http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,239501,00.html Car threads are always fun. Good to see the Ford Mustang make the list. Myself and Ancalagon share an appreciation for the Mustang.
And the Shelby is one bad bitch let me tell you. Just idling she sounds like she is ready to eat something... NOW! My dad still won't let anyone take her out alone, but when he got to a straight away and told me to let her go, she leaped. I don't know for sure but it sure felt like it was only 4 or 5 seconds and we were going buck 28. And that was after haveing just dropped her into 5th. I still had most of fifth and all of sixth left. Even just at low speeds though that 500+ torque means that when you punch it you get that floating feeling right between your gut and your crotch. Again it sucks that he won't let me take it by myself, but on the other hand this now means his drop top T-bird is no longer his baby and so I can take her whenever I want (for days at a time even when in MOBtown).
I await that list eagerly every year. I set aside a half month's income to go on a shopping spree after it comes out
Interesting fact: The original Ford company was given to Henry Leiland and renamed Cadillac. Why? Ford promised the Model T, and spend his time making prototype racers instead. Also, the American companies could make super cars (GM's working on a super car version of the Corvette just a few miles from here), but there's no money in it. Not like there is with standard, everyday autos.
At least the Toyota Camry is still on the list. If all goes well, I'm trading my old 4Runner in this summer for an FG Cruiser.
I eagerly anticipate the day when a major news outlet has the guts to declare that a particular new model is NOT fun to drive. Cuz it'll mean I've lived waaaay beyond my expected lifespan and that's just .
The Camery is practical for an every day car. German cars are fun to drive but they're very tempermental and difficult to repair. And part$ are very expen$ive if not hard to get. The mustang is a cool ride for a reasonable price. No trucks on the list?
That, plus I don't like to give money to the Nazis. Take the following quiz and see how many you can correctly answer! 1. Volkswagens are for: (a) gay people (b) granola-eating envirosocialist wackaloons (c) suburban yuppie cocksuckers that can't afford BMWs (d) all of the above BMWs are for: (a) businessmen with small dicks (b) businessmen with small dicks (c) businessmen with small dicks (d) all of the above Mercedes are for: (a) old farts that don't know how to drive (b) the mistresses of the old farts (c) Nazi sympathizers (d) all of the above
Things like the Bugatti Veyron and that Ferrari up at the top of the list are overrated rubbish. Who with half a brain would pay half a million dollars or so for one of these cars, you can get cars for less than a tenth of the price with comparable power, acceleration and handling. The fact that these cars are able to sell at all at these prices is proof of the power of advertising, brand-ism, and that people are gullible. It also illustrates the age old truth that fools and their money are soon parted. A car I'd like myself is an Ariel Atom. No bodywork at all, rather an exoskeletal frame holding the whole thing together, and with all parts attached to that. Weighing less than half a ton, and powered by a 300 BHP turbocharged Honda Type R engine, Jeremy Clarkson test drove one on Top Gear and it distorted his face with its acceleration G forces. It also beat a big bike around a track. (To be fair the bike had the edge on the straights, but once into the curves the Atom killed it dead). Atoms start from £20,000 ($39,220 US).
