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demoman_chaos

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I have ALWAYS wanted:



And the huge spoiler was that big for a reason, it was mounted on the quaterpanels rather than the trunk, and you still had to be able to open the trunk. Plus when going at 200 mph in the NASCAR ring, you got a LOT of downforce from it. The blue thing next to it is its older cousin, the Plymouth Superbird which was a Road Runner with modifications similar to the Daytona.

but recently I fell in love with the follwoing



0-60 mph in less than 3 seconds if you can shift fast enough, handles better than anything, goes around a shortrack as fast as a Ferrari Enzo and high million dollar supercars. But it is cheaper than a new Dodge Ram.


One of the few 250 mph cars that behaves well at low speeds and has air conditioning and other luxuries most supercars lack.
 

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As a self confessed petrolhead I feel I must reply to this thread although the list of cars on my "list" is longer than a football team managers list of excuses for their team being shit. I've also got a fair bit of experience because I used to drive a vast range of cars for a living (Pay was shit but it was a fucking good job!). Therefore I am going to do something guaranteed to annoy you all and comment on your choices.

Saab 900 - Why? Every Saab I have driven, of which there have been many, have all been the same. Bland, heavy, ugly, uninspired dross who's only saving grace was that they could headbutt a tank and not feel anything.

Ferrari - Pretty unoriginal but I can see why people want them. The only problem is the people who tend to buy them these days are over-indulged fuckwits with big wallets and no driving skills. If I see one more glorious supercar wrapped round a tree because the idiot who bought it thought it instantly made him a good driver I will set fire to his head. That said, if you are a handy wheelman who doesn't mind being spat on you could do a lot worse than a Ferarri!

1969 Roadrunner - Excellent choice. For all it's faults, the car was unashamedly blue-collar and proud. The "beep-beep" horn was a bit of fun but you can't ignore the fact that the RR was not pretentious. Big engine up front, rear wheel drive at the back and presence that even Ron Perlman would envy.

Aston Martin DB5 - An all time classic and I applaud geek2008 for his impeccable taste of both car and spy. Like the RoadRunner, it was fairly poor in the power and handling stakes but who gives a toss when it looks so good?

Knight Rider - Old Pontiac: Yes provided they lose those stupid, black wheeltrims. New one...where's my Bazooka?

Citroen DS - Hideously ugly, over-complicated peice of badly-made toss.

DeLorean DMC-12 - Thankfully Quaxar pulls a 180. OK so the engine was an underpowered lump of French / Swedish shit (PRV-6 = Puegeout, Renault, Volvo 6 cylinder) but you can't deny that the DMC-12 was a bold move and what would BTTF be without it?

Land Rover Defender - Yes.

Morris Traveller - No.

New Impreza WRX STi - No. Sorry but whoever decided to make a world-beating saloon into a fucking ugly-arsed hatchback needs impaling.

VW Campervan - Hippymobile and therefore requires burning.

Mazda RX-8 - Sad revival of a once brave and innovative car. Now just a gimmick - suicide doors and a wankel engine, famed for producing so much power from such a small capacity but also from being a fragile, unreliable, oil-burning bugger of an engine. I still say they should make the rotor-tips out of dried Wheetabix, the hardest substance known to man.

69 Camaro SS - Good choice! See my response to the RoadRunner for my reasons.

TVR Tuscan - Brave man! Good car but will bite you very hard in the arse if you annoy it. Just don't spill it's pint and you should be fine!

Volvo Amazon - Shit...a car I haven't heard of. I will reserve judgement although my Volvophile mate James will no-doubt say it's brilliant.

Audi R8 - No arguments here - I'd have one! Get the new V10 model.

1969 Corvette Stingray - Possibly the most agressive looking car of all time with an engine that could restart a dying star and that makes a noise that makes me have a crisis. Just don't go round any corners and you'll be fine!

BMW 507 Roadster - Kind of out of left field and I respect that. Besides I drive a Beemer so I can't do little else than give this one the thumbs up. Swap you for my 323i!

SmartCar - Dunno, too tall to fit in it. Have driven it's big brother, the smart FourTwo and it had the worst gearbox in the world. Coming from someone who loathes autoboxes in general, that's a fairly serious complaint.

PT Cruiser - If you mean the new one I suggest you have your eyes tested. If you mean the old one, good call!

Swiss Pinzgauer - Another one that's not in my lexicon. I must remedy this immediately!

1958 Plymouth Fury - Nice looking car and star of Stephen King's Christine. My GF loves the film and the car so I suppose I'd best give this choice the thumbs up if I ever want sex from her again!

Jaguar XJ220 - I want to fall to my knees and heap untold levels of worship on RanD00M for their incredible taste in cars. The best choice here so far by a long way!

Mazda RX-7 - Everything the RX-8 wanted to be but failed at.

Batmobile - I can see why. Chicks dig the car, after all.

VW Scirocco - A modern classic.

1967 Mustang GT500 fastback - "one of the most gorgeous pieces of machinery in existence" - No arguments from me on that score!

DB9/DBS - I'd go for the DBS. It's faster, more powerful, handles better and doesn't chew up it's tyres after ten minutes. Makes a noise that makes any real man ejaculate whenever he hears it.

Audi RS/6 - My Dad drives an Audi and he's one of the few people I'm scared of so this gets my props!

If I were to choose but ten cars (that no-one else has already picked here), here would be my picks...in no real order.

1) Bugatti Veyron - It can do over 250mph and yet has all the modern comforts. This is a marvel of 21st century engineering at it's finest!

2) General Lee - If it's not already apparent, I like muscle-cars!

3) 1969 Mustang GT390 Fastback - Has looks to die for and makes a noise that they can only dream of in the biggest bits of the Bible.

4) Mercedes McLaren SLR - Great looks, great comfort, blistering speed, great noise...shame it's only available in automatic-transmission though.

5) 1974 Dodge Monaco - The Bluesmobile!

6) Ford Escort RS Cosworth - An old favourite. The Focus RS wants to be this car but it could never be in a million years because it's got "Chav" written all over it and front-fucking-wheel-drive...which is for the feeble.

7) Vauxhall Monaro VXR - Mad arsed Ozzie musclecar with a British badge and a 6.0litre Yank V8. Made to powerslide and no bad thing!

8) E39 BMW M5 - Possibly the best looking saloon car in the world. Big V8 means it's no slouch either.

9) Dodge Viper - A great name for a car that is mad as arseholes. Was overtaken by one the other week on the M1 and I nearly skidded on my own dribble.

10) Caterham 7 - I used to never bother with Caterhams but last year I got the chance to rag one, and a number of hugely powerful cars, round a track but they mostly made it easy and, dare I say, boring with their big wings, fat tyres and so on. The Caterham was fizzy, tricky, noisy, shaky and required me to really pay attention. For that reason it was, by miles, the most FUN and most REWARDING car to rag round a track and powerslide halfway up the main straight. By the end of the session my arms were hanging off my shoulders - I was exhausted and at the same time the most satisfied and exhilirated I have ever been in my entire life!

Wardy
PS If anyone picks the Prius I know a good looney-bin...
There's a few tons' worth of hypocriticism, but that's a nice "review", or whatever you wanna call it. Nice 'un.

For me, I'm gonna second the Ariel Atom for its sheer speed, acceleration and 'atmosphere'. I'm 14, so I'm definitely no expert on the subject, but that's my opinion.
 

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Buggati Veryron. It is the only car I have ever actually wanted:



 

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Varrdy said:
7) Vauxhall Monaro VXR - Mad arsed Ozzie musclecar with a British badge and a 6.0litre Yank V8. Made to powerslide and no bad thing!
Although I agree with everything you said minus the Mustang being nice (I just can't like them) I have to pull you up on this.

All of the 6.0L monaro's have L76 V8's which are Holden designed, in Austrlia. Aussie muscle.

Aussie Muscle > US Muscle. Sorry.

Edit: If you feel like checking up on it Go here for the engine, just search L76 and here and search VZ or Gen 3 for confirmation that the L76 engine was used in the last gen of Monaros. The VXR which is exported is a rebadged CV8.

EDIT pt. 2: OT: Obviously a Veyron, it's simply the peak of all motoring in the history of man kind and the likes of which we may not see again as everyone starts to buy bloody hybrids.

Otherwise, a Skyline R32 GTR V-Spec II. The car that made me realise that I like cars.

The second is more likely to happen.
 

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tomtom94 said:
Mazda RX-8
I just love the way it looks and I've only heard good things.
Also it has a Wankel rotary engine.
i can give you a LIST of bad things :p sorry, ive been running rotary engine cars for the past 5 years :p

top o ta list, oil consumption, out the window insane, think of putting in a quart every other fill up.

lack of power, in 6th gear, at 70 mph, youll be dropping to 3rd to get enough power to pass cars.

reliability, a GOOD rotary engine will last 200k, but if its not built right, or has a minor defect, you might not see 50k. I run FD Chassis RX-7's and on a basic engine, ie, factory specs, we expect 90k, modified, can be less than 40k.

sorry, im a nerd girl, its what i do. xD

Isaac The Grape said:
Getting back to the topic, my dream is to own a white AE86/85 Levin making around 220RWHP. Researching the possibility of a 3S-GTE conversion (MR2 engine).
my friend and i ran a 85 GT-Apex (GTS for you americanized peoples :p) with a Group A engine we sourced from Japan, open ITBs, basicly the whole TRD catalog for the 4A under the hood, made just over 250 rwhp at 10k rpm. Was a GREAT little track toy. Think Tsuchiya's Hachi Roku, basicly the same thing only in an american chassis.

StBishop said:
Aussie Muscle > US Muscle. Sorry.

Otherwise, a Skyline R32 GTR V-Spec II. The car that made me realise that I like cars.

The second is more likely to happen.
Aussie Muscle definitly wins, the Waloo and the Monaro were both GREAT cars, plenty better than anything america has had to offer in the past 2 decades.

*points to her choice in car* good on yah mate! I have a friend here in the states that has a VspecII legally.

My car, 1994 Nissan Skyline GT-R V-Spec II, Wine Red, 5 speed manual
 

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Hitokiri_Gensai said:
tomtom94 said:
Mazda RX-8
I just love the way it looks and I've only heard good things.
Also it has a Wankel rotary engine.
i can give you a LIST of bad things :p sorry, ive been running rotary engine cars for the past 5 years :p

top o ta list, oil consumption, out the window insane, think of putting in a quart every other fill up.

lack of power, in 6th gear, at 70 mph, youll be dropping to 3rd to get enough power to pass cars.

reliability, a GOOD rotary engine will last 200k, but if its not built right, or has a minor defect, you might not see 50k. I run FD Chassis RX-7's and on a basic engine, ie, factory specs, we expect 90k, modified, can be less than 40k.

sorry, im a nerd girl, its what i do. xD

My car, 1994 Nissan Skyline GT-R V-Spec II, Wine Red, 5 speed manual.
OMFG, but burgundy.
 

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StBishop said:
Hitokiri_Gensai said:
tomtom94 said:
Mazda RX-8
I just love the way it looks and I've only heard good things.
Also it has a Wankel rotary engine.
i can give you a LIST of bad things :p sorry, ive been running rotary engine cars for the past 5 years :p

top o ta list, oil consumption, out the window insane, think of putting in a quart every other fill up.

lack of power, in 6th gear, at 70 mph, youll be dropping to 3rd to get enough power to pass cars.

reliability, a GOOD rotary engine will last 200k, but if its not built right, or has a minor defect, you might not see 50k. I run FD Chassis RX-7's and on a basic engine, ie, factory specs, we expect 90k, modified, can be less than 40k.

sorry, im a nerd girl, its what i do. xD

My car, 1994 Nissan Skyline GT-R V-Spec II, Wine Red, 5 speed manual.
OMFG, but burgundy.
im hoping to pick up an 89 in the next three years as a daily driver, setting up for the 25 years or older importation ban coming up in 4 years. What im hoping to do is sell off the stock drivetrain and do an N1 or a Nur conversion to it, make it an absolute beast.
 

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A 64' Ford Thunderbolt
http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/3356/dscn0087pw3.jpg

Kenmeri Skyline GTR
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2104/2226855887_23e85f6c64.jpg

Ferrari 250GTO in Black
http://www.carstyling.ru/resources/classic/large/62ferrari_250gto_7.jpg

Ferrari 599GTO
http://www.automotiveaddicts.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/ferrari-599-gto.jpg

NA or NB Mazda Miata with an LS3

Aston Martin DB6 Vantage Spec
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/uploads/cars/aston_martin/576935.jpg

Austin Healey 100S
http://www.historicracingcarsforsale.com/001.JPG

Ariel Atom w/ SCed Duratec engine.

Also...the DB5 having poor power and handling? Son, back in the day that inline 6 with 278 hp and a 0-60 time of 7 seconds made it one of the fastest production cars in the world. Never mind the vantage spec which put out upwards of 320 hp. Hell...even today those numbers are more more than adequate.
 

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I am a woman of very simple tastes. I adore my 2007 Chevy Aveo. It holds up nicely.

I'm rather fond of my daddy's 1965 Plymouth Barracuda that he loved far more than he ever would have loved me. It's a beauty, but like I said, my tastes tend to run on the more practical side when it comes to things like cars.
 

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Hitokiri_Gensai said:
sorry, im a nerd girl, its what i do. xD

my friend and i ran a 85 GT-Apex (GTS for you americanized peoples :p) with a Group A engine we sourced from Japan, open ITBs, basicly the whole TRD catalog for the 4A under the hood, made just over 250 rwhp at 10k rpm. Was a GREAT little track toy. Think Tsuchiya's Hachi Roku, basicly the same thing only in an american chassis.
Sorry..fellow car nerd (And ex-owner of several 86's)so excuse me while I rip on you a bit. I can pretty much guarantee you weren't sending 250hp to the wheels with a Silvertop 4A-GE. Even in full race trim the Formula Atlantic engines only put out 240hp at the FLYWHEEL. Even if you were to achieve 250rwhp naturally aspirated with the 4A, the longevity of pretty much every moving component can be measured in hours on one hand. To achieve 250hp with 4a the only real choice is to boost it, and even then you are stressing the rods, pistons, and main bearings to their limit. I doubt you even had a group A engine in the first place, as those are made of unobtainium and relegated to racing teams. And all ae86 chassis were made exactly the same...so distinguishing it as an "american chassis" is silly.
Sorry...couldn't let that shit slide.
 

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s0m3th1ng said:
Hitokiri_Gensai said:
sorry, im a nerd girl, its what i do. xD

my friend and i ran a 85 GT-Apex (GTS for you americanized peoples :p) with a Group A engine we sourced from Japan, open ITBs, basicly the whole TRD catalog for the 4A under the hood, made just over 250 rwhp at 10k rpm. Was a GREAT little track toy. Think Tsuchiya's Hachi Roku, basicly the same thing only in an american chassis.
Sorry..fellow car nerd (And ex-owner of several 86's)so excuse me while I rip on you a bit. I can pretty much guarantee you weren't sending 250hp to the wheels with a Silvertop 4A-GE. Even in full race trim the Formula Atlantic engines only put out 240hp at the FLYWHEEL. Even if you were to achieve 250rwhp naturally aspirated with the 4A, the longevity of pretty much every moving component can be measured in hours on one hand. To achieve 250hp with 4a the only real choice is to boost it, and even then you are stressing the rods, pistons, and main bearings to their limit. I doubt you even had a group A engine in the first place, as those are made of unobtainium and relegated to racing teams. And all ae86 chassis were made exactly the same...so distinguishing it as an "american chassis" is silly.
Sorry...couldn't let that shit slide.
that engine cost us 25k us and if i could find the documentation id show it to you. Maybe my horsepower numbers were a little off, but it was still a very good little car.
 

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I have to confess a fondness for the 1990 Volvo 240i. Not because it's a great car or a beautiful car or anything other than a remarkably reliable car. Even my ex-girlfriend who drove with a drunkard's sense of the road (she once got pulled over cold sober and field sobriety tested because the cop didn't believe any sober person could drive that badly) and David Letterman's sense of the speed limit couldn't destroy hers until she'd put 170,000 miles on it.

That in itself should not define a fondness for the vehicle (although driving a 1990 model in 2001 is pretty impressive). But you haven't lived until you've had sex in the backseat of a Volvo with the classic rock station blaring Freebird on the radio and a willing, sexy little thing underneath you. Who gives a fuck what she's driving? She could've been driving a '72 Pinto and I'd say the bean was the greatest car ever. It just happened to be a couple tons of Swedish engineering (and about 135 pounds of mixed western European engineering of a different sort.)
 

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Either a Mercedes CLK 320, or a Jaguar XJ8L. They're both luxury sedans, and they're both about as classy as it comes. I'd take either of them.
 

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Hitokiri_Gensai said:
StBishop said:
Hitokiri_Gensai said:
tomtom94 said:
Mazda RX-8
I just love the way it looks and I've only heard good things.
Also it has a Wankel rotary engine.
i can give you a LIST of bad things :p sorry, ive been running rotary engine cars for the past 5 years :p

top o ta list, oil consumption, out the window insane, think of putting in a quart every other fill up.

lack of power, in 6th gear, at 70 mph, youll be dropping to 3rd to get enough power to pass cars.

reliability, a GOOD rotary engine will last 200k, but if its not built right, or has a minor defect, you might not see 50k. I run FD Chassis RX-7's and on a basic engine, ie, factory specs, we expect 90k, modified, can be less than 40k.

sorry, im a nerd girl, its what i do. xD

My car, 1994 Nissan Skyline GT-R V-Spec II, Wine Red, 5 speed manual.
OMFG, but burgundy.
im hoping to pick up an 89 in the next three years as a daily driver, setting up for the 25 years or older importation ban coming up in 4 years. What im hoping to do is sell off the stock drivetrain and do an N1 or a Nur conversion to it, make it an absolute beast.
I am lucky enough to not need to import them as nissan made them locally in Aussie Factories.

Only problem is that all the GTR's here are heavily modified and I'd rather buy stock and get the mods I want not the ones that others have done. I found one almost perfect execpt he'd ripped out the back seats and put a Carbon fibre look moulding around a few amps an subs. He didn't have the seats anymore and they had to cut the mounts for the seats anyway. :(
 

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geek2008 said:
Aston Martin DB5 cause James Bond drives it
Well, damn. This. Although I'm not sure if I could maintain one, so a more recent version, like the DB9, would be good too. And for some reason, I want a camper van. Any kind of a camper van. Then I can drive around Australia.
 

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Hitokiri_Gensai said:
tomtom94 said:
Mazda RX-8
I just love the way it looks and I've only heard good things.
Also it has a Wankel rotary engine.
i can give you a LIST of bad things :p sorry, ive been running rotary engine cars for the past 5 years :p

top o ta list, oil consumption, out the window insane, think of putting in a quart every other fill up.

lack of power, in 6th gear, at 70 mph, youll be dropping to 3rd to get enough power to pass cars.

reliability, a GOOD rotary engine will last 200k, but if its not built right, or has a minor defect, you might not see 50k. I run FD Chassis RX-7's and on a basic engine, ie, factory specs, we expect 90k, modified, can be less than 40k.

sorry, im a nerd girl, its what i do. xD
But...but it's called Wankel.
Therefore making it impossible to discuss in polite company!

I sincerely doubt I'll ever own one (by the time I get the chance they'll all be clapped-out and I'll have found something else) but, well, everything has teething problems, right?
...right?