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Old 03-10-2003, 04:37 PM
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Exclamation Biggest upsets?!?!?!

My friend downloaded a Honda Civic hatchback...92-95..beat i swear a dodge viper..what was up with that???? it was on the streets not track.
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Old 03-10-2003, 05:20 PM
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i saw that same vid except on the track if thats true then why the hell have a viper if a 4 can beat you
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Old 03-10-2003, 05:24 PM
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For real..i thought vipers were spose to be special and could whip up on just about ne thing..and i had to watch the video like 5 times to believe it..i didnt understand..i know why buy a $85,000 car when u could buy a $6,000 and put $6,000-10,000 in it..at the most and beat a what is it 12 cylinder? or 10 somethign like that..it was a newer viper too...just kids racing!
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If you notice... I believe that Civic (yellow is it?) has drag slicks in the street racing video I could be wrong been a while since i've seen it... the guy in the Viper wasn't toooo far behind but he still lost... Had the race been just a bit longer the Viper would of pulled ahead cause of its greater top end.


Remember also, even though the Viper is fast in the quarter, its not built for it. They are beatable... they're more tuned for road racing. But yeah, he lost to a well tuned Civic... big deal. Its not like every Civic is like that so i'm not worrying. haha
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A quarter mile isn't the only time people care about. Sure the civic beat him in a straight. Will it ever get close to 200mph? No. I'm tired of all you ignorant dumbasses saying well my car was so much cheaper. The viper is still a viper, the civic a civic. Don't you understand how status symbols work? Jesus after that race go tell the viper owner to go buy a civic, I'm sure he'd laugh in your face. They had a car in some hot rod magazine that ran 8's for under 20K, on pump gas. Why don't we see those everywhere? It’s still an old mustang.
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Old 03-10-2003, 06:05 PM
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uhh no

It wasnt a yellow civic..it was a real video tapped by kids..the civic was black and the viper was red w/ white stripes. It was on some back street totally illegal..the civic just had everything on it..plus " i live my life a 1/4 mile at a time" thats what everyone races unless it on the highway...but all i am saying was i couldnt believe my eyes..
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Old 03-10-2003, 06:07 PM
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if the suspension was tuned right the civic wouldent do too bad in the twisties either, anything is possible with money
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Old 03-10-2003, 07:41 PM
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haha man...why buy anything other than a Civic? It's the best car in the world after all.

I mean look at what an old hatchback Civic has to offer:

Comfortable cloth seats, no leather option.
Plastic covered steering wheel, again no leather option.
Monsterous 100 hp 4-cylinder. Ah the demon in the car.
Front-wheel-drive - the choice of true drag racers

Shit what doesn't it have man its awesome. A 100 hp I can't imagine how fast that is. My truck came with 180hp damn thats so slow.

I dunno why do you think people buy Vipers and Corvettes? To flaunt their wealth perhaps? How many millionaires do you see buy a Honda Civic instead of a Lamborghini or a Viper because they saved so much money? And the "save the planet" idiots don't count.
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You're paying more for the name, recognition, and status more than anything else, as with any exotic car. A Civic can NEVER EVER NEVER EVER NEVER EVER NEVER match that EVER NEVER EVER. Like that other guy said above, I don't understand why some people don't understand that. It's not about the speed and power. Or at least that's not ALL it's about. Maybe once you're more familiar with vehicles and the economy, and how people think and how things work you'll understand
I think the video you're talking about is a friend of mine. Used to post on here and purehonda.com a loooonnnggg time ago. Also over at superhonda.com and honda-tech.com. Went by the name of St00pid and the video is practically legendary at this point. He's a real cool guy and his car is very nice. 24lbs through his built motor on that run. Viper never really had a chance
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lesson of the moment: any car is pretty much beatable by something less expensive to build..... sooner or later.
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haha man...why buy anything other than a Civic? It's the best car in the world after all.

I mean look at what an old hatchback Civic has to offer:

Comfortable cloth seats, no leather option.
Plastic covered steering wheel, again no leather option.
Monsterous 100 hp 4-cylinder. Ah the demon in the car.
Front-wheel-drive - the choice of true drag racers

Shit what doesn't it have man its awesome. A 100 hp I can't imagine how fast that is. My truck came with 180hp damn thats so slow.

I dunno why do you think people buy Vipers and Corvettes? To flaunt their wealth perhaps? How many millionaires do you see buy a Honda Civic instead of a Lamborghini or a Viper because they saved so much money? And the "save the planet" idiots don't count.
hope you not talkin to me i said anything is possible with money and civics arent that bad in the twisties didnt say they were the greatest thing not even close and yea my seats are comfortable go sit in one if you havent, i dont see why you have to bean asshole about it just because everyone has a civic doesent mean you have to hate them, everyone has a tv do you hate tv?
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There will ALWAYS be a faster car whether you own a viper, a civic, a mustang or whatever, just because it has a v-10 doesn't make it unbeatable.
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I was talking to drfthis and primetime.
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sorry for the mistake....not in a good mood....and when you said old i thought you were directing it toward me since i have an old*er* civic
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Ok Devil..i never once said that i liked the old civic..i personally think the civic hatchbacks are ugly! who wouldnt take a viper over a civic..(someone who has some issues)..but what i was saying was I saw a Honda Civic Hatchback BEAT a Dodge Viper and said I couldn't believe it..nothing about how great they are and stuff like that so stop trying to be a hard ass and learn to read a lil more carefully..before opening your mouth. Thanks
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