go though, my dad used to have a Xantia that would go like stink if you just looked at the accelerator. Decent car, that was.