Car Recomindations

SpacedTeddyBear · Post by **SpacedTeddyBear** » 2004-04-17 11:15pm

I heard the Infiniti G35's are pretty nice.

aerius · Post by **aerius** » 2004-04-17 11:18pm

muse wrote:
Enigma wrote:Pontiac Bonneville at around 28K
I think there's a supercharged engine available if you want more power but I'll have to check to be sure.

Not anymore there ain't, they upped the price and give you a Northstar V-8 instead. Thankfully they look a lot better than the 94-2002 models with the incredibly fugly lower body plastic cladding, I feel sorry that your family owned one when they could've had a stylish Buick LeSabre.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2004-04-17 11:32pm

The Kernel wrote:Even that wouldn't give you much with that much weight. Ever drive an STS? Even with 300hp and gobs of torque, it's still not what I'd call fast.

Yeah. Some guys got it going 0-6 in something crazy like 4.5 seconds though

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2004-04-17 11:33pm

phongn wrote:Yeah. Some guys got it going 0-6 in something crazy like 4.5 seconds though

My car can easily do 0-6 in 4.5 seconds. Hell, my legs can do that.

The Kernel · Post by **The Kernel** » 2004-04-17 11:41pm

phongn wrote:
The Kernel wrote:Even that wouldn't give you much with that much weight. Ever drive an STS? Even with 300hp and gobs of torque, it's still not what I'd call fast.
Yeah. Some guys got it going 0-6 in something crazy like 4.5 seconds though

Fuck, that isn't that hard to do (assuming you meant 0-60

). The damn engine compartment is big enough to fit an 8.0L Viper V10 with a pair of turbos which will give you somewhere in the neighborhood of 1000hp. I've seen them do the same thing to mini-vans.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2004-04-17 11:44pm

Well, I sit corrected then

Ypoknons · Post by **Ypoknons** » 2004-04-18 05:06am

Glocksman wrote:Add your own later, though 300 HP out of 4.6 L isn't too shabby.

I think the real problem are those 2.5L WRX's getting 280hp+ out their engine - it just seems, well, kinda, big and heavy (2.0L on the Japanese STI). Of course, the WRX does have that turbo...

If recall, the X-Type has some serious reliability problems, and even then it's just a Ford Mondeo with 4 wheel drive - although admittingly a Acura TL is on an Accord chassis. I don't know, but if you want something American I think the CTS a nice mix - not too big, but a more reliable bet than an X-Type. I'd avoid the C-series on principle - a car demanding such a price preminum should not be giving you a 3-value per cycle and one overhead cam ! Never mind their dropping reliability.

G35 will give you lots of car at a reasonable price, and its RWD is good. The IS300 should be getting replaced pretty soon, and same goes for the 3-series, though both are good.

I personally am not interested in larger, heavier cars because I don't see the point in making a bigger car that needs a bigger engine to run it at the same speed...

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2004-04-18 05:23am

Jags are quite possibly the least reliable cars ever produced, save perhaps Yugos. Certainly they're the least reliable as a function of price.

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2004-04-18 05:37am

Howedar wrote:Jags are quite possibly the least reliable cars ever produced, save perhaps Yugos. Certainly they're the least reliable as a function of price.

The FIAT the Yugo was copied from probably fits in-between the two.

GrandMasterTerwynn · Post by **GrandMasterTerwynn** » 2004-04-18 05:41am

Howedar wrote:Jags are quite possibly the least reliable cars ever produced, save perhaps Yugos. Certainly they're the least reliable as a function of price.

The only good thing about a Jaguar is that it never needs an oil change. Though that's because oil never stays in the engine long enough to get dirty and worn out . . . on the account that it's usually sitting in a puddle underneath the Jag.