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Started by kopfjäger, January 12, 2015, 02:03:34 PM

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DesmoDiva

#15
January 13, 2015, 03:48:46 AM
It's an automatic!!!!   [bang]

I'm out.
'01 ST4 Yellow
'02 ST4s Yellow

Speedbag

#16
January 13, 2015, 04:36:14 AM
 [evil]  [evil]  [evil]
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Popeye the Sailor

#17
January 13, 2015, 10:33:46 AM
Quote from: DesmoDiva on January 13, 2015, 03:48:46 AM
It's an automatic!!!!   [bang]

I'm out.

Once you start achieving that amount of power and want to apply it properly an automatic makes way more sense. Computer controlled transmissions can now ensure that you don't just roast your tires (unless you want to) or slide it out of control randomly.

Most of the modern supercars that let you turn the traction control off just become basically undriveable without it.
If the state had not cut funding for the mental institutions, this project could never have happened.

Speedbag

#18
January 13, 2015, 10:38:54 AM
You can't even buy a Ferrari with a proper manual anymore. Machinery can do it so much better than a human. Sign of the times.  :'(
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Popeye the Sailor

#19
January 13, 2015, 10:40:21 AM
Quote from: Speedbag on January 13, 2015, 10:38:54 AM
You can't even buy a Ferrari with a proper manual anymore. Machinery can do it so much better than a human. Sign of the times.  :'(

Let's not confuse the slushbox in your honda with the crisp joy of the paddle shifters in an exotic.

The ones in the Lambo I took to the track were really nice.
If the state had not cut funding for the mental institutions, this project could never have happened.

Speedbag

#20
January 13, 2015, 11:04:31 AM
So where did I mention a Honda?  ???
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MendoDave

#21
January 13, 2015, 11:49:56 AM
Quote from: Speedbag on January 13, 2015, 11:04:31 AM
So where did I mention a Honda?  ???

I think it was aimed at DD

Duck-Stew

#22
January 13, 2015, 11:59:24 AM
Quote from: DesmoDiva on January 13, 2015, 03:48:46 AM
It's an automatic!!!!   [bang]

I'm out.

+1
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Popeye the Sailor

#23
January 13, 2015, 12:18:58 PM
Quote from: Speedbag on January 13, 2015, 11:04:31 AM
So where did I mention a Honda?  ???

You didn't. I'm comparing the average slushbox with what you'd have in that thing.
They aren't the same beasts and the people whining they don't like it because it's an auto likely haven't operated an auto of that caliber.
If the state had not cut funding for the mental institutions, this project could never have happened.

Monsterlover

#24
January 13, 2015, 12:31:10 PM
Quote from: kopfjäger on January 12, 2015, 02:03:34 PM




http://m.motortrend.com/roadtests/coupes/1501_ford_gt_in_detroit_is_very_real_with_600_plus_hp/



Jesus that's wicked looking.  Paddle shifters or not, my love affair with the Audi R8 V10 just turned into a threesome.

"The Vincent was like a bullet that went straight; the Ducati is like the magic bullet in Dallas that went sideways and hit JFK and the Governor of Texas at the same time."--HST    **"A man who works with his hands is a laborer.  A man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman.  A man who works with his hands, brains, and heart is an artist."  -Louis Nizer**

kopfjäger

#25
January 13, 2015, 02:16:14 PM
Quote from: Monsterlover on January 13, 2015, 12:31:10 PM
Jesus that's wicked looking.  Paddle shifters or not, my love affair with the Audi R8 V10 just turned into a threesome.

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MendoDave

#26
January 13, 2015, 02:58:44 PM
it doesn't match the color of my iPad case. And for that reason I'm still out

Monsterlover

#27
January 13, 2015, 03:06:58 PM
More for the rest of us :D
"The Vincent was like a bullet that went straight; the Ducati is like the magic bullet in Dallas that went sideways and hit JFK and the Governor of Texas at the same time."--HST    **"A man who works with his hands is a laborer.  A man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman.  A man who works with his hands, brains, and heart is an artist."  -Louis Nizer**

duccarlos

#28
January 13, 2015, 03:29:37 PM
It does look gorgeous. I've had such a great experience with my Ford that now I would think twice about paying more for any comparable Japanese or European car.
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Urdaddy

#29
January 13, 2015, 03:42:13 PM
It's also a twin turbo V6. Curious to see how it performs. My DD is an ecoboost V6
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