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Tankonempty.com: How far past the slash can you go? {Autoblog}
May 7th 2008 9:45PM I'm surprised and disappointed it took that long for someone to mention this. Trying to "save" an extra few cents at the pump by waiting for the price to drop a smidge is in no way going to outweigh the potential cost of burning up your fuel pump.
Never let your car run dry if it's at all preventable.
VW releases second pic of Scirocco racer {Autoblog}
May 5th 2008 6:58PM Nicest car VW's made in years, probably since the Corrado, and of course North Americans don't get it. Seriously, living here gets really old sometimes...
Vanishing Point Challenger meets tire wall at Road America {Autoblog}
May 4th 2008 2:15AM One thing to keep in mind with the G Sedan/Coupe is that the Coupe is running the new 3.7L engine, while the Sedan is still using the 3.5L, and I believe that could be the source of that differential.
If you look at another Coupe/Sedan combo, the BMW 335i, the Coupe weighs less than the Sedan at 3,571pounds and 3,594 pounds respectively.
For another perspective, look at the Chevrolet Cobalt Coupe and Sedan. Between these two, the Coupe is again the lighter of the pair, at 2,681 pounds and 2,747 pounds respectively.
So what I'm trying to show here is that contrary to what you said about Coupes generally being heavier than their Sedan counterparts, it's nearly always the other way around.
Chrysler enters Vanishing Point Challenger in One Lap of America {Autoblog}
May 2nd 2008 8:57PM Funnily enough, those wheels look -infinitely- better than the regular production wheels.
Ontario introduces bill to protect "children" from secondhand smoke {Autoblog}
May 2nd 2008 6:59PM I haven't read any of the comments, so I don't know whether it's been said, but...
While at first glance 16 seems rather arbitrary, think about it for a second. At 16-17, the "child" begins the transition from being a forced passenger to being able to drive themselves, and to me that's why the age is what it is.
As for there being more dangerous things, there's no need to get sarcastic like that. There are plenty of selfish parents who either merely crack the window, or don't open it at all, which is more than enough to seriously screw up the bodies of their passengers. Even with the windows down, there's still plenty of noxious fumes floating around the inside of the car to do harm, especially if we're talking about infants/toddlers.
Really, no one with a reasonable amount of common sense should have -any- complaints about laws such as this.
Now if only we could do something about the billions of cigarette buttes laying all over our roadsides and sidewalks...
Autoline on Autoblog with John McElroy: Driving the Dodge Challenger SRT-8 {Autoblog}
Apr 30th 2008 9:46PM If you want the seats, just get a Charger SRT-8. It's the exact same thing as this save for having a real backseat and doors to use it with. It's also likely to be cheaper.
Autoline on Autoblog with John McElroy: Driving the Dodge Challenger SRT-8 {Autoblog}
Apr 30th 2008 9:42PM I'm far from a Mustang fanboy, I just happen to think the Mustang is better executed all around. You don't have to be a "fanboy" to not be blind.
As far as comparing it to "unreleased cars", the only comment I made about a car that has not yet been put into production is the Camaro, and that was simply to show that a cookie-cutter interior is not a prerequisite for a car like this. The prototypes have clearly shown that the interior will be far from anything else in Chevrolet's (or GM's) line-ups thus far. As for the "unreleased Mustang", I have no idea what you were talking about there.
With regards to these cars being "easily modified to be 10-12 second cars", do you even have a clue of what you're talking about? I mean come on, if you had the smallest inkling of knowledge about drag racing, you would be quick to realize that there is a -massive- difference between a 10-second and 12-second car. A 500+ horsepower, 3100 pound Z06 is -barely- able to crack the 10's on street tires...It's far from "easy" to turn a 2-ton brick like this into a 10-second car.
And two things to think about: First off, the Challengers which are being tested are production models, thus they are the same thing you will find on the showroom floor and perfectly valid to be compared to other cars, and second, learn the difference between "your" and "you're".
Eye Candy: "Go Speed Racer Go" music video {Autoblog}
Apr 30th 2008 9:03PM That had to be the easiest acting job ever, simply sitting while everything around you is computer generated. Honestly, I don't understand why they didn't just go the extra 2% and make the entire thing CG.
Oh, and that song sucks.
Autoline on Autoblog with John McElroy: Driving the Dodge Challenger SRT-8 {Autoblog}
Apr 30th 2008 8:09PM MemphisNET, thanks for stating the blatantly obvious. The whole point being that the SRT-8 does not match the -performance- of the GT500, barely breaking away from the paltry GT model. To price the SRT-8 at the same level as the GT500, while delivering performance that is lost somewhere between those two models, is precisely the reason why it's laughable.
As far as the R&T article you mentioned, I can't find it anywhere, and really it doesn't even make any sense for those two cars to be compared. If you can provide the article, I'll gladly give it a read.
I can still address somewhat even without the article, however. To begin, the ride of the Charger is likely going to be different than the Challenger, and even then, the GT500 is still widely thought of as giving a comfortable ride, with R&T themselves saying, "the new Mustang stays nicely planted to the ground, even on tight, rough-surface corners, putting down the power and tracking steadily on less-than-optimal surfaces. The steering is excellent, and the brakes are nicely matched to the package." As far as outright speed goes, again going by R&T tests, the SRT-8 was 0.4 seconds slower to 60, and that margin only increased down the 1/4 mile.
Mileage, well as yourself said, "the people that have money"...
Bottom line is that the price does not equal the performance compared to its competitors, and it has nothing luxury or quality-wise over them either to justify the price:performance differences.
VIDEO: Gran Turimso creator takes the GT-R up to 193 mph {Autoblog}
Apr 30th 2008 7:18PM "He also said that playing Gran Turismo helped him keep a good racing line on the 'Ring, which prompted this blogger to immediately get GT5 Prologue (true story)."
You realize that the Ring isn't in Prologue, right?
