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55 messages, Last post on Sep 11, 2008 at 3:58 AM
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Replying to: lemmer (Aug 18, 2008 1:19 pm) Can you imagine those big blocks with no power steering, and leaf springs to hop around on, and side pipes to roast your butt? Phew! Rough ride!
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Replying to: michaell (Aug 15, 2008 12:16 pm) Of course I am short and it had the same problem as my Celica in that respect - if I lean my arm out my elbow has to come up almost to my shoulder! |
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Aug 18, 2008 2:52 pm) Pick it up, it's mint, about 8000 miles on her. NO POWER STEERING. Now I'm a small guy, 155 lbs, and with tears in my eyes I sold it after two months, could not drive it. A 427 sitting between the front wheels steers like a cement truck overloaded.
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Replying to: wesleyg (Aug 19, 2008 5:06 am)
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Replying to: lemmer (Aug 19, 2008 5:09 am) To this day, who in their right mind would order this without power steering, it was probably only a $65.00 option in that time.
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Replying to: wesleyg (Aug 19, 2008 5:28 am)
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Aug 19, 2008 6:44 am) |
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Replying to: wesleyg (Aug 19, 2008 6:56 am) Road testing the "classic cars of our dreams" is often a shock, although occasionally one is pleasantly surprised. "It depends". But let's face it, 60s American muscle cars were crude things. |
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Aug 19, 2008 7:22 am)  As long as you didn't try to turn it would do a 13.5 second 1/4 mile. The front wheels would lift off the ground, the G force would drain the blood out of your head, and it was loud enough to drown out the screams of your passengers. Now that I make just a little more money I have gone in search of that same feeling. Test drives with today's cars that deliver that kind of performance just don't cut it. On a recent test drive of a Lexus IS 350, a car capable of that 13.5 second quarter mile, I noticed my wife was playing with the knobs on the stereo as I gave it all it got. Did time slow down over the years?
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I sort of had that problem back in 1974 when I bought an Alfa Spider. I had been running around in a VW Beetle, and then a Honda Civic. I came into some money, and bought a Spider. It was a great car and it handled beautifully. However, it was sort of boring to drive in that, at speeds that were "Prepare to meet Jesus" in the VW, the Alfa was as smooth as a living room sofa. So, logically, in order to recreate the sensation I'd had in the Beetle and the Civic, I had to drive much, much, MUCH, faster. I'm sure you all understand.  Gosh, I miss that car. |
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