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jpgurl 07-30-2004 06:14 PM

we are now running lean. just two (relatively cheap) cars ;-)... with the new mortgage we are grounded -- for a while.

ARCHER 07-30-2004 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by jpgurl
with the new mortgage we are grounded -- for a while.

Ah yes... denial - classic symptom.

I thought the same thing after buying our house last May. We have since bought an M3 and a 'Disco. You might as well try to hold back the tides.

lemming 07-30-2004 06:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ARCHER
Quote:

Originally Posted by jpgurl
with the new mortgage we are grounded -- for a while.

Ah yes... denial - classic symptom.

I thought the same thing after buying our house last May. We have since bought an M3 and a 'Disco. You might as well try to hold back the tides.

;)

what he said.

clyde 07-30-2004 06:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lemming
15 years of driving and 21 or so cars.

Going on 18 years. 19 cars (give or take).

Possibly interesting stats:

11 sticks, 8 slushies, 0 wankermatics

5 black
4 blue
3 dark red
2 gray
2 yellow/white
1 gold
1 green
1 white

54 doors
3,906 horsepower
4,631 lb/ft torque
75.9 liters of displacement
59,102 pounds
124 cylinders
2 rotors
84 forward gears
14 V engines
4 inline engines
1 rotary engine

So, my average car:

2.8 doors
3110 pounds
205 HP
243 TQ
6.52 cylinders + .105 rotors
4.42 forward gears

:?

blee 07-30-2004 07:13 PM

now that's obsessive.


(...i wonder what the stats are for my cars...)

Roadstergal 07-30-2004 07:14 PM

LOL - I like that summation. But you should add your average vehicle's weight/hp ratio. Hmm...

3 sticks, 2 sequential

2 white, 2 red, one black

6 doors
459hp
465lbs/ft
7.25L
17 cylinders
8152lbs
3 inline engines, one V, one thumper
26 forward gears

Average car:
1.2 doors
1630lbs
91hp
93lbs/ft torque
3.4 cylinders
5.2 forward gears

18lbs/hp

clyde 07-30-2004 07:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Roadstergal
LOL - I like that summation. But you should add your average vehicle's weight/hp ratio. Hmm...

18lbs/hp

Motorcycles make things a little different, eh?

Roadstergal 07-30-2004 07:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by clyde
Quote:

Originally Posted by Roadstergal
LOL - I like that summation. But you should add your average vehicle's weight/hp ratio. Hmm...

18lbs/hp

Motorcycles make things a little different, eh?

Wheeeee!

lemming 07-30-2004 10:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by clyde
Quote:

Originally Posted by lemming
15 years of driving and 21 or so cars.

Going on 18 years. 19 cars (give or take).

Possibly interesting stats:

11 sticks, 8 slushies, 0 wankermatics

5 black
4 blue
3 dark red
2 gray
2 yellow/white
1 gold
1 green
1 white

54 doors
3,906 horsepower
4,631 lb/ft torque
75.9 liters of displacement
59,102 pounds
124 cylinders
2 rotors
84 forward gears
14 V engines
4 inline engines
1 rotary engine

So, my average car:

2.8 doors
3110 pounds
205 HP
243 TQ
6.52 cylinders + .105 rotors
4.42 forward gears

:?

it's interesting in general that your average car has more torque than horsepower. odd.

;)

bren 07-30-2004 10:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lemming

it's interesting in general that your average car has more torque than horsepower.

Don't all the really good ones... :smile:


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