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What's your dream car?

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oralloy
 
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Tue 21 Jan, 2020 01:15 pm
@oralloy,
oralloy wrote:

Ugh. No manual transmission though.

https://gmauthority.com/blog/2020/01/chevrolet-corvette-chief-engineer-tadge-juechter-why-the-c8-doesnt-get-a-manual/

"You want a slick-shifting manual. Now we have an engine between your shifter and the transmission, which means you can't use mechanical linkages, it has to be a cable, which makes it kind of rubbery and vague."


Well at least the Camaro and Challenger are still being made.
McGentrix
 
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Tue 21 Jan, 2020 01:32 pm
@oralloy,
Mustang is the last one to be available in Manual.
Olivier5
 
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Tue 21 Jan, 2020 03:21 pm
@Leadfoot,
I didn’t know they sold any of those outside France. It was a Fiat brand originally. Peugeot bought them and killed them, in short.


Seen on the Canard Enchaîné’s front page, about the escape of Carlos Ghosn (ex Renault & Nissan) from Japan:

Ghosn With The Wind
oralloy
 
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Tue 21 Jan, 2020 04:01 pm
@McGentrix,
The Mustang stopped using pushrod engines after the 1995 model year.

I'm pretty sure the Camaro and Challenger offer manual transmissions.
Leadfoot
 
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Wed 22 Jan, 2020 04:47 am
@oralloy,
Stick is still an option on the M240i order sheet.
Its a $0.00 option, just like the moon roof delete.

The B58 straight 6 made the engine list too i see.
Leadfoot
 
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Wed 22 Jan, 2020 04:51 am
@Olivier5,
Chrysler imported them to US for a couple of years. Americans just didnt 'get' them.
Olivier5
 
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Wed 22 Jan, 2020 05:48 am
@Leadfoot,
To be fair, the Simcas were not designed with the US market in mind. They were Fiat-derived cheap, popular cars for a latin-European market.
Leadfoot
 
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Wed 22 Jan, 2020 06:20 am
@Olivier5,
They arrived in the days of $0.25/gal gas, before the Arabs turned off the spigot.
A few years later they'd have been a hit.
Olivier5
 
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Wed 22 Jan, 2020 07:07 am
@Leadfoot,
I don't know that any French car can sell well in the US.
Leadfoot
 
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Wed 22 Jan, 2020 01:32 pm
@Olivier5,
They would have in 1974.
Now you can’t sell anything that isn’t an SUV, truck or crossover to Americans unless it’s to the shrinking pool of petro-heads.

Reminds me of what a car salesman said to a friend who was looking to buy a small economical car in that panic. He was quoted a higher price than the much larger and upscale cars in the showroom. The salesman actually said to him,
“If you want economy you have to pay for it.”
oralloy
 
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Wed 22 Jan, 2020 05:26 pm
@Leadfoot,
2021 is probably going to be the last model year that Ford will build sedans of any sort.
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oralloy
 
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Wed 22 Jan, 2020 05:27 pm
@Leadfoot,
Leadfoot wrote:
Stick is still an option on the M240i order sheet.

But do they have a pushrod V8 to go with it? I'm something of a purist.
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Jupiterum
 
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Tue 26 May, 2020 03:07 am
AC Cobra!
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Leadfoot
 
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Tue 26 May, 2020 03:14 am
Who the hell doesn't like AC Cobras enough to give'em a thumbs down?
Must be one of those Tesla fan boys.
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oralloy
 
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Tue 28 Jul, 2020 02:03 am
@farmerman,
farmerman wrote:
aaah Corvette, the canal boat of sports cars.
they go great in a strait line. Are there any results from any major tracks with the 2018 and later re-designs.??

Nurburgring:

Ferrari Enzo: 7:25.21

Ferrari 488 GTB: 7:21.63

Porsche 911 GT2 RS: 7:18.00

2018 Camaro with a pushrod V8 and a manual transmission: 7:16.04



The notion that "a car can only steer if it has a tiny little girly engine" has never been true. Pontiac Ram Air IV Trans Ams were readily trouncing tiny little girly engines back in 1969-70.
farmerman
 
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Tue 28 Jul, 2020 03:39 pm
@oralloy,
the point is??


The camaro is as much a stick shift as is my Explorer in "S" mode. Its center mount paddles
oralloy
 
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Tue 28 Jul, 2020 05:02 pm
@farmerman,
The point is that your nonsense about manual transmissions and pushrod V8s being obsolete, is nonsense.

Cars with a proper pushrod V8 can maneuver just fine. There is no need for those little girly engines that you are always promoting.

I don't know what's up with your explorer, but this looks like a manual transmission to me:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tremec_TR-6060_transmission
farmerman
 
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Tue 28 Jul, 2020 05:13 pm
@oralloy,
havE you drivn any "mmanly man cars" using a Tremec manual tranny.?? I have. Tell me one thing that you know is unique about them.??

I think you are BSing like you were about "aiming a shotgun"
oralloy
 
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Tue 28 Jul, 2020 05:20 pm
@farmerman,
You cannot provide any examples of an untrue statement in my posts.

Neither can you provide any examples of me talking about aiming a shotgun.

The only person here who spouts BS is you.
farmerman
 
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Tue 28 Jul, 2020 05:41 pm
@oralloy,
The very fact that you stated how to "Aim" a shotgun when any idiot knows you dont really "aim" a shotgun .(at the time you said that, even gungasnake gave you a time out).
Did you ever drive a car with the tranny for which you are feigning an orgasm?? I think not, otherwise youd be able to answer my question very easily.

 

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