Post #219,388
8/15/05 2:35:14 PM
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If I ever get my dream car...
...an E46 M3 Evo, then I'll leave just about anything for dead.
But as said car means a \ufffd20K up-front investment plus higher running costs (M-tech cars need proper servicing by proper mechanics, more frequently), it'll have to remain a dream for now.
And no, I wouldn't get it in Baby-Shit Brown (aka Phoenix Yellow).
Peter
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Post #219,422
8/15/05 5:31:57 PM
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Anything..except any motorcycle
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Post #219,426
8/15/05 5:39:27 PM
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Re: Anything..except any motorcycle
...over 1000CC. Smaller bikes will out-accelerate it, but not outrun it.
The M3 tops out at about 155MPH because of the limiter. Pretty much any bike bigger than 400CC will stuff it on 0-60. (M3 is about 5.5 sec).
Of course, at 150MPH the motorcyclist is not in a position to pick the bugs out of his teeth...
Mmm, protein!
Peter
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Post #219,466
8/15/05 9:48:03 PM
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'thetruthaboutcars.com'
My fav acerbic commentator (and hands-on Tester) of all the toys; updated frequently. (Hmmm - he'd make a decent IWEr; certainly at parry / thrust) Now, what you Want (I deem from above) is: [link|http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/content/110808075917533721/| Can Am]
[. . .]The Can Am does the fast thing with a straightforward formula: keep it light, strip out all the fancy stuff and pour on the power. The car doesn't have power steering, ABS braking, fuel injection, traction control or anything terribly clever. What it does have is a Chevrolet 6.3 litre small block V8. In standard tune, it's good for 355bhp. The hotter version (survived above) pumps out a whopping 530bhp. For the technically minded, that engine generates 520 foot-pounds of torque at 4000 rpms. For the non-technically minded, it has enough brute force to scare the bejesus out of any passenger that hasn't competed in open car racing. Not that you'd hear them begging you to stop\ufffd
Meanwhile, back here in the real world, where children want new running shoes and the wife can't understand that a sports car is a better investment than a new kitchen, you've got to balance fun with fiscal responsibility. Balance this: the extra spicy edition of the mid-engined Can Am goes from zero to 60 miles per hour in 3.3 seconds. The McLaren F1- still the world's fastest passenger car- does the same sprint in 3.2 seconds. Give up .1 of a second and a roof to the Big Mac, forget the 46mph top end difference, and you'll save \ufffd657,865.67. That's right: the Ultima Can Am costs from just \ufffd28,000.
Oh yes, I forgot to mention one little thing: the Can Am is a kit car.
Wait! Don't dismiss the idea as an invitation to construct- or try to construct- a shoddy replica. Unlike the majority of "self-builds", the Can Am isn't an imitation anything. The looks may hark back to the Can Am racers of the 70's, but the car is a fresh design. Ultima boss and former racer Ted Marlow started with a clean sheet of paper. Drawing on twenty years experience in the field and an adrenalin addiction of monumental proportions, Marlow has created a road-legal racecar that makes no apologies to anyone. All the major parts, from the adjustable wishbone suspension to the race-developed steering, were specifically built for the Can Am. While I didn't screw the demonstrator together myself, the car's consistent shut-lines and gel-coated bodywork (no need for painting) indicate a well-considered, quality product.
Yes, well, so is a Porsche, but you don't build one of those in a shed.
[More . . .]
Rest case, Tazio
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Post #219,481
8/15/05 11:53:43 PM
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Re: 'thetruthaboutcars.com'
[link|http://www.ultimasports.co.uk/record.html|http://www.ultimaspo...co.uk/record.html]
WTF.
Regards,
-scott anderson
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Post #219,483
8/16/05 1:23:26 AM
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Re: 'thetruthaboutcars.com'
Also, [link|http://www.noblecars.com/home.htm|http://www.noblecars.com/home.htm]
Considered by many to be the best-handling cars evar.
Peter
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Post #219,486
8/16/05 1:30:35 AM
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Oh, and *drool*
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Post #219,427
8/15/05 5:40:30 PM
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The new M5 is truly terrifying, though
Electronically limited to 155MPH, when unlimited the far side of 200MPH beckons.
That's supercar performance for "only" \ufffd60K.
Peter
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Post #219,434
8/15/05 5:55:30 PM
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I picture you in this... (11 kB .img)
[link|http://www.autoweek.com/article.cms?articleId=102831|Maybach Exelero].
[image|http://www.autoweek.com/files/weekart/2005/0801/maybach_side.jpg|0|Exelero|176|345]
19 feet long, 7 feet wide, 6500 pounds, 700 HP, 218 MPH at Nardo.
Ugly as sin, and impossibly impractical, but the perfect car for the land of [link|http://money.cnn.com/pf/features/lists/global_gasprices/|$5.79/gal gas], no?
Cheers,
Scott.
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Post #219,438
8/15/05 6:09:30 PM
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Can't think of anything worse.
Well, there's the Chrysler Crossfire, but enough said about that.
Peter
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Post #219,441
8/15/05 6:16:59 PM
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:-)
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Post #219,442
8/15/05 6:19:03 PM
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The crossfire is butt ugly settle for one of these (SFW)
nice Italian Motor
[link|http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.citroen.mb.ca/citroenet/sm/injection/007g.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.citroen.mb.ca/citroenet/html/s/sm2.html&h=517&w=800&sz=53&tbnid=Q2zWH9OIc1QJ:&tbnh=91&tbnw=141&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dcitroen%2Bsm%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D&oi=imagesr&start=3|http://images.google...i=imagesr&start=3]
go fast in comfort
thanx,
bill
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Post #219,443
8/15/05 6:20:18 PM
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French, lovely car, hydraulic nightmare.
Peter
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Post #219,444
8/15/05 6:46:52 PM
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maybe now, but back then not a problem
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Post #219,472
8/15/05 10:29:10 PM
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Watch it, Buster - I've driven one
The SM would hold its own in '05 on most checklists which do not beigin with the heading, Most Excessive $$ Can Buy. Neat Maserati engine in the SM coupled with most-advanced chassis concepts of its time (as with the original '56 DS, ID at their introductions. Would trade my Plutocrat in a trice, were it not now suffering from out-of-production overhead, collector$ appeal etc.
SM: YAN pure case of Pearls before Swine IMeptO.
As to hydraulics.. Pshaw! As I've menioned before.. even in the wide-open spaces of USA, say the endless trek all across Texas at-speed? - Citro\ufffdns just kept going, and at shockingly high fuel mileage numbers VS The Dinosaurs. What killed them *here* was the rampant ignorance about so simple a requirement as: Draining the hyd. reservoir and flushing-in new fluid: Once a Year! (or >> some mileage). They. Wouldn't.
So aside from needing a mechanic who understands that 'Clean' is not optional on the few occasions of replacing a hydraulic appendage - only ignorance killed them off in Murica.. (I knew the LA distrib. Chief Troubleshooter - re these conclusions, BTW)
Could it be, then - that the same dumbth-distro as US ?? <<< {shudder} perfuses also our Euro brethren, despite all those centuries-old Institutions with books and stuff?
I never had problems / I also didn't do stupid things to my 4 DSs (+ one DS-Mechanique) including a couple learning-specimens I overhauled; one engine, in 'class': just for the lore / curiosity about "working on them".
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