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El Scotch posted:How about an all aluminium Mustang with a turbo straight-six? Called the Ford falcon.
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Phy posted:Why is nobody calling it Poop Group  stealing this
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Oct 23, 2014 20:37
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All of the scat pack cars collectively are the poop group. The package for the cars themselves is the poo poo kit.
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Oct 23, 2014 20:38
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MattD1zzl3 posted:Called the Ford falcon. Exactly, they already have a 400hp turbo straight-six; they just need to borrow it from the aussies and we're golden.
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Oct 23, 2014 22:01
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Phy posted:Why is nobody calling it Poop Group Holy. poo poo.  It looks like you can get that 2.7 ecoboost in a regular cab F-150 with 4wd. I'm sold; hardest part would be not driving it straight to Livernois Motorsport from the dealer for a tune.
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Oct 23, 2014 22:21
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Phy posted:Why is nobody calling it Poop Group Powershift posted:All of the scat pack cars collectively are the poop group. The package for the cars themselves is the poo poo kit. you guys are only focusing on the bathroom humor and ignoring the obvious homosexual implications of the name Scat Pack is funnier on a much deeper level
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Oct 24, 2014 00:56
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El Scotch posted:Exactly, they already have a 400hp turbo straight-six; they just need to borrow it from the aussies and we're golden. Noooo, bring the falcon ute xr6 over. Literally everyone south of the mason Dixon will buy one. gently caress u Holden
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A MIRACLE posted:Noooo, bring the falcon ute xr6 over. Literally everyone south of the mason Dixon will buy one. gently caress u Holden Also acceptable. Earlier this week there was a dude waiting at a red light as I walked by, with a big beard and a mint El Camino. I gave him a thumbs up along the way.
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Oct 24, 2014 02:50
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The Falcon AND the Commodore are both dead as of 2017. no one buys the loving things but government fleets and taxis so they're dead. Its strange because it seems they are desirable in the USA but Ford is too stupid to get them over there.
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Oct 24, 2014 04:05
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Powershift posted:What exactly do you drive that stops in 100 feet flat yet can't hit 60 in 4.5 seconds? I was off on the braking. I got rear ended recently on a straight road so conscious of it now. 350z with brembos is 112ft with stock tires 60-0.
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Laserface posted:Its strange because it seems they are desirable in the USA but Ford is too stupid to get them over there. In reality it would sell about as well as the GTO / G8 / SS. There's a lot of people who like the idea of a big sporty sedan but the ones who want that and have the money to buy one new... buy 5's and E's.
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Oh no i think full sized australian sedans are horrible. I meant just take the 2015 mustang body, throw on a different bumper and taillight package, slap a straight 6 turbo in it, and call it the falcon. This falcon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Falcon_(North_America) Not this falcon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Falcon_(Australia)
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Christobevii3 posted:I was off on the braking. I got rear ended recently on a straight road so conscious of it now. 350z with brembos is 112ft with stock tires 60-0. Motor trend has it at 115ft on the same surface as the f-150 test, So your braking distance from 60mph is closer to a 5000lb f-150 with all terrain tires than it is to a 1LE camaro. You've practically already killed somebody. Yeah, an f-150 is going to do more damage if it hits you, but really that's going to be the fault of the driver, not the vehicle, as the f-150 performs about in line with most common vehicles on the road in almost every regard, even when specced to within 200lbs of it's max curb weight on a less than optimal tire option. The 5090lb FX2 tremor with the pirelli scorpions stopped from 60-0 in 115 feet, the fully loaded truck M/T tested weighed less, a modern tremor would reasonably weigh around 4400lbs. The 2500lb nissan versa note does the 0-60 in 10.4 seconds, 60-0 in 127 feet, 0.77Gs of lateral acceleration, and does the motor trend figure 8 in 29 seconds at 0.55G average The 5000lb f-150 4x4 extended cab does the 0-60 in 6.5 seconds, 60-0 in 127 feet, 0.75Gs of lateral acceleration, and does the motor trend figure 8 in 28.5 seconds at 0.69G average You're never going to get someone who wants a pickup out of a pickup and into a car, but giving the pickup the performance of a car is the next best thing. Laserface posted:The Falcon AND the Commodore are both dead as of 2017. It's not that ford's too stupid, aussies want american prices on stuff, but aren't prepared to accept american wages, so they're losing all their manufacturing. GM gets away with it because most of the hard work was already done for the camaro platform, and even then it's 40 grand+ for an SS.
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VikingSkull posted:you guys are only focusing on the bathroom humor and ignoring the obvious homosexual implications of the name Today I discovered that  is no longer a valid smilie.
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Powershift posted:
Just as long as the lower class filth can still afford the $600+ p/w rent somehow so the 'investors' can collect it while at the same time cry poor using negative gearing and tax write offs. As long as everything goes their way so they can build on their residential real estate portfolio and whine about the rates that blue collar tradesmen and the like charge, or whinge about some boring apple/android app or IT stuff on whirlpool.net.au. Yeah, many aussies would be happy for an underclass earning american wages as long as it improves their bottom line as a white collar working property investor. I feel better now. I think you guys are missing out by not having the falcon (at least the ute) 
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IOwnCalculus posted:In reality it would sell about as well as the GTO / G8 / SS. There's a lot of people who like the idea of a big sporty sedan but the ones who want that and have the money to buy one new... buy 5's and E's. enthusiasts are only good at taking an existing platform and making a balls out version the minute an enthusiast car is designed from the ground up, enthusiasts buy one (1) and keep it for 20 years after 3 years the enthusiast car is cancelled due to lack of sales
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Previa_fun posted:Today I discovered that Truly a sad day for the forums when  sticks around despite being a decade past its relevance but metis is no longer 
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CornHolio posted:Truly a sad day for the forums when To be fair I think hardly anyone on these forums remembers Metis' attempt at crowd funding a Brazilian scat film. Either by virtue of not being here or having blocked out the memory.
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Bovril Delight posted:To be fair I think hardly anyone on these forums remembers Metis' attempt at crowd funding a Brazilian scat film. Either by virtue of not being here or having blocked out the memory. Yeah but it was the prequel to two girls one cup, which everybody and their grandma (in my case, literally) has seen.
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Dodge is making something for people who feel that the regular Viper and TA aren't crazy enough.  
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That thing looks loving mean.
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The Midniter posted:Got any details? quote:
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The Midniter posted:Got any details? Does it still come with such soft-core, Prius-only features like traction control and an AC? shodanjr_gr fucked around with this message at 22:59 on Oct 24, 2014 |
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Car and Driver has been getting on my nerves lately: Lotus Exige Getting Automatic-Transmission Option for People Who Love Sports Cars But Not Driving Them There will, of course, be a manual offered, but C/D is so offended that an auto is offered in the first place that they absolutely had to write an article about it  Oh, and the auto isn't any slower - it's actually a tenth quicker to 60mph (4.0s vs. 3.9)
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I will admit that I can't comprehend why anyone who would want an Exige would want an auto.
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InitialDave posted:I will admit that I can't comprehend why anyone who would want an Exige would want an auto. Yea, me either really. It's just their editorial  and the comments section. Maybe I'm spending too much time there. Where do y'all get your auto news?
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^ This very thread, TBH.shodanjr_gr posted:Does it still come with such soft-core, Prius-only features like traction control and an AC? I think traction control is mandated on all cars after MY 2012 or so. That said, even on the base Viper I'm pretty sure it can be fully disabled, so there you are.
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a primate posted:Car and Driver has been getting on my nerves lately: I would take this over hearing MotorTrend talk about how awesome the auto version is/why they cant imagine what would possess someone to want one with a stick.
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Tekne posted:Here's the official blurb about it. Wait. The Viper is still steel bodied? Is this 1994?
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InitialDave posted:I will admit that I can't comprehend why anyone who would want an Exige would want an auto. Might as well get a Caterham with an enclosed cockpit and sound deadening. Throw in some heated seats too. Seems to defeat the point of that kind of car. I totally get why a lot of cars are going away from manual transmissions in their performance versions, but the Exige isn't insane enough for it to matter.
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a primate posted:Car and Driver has been getting on my nerves lately: It's a trackday only special in the US. Of course offering it with a slushbox is ridiculous. And take the manufacturer provided performance estimate with a grain of salt.
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Yeah I don't understand why they wouldn't have used a dual clutch transmission--you could probably mark it up even more.
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Powershift posted:Wait. The Viper is still steel bodied?
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BraveUlysses posted:Yeah I don't understand why they wouldn't have used a dual clutch transmission--you could probably mark it up even more.
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SouthLAnd posted:
Yeah, that's the setup I'm leaning towards. A new truck with 4x4 is frikkin expensive though. 
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PeterWeller posted:It's a trackday only special in the US. Of course offering it with a slushbox is ridiculous. And take the manufacturer provided performance estimate with a grain of salt. What's a trackday-only special? No AC etc.?
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a primate posted:What's a trackday-only special? No AC etc.? You can't register it for road use.
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a primate posted:Car and Driver has been getting on my nerves lately: They're probably offended because Lotus is pretty much the only manufacturer on the planet who has no business installing anything with a torque convertor in any of their cars. The most practical daily drivable car they ever sold was the 1990-1992 Carlton, which with 377 hp and a top speed of almost 180 mph was faster than most supercars of the era, and only came with a 6 speed manual (same one used in the original corvette ZR1). They've generally never offered autos on any of their older models. Also, Toyota has made SMG style paddle shift manuals before - it was an option on third gen MR2s. Lotus could just borrow that if they needed a trans without a third pedal. 
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