I'm Gonna Get Banned For This:(
08-04-2003, 11:03 PM
#31
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Join Date: Sep 2002
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ive seen it. . . thats it. the guy claimed the engine was all aluminum. . . i had to correct him on a lot of things in front of a customer. . . felt bad about that.
i like the car. i think it would be fun to mess with. probably due to the engine that it has though. i still like the lines and everything else though. i think a turbo could fit in there. . . take a look at a stock FD. there is NO room in the e-bay. its scary. yeah, it already has the twins, but people are putting massive singles in there and it all works out. you know you get rid of a lot of stuff when you do that mod, right?
i doubt ill get the car, due to my financial state and because i keep on spending more and more money on my FD, but id love to own one. . . after all the kinks are worked out.
paul
i like the car. i think it would be fun to mess with. probably due to the engine that it has though. i still like the lines and everything else though. i think a turbo could fit in there. . . take a look at a stock FD. there is NO room in the e-bay. its scary. yeah, it already has the twins, but people are putting massive singles in there and it all works out. you know you get rid of a lot of stuff when you do that mod, right?
i doubt ill get the car, due to my financial state and because i keep on spending more and more money on my FD, but id love to own one. . . after all the kinks are worked out.
paul
08-05-2003, 01:50 AM
#32
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Join Date: May 2003
Location: Fountain Valley, CA
Posts: 260
I thought that it was cool that the car doesn't come with a spare. I mean, how many of you guys have already taken the spare out from the back of your car for its "massive weight reduction". Sure its not that great, but it is weight loss, and a tire patch kit is pretty nifty IMO.
08-09-2003, 08:07 PM
#33
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Marietta, Georgia
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Originally Posted by pengaru' date='Jul 26 2003, 08:22 PM
I checked one out in north carolina this week while I was picking up some shifter bushings, it didnt seem very interesting... and they wouldnt let us test drive it, as if it's something special....
Is it just me or does it make absolutely no sense at all to not have a spare tire in a 'sporty grocery getter' ? Yeah, I didnt get it either, it has no spare tire, just a can of fix a flat. Last time I was in a car that got a flat, the sidewall shredded (on highway), what the hell is fixaflat going to do for you there? The dealer told me they were saving weight by not including a spare tire, then I go to look at the jack and it's steel (!?), so they ditch the tire to save weight, but use a steel jack, why not aluminum jack? Ah, yes, they werent saving weight, it was about counting beans. I think the car sucks.
Is it just me or does it make absolutely no sense at all to not have a spare tire in a 'sporty grocery getter' ? Yeah, I didnt get it either, it has no spare tire, just a can of fix a flat. Last time I was in a car that got a flat, the sidewall shredded (on highway), what the hell is fixaflat going to do for you there? The dealer told me they were saving weight by not including a spare tire, then I go to look at the jack and it's steel (!?), so they ditch the tire to save weight, but use a steel jack, why not aluminum jack? Ah, yes, they werent saving weight, it was about counting beans. I think the car sucks.
08-09-2003, 08:17 PM
#34
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: IL
Posts: 2,930
you can rationalize all you want but you still will have to swap the steel jack with the aluminum one from your FC
The car is strange, it's like it's trying to be too many things at once, which just results in a car with more compromises than anything else, theres no particular area that it's really great that I'm aware of.
Earlier in this thread some people were saying expensive gas guzzling grocery getters are not what people want or can afford, how do you explain the huge popularity of the latest wave of even larger, less efficient, and more expensive SUV's on the road then?
The car is strange, it's like it's trying to be too many things at once, which just results in a car with more compromises than anything else, theres no particular area that it's really great that I'm aware of.
Earlier in this thread some people were saying expensive gas guzzling grocery getters are not what people want or can afford, how do you explain the huge popularity of the latest wave of even larger, less efficient, and more expensive SUV's on the road then?
08-09-2003, 08:27 PM
#35
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Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: redondo beach
Posts: 983
Originally Posted by pengaru' date='Aug 9 2003, 05:17 PM
you can rationalize all you want but you still will have to swap the steel jack with the aluminum one from your FC
The car is strange, it's like it's trying to be too many things at once, which just results in a car with more compromises than anything else, theres no particular area that it's really great that I'm aware of.
Earlier in this thread some people were saying expensive gas guzzling grocery getters are not what people want or can afford, how do you explain the huge popularity of the latest wave of even larger, less efficient, and more expensive SUV's on the road then?
The car is strange, it's like it's trying to be too many things at once, which just results in a car with more compromises than anything else, theres no particular area that it's really great that I'm aware of.
Earlier in this thread some people were saying expensive gas guzzling grocery getters are not what people want or can afford, how do you explain the huge popularity of the latest wave of even larger, less efficient, and more expensive SUV's on the road then?
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