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Re: The Car Talk Thread
I know you weren't asking me, but the reason is because we should drive like Germans, not like Italians. (Herr Snobmeister has spoken). And I realize you can ride a motorcycle anywhere, but I wonder why a person would want to in say the DC area. Our heavily used roads have nice long lengthwise gap seams, plus people tend… -
Re: The Car Talk Thread
Naw, mine is a 3.8liter. Hey, MB was just doing their part to help reduce oil use and help the environment. 3700lb car that's big enough to hold 5 6ft adults and gets about 18mpg mixed driving on 87 octane...now that it has 155,400 miles on it (back in the day it got more like 20...which considering the technology… -
Re: The Car Talk Thread
Roadsters...hmmm...you're going to think somebody stole my computer when you read my list. Price range? In the mean time I'm going to guess high 20's/low 30s Pontiac Solstice GXP or Saturn Sky Redline If you can swing more how about a Lotus Elise? Or if you think you're getting too old how about a BMW Z4? I would say… -
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What does BRP mean? But on the classic point, that's why I like these wheels, they're 80's cool. In 1985 this is what AMG would have put on them: body colored Pentas. Also, Ian, you might be a bit late to the party, I'm not sure if you know what's being done to the car? Putting in a 560 engine (5.6 liter) with 10:1 repair… -
Re: The Car Talk Thread
Anybody have any thoughts on the following tires: Hankook Ventus RS-2 in 245/45-16 Fuzion ZRi in 245/45-16 Yokohama ES100 in 245/45-16 the following are all 245/50-16 Goodyear Eagle F1 GS-D3 Firestone Firehawk Wide Oval Kelly Fierce UHP Cooper Zeon XS2 Bridgestone RE960AS Right now I've got 245/50-16 Michelin Pilot Sport… -
Re: The Car Talk Thread
People on the forums don't like the e39's because they don't like computers and they don't like needing $15,000 Siemens machines to work on their cars...I say tough. Also, people on the net for some reason think rack and pinion is better than recirculating ball. Look at the leather used in an E34 compared to the leather… -
Re: The Car Talk Thread
Negative. Truckzilla is still here.. now doing ~120 miles a day! :bash I've almost gone full circle on the whole car front. After I relocated and got saddled w/ my new commute, I had my heart set on a nice new Mazda3 hatch. The idea was that the MZ3 would become my daily transport, w/ a slight flair for both utility… -
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I agree, the Cayman is interesting, though not as a stock car since they come from the factory detuned (I wouldn't say it's more interesting, I'm not a fan of mid-engine - warm and noisy). The handling of a 911 can be bad or extremely good, it's just all in the hands of the driver (plus the 996 and later models have a… -
Re: The Car Talk Thread
Well, the car was bought back in 1985. I am spending considerably more. I'll put it this way, the engine alone is IIRC 8k without cams. Custom cams, custom lightweight high compression pistons, port and polish everything, jet-hot coated tri-y's, custom exhaust, custom high flow fuel distributor, custom fuel pump relay,… -
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I didn't know that about MA. I should have known though. I bet the same is true for ME, VT, CA and the sort as well. Even the Mazda3 I was looking at was different in those states because of the extra smog rules. PZEV vs ULEV or some such thing.. Sales-people at NH dealers tried to push the 0.005% extra HP advantage the…
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