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The 1st gen wedge-shaped MR2s are still very cool looking these days.
Anybody here own a Celica GT4?
Anybody here own a Celica GT4?
The Car/Motorcycle/Motorsport/Anything fast enough to do something stupid in thread!
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I completely agree with this. If you still find yourself wanting the last generation mr2, just pick up a Miata. You'll get a better driving experience and a trunk that can actually hold stuff.
| Originally Posted by kingkevo25 /img/forum/go_quote.gif The last generation mr2 is alright, but is in a different class than the 1st two generations. It was really trying to compete against Miata's and Mini's. The engine is identical to the Celica GT (last generation) and definitely doesn't have as many mods as it's predecessors. Unless you specifically want the Spyder, the mr2 to want is a turbocharged second gen, or the supercharged first gen. |
I completely agree with this. If you still find yourself wanting the last generation mr2, just pick up a Miata. You'll get a better driving experience and a trunk that can actually hold stuff.
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You're lucky.
Wish my dad had one of them!
Originally Posted by UncleDavid218 /img/forum/go_quote.gif 
That's my ride in the summer. A 1990 RX-7 GXL with 92,000 miles on the body and 25,000 on a new motor. 
Here's my dad's Chevelle. It's got a 396 big block. He also has a 32 Ford coupe with a 350 V8 and a 2001 Audi TT 1.8T. |
You're lucky.
Wish my dad had one of them!
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Good old American muscle.
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Amazing. That is one of my dream cars. My dad and I almost restored one, but never did. I love old muscle cars.
| Originally Posted by UncleDavid218 /img/forum/go_quote.gif
Here's my dad's Chevelle. It's got a 396 big block. He also has a 32 Ford coupe with a 350 V8 and a 2001 Audi TT 1.8T. |
Amazing. That is one of my dream cars. My dad and I almost restored one, but never did. I love old muscle cars.
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well, maybe you're joking - or maybe it depends what you compare it with. at any rate, the suspension can be tuned right. my GTI rides like a go-cart - not that I've recently spent enough time in a go-cart... I think at most three or four race days in 2008!
it's handling as well as the Mini or the Cayman, but I guess there are other cars I haven't tried that hug the ground even more firmly.
as for the sound question: I do think there are people who will pick a car over another one because of the sound system. I just thought it was weird of my colleague to pick the Lexus because of the Mark Levinson gear. don't get me wrong, there may be many valid reasons to like Lexus, and for that matter to like Mark Levinson, but the combo is a branding strategy, I'm not too happy with what I hear in his ride.
| Originally Posted by fureshi /img/forum/go_quote.gif as for hatches, i wouldn't say that everyone of them has bad body roll. the GTI is especially high, which lends to the body roll with its high center of gravity. |
well, maybe you're joking - or maybe it depends what you compare it with. at any rate, the suspension can be tuned right. my GTI rides like a go-cart - not that I've recently spent enough time in a go-cart... I think at most three or four race days in 2008!
it's handling as well as the Mini or the Cayman, but I guess there are other cars I haven't tried that hug the ground even more firmly.as for the sound question: I do think there are people who will pick a car over another one because of the sound system. I just thought it was weird of my colleague to pick the Lexus because of the Mark Levinson gear. don't get me wrong, there may be many valid reasons to like Lexus, and for that matter to like Mark Levinson, but the combo is a branding strategy, I'm not too happy with what I hear in his ride.
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hm, I like the DSG on my 2009 GTI. the sports mode (or manual fwiw) are fun, though it's hard to beat the responsiveness of the auto. I wasn't aware that there's a big diff from the 08 year.
| Originally Posted by fureshi /img/forum/go_quote.gif i have a 2008 GTI. thought that it'd make a great commuter car and for the most part it is. kinda fast, pretty comfortable and decent gas mileage. what i don't like about it is the suspension and the shifter. talk about crazy body roll and a tranny where the throws are way too long and rubbery. |
hm, I like the DSG on my 2009 GTI. the sports mode (or manual fwiw) are fun, though it's hard to beat the responsiveness of the auto. I wasn't aware that there's a big diff from the 08 year.
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I'm a big Mini Cooper fan, but if only they wern't so damn expensive.....
Its my opinion that the current coopers are probably the most fun hot hatches.
Its my opinion that the current coopers are probably the most fun hot hatches.
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Not as fun as the older Coopers.
| Originally Posted by nsx_23 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Its my opinion that the current coopers are probably the most fun hot hatches. |
Not as fun as the older Coopers.
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Yeah, but more room, and I won't get killed quiet so easily if I get run into by a semitrailer.
If we want to go old school, how about the brilliant 205 GTi?
If we want to go old school, how about the brilliant 205 GTi?
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Hey is that RX7 or Chevelle modified in any way? Great iron!
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Its nice to see a stock RX7. Most of them these days are way too modified with ugly bodykits that may be functional but don't suit the original lines.
Anyone still remember the bathurst editions?
Anyone still remember the bathurst editions?
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That RX-7 is bone stock because it's in such great shape. I've got a 1986 Turbo with 3" turbo back exhaust, FMIC, SAFC II, etc. (all the basic mods) that I play around with.
The Chevelle bone stock but was a stroker at one point.
My dad's at the "been there done that" stage of his life so at this point he appreciates a perfect stock example, which his Chevelle is.
| Originally Posted by 928GTS /img/forum/go_quote.gif Hey is that RX7 or Chevelle modified in any way? Great iron! |
That RX-7 is bone stock because it's in such great shape. I've got a 1986 Turbo with 3" turbo back exhaust, FMIC, SAFC II, etc. (all the basic mods) that I play around with.
The Chevelle bone stock but was a stroker at one point.
My dad's at the "been there done that" stage of his life so at this point he appreciates a perfect stock example, which his Chevelle is.
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Keep the RX7 looking as stock as possible!
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I wish Group B was still around....
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