Cool cars? The chase scene in Bullitt, either car would be fine, and half of the background traffic wouldn't be too shabby either.
A different shape every step I take A different mind every step of the lineThe movie itself is pretty good, but it's mostly that scene that sells it, largely because it was pretty much all filmed like, real cars on real (closed-off) roads.
Even if the Charger looses a good sixteen hubcaps and the Mustang shifts up about a dozen times and down about never. And disappears for a split second after crashing into the camera.
edited 25th May '11 12:59:04 PM by Catfish42
A different shape every step I take A different mind every step of the lineAnd if you're a driver you don't have to apreciate them!
I only caught like 2/3rds of what pvtnum was talking about (although what I did understand was pretty awesome). I really wish I knew more about mechanics. Maybe I'll get my dad to teach me about the diesal on our boat.
Heh, reminds me of a conversation I had with a friend. We were talking about what car we'd get if we had infinite money.
"A Prius," she said.
"What?" us guys responded and than exchanged glances.
"That's the car I want," she looked at us askance.
"Why...really, a Prius? But..."
"It's eco-friendly!"
"You could get a Tesla Roadster instead, it's entirely electric, a sports car, a convertable and about a thousand times cooler."
"Sounds expensive..."
"You literally have infinity dollars. If you put it in a bank you'd cause the world economy to collapse. Saving up is not only not an option its not a concern."
"I still want a Prius."
"That's the only car you know anything about, isn't it?"
"...Yeah."
Charlie Tunoku is a lover and a fighter.On the rare occasions that I do drive I've got the old family car, a '95 Honda Civic with more dents than the Millennium Falcon and a partially jammed passenger door. On the other hand, it's reliable.
Charlie Stross's cheerful, optimistic predictions for 2017, part one of three.I've only ever driven four different cars... two horrible Opels, a Renault Twingo and a VW van. Which, to me, was the coolest and most fun to drive.
I guess it went for "I won't work"?
edited 25th May '11 1:36:54 PM by Catfish42
A different shape every step I take A different mind every step of the lineThe nice thing about '90 to '95 Civics is that they're supposed to be very reliable, and I believe it. The 2000 Camry on the other hand is always throwing hissy-fits. However, it handles like a car at least. The Civic has the rough steering of a water buffalo.
Besides, my personal philosophy is roughly "Two wheels good, four wheels bad!" Let's see your fancy car cut through the woods and the fields on a regular basis...
Charlie Stross's cheerful, optimistic predictions for 2017, part one of three.The Buick Regal changed from a RWD brick-like G-body platform to a smoother FWD W-body platform in 1988. I had owned two Pontiac Grand Prix's; both were W-bodies - intermediate FWD cars that had transverse-mounted I4's or more commonly, V6 powerplants (The Tech-4 engine was able to put out some good power, even if you had to rev it to the moon). The Buicks got the larger 3800-series V6, while the other (Chevy Lumina, Oldmobile Cutlass Supreme, Pontiac Grand Prix) had to do with the 3100-series V6 until 1997. The 3100's had this annoying tendency to crap out their intake manifold gaskets (FREAKING DEX-COOL I HATE YOUR WORTHLESS GUTS) and would piss coolant internally all over the camshaft and down into the crankcase. A redesign of the gaskets (or ditching Dex-Cool) usually staved that off.
I was actually looking for a mid-90's Regal for use as a work car, provided that it came with a 3800-series engine. Took a Park Avenue instead. Whaaaaa, not an Ultra, no supercharger.
Women and cars:
My wife knows how to change a flat, change oil, has helped me turn wrenches on my TTA and even install an exhaust on my older Trans Am (that I got rid of, dang it) and is banned from the TTA due to having more of a speeding problem than I do. Generally speaking she's mechanically inclined.
edited 25th May '11 2:44:20 PM by pvtnum11
Happiness is zero-gee with a sinus cold.

MOAR awesome cars? Sure.
1986 or 1987 Buick Regal Turbo-T, also known as a Grand National (a trim level of the Regal), and in 1987, a GNX.
Lord Vader, your car is ready.
Very similiar 3.8-liter engine that graces the Turbo Trans Am (the TTA has different cylinder heads and a few minor differences). Due to the boxy G-body styling (it's a BRICK), the cars had to be ECM-limited to 110-something miles an hour, or the rear end woudl start to do voodoo things and lift, leading to loss of control. Not particularly nimble, but more than adequate.
Good for going fast with class. I almost traded my TTA for a 1986 Turbo-T in midnight blue, even had some mods tossed onto it. Near-mint condition.
The story of turbocharged cars (in America anyway) is due to the 1970's gas crisis. We Americans have a love for POWER and TORQUE, but with the inability of factory V8's of the time to deliver good fuel economy and adequate crowd-pleasing torque, they started to look towards turbo or super-charging V6 engines (and even four-bager engines, like Ford did with the Mustang SVO and Thunderbird) in an effort to provide puttering-around-town V6 economy and V8 torque in one single package.
It worked. True, the Buick V6 engine was essentially little more than a V8 block with the last two cylinders chopped off so it was rougher than a corn cob, but it got the job done.
Alas, the Big Three killed the turbocharged cars off pretty much by 1991 - they're maintenance intensive and pretty much require you to use nothing but premium gas and high-grade engine oil. Buick continued to make supercharged (and naturally-aspirated) 3.8-liter engines until recently, when GM axed the Buick engine plant.
Happiness is zero-gee with a sinus cold.