What Do You Drive? (56k warning)

[Heep]

Originally Posted by Soyo

yea but any true driver has a 5-spd because of the feel and the love to drive cars... oh and its a sports car dude, and a nice one at that... its meant to race

So F1 drivers aren't true drivers?

I like manual transmissions as well, but driving them is not a pre-requisite of being a "true driver", whatever the hell that means.

And no, a Supra is not meant to race. If it were meant to race, it wouldn't be street legal. It would come with a roll cage from the factory, wouldn't have sound insulation, back seats, a stereo, etc etc etc etc. Also, yes, it fits into the extremely broad "sports car" category, but is more than anything a GT car.

PS. It uses a 6-spd anyways

[Polygon]

Originally Posted by Heep

So F1 drivers aren't true drivers?

I like manual transmissions as well, but driving them is not a pre-requisite of being a "true driver", whatever the hell that means.

And no, a Supra is not meant to race. If it were meant to race, it wouldn't be street legal. It would come with a roll cage from the factory, wouldn't have sound insulation, back seats, a stereo, etc etc etc etc. Also, yes, it fits into the extremely broad "sports car" category, but is more than anything a GT car.

PS. It uses a 6-spd anyways

Well, actually the F1 gearboxes are manuals. They don't have torque converters and they don't have bands. Just like any other manual they have a clutch, flywheel, and gears. The clutch is simply computer controlled. So I guess they are automatics from a user standpoint but manuals from a design standpoint.

[integra818]

Originally Posted by Oz

87 Rolla Twin Cam
92 SX engine rebuilt with:

1/4: 14.2
Power (crank): 138kW, 185 hp

14.2 from this?!? FUCKIN AWESOME!!! Nice car man.

[TankMMC]

Mitsubishi Diamante 2.5 V6

-Panasonic MP3/WMA 50x4 headdeck, Pioneer 6x9's, Clarion 6" components, Sony 444w amp, Sony 15" subs x 2

-xenon headlamps

-Advanti Flash 17"

thats pretty much it, its not fast by any means but it's a nice cruiser and was a pretty good deal

[RazorGTR]

Cheers guys.

Best time to date is now a 12.01 @ 186khm (115.5 mph) with a 60' time of 1.66 my personal best.
That was done on 235x40x17 Federal 696 street tyres.

The poor bloke in the passenger seat is the owner of the Lotus if memory serves me right. I told him to make sure he leaned back but umm guess he failed and the only that kept his head attached was the seat lol.

I believe the Elise got down to a 13.7 towards the end of the day.

Moppie and Taranaki both have been in the car. Moppie down the strip when the car wasn't make much power only about 370hp. Taranaki however got to go for a blat up a motorway here at an insane speed. I won't mention the speed but suffice to say he set a personal best for topspeed
Dr. Raf and Spec11 or snowhite 34 girl have both been in the car also and yea it gave DrRaf the shits too

[Moppie]

The guy in the car owned the Triumph Dolomite Sprint, which was his classic race car (hince why it was so fast).

The Elisses all seem to run in the mid 13s at Meremere, and extremly consistant at it, regardless of the driver.

[RazorGTR]

ah ok couldn't remember. Hey going to have to get you back in for another blat Moppie since it is pushing way more power than it was then.

[Ace$nyper]

theres 2 of my shit box I got more if you guys and gals want.

[Ricochet]

Ace, didn't know your car was such a crapbox

[Jay!]

Where else can I paste this pic?

[96Civ]

Just my beater, please don't flame me.

[RazorGTR]

96 Civic is that a 68 or 69 Malibu?

[Soyo]

Jay, where is that picture taken? awesome choice for a backdrop! beautiful car too, a friend of mine just got one and its amazing

[Jay!]

A nice southern California mountain road that's often closed and always crawling with cops. Several magazines take pictures up there sometimes, too...

[kicker1_solo]

Originally Posted by jay@af

Where else can I paste this pic?

wanna race?