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The whole mass air flow sensors, electronic fuel injection, engine control unit, charcoal filters, catch canisters, catalytic converters, 02 sensors, AIR injection, EPA mandates, emissions tests...
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http://jalopnik.com/5301109/tesla-ge...-federal-loans
Ford, Nissan, and Tesla, all being spoon fed by the US Government... Yay. Also strange how Tesla, an electric car company got their full asking price with little effort. While GM and Chrysler have had to go threw bankruptcy to continue life support... Favoritism and failed economic logic don't go a long way...
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That's fine, the rest of Chrysler is crap anyways. They have nothing competitive in the market besides the Ram, Vans, and Wrangler. The LX cars are aging (300, Charger, and the former Magnum). The Challenger can't keep pace with the Mustang and Camaro, performance wise.
Fiat actually has attractive offerings. And we get the Fiat 500! Sadly though, Fiat is not known to be reliable in Europe (according to Europeans) and Crysler does not need any more low quality products. Ford's case is just irony. Ford themselves, and their fans have stood by the fact that they haven't taken any money, and gave fuel to Ford fans to attack GM... With that news, Ford is on the same road. Oh, and the people who legally get the 1st dibs on the bankrupt assets (Creditors, etc) have been royally screwed by the Auto-Task-Force and the Prez. They give the blood-sucking UAW a far better return on investment than the actual investors and creditors.
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skin hubcaps and all leather cow interior and big brown baby seal eyes for headlights. Yeah! And I'm gonna drive around in that baby at 115 miles an hour, getting 1 mile per gallon. I may be king of the idiots, but my kingdom is vast and my subjects are everywhere Last edited by texan_idiot25; 06-25-2009 at 02:10 AM.. |
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i doubt anyone on this site likes the prius (yes the toyota) so um......anyone up for some prius jokes? lol
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I am only a fan of two Priuses (Prii?), and that's the one I've dubbed black-metal-prius, as he rolls by blaring metal music, and the car is black... And "A-Strolling-Player" of Jalopnik... Because he took it drag racing during the 24 hours of Lemons/B.A.B.E. Rally face off.
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alrighty...
Roses are red Violets are blue Mustangs have street cred But prius's are poo
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I am not a fan of any Prius. The new Prius looks SUPER UGLY. The only good thing about it is the lack of drag. If you turn it into a drag racer you wouldn't have to do anything for the aerodynamics.
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lol edit texan was right i was tired and stupied, lol i ment ls9 my bad, imma d/a lol
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I suppose to some extent that is true, but this problem lies in the fact that the Mustang's v8 tier (the GT) is FAR more accesible to the everyman than the very high priced Challenger SRT8, I suppose the Challenger will remain an unsung hero due to the fact it's been classified as "Luxury muscle" OH WELL that's just my 2 cents on the matter.
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How is it a luxury muscle? It's interior is no better than a PT Cruiser. The Mustang and Camaro exceed the SRT8, in their mild performance models, in every way. "Luxury" included. Hell, Dodge even manages to ruin the transission, which is identical to the Camaro. It goes from a solid, notchy, and short throwing beast from the Camaro to yet another sloppy, long throwing, numb shifting Chrysler product. How they managed to mess up the Tremec's shifter is beyond me. Not to mention they sold the SRT8, auto only at first. That's BLASPHEMY!
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I've never seen it as luxury muscle. It's just expensive, and grossly over weight. That Hemi can't run when it's dragging so much lard!
On a side note, the mustang returns to nascar in the form of awkward looking stickers! Last edited by texan_idiot25; 07-29-2009 at 09:20 PM.. |
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Meh, maybe it's just the source's choice to give it that distinction... or perhaps it has something to do with production numbers... at any rate... as much as I like the challenger, it does have a lot of downfalls that need addressing, thanks for pointing that out and bursting my bubble lol... although I could probably argue against this "nu-muscle" thing they've been doing anyways
Edit: You think the stickers are the only thing on that that looks awkward? lol
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Personally I think many of the things about "Nu-muscle" just don't strike me as right. The biggest of which being the 4 door charger... WTF happened there... did they put Opie on that project or something? Second... the thing I like about old muscle, such as my dad's '66 Pontiac Catalina 2+2, is looking under the hood, and seeing how basic it is in comparison to say a 2010 Mustang or 2009 Challenger, the fact that an engine that simple can put out so much power has always been the turn on for me.
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I like you kid, you know that?
While the good old dirt simplicity cannot be brought back (Blame emissions and safety regulations), I do dig the radical stylings of the Camaro, Mustang, and even the very fat looking Challenger (it's just the bitch of the 3, sadly). I agree, the Charger name plate could have been done different (Coronet anyone?), but to some extent, at least in SRT8 trim, it did do the muscle car idea pretty proud. Once subtle family sedans, stuffed with high powered V8s, and setup to go fast. Oh, and viva la simplistic horse power! Stock, my truck had 260hp and 355 ft lb of torque. That's before the cam, and headers, and carb work. |
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