The pimpmobile.....hey Mak, I got finished pic....

[Turd Ferguson]

My aunt had one until just a few years ago.  It had "zip up" windows and two big dasies painted on the front doors.

I love your aunt!  That is so cool.

[RVertigo]

I once saw a 60s Bug with a Chevy 350 in it...  From the outside it looked almost stock...  But, the rear tires were way wider than stock......


I think a junked out Geo would be the ultimate sleeper car.........  No one would suspect that anyone would be silly enough to put money into it.

[weaselnoze]

give me those recaros. NOW!

[jdanna]

I LIKE IT!

If I were to build a sleeper car it would be a Citroen 2CV with a turbo Hayabusa engine.  The 2CV was originally powered by a 28HP knockoff of a BMW Motorrad horizontally opposed twin.  Stock weight was 1,100 lbs.  My aunt had one until just a few years ago.  It had "zip up" windows and two big dasies painted on the front doors.

dont drive it behind a 747.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvJ1hLS4Dfc

[spc]

Wow no shaZam!   Where the f%$k does one come up with ideas like that

[jdanna]

top gear. best show in the history of television.
thats only scratching the surface of the crazy shaZam! theyve done.

[spc]

Yeah I remember the one where they raced a Duc 99X and a Lambo Gallardo   15k bike vs. 300k car   And the winner is........  15k Bike

[yamahonkawazuki]

wasnt that only a 1/4 mile run tho?

[spc]

Nope it was a full track   The Duc shaves over a second from the Lambo on 0-60  and on the track it still had about a 1/4 second lead And thats and old 99X  i wanna see the Desmo RR against a Lambo   200+ hp  sub 400lb bike  the hp per ton works out to like 3x the Lambo's   Course that ones price tag is gonna be 40k I think

[natedawg120]

I liked the episode about what it takes to destroy a 911.  It pained me to watch them do it but still fun none the less 

[RVertigo]

dont drive it behind a 747.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvJ1hLS4Dfc

HOLY FRIGGEN CRAP!!!!

[genEricStL]

top gear. best show in the history of television.
thats only scratching the surface of the crazy shaZam! theyve done.

I had to go looking for that ... i'm gonna have to find more on this show lol

here's the Porsche 911 death clip : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DExG0qNsIM4

[jdanna]

top gear. best show in the history of television.
thats only scratching the surface of the crazy shaZam! theyve done.

I had to go looking for that ... i'm gonna have to find more on this show lol

here's the Porsche 911 death clip : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DExG0qNsIM4

yea he hates 911s. they are pieces of junk anyway

find the video of them trying to kill a toyota hilux, its awsome

[SmartDrug]

yea he hates 911s. they are pieces of junk anyway

find the video of them trying to kill a toyota hilux, its awsome

You are joking right?  The aircooled 911 is the greatest all around sportscar ever made... EVER.  Take one heated ride in a 1997 Turbo 3.6 or a leisurely drive in a 1996 Targa and you'll know right away why they say

There is No Substitute:

[genEricStL]

I think it was in this topic that someone posted about the Smartcar with the Suzuki engine in it ... I was poking around youtube for Suzuki stuff and found a video of one ... OMG it looks like fun 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cV4HdsDZX6c

So now you just need to find a wrecked 'busa hehe ... the seller will flip when you tell him it's for your metro 

[jdanna]

yea he hates 911s. they are pieces of junk anyway

find the video of them trying to kill a toyota hilux, its awsome

You are joking right?  The aircooled 911 is the greatest all around sportscar ever made... EVER.  Take one heated ride in a 1997 Turbo 3.6 or a leisurely drive in a 1996 Targa and you'll know right away why they say

There is No Substitute:

no way, clarkson is right,
the engine is in the wrong place.

the cayman is a much better car then the 911, because the engine is in the right place.
but it was designed by bueracrats instead of engineers, and it was de-tuned so it wouldnt dethrone the 40 year old horrible designed engine in the wrong place 911..

[fettcols]

About five or six years ago there was an article in sport compact car.... It was called "fastiva"

It was a ford festiva (maza 131) with a mercury capri xr2 turbo motor (mazda gtx) bolted into it...

In the article the owner said he took it to a dragstrip and pretty much go laughed out of the tech inspection... Lined it up against a roadrunner and gave everyone a lesson in power to weight ratios...

[97dime]

speaking of metros.  a guy here in town had a 3cyl metro.  painted it pink, put on a big a$$ wing and side pipes off a corvette.  looked wierd as hell.  wish i had a pic. ended up selling it and buying an 02 roush stage 1 stang.

[SmartDrug]

no way, clarkson is right,
the engine is in the wrong place.

the cayman is a much better car then the 911, because the engine is in the right place.
but it was designed by bueracrats instead of engineers, and it was de-tuned so it wouldnt dethrone the 40 year old horrible designed engine in the wrong place 911..

I'll give you that the Cayman is a great car, but I'm talking air cooled 911/Carreras. they're incredible sportscars.  It has been written numerous times that the 911 is the greatest example of a terrible idea (rear engine RWD) beautifully executed due to fantastic engineering.  There were rough spots in the 911's history, I'll give you that, but they truly are incredible sportscars.  Not to say that the Cayman isn't a better car, I agree 100% that the Cayman is better than a 996/997, but it doesn't hold a candle to the 993.  Do some reading on the subject and actually drive one before you cast off the air cooled 911s, you'll be surprised at what they can do and the amount of time that was invested in them to make them fantastic cars, they certainly weren't built by bureaucrats, that's just nonsense.

[jdanna]

I'll give you that the Cayman is a great car, but I'm talking air cooled 911/Carreras. they're incredible sportscars.  It has been written numerous times that the 911 is the greatest example of a terrible idea (rear engine RWD) beautifully executed due to fantastic engineering.  There were rough spots in the 911's history, I'll give you that, but they truly are incredible sportscars.  Not to say that the Cayman isn't a better car, I agree 100% that the Cayman is better than a 996/997, but it doesn't hold a candle to the 993.  Do some reading on the subject and actually drive one before you cast off the air cooled 911s, you'll be surprised at what they can do and the amount of time that was invested in them to make them fantastic cars, they certainly weren't built by bureaucrats, that's just nonsense.

i just hate the fact that they intentionally de-tuned the cayman so it wouldnt dethrone the 911. that is the work of buisnesspeople, not car people.

with a proper motor the cayman could destroy the 911 in every category.

yes, it is impressive that after 40 years of trying they got it right with the 911, even though it is conceptually wrong.
I just wish they could move past it. just like i wish GM could move past badge engineering.

for my money ill take a corvette. comperable performance, for half the price. and i dont care that the interior is made of old cavalier parts held together by chewing gum, i still think corvettes just look awsome.

gotta get a C5 though. sports cars have pop up headlights. that is just how it is done. what the hell were they thinking changing that?