Cars and other kinds of motoring gibberish

kenjilina wrote: would you want to drive a buick?!

Nope. No GM cars.

No American cars for that matter. ;)

bmwracer wrote:
Nope. No GM cars.

No American cars for that matter. ;)

i feel the same but didn't want to say in case i offended anyone! :hehe:

i was driving a buick when a Taurus rear ended me @ 50mph'ish.

bent muffler pipe, otherwise no significant damage to myself (whipslash) or the car.

the taurus was a total loss. :hehe:

I'm sticking with my Subaru, the Buick felt so lifeless..

what's the worst car anyone has driven? for me it was a yugo zastava. piece of junk.
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i had a part time job at a car auction. had to drive some s*** sometimes! :hehe:

kenjilina wrote:what's the worst car anyone has driven?

I can't remember the name of that lousy car (Esprit?), but it was a Ford that I drove as a rental when I was in Hawaii.

What a gutless piece of junk. I think I noticed a turtle pass me when I was driving around on the Big Island. :bleh:

The Kia Rio :usuck:

0-40 in 10 seconds & it drank gas a lot faster then my Durango :sweat:

Only good thing about that car....I was able to take it around my block in under 40 secs :beaten: Lucky no cars were driving around :hehe: Took most of the corners at around 20-25 (going 5-10 mph faster then I should) and the last corner at about 30mph because cars were parked on both side of the streets. Went 35 in my Durango and i came inches away from hitting the parked car :beaten:

bmwracer wrote:
I can't remember the name of that lousy car (Esprit?), but it was a Ford that I drove as a rental when I was in Hawaii.

What a gutless piece of junk. I think I noticed a turtle pass me when I was driving around on the Big Island. :bleh:

that's funny :hehe:
the slowest car i've driven is a diesel discovery 1. pulling out of junctions is dangerous in one of those! :bleh:

kenjilina wrote: that's funny :hehe:
the slowest car i've driven is a diesel discovery 1. pulling out of junctions is dangerous in one of those! :bleh:

Yeah, a lotta diesels are dogs... At least the old ones.

I remember reading an old (1980's) Road & Track magazine and they reported that the VW Rabbit Diesel's 0-60 acceleration was 30 seconds... :bleh:

Try merging into traffic with that thing. :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:
Yeah, a lotta diesels are dogs... At least the old ones.

I remember reading an old (1980's) Road & Track magazine and they reported that the VW Rabbit Diesel's 0-60 acceleration was 30 seconds... :bleh:

Try merging into traffic with that thing. :sweat:

last year i bought a vw golf(rabbit?) tdi and that went like stink! it was just one big wave of torque. diesels have certainly improved. :hehe:
however, i only had the car 5 weeks as some b****** broke into my house and stole the car with the keys!! :grumble:

Subaru is making a Boxer Diesel engine for Europe, it's still in testing, but as far as I know it's the 'world's' first Diesel horizontally opposed engine.

kenjilina wrote: last year i bought a vw golf(rabbit?) tdi and that went like stink! it was just one big wave of torque. diesels have certainly improved. :hehe:

Yeah, slapping a turbo on those diesels engines seem to make a big difference performance-wise... Isn't BMW or M-B racing a turbodiesel somewhere in Europe (BTCC?) and winning races? :headscratch:

however, i only had the car 5 weeks as some b****** broke into my house and stole the car with the keys!! :grumble:

Aw damn, that's a pisser. Sorry to hear that...

Was the car ever recovered?

K.T.Tran wrote:The Kia Rio :usuck:

0-40 in 10 seconds & it drank gas a lot faster then my Durango :sweat:

Only good thing about that car....I was able to take it around my block in under 40 secs :beaten: Lucky no cars were driving around :hehe: Took most of the corners at around 20-25 (going 5-10 mph faster then I should) and the last corner at about 30mph because cars were parked on both side of the streets. Went 35 in my Durango and i came inches away from hitting the parked car :beaten:

you must have some good performance tires to hook around a corner that fast.
0-40 in 10 sec, is that suppose to be fast? not sure....but a gas guzzler, in these times where gas is going over $3/gallon, that has gotta hurt... :beaten:

0-40 in 10Sec is SLOW!

hell I can reach that speed in my Subaru in under 4 Sec.

SubaruWRX wrote:0-40 in 10Sec is SLOW!

hell I can reach that speed in my Subaru in under 4 Sec.

you are a speedracer eh?
pedal to the metal, just don't get any speeding tickets, or your insurance will go up and up..... :hehe:

fastest I've done while having to look out for deer was 118Mph I backed off too much of a risk but I did hit the speed limiter in my older Subaru heh.

bmwracer wrote:
Aw damn, that's a pisser. Sorry to hear that...

Was the car ever recovered?

the car was found 6 weeks later but i don't think there was much damage if any. as i had already been paid out by the insurance company it wasn't mine anymore.
i know bmw raced a diesel x5 in the dakar rally. did a good job too if i remember.

kenjilina wrote: i know bmw raced a diesel x5 in the dakar rally. did a good job too if i remember.

If it did well, they must've disabled iDrive. :hehe: :hehe:

kenjilina wrote:what's the worst car anyone has driven? for me it was a yugo zastava. piece of junk.
i had a part time job at a car auction. had to drive some s*** sometimes! :hehe:

for me it was my mom's 82 chevy chevette (it was around 1990) with no horn, AC (i grew ip in miami, so it is hot as heck w/o AC) or reverse. when it's time to back the car up, you (really, no kidding) had to back it up "Flintstone-style" with your feet. dispite all that, i still loved that car because it was my first access to a car. :mrgreen:

niko2x wrote:for me it was my mom's 82 chevy chevette (it was around 1990) with no horn, AC (i grew ip in miami, so it is hot as heck w/o AC) or reverse. when it's time to back the car up, you (really, no kidding) had to back it up "Flintstone-style" with your feet. dispite all that, i still loved that car because it was my first access to a car. :mrgreen:

:lol: No horn?? No reverse?? :hehe:

So instead of P-R-N-D-L it's P-N-D-L? :hehe:

Wow, talk about a cost-cutter car. :hehe:

Only from GM, folks. :rolleyes: