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 Feb 3, 2015 - 2:00 PM
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 Enthusiast  Joined Jul 7, '06 From Los Alamos, NM Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%)  |
why not a honda J series v6 into the miata? of the v6 from a newer camaro?
those were both options i was looking into before someone offered to buy my miata and i put money down on another s2000 -------------------- 2015 Subaru WRX. World Rally Blue/Black
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Feb 3, 2015 - 2:07 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Apr 15, '13 From Winnipeg, MB, Canada Currently Offline Reputation: 14 (100%) |
QUOTE (Bitter @ Feb 3, 2015 - 7:50 AM)  But the Fiesta is just a Mazda...so it's OK. But the Mazda is just a Ford...so it's not OK -------------------- 2007 Impreza 2.5i - Daily
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Feb 3, 2015 - 2:25 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Feb 23, '12 From Warrior, AL Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
I honestly can't think of a domestic FWD that's really any good, at least not until here recently. The first Saturn SC2 looked kind of cool, and the Probe is more or less a re-skinned MX-6. Then again anything GM with the 3.8 was pretty decent, just nothing particularly exciting anyway.
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Feb 3, 2015 - 4:00 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Aug 5, '09 From West Texas, USA Currently Offline Reputation: 20 (100%) |
QUOTE (Box @ Feb 3, 2015 - 3:25 PM) I honestly can't think of a domestic FWD that's really any good, at least not until here recently. The first Saturn SC2 looked kind of cool, and the Probe is more or less a re-skinned MX-6. Then again anything GM with the 3.8 was pretty decent, just nothing particularly exciting anyway. SVT focus? Srt4 -------------------- JDM Part King
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Feb 3, 2015 - 5:21 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Feb 23, '12 From Warrior, AL Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
I suppose the Focus, that's only because it was more European than American.
 The SRT4's reliability is sketchy, like the Cobalt SS. Just seems like the Japanese have the whole FWD 4-6 cylinder thing down better. Oddly enough it seems the V8 powered domestics are just as reliable as anything Japanese, many instances of 200K+ mile examples out and about.
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Feb 3, 2015 - 7:33 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 11, '06 From Way South Chicago Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Yep, lots of 200,000 mile Crown Vic's around.
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Feb 3, 2015 - 8:08 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Feb 23, '12 From Warrior, AL Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
What's sad is when you go and calculate the cost of fuel to get it there. My brother's 2000 Durango has some 257,000 miles on it and gets 14-15 mpg. So some 18,000 gallons times 2-4 dollars throughout the years... Madness.
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Feb 3, 2015 - 8:52 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Dec 3, '13 From Missourah Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
That's what I told people when I bought the Celica, "Because Rice is a whole lot cheaper than Gasoline."
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Feb 4, 2015 - 4:41 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Feb 23, '12 From Warrior, AL Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
It's funny in a way, the entire time I had the Celica I was frustrated with how slow it was. Now with the Firebird I'm frustrated with the fact it drinks more than Charlie Sheen out of rehab.
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Feb 4, 2015 - 5:37 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Aug 5, '09 From West Texas, USA Currently Offline Reputation: 20 (100%) |
QUOTE (Box @ Feb 4, 2015 - 4:41 AM) It's funny in a way, the entire time I had the Celica I was frustrated with how slow it was. Now with the Firebird I'm frustrated with the fact it drinks more than Charlie Sheen out of rehab. Box I think your perfect car is a 500hp v8 coupe that gets 30 mpg. Too bad that doesn't exist -------------------- JDM Part King
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Feb 4, 2015 - 6:04 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Feb 23, '12 From Warrior, AL Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Of course it does! The C7 Corvette which I'm only some 40K shy of.
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Feb 5, 2015 - 12:46 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Nov 4, '09 From Sacramento, California Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Like that old saying, Fast --- Reliable --- Cheap. Pick two.
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Feb 5, 2015 - 12:54 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Mar 15, '07 From Tennessee Currently Offline Reputation: 52 (100%) |
Buy a car, drive a car, enjoy. Its that simple. Nobody will ever be satisfied. Period. Every car will be flawed. What else do you want.
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Feb 5, 2015 - 9:48 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Nov 4, '09 From Sacramento, California Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
QUOTE (njccmd2002 @ Feb 4, 2015 - 9:54 PM) Buy a car, drive a car, enjoy. Its that simple. Nobody will ever be satisfied. Period. Every car will be flawed. What else do you want. I was strongly considering a tdi for my commute, but then I saw where they placed the oil filter. Now I'm having doubts -------------------- Brand new 6gc owner! (sort of 2011)
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Feb 5, 2015 - 3:24 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Feb 23, '12 From Warrior, AL Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
QUOTE (HaysoosKreesto @ Feb 4, 2015 - 11:46 PM) Like that old saying, Fast --- Reliable --- Cheap. Pick two. The 4th gen hits all bases, so take that internet theory. QUOTE (njccmd2002 @ Feb 4, 2015 - 11:54 PM) Buy a car, drive a car, enjoy. Its that simple. Nobody will ever be satisfied. Period. Every car will be flawed. What else do you want. I want perfection. 
This post has been edited by Box: Feb 5, 2015 - 3:22 PM -------------------- 2001 Miata LS 5-speed
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Feb 5, 2015 - 7:23 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Aug 5, '09 From West Texas, USA Currently Offline Reputation: 20 (100%) |
QUOTE (Box @ Feb 5, 2015 - 3:24 PM) QUOTE (HaysoosKreesto @ Feb 4, 2015 - 11:46 PM) Like that old saying, Fast --- Reliable --- Cheap. Pick two. The 4th gen hits all bases, so take that internet theory. QUOTE (njccmd2002 @ Feb 4, 2015 - 11:54 PM) Buy a car, drive a car, enjoy. Its that simple. Nobody will ever be satisfied. Period. Every car will be flawed. What else do you want. I want perfection. You're never going to be happy with a car box. You either have to find something close to what you want or buy something and make it what you want -------------------- JDM Part King
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Feb 5, 2015 - 9:03 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Feb 23, '12 From Warrior, AL Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Lexus stole my motto and then failed to live up to it.
I know it's me, I'm just highly critical with things I'm passionate about. I go out and look at the Firebird and I see a huge project, when in all reality it's a 36 year old used car. My problem with cars, and my other passion music and synthesizers specifically, is I want an all in one package. Which I realize very few cars are that way and the ones that are, sadly are way beyond my finances. Sure I can have multiple cars that do different things, but I can only drive one at once.
-------------------- 2001 Miata LS 5-speed
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Feb 5, 2015 - 9:50 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Feb 2, '07 From Berlin, WI Currently Offline Reputation: 18 (100%) |
^buy a jet. problem solved. lol
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Feb 5, 2015 - 10:00 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Feb 23, '12 From Warrior, AL Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Psssst, don't tell anyone but I have a fear of heights.
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Feb 7, 2015 - 3:58 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 15, '07 From Tennessee Currently Offline Reputation: 52 (100%) |
Buy a submarine and put wheels
-------------------- Learned a lot in 10 years... I hardly log in anymore, last login Today Sept 6 2019, and I was forced just to clarify a post. LOL
If you PM me and I dont respond, dont fret or cry. Im alive, better post your questions in the thread below, maybe I log back in 2grfe Swapped... Why I chose the 2GR, before you ask read here... A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within. @llamaraxing in Instagram is the best way to find me. I hardly log here anymore. |
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