Who needs an import to go drifting?

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Re: Who needs an import to go drifting?

Reply #45 – August 15, 2005, 02:50:53 PM

Quote from: Tbird232ci

but i didnt hit the curb now did i? :hick:

ok Ill give ya that, you didnt put us into the curb, but ya did buckle the sidewalls :p

IMHO saleens and roushes are overpriced for what they are. they both come with body kits and wheels and not alot more (unless its like the stage 3 roush) but other then that its still just basically a stock gt...

Re: Who needs an import to go drifting?

Reply #46 – August 15, 2005, 11:06:17 PM

Quote from: EricCoolCats

Who else thinks drifting is pointless...raise your hand....

[Me me me me!]

Wow, I thought I was the only one that thought that.
Once again, you validated my thoughts just like you did when I discovered your site six years ago.

I like the European road rally type racing where they take cars that are much closer in resemblance to their stock versions than our NASCAR "stock cars" and race them over various types of surfaces that require different degrees of "drifting" or whatever to get through the turns and stuff.

Re: Who needs an import to go drifting?

Reply #47 – August 16, 2005, 07:04:50 AM

yah, but with rally racing, that is the fastest way around the course. and I love WRC and the SCCA Rally, and UKRC.. but alas, i no longer get speed vision..

Re: Who needs an import to go drifting?

Reply #48 – August 16, 2005, 09:03:07 AM

Quote from: Funky Cricket

yah, but with rally racing, that is the fastest way around the course. and I love WRC and the SCCA Rally, and UKRC.. but alas, i no longer get speed vision..

Don't worry, you're not missing much...it's the NASCAR Channel now...

Re: Who needs an import to go drifting?

Reply #49 – August 16, 2005, 09:07:31 AM

Quote from: EricCoolCats

Don't worry, you're not missing much...it's the NASCAR Channel now...

I'll be glad when the season is over.....

Re: Who needs an import to go drifting?

Reply #50 – August 16, 2005, 10:16:43 AM

Quote from: Chuck W

I'll be glad when the season is over.....

Like it would matter. They'll just show another NASCAR celeb golf tournament, or poker game. NASCAR needs to die.

Re: Who needs an import to go drifting?

Reply #51 – August 16, 2005, 12:37:23 PM

really, no more middle of the week midget series. or WRC, or goodwood? weekend Speedvis.. i mean speed channel series road racing, F1, and moto GP? Ilse of Mann? anything? just nascar (and it started before I lost it..) car or bike build up shows (which is getting lame.. lets see some ed racing.. any racing. boats, bikes, cars. two old men in walkers.. just RACE)

Re: Who needs an import to go drifting?

Reply #52 – August 16, 2005, 01:04:19 PM

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For a huge fee, he'll slap on the most useless 100hp you've ever seen in a Mustang that for some reason can't out-perform a stock GT.

That Car and Driver article had the GT at 13.8 in a quarter. 2 months later, they got a CONVERTIBLE to run faster with 160 lbs more weight. Bone stock 5 speeds are running as low as 13.4's and autos running 13.6's. The article also states that some people have turned a 12.7 in the Saleen supercharged version.

It should also be noted that with the Saleen supercharger (as well as the others on the market), the new Mustang runs out of fuel injector at the top end of the rpm band.

I'm rambling.....What I'm tryin to get at is the car mags don't really push cars as hard as they could for a time slip. Every time a Magazine like MM & FF or Hot Rod runs a car that Car and Driver or Motor Trend runs, they smoke them.
Also on the Saleen car, those big stupid ugly rims aint helpin any.
Gimme the Supercharger on my mustang, but Saleen can keep the rest of the stuff they do to those cars.

Re: Who needs an import to go drifting?

Reply #53 – August 16, 2005, 01:20:32 PM

Quote from: Funky Cricket

really, no more middle of the week midget series. or WRC, or goodwood? weekend Speedvis.. i mean speed channel series road racing, F1, and moto GP? Ilse of Mann? anything? just nascar (and it started before I lost it..) car or bike build up shows (which is getting lame.. lets see some ed racing.. any racing. boats, bikes, cars. two old men in walkers.. just RACE)

Oh, they still have all of those programs. You just have to sit through six hours of NASCAR TV to see a two minute commercial on WRC. And you have to be up at three am, on a wednesday, on the other side of the moon, to catch the actual program.

Re: Who needs an import to go drifting?

Reply #54 – August 16, 2005, 01:25:55 PM

Quote from: Funky Cricket

really, no more middle of the week midget series. or WRC, or goodwood? weekend Speedvis.. i mean speed channel series road racing, F1, and moto GP? Ilse of Mann? anything? just nascar (and it started before I lost it..) car or bike build up shows (which is getting lame.. lets see some ed racing.. any racing. boats, bikes, cars. two old men in walkers.. just RACE)

http://www.speedtv.com/home.php

One look at the lineup for any given day, and you'll get your answer.

Tuesday nights are bike nights...which I guess is cool (chick on the one show is hot, but nobody holds a candle to Paulie LOL). Then there's 'Pinks'...yeah, racing for pink slips. Total waste of videotape. 'Unique Whips' was cool for like, 5 minutes. Ugh. The channel has gone downhill completely bro. Like I said, you're not missing much.

The only car show that matters is on Wed. nights at 10pm on Discovery Channel: Top Gear

Re: Who needs an import to go drifting?

Reply #55 – August 16, 2005, 01:36:53 PM

I want them to keep trying to kill that pickup.

Re: Who needs an import to go drifting?

Reply #56 – August 16, 2005, 07:19:53 PM

Quote from: EricCoolCats

The only car show that matters is on Wed. nights at 10pm on Discovery Channel: Top Gear

I can't wait to see that one myself. Though i'm getting a sense that i've missed an episode already. Personally I think Rides and Overhaulin' on TLC are good shows as well. They tend to show more of the technical side of things without being uber "PIMP".

Re: Who needs an import to go drifting?

Reply #57 – August 17, 2005, 12:23:35 AM

Rides definitely shows the technical side compared to any show other than maybe Hot Rod TV or Trucks on Spike TV. Rides and Overhaulin' are more of an enthusiast aspect. Showing you how to make your ride cool. Oh well I'll stick to it and think up my own ideas.

Re: Who needs an import to go drifting?

Reply #58 – August 17, 2005, 10:18:12 AM

yah. i get 3 cable channels free with my internet (thank you lack of filters) I get discovery, tlc, and animal planet. I LOVE TOP GEAR. that show is AWESOME. i liked when he was running around with the apache helicopter. that was pretty sweet. and that nissan. that is one tough truck. i think rides, overhaulin' and top gear are the best car shows out right now (and the only ones i can get). but I think top gear is one of my all time favorite car shows. the tall host called the french "cheese eating surrender monkeys" I about fell over laughing.

yah, my dad has speed tv and i will be spending a bunch of time with him (save gas money, man this is getting ridiculous) and it was all nascar all the time. nascar golf, nascar talk shows, nascar talk shows, nascar talk shows, bush replay, nascar talk shows, and then some stupid "we have a moron non-mechanic and a prick shop ower build a bike" show. very sad. and I saw an add for WRC for sunday night at 11 pm. nice. i can really watch that... jerks. like i want to see 4 good ol' boys chat about rubbin paint for 4 hours. I LIKE nascar, but lately.. ugh.

Re: Who needs an import to go drifting?

Reply #59 – September 11, 2005, 09:47:01 PM

Well speedvision is dead to me now. I have not had Satelite TV since I moved out on my own and I was looking at getting a satelite next year to specifically watch speed. Well I guess I'm goin' to cable ugh!!