Lunchtime Fun

[Dudebusta]

depends how much you pay for it

 

[1X83Z]

You know you love the avatar, by the way...

 

[Dudebusta]

yeah nice one

 

[1X83Z]

I didn't think it would shrink too well but it did.

By the way- in your avatar - is that a Dudebusta VX SS?

 

[Dudebusta]

yeah, best car manufacturer ever.

 

[1X83Z]

Well, no matter what it is, it beats out Plymouth.

 

[Dudebusta]

Holden Commodore SS: 350 chev that puts out a measly 225kW. its ok as far as a town car goes

 

[1X83Z]

225kW? Is that the same unit as horsepower?

Car looks good, though - maybe a bit like the new Mazda6.

 

[Dudebusta]

225kW - 315hp

go to www.holden.com.au and have a look.

 

[Dudebusta]

or www.hsv.com.au for the better ones

 

[1X83Z]

Well then it's pretty good horsepower.

 

[Dudebusta]

for me its gotta be equal or above the cubic size of the motor, if not, its crap.

 

[1X83Z]

That's a pretty good way of looking at it - but then no economy cars would ever have any form of decent motor!

 

[Dudebusta]

who needs econemy when you can have sheer grunt!

 

[1X83Z]

I think Londoners would rather have a Punto than 'sheer grunt.'

 

[1X83Z]

Maybe a Punto with sheer grunt.....

 

[Dudebusta]

id rather something that can lay a smokey skid for a good 30 metres while riding the brakes, if it dont do that, well, its ****.

 

[1X83Z]

Yeah, that's kick-ass!

Or...kick-arse

 

[vat_man]

Originally posted by Dudebusta
id rather something that can lay a smokey skid for a good 30 metres while riding the brakes, if it dont do that, well, its ****.

Give me a break - I'd need about 400 hp to lay strips down. It's alright for you guys running two wheel drive! The last time I tried dumping the clutch at high revs in the Super Sube I had to drive around for half an hour to get the smell out of the cabin.

 

[Dudebusta]

i can understand that vat_man. my commodore drops a skid for 30 metres with one wheel going hard and the other going semi hard. i reckon the diff is gonna fall to bits soon.

 

[Sage]

Originally posted by M5Power
(remember, they thought going backward would take mileage off the car? ).

On that topic, here's an article on the odometer... BTW, scroll down to the bottom of the page... on the 2nd to the last paragraph, the author states:

You can also see that mechanical odometers like this one are rewindable. When you run the car in reverse, the odometer actually can go backwards -- it's just a gear train. In the movie "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," in the scene where they have the car up on blocks with the wheels spinning in reverse -- that should've worked! In real life, the odometer would've turned back. Another trick is to hook the odometer's cable up to a drill and run it backwards to rewind the miles.

 

[1X83Z]

Hmmm - sound like used car dealer tricks.

 

[Dudebusta]

thats why car manufacturers switched to electronic instrument panels. cant wind em back

 

[1X83Z]

Yeah - I hate that electronic crap...so cheap-looking.

 

[vat_man]

Originally posted by Dudebusta


i can understand that vat_man. my commodore drops a skid for 30 metres with one wheel going hard and the other going semi hard. i reckon the diff is gonna fall to bits soon.

Substitute 'reckon' for 'know' and I'll agree with you - no LSD, huh?

 

[Dudebusta]

nah. when this one spits the dummy ill get a nine inch LSD and go to the local skid comps. you would have seen the news reports of the brizzy street meets?