Looking at Used Cars

[Rumpy]

(to me, the RX8 and 350Z are both pretty "blah").

Really? I think they're both incredible cars. I really like the Crossfire too.

[stormy]

rx8 is awesome. i want one. It's not the fastest but its road manners outclass any similiarly priced american sports car.

[Tones]

The RX8 is a nice car, and the back seat is really comfortable, but I think it's a little underpowered for a car of its price. Taken from their website: "238 hp at 8,500 rpm and 159 lb-ft of torque at 5,500 rpm (6-speed manual transmission)..." While I realize that stats aren't all that matter, I think that these are pretty weak for a car that's in the upper 20's/lower 30's. That's about the same price as a very slightly used 03 Cobra, which has 390 hp @ 6,000 rpm and 390 lb.-ft. @ 3,500 rpm.

However, the RX8 will definitely be more interesting when Mazda decides to bring a twin turbo version out.

The 350Z is a nice car, but it just doesn't excite me that much.

[Calliander]

Amrican companies cut too many corners and are not assembled as well.

[sarcasm]Except Saturn. Those are totally fantastic cars. No other company produces a better line of vehicles.[/sarcasm]

[GohanX]

The RX8 isn't really designed to be a high performance sports car, it's more of a "normal" car on crack.

Personally, I hope Mazda goes through with releasing a new RX-7. They said if the RX8 did well they probably would make it, using the Renesis design on a smaller two seater. And I'm seeing RX-8's everywhere.

[stormy]

so i'm driving in the passenger seat with a friend yesterday and the cell phone rings. It's my friend Chris, whom i only see once in a while now. This is how the conversation goes.

Chris: Hey. what are you doing tonight?
me: I'm in vermont, but i'll be home tomorrow. what are you doing?
chris: Oh i just got a new car.
me: huh? what? what kind?

He had been talking about an STi forever, and in my head i hear him S.T.i. but he doesn't say that.

chris: an rx8
me: WHAT!? i hate you. i really fucking hate you. god damn you! OIV:NR*Y*($HFODSNCBLRGF*HBSXHJA:IFH"KCN;Hofha;hdf;!!!!!!!!! that's awesome, i'm checking it out tomorrow.

He picked me up and we went driving around the backroads for 45 min. It's so sweet. He got a bright red base 6sp, 25K even. He wasn't even planning on buying, just wanted a test drive but bought it that day, traded in his 02 civic si. He's put 320 miles on it so far so it's still breaking in. We took it easy but did redline it once. The cornering is amazing, the car sticks like it's glued down. It was awful getting back in my car after he left. I want one even more now

[GohanX]

Heh heh heh.

Be careful about redlining it before it's broken in...once it's broken in though, that engine is built for redlining

*prays to the Rotary gods*

[Dyne]

i just wanna know who the hotty in bandits av is........

[Fe 26]

I don't really get all the ford hate. Yeah if you own, or have owned a 80s model ford car, you’re going to get trouble. American car companies put out a lot of shit in the 80s. That is the only reason you are able to buy so many import cars now. The 80s allowed foreign car manufactures to get a foothold on the US market.

I have been driving the shit out of 97 ford probe for forever now, and haven’t had any trouble with it that I didn’t cause myself. I floor it, I drive unsafe speeds in it, I jump rail road tracks in it, I take sharp 100 degree turns in it with out slowing down, and I drive through rivers in it. Yes, rivers. I’ve drove it through flooding water areas. The only time I ever had trouble with it was the one time I drove it through 1.7 feet fo water at walmart. -_- got water in it and burned out the stupid oxygen sensor. I still have problems with that damn sensor, but I’m not paying for another one.

Before this semester, it got driven for at least a hour everyday, sense 97. I drove the stock tires on it until you could see the metal in them. It’s a damn good car for how badly I treat the thing.


Also, Ford’s full size Vans rock. Fuck minivans. Word to the wise, never buy a 80s model minivan, they are death traps. A Ford clubwagon is where it is at. My family has owned 3 or 4 of them. We still have the original 80s one. They haul ass, and can carry a good size load. Me and my father have hauled huge loads with ours, several tons, across several states. Our newest CW is a 2002 I think. It has a big V10 in it. It has a lot of power, and a lot of speed.

[GohanX]

I don't hate Ford, but I do hate 90% of the Mustang owners around here. Heh.