Thank you GhostZ, I'm glad you understand how turbos actually work. I'd love to see a comparison between say the last generation M3 blitzing around a track with that wonderful 4 L V8, versus say the new M3 with its turbo 6, or even the last generation 335i with its less powerful turbo 6. As far as I can tell, turbos…
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To be sure, we have our own "east coast" issues. The poor little rich kids from the wealthy suburbs of Kansas City (to the east of us!) tend to suffer from the same kind of arrogance, but they're not driving cars that are quite so nice. Last generations BMW, Audi, MB for that crew. The brand new stuff tends to be…
I'm at Kansas State. Are you in Lawrence? I've never seen an R8, a trident of any sort, and precious few M3s or M5s here. But we do have at least two Panameras, a few Cayennes, and Audis etc.
ha ha ha. No, I'm WAY to the west of the University of Michigan. I'm at Kansas State. No east coast plates here.
Not to get in trouble with the PC police, but at my college town in the midwest, the expensive German cars (Audi, BMW, Merc, Porsche) are all driven by rich students and I'm guessing they just don't know to check them out, particularly as they may not have to worry about such trivial things back home. I wonder if this…
Has Subaru ever done that with their STi badge? Chevy's done all they could to gut whatever SS used to mean (hi any Impala SS in the last 15 years!), but I don't know if Subaru has ever done that.
I enjoy FF XII so much, up until that damned tower close to the end.
Honda's had cylinder deactivation for their V-6 for a while. I don't know how they handle NVH, but they do it.
They're fixing the powertrain of the cherokee, but leaving the god-awful looks intact? Good to know they have their priorities for enthusiasts, but it won't matter as that hideously awful creature won't sell anyway.
Hey BMW, THIS is how you simulate engine sounds.
How about fart cans? They serve no useful purpose on your mom's 10 year old 4 cylinder automatic accord you fuckwit. We don't want to hear it!
What van does he have?
Not fatter tires, it needs grippier tires - http://www.roadandtrack.com/special-report…
I'd like to compare the weights and overall physical volume of the Audi 4.2 V8, the BMW 4.0 V, the AMG 5.5 V8, that 5.0 Coyote, and an LS3, (and for giggles, how about that 2.0 turbo out of an Evo), but I've never been able to find the information.
640, 580, 556, 505, 450, 426, 415, 361 hp. Every one of those hp figures comes from a GM push rod engine. Those meet any reasonable definition of high performance. For example, the To be sure, the first three need some forced induction help (but then, so do all but the most exotic NA engines).
Do bear in mind there are people on this board who think something as arbitrary as hp/swept volume means something.
Not to get people all riled up (LOLZ! Christians hate science! Just look at the creationists!), but Rodney Stark has written about this from a sociolgists perspective - http://www.amazon.com/Victory-Reason…
It's illegal in my town to bike on sidewalks, but I spit on that law. I have a 40 mph road (up a big hill!) and riding on the street will wind up with me dead.
The car is a glorious tribute to those silly designs we all drew or made with legos. I love it. It's supposed to be insane.
I'm skeptical anything else was needed besides ammonium nitrate to go off like that. 270 tons of ammonium nitrate going off at once could very well cause what we've seen.