Car debate thread rant.

[Demon-Xanth]

Okay, I'm giving up posting in ANY car debate threads. The reason is that people don't seem to understand:
1: What's important to you is NOT important to me
2: Power costs money, do NOT try to compare a $60,000 car to a $15,000 car without taking price into account.
3: HP/L is meaningless. It's about as important as ICs per DIMM.
4: Although you can win most debates by limiting the scope so tight that it only allows you to win, it makes your argument pointless.
5: Just because one guy got an engine to make 4 times the amount of horsepower with a handful of bolt ons and have it live doesn't mean they all can. Now, if that one guy did it to 20 cars, that's a different story.
6: Unless you can order it from the factory, it's not stock. SLP, SVT, AMG, M cars can be considered stock. Stuff like Roush, and dealer installed TRD parts are not.
7: Fuel injection is well over 50 years old. OHCs are over 100 years old. DOHC is over 80 years old. Superchargers are over 80 years old. Turbos are over 30 years old. They are not "high tech".
8: "Advanced" and "new" don't always mean better. When you need a sledge hammer, you need a sledge hammer, not a dremel tool.
9: Street cars have license plates with registration tags. Race cars do not.
10: Don't compare racecars under the argument of "manufacturer A is better than B". Most manufacturers pump more money into one series than another.


Feel free to flame me, I'm not going to respond to this thread.

 

[Mr N8]

Renault kicks major A$$. It will beat any Camaro, any day.

 

[DurocShark]

Originally posted by: MogulMonster
Renault kicks major A$$. It will beat any Camaro, any day.

My Yugo will spank your Renault.

😉

 

[waylman]

11. Mustangs suck

 

[chin311]

12. imports > domestics

 

[Marshallj]

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
7: Fuel injection is well over 50 years old. OHCs are over 100 years old. DOHC is over 80 years old. Superchargers are over 80 years old. Turbos are over 30 years old. They are not "high tech".

Turbos are over 70 years old. They already were using them in WW2 bombers.

 

[Flatline]

think he meant their use in auto engines, but good post

 

[Flatline]

 

[AvesPKS]

13. A Lingenfelter Corvette is faster than the Enzo...😀

 

[StageLeft]

I think honestly some of the sillier arguments are from kids. I don't have the effort to back that up now but stand by my comment.

Anyway I find that a real killer in any car argument is to throw the word Nissan in because Nissan owns all.

 

[jaybert]

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
9: Street cars have license plates with registration tags. Race cars do not.

Street cars have street tires.....you cant go running around the street on slicks

 

[zCypher]

Originally posted by: jaybert

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
9: Street cars have license plates with registration tags. Race cars do not.

Street cars have street tires.....you cant go running around the street on slicks

lol

i see people running around with bling bling rims and tires that seem almost like slicks... i just think - oooookay, they must be having a GREAT ride in there.. 😛

 

[RyanM]

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
Okay, I'm giving up posting in ANY car debate threads. The reason is that people don't seem to understand:
1: What's important to you is NOT important to me
2: Power costs money, do NOT try to compare a $60,000 car to a $15,000 car without taking price into account.
3: HP/L is meaningless. It's about as important as ICs per DIMM.
4: Although you can win most debates by limiting the scope so tight that it only allows you to win, it makes your argument pointless.
5: Just because one guy got an engine to make 4 times the amount of horsepower with a handful of bolt ons and have it live doesn't mean they all can. Now, if that one guy did it to 20 cars, that's a different story.
6: Unless you can order it from the factory, it's not stock. SLP, SVT, AMG, M cars can be considered stock. Stuff like Roush, and dealer installed TRD parts are not.
7: Fuel injection is well over 50 years old. OHCs are over 100 years old. DOHC is over 80 years old. Superchargers are over 80 years old. Turbos are over 30 years old. They are not "high tech".
8: "Advanced" and "new" don't always mean better. When you need a sledge hammer, you need a sledge hammer, not a dremel tool.
9: Street cars have license plates with registration tags. Race cars do not.
10: Don't compare racecars under the argument of "manufacturer A is better than B". Most manufacturers pump more money into one series than another.


Feel free to flame me, I'm not going to respond to this thread.

Amen.

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: zCypher

Originally posted by: jaybert

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
9: Street cars have license plates with registration tags. Race cars do not.

Street cars have street tires.....you cant go running around the street on slicks

lol

i see people running around with bling bling rims and tires that seem almost like slicks... i just think - oooookay, they must be having a GREAT ride in there.. 😛

You don't know what slicks are, do you? They're definitely NOT tires that go on 20" bling bling rims.

 

[jjessico]

I'd be more worried about the ability to idle and stay cool than running slicks on the street, mostly because those who run slicks on the street don't go out in the rain.

Jason

 

[jjessico]

1834) There is no set definition of a street car. A street car is simply what someone is willing to put up with and go to the trouble of getting registered and tagged.