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Most ridiculous thing you've been told or read about a car.. - HAULN-SS - 03-14-2007
More specifically, cars you were either looking at to buy, or just browsing ads. People dont know shit about their car in general. I'll start us off iwth the one I already mentioned
-The overdrive button turned on the turbo.
- Mike - 03-14-2007
that a new civic si was as fast as an s2000.
- navin - 03-14-2007
that civics were cool.
- white_2kgt - 03-14-2007
Honda's are FUN cars.
- JackoliciousLegs - 03-14-2007
Fords are now as reliable as Hondas.
- HAULN-SS - 03-14-2007
Every once in a while i see something about a car being a turbo, or so and so said it had a turbo - when it clearly has a non-enclosed carb on it. Neat..i guess the turbo must be pressurizing the entire under-hood area.
- .RJ - 03-14-2007
JackoliciousLegs Wrote:Fords are now as reliable as Hondas.
:?:
No issues with my truck other than an alternator replaced under warranty...
- white_2kgt - 03-14-2007
JackoliciousLegs Wrote:Fords are now as reliable as Hondas.
When the fuck did we get Ice Cream?
- HAULN-SS - 03-14-2007
'is that some kind of lame ass line from a movie i've never seen, or what?"
- D_Eclipse9916 - 03-14-2007
test-driving a g35, "watch out this is a lot of horsepower to handle."
- ScottyB - 03-14-2007
- some kid who was totally going to install a turbo system on his VR6. except his line was "i'm doing a turbo and ITB's."
- there is no replacement for displacement
- if you have 4WD you have twice the braking power
- honda invented VTEC
- HAULN-SS - 03-14-2007
heh...i'm pretty sure for torque off the line there is no replacement for displacement...so I guess it depends on what the context there was
- ViPER1313 - 03-14-2007
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- ScottyB - 03-14-2007
HAULN-SS Wrote:torque off the line
that's an equally nebulous statement. for the record i will conceed that yes, when you start getting into thousands of horsepower you need to consider larger and larger displacement. that is usually in a competition environment though.
edit: Adam that c-list add is phenomenal.
- Dave - 03-14-2007
One of Lindsey's co-workers said she gets 47mpg in her CR-V a while back. We laughed and determined it also runs a 9 second 1/4, seats 8 comfortably, and the exhaust smells like flowers. Thats the most recent absurdity, i'll write down some more as I remember them.
- Mike - 03-14-2007
"we don't buy citgo gas, we only get 13mpg with it instead of the usual 25."
lady in florida...
- CaptainHenreh - 03-14-2007
ScottyB Wrote:- some kid who was totally going to install a turbo system on his VR6. except his line was "i'm doing a turbo and ITB's."
You know, in his defense, those two things aren't mutually exclusive.
- JustinG - 03-14-2007
D_Eclipse9916 Wrote:test-driving a g35, "watch out this is a lot of horsepower to handle."
I got told the same thing, and this was shortly after test driving a EVO 9 MR :lol:
Test Driving the MR. leaving the dealership, saleswoman says: "The clutch is a racing clutch it can be very tricky to handle, we have alotta people stall these cars out so be careful" I take off no problem, she was very nervous the entire ride, damn that car was fast. :twisted:
Mazda Salesman "Have you heard about our new Mazdaspeed3? Its an EVO/STi Killer" :roll:
- ScottyB - 03-14-2007
CaptainHenreh Wrote:ScottyB Wrote:- some kid who was totally going to install a turbo system on his VR6. except his line was "i'm doing a turbo and ITB's."
You know, in his defense, those two things aren't mutually exclusive.
haha you're right. i should have just linked to the thread, he was really clueless.
- D_Eclipse9916 - 03-14-2007
^^^ Yeah I was about to say, plenty of people have done ITBs with turbo.
PS- There is NO replacement for displacement. Adding turbo means more power, but with more turbo+more displacement= OWNED!