Re: Post your dream car

**TurkishDelight** · 05-03-2009, 10:46 PM

LOL all these posts about those "American" cars that can only turn left....

Look at the skidpad numbers, and please, get out to some track days or something, gosh....

For example any one of these 2 vehicles will destroy any production car Europe or Japan has at the Nurburgring;even that GT-R mobile.....

**redneck_fgf** · 05-03-2009, 11:01 PM

Have allmost all of mine....1200+, there 3 more walls like this one..
220+ 1/32 slot cars
400+ 1:18th scale cars
600+ 1:43 cars
1:43 slots, 1:64, ....

got every scale coverd Except 1:1....

**Hambergler** · 05-03-2009, 11:05 PM

Originally Posted by TurkishDelight

For example any one of these 2 vehicles will destroy any production car Europe or Japan has at the Nurburgring;even that GT-R mobile.....

If they make it around the track.

**War.mongeR1** · 05-03-2009, 11:31 PM

For all you haters, I present to you the 2009 CTS-V. Record breaking sedan performance at the Nurburgring. 7:59.32. Eat THAT Europe! I used to think American cars were only good in a straight line, but a LOT has changed over the last decade. My 2005 CTS-V handles amazingly well! It beat the Audi S4 on an episode of Top Gear.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ky8ZiO6ebn0[/media]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhQb2wJVPTg[/media]

**black_Mirror** · 05-04-2009, 12:16 AM

for picking up some girls

and for my vacation trips

**TurkishDelight** · 05-04-2009, 12:42 AM

Originally Posted by Hambergler

If they make it around the track.

There are few engines more reliable than an LSx engine.....

**Adiventure** · 05-04-2009, 01:54 AM

Originally Posted by TG_Bubba

Me want another one again.

You stole mine >.>

Though at the moment I would settle for a Subaru Forester, or maybe an Outback (truthfully I would settle for anything with an even number of wheels, an engine, something holding it all together, and hopefully a seat of some kind.

**alexandermottram** · 05-04-2009, 06:01 AM

Nurburgring lap times;
1st- Radical SR8 - English
2nd- Dodge Viper SRT-10 - American
3rd- Maserati MC12- Italian
4th- Pagani Zonda- Italian
5th- Ferrari Enzo- Italian
Roughly only five out of the top thirty are American cars, hence I will stick by my first proposition that in general European cars have better handling.

**browna3** · 05-04-2009, 08:35 AM

sorry dude but that video only confirms my statement. Look how straight that road is!

**Vikk|TG-Regulars|** · 05-04-2009, 08:41 AM

**browna3** · 05-04-2009, 08:46 AM

Originally Posted by TurkishDelight

LOL all these posts about those "American" cars that can only turn left....

Look at the skidpad numbers, and please, get out to some track days or something, gosh....

For example any one of these 2 vehicles will destroy any production car Europe or Japan has at the Nurburgring;even that GT-R mobile.....

i sense a car fight!!

Pancho your probably right about my previous comment. However it still stands. looking at the top gear power laps (yes i know this isn't concrete) but the top 10 cars are all European in fact the first american car come in at 20th place. Now what do all these other cars do? They can handle corners!
Example.
Fastest Car ATM = Gumpert Apollo 1.17.1
fastest american car atm = Ford GT 1.21.9

Now i know this is only based on the abilities on one man (the stig) and maybe the weather conditions were different, but even still a 4.8 second difference is still quite a bit.

parting gift is another dream car!

**WhiskeySix** · 05-04-2009, 09:18 AM

Originally Posted by alexandermottram

Nurburgring lap times;
1st- Radical SR8 - English
2nd- Dodge Viper SRT-10 - American
3rd- Maserati MC12- Italian
4th- Pagani Zonda- Italian
5th- Ferrari Enzo- Italian
Roughly only five out of the top thirty are American cars, hence I will stick by my first proposition that in general European cars have better handling.

If you're talking about supercars (road legal race cars), then you're right. Of course, aside from the latest Z06 and Viper (and I guess the saleen S7) there really aren't any American-built "supercars". [stupid speed limits]

How do mass-produced cars (that cost less than a house) line up?

btw, this is the best thread ever

**Wulfyn** · 05-04-2009, 09:26 AM

Nissan GT-R

http://jalopnik.com/cars/gt_r-done!/...eed-271968.php

And whilst we're on the American Car bashing theme:

Chevrolet Corvette || Nurburgring Lap Time 7:26 || Engine Capacity 6.2l
Nissan GT-R || Nurburgring Lap Time 7:27 || Engine Capacity 3.8l

So an extra 2 and a half litres gained the chevvy just 1 second...

**alexandermottram** · 05-04-2009, 09:27 AM

I still love the Caterham R500, £40,000 for something that is one of the fastest road worthy cars. Shame it looks like a kids toy and is as practical as a toothbrush made from leather. Watching the video of the Cadillac against the Audi you notice this, though the Audi never over takes the Cadillac, in the corners it cuts down a distance of around 30 metres to just 10, and then gets absolutely slaughtered at the straights losing all the distance it gained again. Though I'm not much of a German car fan. Though I have only ever driven five cars, and only one of them over 110mph.

How do mass-produced cars (that cost less than a house) line up?

Well you would want to look at the stig's power lap wall that brown was talking about.

looking at the top gear power laps (yes i know this isn't concrete) but the top 10 cars are all European in fact the first american car come in at 20th place. Now what do all these other cars do? They can handle corners!

Im not saying Americans produce bad cars, but the roads there are much different to over here and so the focus has never been on handling since your road maps are like someone joining up a dot too dot with a ruler, while Europe is more like a five year old trying to draw a bowl of spaghetti.

**WhiskeySix** · 05-04-2009, 09:45 AM

Originally Posted by alexandermottram

Im not saying Americans produce bad cars, but the roads there are much different to over here and so the focus has never been on handling since your road maps are like someone joining up a dot too dot with a ruler, while Europe is more like a five year old trying to draw a bowl of spaghetti.

classic

"In America, 100yrs is a long time; in Europe, 100miles is a long way."

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