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Re: Thinking about a new car, need some help.
« Reply #440 on: November 25, 2012, 08:07:47 PM »
Impressive result from the scrappy McLaren vs. the Pagani.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGWrH-f5zaE&feature=g-u-u
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Re: Thinking about a new car, need some help.
« Reply #441 on: November 25, 2012, 09:14:56 PM »
If you want a monster, just drive a Hennessey Venom.


Oh no, not that Tiff Needell guy again.   facepalm   He drives like a Parkinson's victim w/ Tourettes.
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Re: Thinking about a new car, need some help.
« Reply #442 on: November 26, 2012, 11:24:51 PM »
Tiff Needell finished 3d at 24 Hours Le Mans in 1990. I don't think "Parkinson's victim with Tourettes" applies.

Also, Top Gear is about as factual as, well, they said it themselves - there hasn't been a fact on the show in years. It's pretty well known that a lot of their lap times are outright fabrications - the Stig, for instance, was instructed to spin the Hawk Stratos replica on his lap and recover it, and their portrayal of the car as a constantly breaking kit car had little to do with reality.

It's all spin. Bullshit is everywhere. Car mags are mostly just entertainment.

I'd like to see the Ultima GTR on Top Gear, but that will never happen. On the TG track it posted a 1:12.8 on street tires and 1:09.9 on slicks. With Ultima's own driver at the wheel. Ferrari FXX, with Schumi at the wheel, bested by a 20-year old kit car...
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Re: Thinking about a new car, need some help.
« Reply #443 on: November 26, 2012, 11:50:07 PM »
So its down between the 2006/2007 Lexus iS350 and 2006 Infiniti G35 coupe. Keeping it below 20 grand and japanese.

THe 2009 WRX is still a dark horse. Going to take my time with this decision.
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Re: Thinking about a new car, need some help.
« Reply #444 on: November 27, 2012, 08:05:11 AM »
I tried a 2011 IS250 F-Sport (no 350s on the lot) and while it was impressive, it just felt too insulated. I would imagine the G35 to be similar.
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Re: Thinking about a new car, need some help.
« Reply #445 on: November 27, 2012, 11:26:40 AM »
G35, if anything, has the opposite problem. It's a 350z in a fat suit, just not enough of a fat suit. It's still pretty rough around the edges, and unrefined. Lots of fun though - a real performance car lightly disguised as an entry-level luxury/family car sort of thing. My family had one, and it's definitely on my short list if I ever need to replace my current car. Though in '08-'09 G37 coupe form.
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Re: Thinking about a new car, need some help.
« Reply #446 on: November 27, 2012, 02:59:18 PM »
Quote from: catscratch on November 26, 2012, 11:24:51 PM
Tiff Needell finished 3d at 24 Hours Le Mans in 1990. I don't think "Parkinson's victim with Tourettes" applies.

Also, Top Gear is about as factual as, well, they said it themselves - there hasn't been a fact on the show in years. It's pretty well known that a lot of their lap times are outright fabrications - the Stig, for instance, was instructed to spin the Hawk Stratos replica on his lap and recover it, and their portrayal of the car as a constantly breaking kit car had little to do with reality.

It's all spin. Bullshit is everywhere. Car mags are mostly just entertainment.

I see.  So someone who has Stax is the ultimate authority of headphone impressions by default.  Uh no.

Tiff Needell does drive like an idiot.  He has no hand or throttle control.  Watch the video of him driving the uncontrollable LFA.  ZOMG, bad car.  Then watch the video of him driving the uncontrollable BRZ.  ZOMG, again! Then watch the video of him driving the uncontrollable Logitech Playtstation 3 steering wheel.  Ummm...  Jerk-overcorrect, jerk-overcorrect, over and over and over.  No wonder he finished 3rd.  Guess who else has finished 3d in Le Mans.  Akio Toyodo, President of Toyota.  Whoopie.  They actually weed out potential F1 drivers using tests to monitor poor control and wasted motion by drivers like Tiff Needel to ensure a team never wastes their resources on such bad investments. 


Your comment about Top Gear is off topic and has nothing to do w/ my remark.  The fact is they got a Koni w/o a rear wing that lost control.  The other fact is they later got another with a wing they asked for, it was fine.  There is no nebulous confusion or conspiracy as asserted by the C&D idiot in that vid.
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Re: Thinking about a new car, need some help.
« Reply #447 on: November 27, 2012, 09:47:22 PM »
Quote from: sachu on November 26, 2012, 11:50:07 PM
So its down between the 2006/2007 Lexus iS350 and 2006 Infiniti G35 coupe. Keeping it below 20 grand and japanese.

THe 2009 WRX is still a dark horse. Going to take my time with this decision.

I don't really recommend the 2006 Infiniti. Those were the last of the Nissan near-bankruptcy cars and you can tell. The interiors are pretty much shit, the result of them scrounging for every last penny under the couch cushions. Better to drive than the somewhat boring Lexus IS, but you'll find better controls and materials in a Honda Accord. The '07 Infiniti redesign was just way better. The gen 1 G35s are not holding up all that well either. Reliability is no better than a comparable A4/S4 or 335i, despite the Japanese-ness. Those things were built on the cheap.
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Re: Thinking about a new car, need some help.
« Reply #448 on: November 30, 2012, 07:59:58 PM »
Theoretically, if I made $10 and hour, worked 40 hours a week, would a 1999ish BMW M3 (~100,000 miles) be a feasible choice for daily driver?

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Re: Thinking about a new car, need some help.
« Reply #449 on: December 01, 2012, 04:45:27 PM »
I wouldn't. At 100k miles it's probably pretty tired, and when it breaks, it will be uber expensive to fix. If you can just scrape together enough to afford it in the first place, you'll be screwed. And I'd wager you need plenty of specialized equipment and lots of experience as a mechanic before you could even begin to work on something like this. Save the money for moving out.
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