Cudwieser Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 This cancerous sh*t talker: I know I mock American cars in other posts, but I'm just messing, although American cars aren't great when it comes to handling, suspension and brakes. I know I'm going to start a sh*t show, but he has a point. He may be about 15 years out of date where modern Vettes and Stangs are concerned, but there are still plenty of modern muscles like the Challenger and Charger that would be left looking stupid by contempory Europeans and Japanese cars, even in a straight line. Classic Muscle he is very much on point (again there are a few exceptions, but bear in mind most of these exceptions were almost exclusively race bred cars and pricey as hell). The one thing that wasn't mentioned was why classic american cars handled like sh*t was there reason for existing in the first place. America is long and straight with a need for a car that will cruise and keep going for a long time without fail. A big engine and easy ride are essential and since you can generally see far enough ahead braking needn't be immediate. In Europe and Japan things are somewhat less predicable and more precise control is essential. While I can understand your frustration Andy does have a point, even if he doesn't explain it well. I'd be willing to let his comment slide if only for the fact he admitted he largely trolls American cars (highlighted in red). Both American (going to throw Australian in here too) have their lazy charm, but so do Europeans and Japanese with their more push around abilities. A spirited drive a long a twisty road in a Corolla is just as fun as a foot down blast along a highway with a friend in tow in two powerful muscle cars. It's really each to their own and enjoying what each provides. I will say one huge plus for classic american. Compared to contempory Europeans and Japanese, they were a cheaper alternative that, with some finessing, provided a better work-a-day (the essence of Muscle was it's work-a-day appeal) transport compared to more expensive 'foreign' alternatives. Also Americans of a certian vintage generally looked nicer. Melkor1993 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyDuke Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 Which brings me to the next thing. Its funny how the general car people rule is, Take the best spec Japanese car, then compare it to the cheapest poverty spec US car and then point at the Japanese car and say how much better it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paisan™ Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Someone thought a Chrysler 300C was a Rolls Royce. Melkor1993 and HeavyDuke 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ṼirulenⱦEqừinox Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cudwieser Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 Better question, what does the garbage can with the pistol to it's head and an arrow next to it under miles travelled mean. While you're there fill the tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ṼirulenⱦEqừinox Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 (edited) Better question, what does the garbage can with the pistol to it's head and an arrow next to it under miles travelled mean. While you're there fill the tank. That reminds me of something that happened early last week I recently traded in my Ford Escape for 2017 Jeep Compass and local gas station was doing a promotion to help the hurricane victims, Free Car Wash & 5 Gallons Of Gas for Free. They had people pumping the gas for you while the others washed the car while i was sitting there i hear rapping on my passenger side window and this guy looks dumbfounded and says ummmm are you sure this car runs on gas and isn't electric? I said Yes why? he said there is no gas cap and i don't see anywhere else to put the nozzle. I had to get out to show him that the Jeep doesn't have a gas cap you just stick the nozzle into the hole and pump the look on his face when i showed him that you would've sworn i just told him the secret of life Edited September 20, 2017 by Ai®aCob®a Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cudwieser Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 Well to be fair I wouldn't have been aware unless shown (or the car was prodded). At least he was wise to ask. Some loopers wouldn't do that. P.S I'd have been just as amazed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOUGL4S1 Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 Exactly, his excuse would be that it's a new car that few people have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melkor1993 Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 How modern cars overall make driving more sh*tty. Really...if tomorrow all traction controls and other electric assists on all cars stop working i think a load of people are gonna end up dead. Cudwieser 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cudwieser Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 How modern cars overall make driving more sh*tty. Really...if tomorrow all traction controls and other electric assists on all cars stop working i think a load of people are gonna end up dead. Lets Draw up a list How would a TVR will kill you with no power steering? 1: Straight lining a curve 2. Passing the stop line ... (anything else)? Melkor1993 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irish45455 Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 My dumbass brother last Friday when he stopped by after seeing his kid: 'Dude, you shoulda seen this sweet '66 Camaro I was going to buy! It had a stripped interior but it had the stock 351 and the supercharger and turbocharger still on the engine! Guy only wanted two grand for it!" Took every fiber of my being to not explain, in great detail, everything wrong with everything he said. All I asked was, "It's twin charged, huh? Has a turbocharger and supercharger, and it came that way from the factory?" He's like, "Yeah, dude! I looked it up and everything!" Sure ya did. Didn't look hard enough or at all, honestly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cudwieser Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 My dumbass brother last Friday when he stopped by after seeing his kid: 'Dude, you shoulda seen this sweet '66 Camaro I was going to buy! It had a stripped interior but it had the stock 351 and the supercharger and turbocharger still on the engine! Guy only wanted two grand for it!" Took every fiber of my being to not explain, in great detail, everything wrong with everything he said. All I asked was, "It's twin charged, huh? Has a turbocharger and supercharger, and it came that way from the factory?" He's like, "Yeah, dude! I looked it up and everything!" Sure ya did. Didn't look hard enough or at all, honestly. A 350 camaro for 2k is dodgy. Electrics are probably shot and why was the interior stripped (was there rust in awkward places?). You never buy a car on sight unless you have a back up to deal with problems and a sh*t ton of experience and knowledge. Finally always test drive the car. If the car really was twin charged and 2k what are the odds the owner has crippled the engine at a speed week. In any case I see costs worth 10 times the price of the car if not more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beanzinapot Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 The dumbest thing iv e heard anybody say was back in like '03-'04 I was with my older brother and his friends at an abandoned airstrip that everybody went to street race. We were the first ones to show up with some other guy, so my brother and guy wanted to race. My brother at the time had a stock 95 Dodge Neon and the other guy had a stock 94 Honda Del Sol. I lined them up and before I checked there lights before raising my hands the guy in the Del Sol opens his door and hops out saying "wait wait!! I need to let some air out my tires". I thought okay, no problem.. then I see him walking to the rear of the car. I asked "where you going?" He responds with "I'm letting some air out of my back tires so I don't spin them at launch." Facepalm I didn't say anything and let him do his thing.. least to say is he got spanked by my brother Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOUGL4S1 Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 Yesterday I overheard someone ask if a new VW Fusca (or A5 Beetle) is a Porsche. I mean, I know that VW owns Porsche, but... nah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cudwieser Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 Yesterday I overheard someone ask if a new VW Fusca (or A5 Beetle) is a Porsche. I mean, I know that VW owns Porsche, but... nah. VW doesn't officially own porsche. In truth it is almost the other way round (there's a complex history to be untangled). Ferdinand Porsche was the co-founder of VW a company that would be later run by the Piechs, in-laws of Porsche. Since then there has been a mutual, if sometimes strained, co-existance between Porsche and VW. While both have made attempts to buy out each other, there is still a mutual peace where neither own the other as far as I recall. In any case VW's are not Porsches and Porsches (modern ones at least) aren't VW's. (356, 914/6 and 924 are the only VW bred or associated porsches with everthing else being full porsches). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raj The Rager Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 (edited) When there's paling paint on my car's bumper. "Did you hit something?" f*ckING NO!!! Edited October 2, 2017 by Raj Brunner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
We Are Ninja Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Which brings me to the next thing. Its funny how the general car people rule is, Take the best spec Japanese car, then compare it to the cheapest poverty spec US car and then point at the Japanese car and say how much better it is. I've been laughing at "poverty-spec US car" for weeks now. Partially because it's funny, and partially because I'm guilty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asadog2 Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 Someone asked me what a Range Rover was Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnocchi Flip Flops Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 So moronic loser just called me a "car weirdo" in the GTA:O section. Whatever that means. Some of the dumbest non-car people I've met on the net have been on none-other-than GTAForum's. Go figure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOUGL4S1 Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 So moronic loser just called me a "car weirdo" in the GTA:O section. Whatever that means. Some of the dumbest non-car people I've met on the net have been on none-other-than GTAForum's. Go figure! Could be worse, it could be one of those 'McLaren copied GTA:Online's T20 and made the P1!' people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cudwieser Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 So moronic loser just called me a "car weirdo" in the GTA:O section. Whatever that means. Some of the dumbest non-car people I've met on the net have been on none-other-than GTAForum's. Go figure! Could be worse, it could be one of those 'McLaren copied GTA:Online's T20 and made the P1!' people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InstaNoodles Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 Could be worse, it could be one of those 'McLaren copied GTA:Online's T20 and made the P1!' people.To be fair, they're probably pubescent 10 year olds who couldn't even tell you the difference between gasoline and diesel fuel. Paisan™ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original Light Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 A good laugh: https://www.treehugger.com/cars/and-car-year-ford-megaraptor.html The name of the site alone should give you a hint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cudwieser Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 A good laugh: https://www.treehugger.com/cars/and-car-year-ford-megaraptor.html The name of the site alone should give you a hint. One thing evident in the article the author actually hits the nail on the head that they aren't a car person. They raise some interesting points as to why we drive certain vehicles, but car people will always speak in terms of cars and alternatives that can better or equal another car. Non-car people tend to dismiss the car and think of ways to do without it imo. Original Light 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InstaNoodles Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 A good laugh: https://www.treehugger.com/cars/and-car-year-ford-megaraptor.html The name of the site alone should give you a hint. My uncle owns 2 full-size pickups, and he explains the reason for owning them with one word: convenience. If he has to take his family somewhere, he has large backseats, if he needs to haul large things, he has a large truck bed, if he needs to tow something, he has a tow hitch, and if the road conditions are bad, he has 4WD. Plus, he makes enough money that he can afford the fuel consumption and insurance, and he lives in a suburb. My point is, as long as full-size pickups are convenient and people can afford to own them, they're going stay popular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spincther Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 "The 2001 Monte Carlo SS is a cool car" ::facepalm:: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOUGL4S1 Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 Was watching a translated documentary about stolen cars when a "professional carjacker" refered to a BMW as a 'Bugatti'. The subtitles were ok, but what the hell was the translator smoking!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTA-Biker Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 (edited) So,yesterday me and my mom were talking about my new car,and she started complaining that my car doesn't have tinted windows,but when I told her all the stuff that it does have (power steering being one of them),she was like "What do you need a power steering for?" I'm still trying to figure out how are tinted windows better to have than power steering in her opinion,at least power steering makes turning the steering wheel much easier,which is especially useful for parking,tinted windows do absolutely nothing other than changing the looks of a car. Edited January 22, 2018 by GTA-Biker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cudwieser Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Well Tints are useful for reducing glare and helping to keep the view ahead clear on a bright day. Very Dark tints are daft, but a mild tint is useful. Regardless Power Steering is almost esential now. A Morris Minor or classic Beetle don't really need power steering due to the lighter weight and narrower tyres, but bulkier, modern cars certainly need it. 4x4's really need it (try driving an old Mk1-Mk3 Land Rover with a crash box and no power steering). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthLand Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Most young people here have tinted windows to have some privacy with your gf/bf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now