took out 300M
01-05-2002, 03:48 PM
#3
How about those new Mistubishi Lancer's. I'm talking about the crap American version. I don't understand how they can market those as a sports car when they do 0-60 in 9.0+ sec and have 120hp! I have a serious urge to find someone that bought it thinking they were getting a sports car. I really want to find someone like that and then race 'em and beat them even though I'm just cruising at normal speed (65mph at 2300rpm) while they are flooring it and trying to keep up! That would feel so good just to make them ashamed of their car. Maybe I'm just sadistic or something.
01-05-2002, 04:05 PM
#5
I just don't understand it. Why do we always get screwed here in the US, by the car companies? After all, isn't there more of a market for performance here? Who the heck wouldn't want a Lancer evo with a 276hp turbo 4?! Now those are fast. Also those Ford escort cosworths in europe. Those also have something like 280hp (not sure on the exact amount) and its a turbo 4. My god those are fast but here they are crap. It just ****es me off since America and Europe is where power and performance originated from. I mean, there are Porsches, Ferraris, Maseratis, etc (all the good stuff!) and then American muscle cars. Did anyone ever hear of Japanese muscle cars or anything like that 50+ yrs ago? I don't know for a fact that they didn't have them but I am fairly certain they didn't. I still wish Nissan would have released the Cefiro to the US. Who here wouldn't want a sports sedan with a RB20det engine?! Oh well, I guess I have to live with how things are but I don't have to like it!
01-05-2002, 04:41 PM
#7
SEguy, did you ever hear or see the "Getaway in Stockholm" movies? The 1st is a Porsche 911 (RUF I think). Though, the 2nd movie has a 450hp Supra and 450hp escort cosworth! Oh my god, that escort has to have the best sounding 4cyl I have ever heard! That car is insane too. He must have had a quick spooling turbo because that blowoff valve was going insane. I mean it was like "grrrrrrrSSSSSHHHHgrrrrrrrrSSSHHgrrrSSSSSHHgrrrSSS HSH" in about 2 sec! If you want to download the movie, I have a link I'd need to find. Though, that movie is about 230mb so I hope you have cable! Its all worth it though because that little 4cyl tears it up.
01-05-2002, 10:55 PM
#8
Originally posted by Shadow1198
I just don't understand it. Why do we always get screwed here in the US, by the car companies? After all, isn't there more of a market for performance here? Who the heck wouldn't want a Lancer evo with a 276hp turbo 4?! Now those are fast. Also those Ford escort cosworths in europe. Those also have something like 280hp (not sure on the exact amount) and its a turbo 4. My god those are fast but here they are crap. It just ****es me off since America and Europe is where power and performance originated from. I mean, there are Porsches, Ferraris, Maseratis, etc (all the good stuff!) and then American muscle cars. Did anyone ever hear of Japanese muscle cars or anything like that 50+ yrs ago? I don't know for a fact that they didn't have them but I am fairly certain they didn't. I still wish Nissan would have released the Cefiro to the US. Who here wouldn't want a sports sedan with a RB20det engine?! Oh well, I guess I have to live with how things are but I don't have to like it!
I just don't understand it. Why do we always get screwed here in the US, by the car companies? After all, isn't there more of a market for performance here? Who the heck wouldn't want a Lancer evo with a 276hp turbo 4?! Now those are fast. Also those Ford escort cosworths in europe. Those also have something like 280hp (not sure on the exact amount) and its a turbo 4. My god those are fast but here they are crap. It just ****es me off since America and Europe is where power and performance originated from. I mean, there are Porsches, Ferraris, Maseratis, etc (all the good stuff!) and then American muscle cars. Did anyone ever hear of Japanese muscle cars or anything like that 50+ yrs ago? I don't know for a fact that they didn't have them but I am fairly certain they didn't. I still wish Nissan would have released the Cefiro to the US. Who here wouldn't want a sports sedan with a RB20det engine?! Oh well, I guess I have to live with how things are but I don't have to like it!
Thankfully, American are losing their love affair with SUVs. Things like rollover safety, gas mileage and politcal correctness are allowing for renewed interest in sports cars. Thus we have the WRX, the soon to be here 350z, and the new Celica and MR2. Hopefully, sports cars will once again reign supreme for men with something to make up for.
01-06-2002, 02:01 AM
#10
Donating Maxima.org Member
Join Date: Aug 2001
Posts: 2,941
Originally posted by SEguy182
no shadow i havent, send me the link. They seem to have more use for turbo awd cars overseas for rallying, and i think motorsports is just a bigger thing over there than it is over here
no shadow i havent, send me the link. They seem to have more use for turbo awd cars overseas for rallying, and i think motorsports is just a bigger thing over there than it is over here
01-06-2002, 01:15 PM
#11
Here's that link http://downloads.albertacars.net/vid...2-Xstreem.mpeg Be aware guys that this video is 235mb so I hope you have cable and some type of download program to resume. Though, I never needed to resume but its better safe than sorry.
01-06-2002, 05:43 PM
#12
Supporting Maxima.org Member
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Carson, CA
Posts: 715
Congrats on another roadkill, fly-one!!!
…and you did that with a popcharger - WOW 
My boy's got a 300M, and that **** is fast. He musta been mad as hell when you burnt his a$$!!!
I love stories like that!
peace2u
My boy's got a 300M, and that **** is fast. He musta been mad as hell when you burnt his a$$!!!
I love stories like that!
peace2u
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
lman07
Other For Sale/Wanted
1
11-28-2008 07:27 PM