beat a Prelude - Page 5

NSX-R-SSJ20K · #61 02-18-2002, 04:57 PM

i just thought of something

You could buy a
Supra and two HKS turbines 20000 dollars in total still cheaper

and its a supra

Self · #62 02-18-2002, 06:36 PM

A lot of you aren't keeping things fair though. You're comparing the prices of a BRAND NEW SS to other cars much older than it. So OF COURSE the SS is going to cost more...It's brand new! I'll use myself as an example...I bought a 1995 Camaro Z28 for 9,900 from a dealer. Not too bad at all. Let's assume the price of a BRAND NEW Civic EX to be 15,500. So that's a difference of $5500 approx. Now, for that $5500, I know for a fact that I could make my car run a quicker slip than that same Civic with $10,000 worth of mods. So if you're looking to run fast for cheap, pick up a used v8 performance vehicle. I also liked the fact that someone pointed out the value of the late 80s and early 90s Camaro's and Firebirds. Those things are great! 12 seconds for $2500 worth of mods?? You can't beat that!

LjasonL · #63 02-18-2002, 09:29 PM

actually i was comparing my car brand new to a camaro ss brand new. my 4 cylinder drops into low 15s stock for $18k, put the other $12k into mods and i GUARANTEE i will smoke the ss.

327belair · #64 02-18-2002, 10:47 PM

hey kidrocket, i didnt mean to come off as an asshole, i just dont like posers, that said, i unfortuantly dont have a car, im not even gonna be 16 for a month yet. but i am buying an early 90s camaro soon. i work on cars all day for my job, and i have grown up around hot rods, so just because im young doesnt mean i dont know my shit. im in a chevy family, so this whole opinion has kinda been drilled into my head. my mom has a 77 corvette (yes, its slow) that has 32,000 miles, original paint and interior. its in almost perfect shape and its unrestored. she is selling that soon, tho. she just bought a 93 40th anniversary corvette with a 6 speed and the maroon paint on maroon leather. my dad has a 56 chevy that he bought in '71. right now it has a 327 with dual quads and a huge cam, its running almost 500 horses and it runs 12's on street tires.

kidrocket · #65 02-18-2002, 11:59 PM

thats a pretty impressive lineup. and hey who doesnt hate the kids that have about 50 stickers on their cars with only one mod. <the fartpipe drooping from the rear axle>? at one point my dad had a 10 second volkswagen. it was turbod and bored out to 2.2 liters. it ran a best of 10.7 at 127.with a complete interior and 700 watt system instead of a backseat. too bad he got rid of it before i got my liscense.

327belair · #66 02-19-2002, 08:14 AM

wow, 10 seconds in anything is impressive, but in a vw with a full interior? thats amazing. i think u getting your liscense is probably one of the reasons he got rid of it. lol

im not insured to drive any of my parents cars except for my dads astrovan, so that blows

NSX-R-SSJ20K · #67 02-19-2002, 04:54 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Self
A lot of you aren't keeping things fair though. You're comparing the prices of a BRAND NEW SS to other cars much older than it. So OF COURSE the SS is going to cost more...It's brand new! I'll use myself as an example...I bought a 1995 Camaro Z28 for 9,900 from a dealer. Not too bad at all. Let's assume the price of a BRAND NEW Civic EX to be 15,500. So that's a difference of $5500 approx. Now, for that $5500, I know for a fact that I could make my car run a quicker slip than that same Civic with $10,000 worth of mods. So if you're looking to run fast for cheap, pick up a used v8 performance vehicle. I also liked the fact that someone pointed out the value of the late 80s and early 90s Camaro's and Firebirds. Those things are great! 12 seconds for $2500 worth of mods?? You can't beat that!

What are you on about

I think you're talking out of you arse mainly because this was inresponse to the topic belair shared with us

A camaro SS is in a completely different class to a
Civic so everyone GET OVER IT

The point was that Civics aren't bad and are affordable unlike Camaro's

NSX-R-SSJ20K · #68 02-19-2002, 04:56 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by kidrocket
thats a pretty impressive lineup. and hey who doesnt hate the kids that have about 50 stickers on their cars with only one mod. <the fartpipe drooping from the rear axle>? at one point my dad had a 10 second volkswagen. it was turbod and bored out to 2.2 liters. it ran a best of 10.7 at 127.with a complete interior and 700 watt system instead of a backseat. too bad he got rid of it before i got my liscense.

haha fart pipe i saw a Camaro SS with dual fart pipes that was hilarious those Domestic pipes should be banned for being completely stupid

91HBSi · #69 02-19-2002, 05:27 PM

The reason I have my civic is because it is economical, and low maintainance. Before I had my civic I had an 84 S-10 with a 350 in it

. It was ugly, but hey... it had a 350. I got rid of it because I knew it would be more work and got crappy gas milage. When I get older I want to get another S-10 and shove another 350 in there, but at the moment that wouldn't really suite my needs. I also need a car for college, which my car is ideal.

NSX-R-SSJ20K · #70 02-19-2002, 05:33 PM

fair enough

kidrocket · #71 02-19-2002, 05:37 PM

yeah the reason is because a beetle weighs less than 2000 pounds i think. It was dynoed at one point at over 400 hp

NSX-R-SSJ20K · #72 02-19-2002, 05:47 PM

it was an old beetle
hahaha

thats what porsches were once .... and still basically are .....rear engined bubble thingies

RunninSOHC · #73 02-19-2002, 09:20 PM

What does the word Honda mean???????????Reliable.................
I need a car that is reliable and a Honda is so simple to work on......so why 4 cyl....???4 cylinders means good gas mileage. Try pullin 40 mpg out of a v-8. I don't think so. And the New Camaro with 32mpg, that's not when you punch it. American cars are built on the philosophy that Gas is an unlimited resource and we can sit there and buy it all day. Let's see an American 4 cyl family car that dips, they're crap. A 4 cylinder camaro will not beat a Civic. As a matter of fact, a 4cyl Camaro would get dogged by a NON VTEC Civic DX with stick.

NSX-R-SSJ20K · #74 02-19-2002, 10:26 PM

lol haha way to make a point you're right as soon as you floor it the gas mileage hits the floor altho most cars do that

327belair · #75 02-19-2002, 10:48 PM

i dont mean to beat on hondas, they are great cars, they are cheap, economical, get good gas milage, and can be quick. but they are NOT performance cars, and i just have trouble getting used to people thinking they are. (yes, i am aware that there are fast ones, but they are few and far between)

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