Bored? CAR TOPIC!!!

[Kilgor]

Chevettes were Rear Wheel Drive.

 

[Valhalla1]

omg.. my dad once had this 80-something chevette, this ugly gold color. we called it the "bronze booger". it was terrible, it needed some heavy work, by the end of its life it had a top speed of 30

 

[SuperSix]

I'll race ya, Crab!

With my intercooled '86 GN (Well, T-Type, looks like a gn)



I'm hoping for high 12's this year..

 

[Windogg]

satori, do you read Car and Driver? They has a "Battle of the Beaters" contest where 3 editors were given $1000 each and they had to find the best "car" for that price. They drove the hell out of those things including:

Seeing if a snooty country club would valet park the car - Valets weren't impressed by RX7's screwdriver key.
Drive it through a river
Longest skid mark - one editor cheated by urinating on the tire
Most "Zoot" - One editor set the "Chronometer" to "Medical" and wans't sure whether it was for the dentist or proctologist. No problem because it was the same guy.

Great article.

 

[geno]

<< Longest skid mark - one editor cheated by urinating on the tire >>


LMAO!!

 

[Windogg]

Battle of the Beaters

It's not as funny without the pictures and charts. If i can dig up the magazine, I;ll scan them in.

They include:
Camero having &quot;minor&quot; damage fixed up. IE. 16oz can of bondo being applied to Grand Canyon Sized gash.
RX7 + owner up to waist in dirty water and after river crossing failed

One chart had the category called &quot;Unexplained Stalls&quot; which soemthing like
Rabbit - 5
Camero - 10
RX-7 - 347,583,465

and &quot;Attempts needed to find 1st gear&quot;
Rabbit - 4
Camero - 1
RX7 - 9,874,359,374

One car even has a bullet hole in it.

Enjoy

Windogg

 

[satori]

Windogg: Haha!! That's the article that gave my friend and I the idea. I figured if I ever do get a nice car, it'd be nice to have a backup car when I need to drive into the area with the clubs, etc.

 

[SuperSix]

That is one of the funniest articles I have ever read.

I swear, the Rabbit sounds JUST like Jonnyguru's Rabbit, albeit a lot more beat up. (Make it to the 'yard today Jonny?) Wait 'til he puts the turbo in! :Q


Thanks!

 

[geno]

Supersix, did you catch the part about the &quot;metal cheez doodles&quot; welded onto the shift linkage? LOL

 

[Windogg]

Here's another one guys. Not as funny as &quot;Battle of the Beaters&quot; but still an intersting read. Again, a few things get lost without the pics. The best pic has the caption, &quot;Our two editors testing yet another Alternative Fuel Source plus groin pull.&quot; It shows them pushing the car. They were given a Sig Sauer 9mm since because their assignment has them going to some real ghetto neighborhoods.

Cross Country on Natural Gas

A slightly better one is &quot;One Seat Across America&quot; where they loaded a huge diesel tank into the trunk of a Jetta TDi, sealed two editors inside it and force them to drive cross country without stopping. They ripped out the backseats and fitted a &quot;ghetto toilet&quot; for nature's call.

One Seat Across America

 

[jonnyGURU]

Hmmm.... The Rabbit &quot;won&quot;.

Don't know if I should be flattered or insulted.

For the record, my Rabbit is in much better condition than the one in the Battle of the Beaters and I know that SuperSix knows it.

 

[bobtist]

Honda does make a V-8 for F1 cars. No twin-turbos, but I think it's pulling around 700-800hp. $20k is the hard part