Originally posted by Frustrated Palm
Well said man.
I cant really Decide. This world is full of great great cars. Vipers, M5's, NSX's, 911 GT2's, Shelby GT 350R's. Each car is marvelous in its own right. From the enpecible handling of Japanese cars, to the Awe-inspiring styling and engenuity of European cars, to the raw American Muscle of yester-year and today. They are all good.
As for the Beauty and the Beast. I would take the Beast. This reffers to Old and New Cars. Beauty, would be cars of today. Sleek lines, sharp edges, slim in all the right places and very fast. Beast, would be Muscle of yester-year with monsterous engines and pure power. I like it all. Whether its American Muscle, Japanese Muscle, or Euro-Muscle, its all good. Therefore, the question is not what country you would choose to who has the best car, but what would you want in a car, to make it the best.
Im really tired of all this ****ing BS that people make up and exaggerate about a country's cars sometimes. "Yo , AmErIcAn cArS aRe HeAvY aNd cAnT tUrN", "OOOHHHH, Japanese cars are all FF and dont have enough liter's". This is so retarded. There are too many 14 year old trying to figure out who has the best cars and they start saying things about cars they probably havent even been withen 100 meters of. Look at the good points of a car, not just the bad...
well. Im with this dude here. Id also got any old car. no new stuff for me, please. Im just a little sick of it. Id rather have a really cool muscle car (no, not the typical mustang, camaro, charger, anything like that. Id love to have a GTX, or a road runner. Even some Nova II. hehe, my dream car is the sleeper project I have for the Ford Fairmont wagon. go figure. yes, Im weird), be it from america or europe. japan had some, too, but they are not that appealing. you know what I'd love to have? a Monteverdi Hai!!! a 60's italian sports car. mid engine rear wheel placement. sort of like a detomaso pantera (that one would be an ass kiking car for mee too), even sharing the american power part too. but the monteverdi had a 426 HEMI. oh, damn YEEEAH. HEMI power and mid engine placement. no nose-heavy thing. this thing would really rock. I dont think that any Ferrari of the era, any lambo, any WHATEVER could do shade to this car. think about it. the Ferraris were f-r. and they had 100 horses less
, not to mention the lambos, wich started, then quit, because of the unrefinement of an upstarting company. let alone anything america was doing at that time. at that time, japan didnt even existed on that playing field. So, from that era, the monteverdi Hai is just the ideal muscle car. European styling and engineering (not so marvelous, it was a small company), good engine placement... and, omg, a HEMI
behind you. can you imagine the sound of the thing? you could hear EVERY SOUND the monster barks. just imagine the experience, driving one of this things to the redline, gearing to third, then dropping it to second to take that turn and feel how it slides soooooftly into the curve, because you have the engine behind you. then clutching and gering again and going out of the curve flat-out flying because of the excessive torque of the engine, and how the extra weight over the rear tires (the engine)make it bite quickly. oh, my god.
As palm said, you have to look for what is best on the cars, and find a combo that suits you. you just dont want stupid all-motor things. nor you want a car that can pull 3 Gs but wotn haul. and I think no one here would buy a car because "its pretty". If I know GTP well (at least the part that is worth it... lets get off the 90% of ricers and 14 year olders that compund it) we are all fans of well engineered, fast and dependable cars. be it from japan, america, europe, australia, or everywhere else. the choice is from everyone... everyone has their own concept for what's ideal. if you cant find a car that suits it all... then build it. but Im sure that anybody's ideal car is out there, waiting to be discovered... or built
Cano
just dont make a drifter out of it, please. nor a dragster... even less a show car -___-
engineering, people. ineguity. something that makes a car worthy. something that makes an ACTUAL car.
heh... now that I think of it... I think that anybody's ideal car in here would be a hybrid of these three groups. muscle, sleekness and dependability, and killing turning. "you want a race car?" "no, I really want just a street car that kicks ass
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damn decisions
What I woulden't do for this car
