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Basically you have to suck the manufacturer's dick or you won't get to drive the cars
How could you do an unbiased car review blog without getting banned by the manufacturers from having access to their cars? How would you get access to them in the first place?
I could make better videos on my fucking BlackBerry, but who would trust me with a Hellcat?
First thing I would do:
Put slicks on it, brake torque launch
Second thing I would do:
Drive it around and give a real-world impression of the car
... and from what capt. slow found out, the video would not last more than 13 minutes
__________________ "The guy in the CR-V meanwhile, he'll give you a haughty glare. He's responsibly trying to lessen his impact, but there you go lumbering past him with your loud V8, flouting the new reality. You may as well go do some donuts in a strawberry patch and slalom through a litter of kittens." Dan Frio, Automotive Editor, Edmunds
salesperson at the ford dealership i go to says something more definite may be announced this september in conjunction with the official unveiling of the gt350/svt/whatever:
Am I the only person who thinks these huge horsepower numbers are actually hurtful to auto enthusiasts?
So much of the driver's experience is independent of having gobs of power. Typical of modern life though the manufacturers are focusing on the one thing that the slobbering fucking retard unwashed masses understand: HORSEPOWER
Am I the only person who thinks these huge horsepower numbers are actually hurtful to auto enthusiasts?
So much of the driver's experience is independent of having gobs of power. Typical of modern life though the manufacturers are focusing on the one thing that the slobbering fucking retard unwashed masses understand: HORSEPOWER
The new GT500 is said to have 750hp-800hp. Just google search, it'll be more than Challenger's 707hp.
If you don't like horsepower war, just go buy Miata or Elise.
What would be really cool is if Viper and Corvette both lost weight and gained higher-revving engines with the car geared more towards driver experience than brutal horsepower. Set to compete with the GT350.
What would be really cool is if Viper and Corvette both lost weight and gained higher-revving engines with the car geared more towards driver experience than brutal horsepower. Set to compete with the GT350.
This is exactly what Japanese and British cars are for, light weight and fun driving experience with high-revving engine.
I would rather see Corvette and Viper trying to compete with GT-R and other supercars.
They're all talking about entering less than 7:00 on Nurburgring. I would love to see this competition getting escalated.
Am I the only person who thinks these huge horsepower numbers are actually hurtful to auto enthusiasts?
So much of the driver's experience is independent of having gobs of power. Typical of modern life though the manufacturers are focusing on the one thing that the slobbering fucking retard unwashed masses understand: HORSEPOWER
it doesn't really matter though. thats why theres a few different variations of the mustang. all the way from a v6 to a ludicrous 700+hp gt500. those who want a good all around car buy the gt, those that one a burnout machine that slaughters most of the cars on the road buy the gt500. the mustang has to be one of the most versatile cars out there.
all that being said, matt farah had a point with his review on the 2013 roush stage 3. for that type of car/chassis the 600hp is way too much. its hard to have any real fun in the car without either trying to kill yourself or get arrested.
Meh when it comes to muscle cars it's the numbers that sell. No one likes the bragging rights of horsepower numbers more than a muscle car owner.
pretty much it. its been going on since the 60's for fucks sake. even in the last few years the germans have been caught up in the same game. the c63 is a german muscle car. straight up. just a monster.
edit: damn assholes lol. started on the mustang talk and me forget this was the challenger hellcat thread.
Last edited by Gucci Mane; 08-14-2014 at 01:00 PM.
pretty much it. its been going on since the 60's for fucks sake. even in the last few years the germans have been caught up in the same game. the c63 is a german muscle car. straight up. just a monster.
edit: damn assholes lol. started on the mustang talk and me forget this was the challenger hellcat thread.
457hp V8
0-100km/h in 4.4 seconds
250km/h top speed (electronically limited)
it's not THAT impressive...
I bet if you and I got on a closed course with that car and took turns driving the shit out of it we would both be laughing and having a ton of fun thrashing it!
Impressive or not, I have no doubt that a C63 is a smile factory
635 hp and 591 lb-ft of torque at the rear wheels.
About 722 hp at the crank.
672-lb-ft Torque
__________________ "The guy in the CR-V meanwhile, he'll give you a haughty glare. He's responsibly trying to lessen his impact, but there you go lumbering past him with your loud V8, flouting the new reality. You may as well go do some donuts in a strawberry patch and slalom through a litter of kittens." Dan Frio, Automotive Editor, Edmunds
What would be really cool is if Viper and Corvette both lost weight and gained higher-revving engines with the car geared more towards driver experience than brutal horsepower. Set to compete with the GT350.
You want a lighter car with a lower displacement, heavier, bigger, DOHC higher revving engine?
__________________ "The guy in the CR-V meanwhile, he'll give you a haughty glare. He's responsibly trying to lessen his impact, but there you go lumbering past him with your loud V8, flouting the new reality. You may as well go do some donuts in a strawberry patch and slalom through a litter of kittens." Dan Frio, Automotive Editor, Edmunds
ugh. some sort of warning would have been nice. now i have to find a way to bleach that image out of my brain
__________________ "The guy in the CR-V meanwhile, he'll give you a haughty glare. He's responsibly trying to lessen his impact, but there you go lumbering past him with your loud V8, flouting the new reality. You may as well go do some donuts in a strawberry patch and slalom through a litter of kittens." Dan Frio, Automotive Editor, Edmunds
__________________ "The guy in the CR-V meanwhile, he'll give you a haughty glare. He's responsibly trying to lessen his impact, but there you go lumbering past him with your loud V8, flouting the new reality. You may as well go do some donuts in a strawberry patch and slalom through a litter of kittens." Dan Frio, Automotive Editor, Edmunds
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