And You Thought The Miata Was a Chick Car?

[tg ur 1t]

Nice Vette Officer!
There is no replacement for displacement!

[Vex]

Originally posted by tg ur 1t
There is no replacement for displacement!

Sure there is...it's called the RB26DETT.

[shartley]

Originally posted by phazeshifter
Some tips from a guy who used to sell cars...(really ):

The best thing you can do is pull up in a really nice vehicle--it's that whole "first impression" thing. That's the first thing that a salesperson notices. Nice car = $$.
You don't have to dress flashy, (business casual, club threads) but a few expensive (or expensive-looking) accessories help a lot. Also, carry yourself like you know what you're doing.
The MOST important thing to remember: Don't get excited! Remain calm, cool, and collected. Don't beat around the bush with details about the car, and DON'T ask if you can take it for a test drive--tell the salesperson that this is the one that you'd like to drive.
Don't talk a lot--be sort of vague about what you do--make it sound as if you come from money, rather than make money. Also, during the test drive, the salesperson shouldn't, as a rule, engage you in a lot of conversation. This is because they want you to explore the car and its features. They will point out some stuff and make small talk. But if you really want to ensure that the salesperson stays quiet, then you stay quiet. The best thing you can do as an "up" is to keep control of the situation, and the salesperson. The less a salesperson talks, the less control he has of you--and that's a good thing (for you!)

Now, I don't know if this will work on a Ferrari or Maserati, but it should get you into 350Zs, RX-8s, Rousch Mustangs, BMWs, and Mercedes Kompressors.

Good Luck!

P.S.--I know you're wondering... I sold KIAs...

[tg ur 1t]

phazeshifter... from JBcar

A compression ratio of 8.5:1, twin T28 Garrett turbochargers and a large front-mounted intercooler help the RB26DETT produce 280hp at 6800rpm and 360Nm (260lb-ft) of torque at 4400rpm.

I wonder what those chargers could do for my LT1?

[Brak]

id still rather have a YUGO, but thats just my opinion

[GT]

Originally posted by tg ur 1t
phazeshifter... from JBcar

A compression ratio of 8.5:1, twin T28 Garrett turbochargers and a large front-mounted intercooler help the RB26DETT produce 280hp at 6800rpm and 360Nm (260lb-ft) of torque at 4400rpm.

I wonder what those chargers could do for my LT1?

I am not going to get into why the Skyline is what it is and how powerful it really is. I know very few people that race truly "stock" cars. If you at anytime in your life have a chance to run a skyline, do yourself a favor and leave quitely.


You guys can start a doemstic v. Import thread if you like, but it aint gonna bew pretty. Needless to say the only domestic auto I will ever drive is a truck. I just dont think americans can build a great car anymore.

jb

[e mag]

Originally posted by PyRo
$125k Ferrari? The were asking 4 million for the one I was asking about.

What were you trying to test drive? The most expensive Ferrari i've heard of besides their F1 car, which you can't buy anyway, is the F50 GT which is 1.8 million, and i'm not even sure if you can buy that.

[Gunga]

I saw a Miata with a Ford 5.0 Liter V-8 squeezed into it at Road America racetrack (in WI) a few years back. But...we ended up passing it on the track in the Testarossa we were riding in.

[OfficerGoat]

I have seen the V8 Miatas run low 10s.... its pretty funny to see a car like that beat *** down the track. It would definantly put the smack down on a Testarosa.

I tend to cloun on miatas a good bit mainly due to the fact my ex-wife now drives one. They are great handling little cars. Definantly to be respected when in the right hands at the autocross.

Little cars like that are fun... I used to own a 79 Fiat 124. That car was a hoot to drive.... weird thing was that it ran awesome so long as you beat on it... if you were carefull with it thats when it would break...

[tg ur 1t]

Originally posted by gtrsi


I am not going to get into why the Skyline is what it is and how powerful it really is. I know very few people that race truly "stock" cars. If you at anytime in your life have a chance to run a skyline, do yourself a favor and leave quitely.


You guys can start a doemstic v. Import thread if you like, but it aint gonna bew pretty. Needless to say the only domestic auto I will ever drive is a truck. I just dont think americans can build a great car anymore.

jb

Uh..... what did I say?
If I have the chance to run a skyline... I will. I hope you don't think that I should save my self confidence and shy away from one. I know about racing and I wouldn't have any reason to not accept the challenge.
I have nothing against import cars. I never said otherwise.
Lighten up JB. Everything is not an attack on you, and everything a general motors product owning individual says isn't meant to trash imports.

[Vex]

I wasn't trying to start a "domestic vs. import" war either. I just get tired of always hearing about "displacement, displacement, displacement"--but then again, I DO live in Arkansas, where everyone owns a truck and a 4-wheeler...

[SlipknotX556]

A mans car in my book would be a Ram 1500 4 Door, or a new Ford-F150, or a really pimp car.


The chick car that I really hate is the eclipse, the mans car from that company is a 3000 GT.

[CrazyLad]

Originally posted by BobTheCow63
omfg it took me like 10 minutes to realize that tony hawk thing was just a stupid ad, and that you DIDN'T mis-link...

same thing but mine was a marijuana leaf not tony hawk....and it took me like 30 seconds not 10 minutes...

[GT]

Originally posted by tg ur 1t


Uh..... what did I say?
If I have the chance to run a skyline... I will. I hope you don't think that I should save my self confidence and shy away from one. I know about racing and I wouldn't have any reason to not accept the challenge.
I have nothing against import cars. I never said otherwise.
Lighten up JB. Everything is not an attack on you, and everything a general motors product owning individual says isn't meant to trash imports.

O' trust me bud there is alot more nasty waiting for you in this corner!

[RT pRo AuToMaG]

they only made 4 F50 GT's. I believe they are all owned by the original owners except for one, which was owned by Jim Spiro and then sold to some guys in Australia for $1.1mil. Right now, Jim has a $6.5 million dollar 1962 250 TRI/LM Testarossa. It's a beautiful car, only one made. They have some Ferrari's that are worth $10 million I believe. ANYWAY, back to what I was intending to post, to test drive a Ferrari, you have to put a preorder on a car (it's $10,000 to get on the list for a new one, and usually a 2-3 year wait, sometimes it's only one, depending on how high the demand is). Right now they have a few Ferrari F1 cars floating around at some dealers, not sure exactly where. An Enzo cost about $1.3 million to people who didn't preorder(to preorder an Enzo, you have to be a previous buyer of brand new ferraris, they only have 399 in the WORLD, $750k on the preorder list). Also, don't think they even care how you are dressed at a Ferrari dealer or any exotic used car dealer. The owner of the $6million ferrari wears a tshirt and jeans everywhere. He doesn't even have silverware in his apartment.\



I know, that probably made no sense at all...oh well, it took too long to type it so here we go.