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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Oh no, Lanaki, I'm still doomed to a life of trying to catch up! |
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Location: Tennessee | CL55 Renntech. Talk about scary fast! That thing's got a top end of 300km/h. (I can talk euro too, Fred :) ).
"Back in the day", I had a killer muscle car ... 1968 Camaro SS396. My current ride (C4S) does 0-60 nearly 2 seconds faster and the 1/4 mile about 3 seconds faster. With just over 50% of the dispacement.
IF you want to run with the kids these days, just make sure you're running farther than their nitrous capability. :cool: |
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Location: SoCal | My fun ride these days is a 1983 Mazda Rx-7. Not terribly fast, but I'm secure knowing that I have more grins/dollar than almost anything else out on the road... |
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Location: big island | i had an '85 audi quattro. enjoyed it immensely. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Professor is sorta right. It's all power to weight ratios. That's why most motorcycles will blow the doors off a muscle car.
The kids with the rice rockets aren't that smart. They still spend a few thou on a stereo, a wing and a fart muffler and there cars aren't any faster. They'll buy a chip that will raise the redline to a point that the blow the engine.
On the other hand, someone told me today that a recent test of a Lexus and Infinity pointed out that the 0-60 times were within a tenth of a Lambo Countach. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | I pulled the AMG off of mine but kept the M and moved it to the other side. Now in the back it reads CL55M. They all want to know what model that is and I tell them it's the Mutha or mega or monster depending on circumstances. At 530 horses it is kind of a monster.
I'd second what Tuppy said, it's the 60-120 where it gets real fun. All that said it's an 04 and has 26,000 and the 07 Suburban I got in May has 20,000. That is a pretty good indication where I'm at these days. |
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Location: Tennessee | Schuga's turning into a soccer mom? |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Hardly. You can fit 35 guitars in the Suburban, easily.
It shuts down at 97 so you can't go too fast. |
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OT: My new toy
