Cars and other kinds of motoring gibberish

z123_us wrote:but does it really make sense ... !! ..

i mean a car/ factory etc have emission limits .. which must be common or at least should be common .. its like florida can pollute more while calif cannot ... strange approach !! :bonk:

Well, all 50 states have a baseline federal pollution limit... It's just California has a stricter one. :bleh:

superfuzzy3 wrote:it's also got a lot to do with the concentration of drivers we have in cali. We're a big state but the majority of the population is crammed into a few population centers (so-cal and sf area for starters). that and so-cal is so spread out that everyone that can drives everywhere. plus at least in la we've got the foothills to our backs so the smog and polution just settles in the valley. it's a rather cool sight when the sun catches the smog just right, downtown sometimes looks like a cloud city :shamefulcry:

Yeah, the mountains along the perimeter of the San Gabriel Valley form the dreaded basin which keeps the smog from dispersing...

And SoCal has the largest and most complex freeway system... In the world. :bleh: :banghead:

And people keep coming. :beaten:

I thought California's emission standards was one of the strictest in the world. I'd have to look it up though. So....cars are more expensive in order to meet the standards, fuel is because of the reasons stated, housing is expensive just because.... :shamefulcry: I should just leave my wallet open...that's how it feels like anyways.

dochira wrote: I should just leave my wallet open...that's how it feels like anyways.

HAHAHAH ... just make sure u aint got girls around u when u keep it open .. they have a thingggg for open purse's

paris - property is fkin expensive.. but otherwise life can be pretty good .. lots of places to go with $$$$ .. lots of places to goto with just some bucks in your shirt pocket

i will try to check if they also have something special for cars and pollution specially for paris .. lots of vehicles in it

In India ... this company TATA .. is working on a car which would cost Indian rupees 100,000 so something like $ 2200 for a new car .... hah !!

lets see how and what do they come up with ... i say even for $2500 a new family car would be a huge break in a massive middle class population like india and china .. guess US is still all about big big bigger in terms of cars !!

is strange cause out here in france for example ... it is all small cars ... i mean not all all ... but i wld say 70% r small cars .. not like in US

z123_us wrote:not like in US

Yeah, a lot of Americans live for big, gas-guzzling cars... It steams me to see the people on the news complaining about gas prices and they're driving a car that gets 10-15 mpg... Ridiculous.

I get about 32mpg in my car, only a wee petrol tank though! Petrol costs a LOT more over here than in the US mind :/

bmwracer wrote:
Oh man, a Spitfire??? In British Racing Green?? :woot:

Really had the hots for that car and the Austin-Healey Sprite when I was in high school... :D

It's petrol blue, kinda greeny, not really too sure! (Im kinda colourblind) What do you think?

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It really is so much fun to drive! Relatively good value as well, I pay no road tax as its so old, and classic car insurance is also pretty cheap!
Roll on summer :)

mrmacca wrote:It's petrol blue, kinda greeny, not really too sure! (Im kinda colourblind) What do you think?

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Very nice. :thumbsup:

A 4-speed manual, right?

Yup! Really couldn't imagine driving an automatic, takes all the fun out of it!
It's got a 1.3 engine, which isnt much, but its only a tiny car, so gets about ok. Don't usually raz it about too much, as im pretty protective of it, but managed to get it going over 100 mph down the motorway once, quite an experiance with the roof down sitting a foot from the ground!

mrmacca wrote:Yup! Really couldn't imagine driving an automatic, takes all the fun out of it!
It's got a 1.3 engine, which isnt much, but its only a tiny car, so gets about ok. Don't usually raz it about too much, as im pretty protective of it, but managed to get it going over 100 mph down the motorway once, quite an experiance with the roof down sitting a foot from the ground!

Yep, I used to drive similarly in my 1994 Miata. :woot:
-PCM

mrmacca wrote:managed to get it going over 100 mph down the motorway once, quite an experiance with the roof down sitting a foot from the ground!

Yow.

The buffeting must be incredible... Did you feel much lift at that speed, since the car obviously has no apparent ground effects on it?

I did 125mph with an 1987 E30 325is, and I could feel some lift in the front end despite a hefty (stock) air dam and rear lip spoiler... :sweat:

To be honest, I was more worried about my face staying on! Makes your eyes water a little, kinda reminded me of going really fast whilst skiing. You can really feel every part of the road as well, so was a little hairy! Not sure about lift...

mrmacca wrote:To be honest, I was more worried about my face staying on! Makes your eyes water a little, kinda reminded me of going really fast whilst skiing. You can really feel every part of the road as well, so was a little hairy! Not sure about lift...

Hmm, the car is rather low to the ground, so lift might not be an issue, even at those speeds.... :)

bmwracer wrote:
I did 125mph with an 1987 E30 325is, and I could feel some lift in the front end despite a hefty (stock) air dam and rear lip spoiler... :sweat:

DAMN!!... BMW, you drive beasts dont you? :rofl: :hehe: Especially a 1987 version of the 3 series... :applaud:

Mr.ChoyBoi wrote:DAMN!!... BMW, you drive beasts dont you? :rofl: :hehe: Especially a 1987 version of the 3 series... :applaud:

This was back in 1988 when I did it. With three other people in the car. :crazy: :nut:

It was on Lincoln Blvd... The 1-1/2 mile stretch that runs parallel to the LAX airport runways... It was a different, less-policed road back then.

Another guy in our office (in 1988) did 135mph with a Z28 that had a Corvette engine stuffed into it... :beaten:

Didn't know where to post this, but since it has to do with cars imma aks here.

Did u guys watch the Jackie Chan movie THunderbolt. There was a chase/race scene where he was driving a Mitsubishi and was goin up against a black Skyline...thinkin its a R32. Problem is i don't know what Mitsubishi he was driving.....looked like an eclipse to me, just wanting know, its cool if u guys don't know the answr to this

K.T.Tran wrote:Did
Did u guys watch the Jackie Chan movie THunderbolt. There was a chase/race scene where he was driving a Mitsubishi and was goin up against a black Skyline...thinkin its a R32. Problem is i don't know what Mitsubishi he was driving.....looked like an eclipse to me, just wanting know, its cool if u guys don't know the answr to this

All the Jacky Chan movies Ive seen had him drive lancers. So I dunno. Maybe it was an older Lancer Evo.

bmwracer wrote:
Yow.

The buffeting must be incredible... Did you feel much lift at that speed, since the car obviously has no apparent ground effects on it?

I did 125mph with an 1987 E30 325is, and I could feel some lift in the front end despite a hefty (stock) air dam and rear lip spoiler... :sweat:

Not bad! :thumbsup:

I did ~50mph on my Huffy 10 speed bicycle going downhill on a badly aged and cracked stretch of asphalt trail at Lake Chabot about 25 years ago. :woot:

At the bottom, the trail doglegged left, and was unfortunately covered with pine needles, so I crashed. :doh:

Mama-san (a nurse, thankfully) nearly had a heart-attack and spent untold time pulling gravel out of my shoulder and hip and knee. :beaten:
-PCM

K.T.Tran wrote:Didn't know where to post this, but since it has to do with cars imma aks here.

Did u guys watch the Jackie Chan movie THunderbolt. There was a chase/race scene where he was driving a Mitsubishi and was goin up against a black Skyline...thinkin its a R32. Problem is i don't know what Mitsubishi he was driving.....looked like an eclipse to me, just wanting know, its cool if u guys don't know the answr to this

it was an fto, not sold in the states

pcmodem wrote:I did ~50mph on my Huffy 10 speed bicycle going downhill on a badly aged and cracked stretch of asphalt trail at Lake Chabot about 25 years ago. :woot:

Now that's nuts. :hehe: :hehe: