Cars and other kinds of motoring gibberish

bmwracer wrote:
The RSX is a much nicer car.

Inside and outside. :victory:

yea?

Oh well. I'm not hoping to score with the girls just from driving the car :mrgreen:

maybe.....if i was driving me a M3 or M5 :hehe: :hehe: I'd be envy by my friends :hehe: :hehe:

K.T.Tran wrote:yea?

Oh well. I'm not hoping to score with the girls just from driving the car :mrgreen:

It has nothing to do with that.

The Prelude's long in the tooth... They don't even make it anymore, ne?

i'd rather have a Prelude.. like a 2002. Good potential for the motor... im not too keen on the RSX styling... then again, i have a frog eye.

krim wrote:i'd rather have a Prelude.. like a 2002. Good potential for the motor...

Better than the RSX's?

Hmm, it does have a larger displacement... 2 liters? 2.4?

im not too keen on the RSX styling...

Hmm, I like the dart shape of the RSX.

The only nice looking Prelude was the late 1980's model with the pop up headlights... My Ex had a red one, but it was a gutless automatic and it was an S, not an Si.

the preludes (2001 was the last year) had a 2.2L H22, the block could be bored out if you needed to. Not that I would do anything like that now, when i was younger, that would've been my thinking. it's a tad on the heavy side vs the RSX but after so long in my acura, i'd welcome the coupe vs hatchback.

krim wrote:after so long in my acura, i'd welcome the coupe vs hatchback.

There's the TSX... Too many doors?

i prefer 2 doors, yeah. i make no pretense, i rarely drive more than one person around, and less people ask for rides when you have a 2 door.

now, if i had a family, that's a whole different story. :beaten:

krim wrote:less people ask for rides when you have a 2 door.

There's always a motorcycle. :mrgreen:

that too, and if its a girl, she has to wrap her arms around you... i do have a M1 endorsement aferall. :mrgreen:

krim wrote:i do have a M1 endorsement aferall. :mrgreen:

:thumbsup:

my penalty points officially come off my licence today after 3 years. this means cheaper insurance. :woot:

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new audi r8. i like. :mrgreen:

Global production records in 2006 for Toyota, Honda

Toyota Motor Corp and Honda Motors have said that their global production hit records last year thanks to robust sales in North America while Nissan Motor and Mitsubishi Motors slipped.

Japan's top automaker Toyota announced a 9.5 percent increase in global production to 9.018 million vehicles, the 15th straight annual increase, although it fell below December forecasts of 9.05 million.

Toyota, on the path to snatch the crown this year from General Motors as the world's number one automaker, increased production in Japan for a fifth consecutive year at 10.3 percent. Overseas production went up 8.6 percent.

The pioneer of hybrid cars last month forecast production of 9.42 million autos in 2007 amid strong demand from the United States.

Honda Motors, Japan's number-three automaker, also reported an all-time high of 2.728 million vehicles produced in 2006, up 7.5 percent for a 10th consecutive annual rise.

Honda increased production by 30 percent in China and 9.8 percent in Japan. Production growth in the US was milder at 1.6 percent while in Europe production dropped 3.9 percent, the company said in a statement.

Meanwhile, Japan's number two automaker Nissan Notor said its global production dropped 7.7 percent to 3.238 million units in 2006 as its market share eroded at home and it launched few new models overseas.

Nissan, which is owned 44 percent by France's Renault, saw domestic production tumble 14.9 percent. It reported a drop of 2.6 percent overseas.

Mitsubishi Motors, which ranks number four among Japan's automakers and is the only one in the red, also reported a decline in production for 2006, of 3.6 percent to 1.313 million vehicles.

However, smaller-scale Mazda Motor announced a 12.1 percent increase to 1.285 million units, with overseas production reaching a record high and domestic output at its highest since 1994.

kenjilina wrote:[image]
new audi r8. i like. :mrgreen:

Nice, but what is with Audi and those giant front end grilles?? :bleh:

It makes the car look like it could be a street sweeper. :shakehead:

bmwracer wrote:
Nice, but what is with Audi and those giant front end grilles?? :bleh:

It makes the car look like it could be a street sweeper. :shakehead:

ah but as it has no limiter, at 300kph it's one hell of a sweeper! :applaud:

kenjilina wrote: ah but as it has no limiter, at 300kph it's one hell of a sweeper! :applaud:

I can see various roadkills plastered to the front Audi logo... :beaten:

get out of the way!!!!!
dealing with traffic hummer style in iraq.
http://www.filecabi.net/video/hummer-time.html

K.T.Tran wrote:I think both cars are rather nice looking, but yea, the IS 300 will probably be cheaper all around. Will see what my dad thinks. Lexus = Luxury car so he'll probably be against that. The WRX that i found was around 32k on miles auto ( :puppydog: ) and going for $17k and its a 2004 while the lexus is a 2002 77K on miles for the same price. I think my dad will lean more towards the WRX. If insurance will be higher, i'll offer to help pay for some of it.

So what if it's a "luxury" car? What's the big deal? :headscratch:

bmwracer wrote:
So what if it's a "luxury" car? What's the big deal? :headscratch:

Not sure if it goes for all asian parents but this is what i'm thinking my dad is thinking.

"What do you need a luxury car for? Are you going to drive friends around (by friends i guess he's also thinking girls)? You only need a car that gets you to school and back home"

:sweat: :sweat: Love my dad

K.T.Tran wrote:Not sure if it goes for all asian parents but this is what i'm thinking my dad is thinking.

"What do you need a luxury car for? Are you going to drive friends around (by friends i guess he's also thinking girls)? You only need a car that gets you to school and back home"

I guess... :sweat:

But hey you're spending $17K.... I paid $4K for my first car... And it was brand new... :mrgreen:


I suppose you're gonna end up driving a Toyota Corolla. :beaten: