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Old 07-30-2004, 06:14 PM   #21
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we are now running lean. just two (relatively cheap) cars ;-)... with the new mortgage we are grounded -- for a while.
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Old 07-30-2004, 06:29 PM   #22
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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.
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Old 07-30-2004, 06:39 PM   #23
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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.
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Old 07-30-2004, 06:57 PM   #24
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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

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Old 07-30-2004, 07:13 PM   #25
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now that's obsessive.


(...i wonder what the stats are for my cars...)
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Old 07-30-2004, 07:14 PM   #26
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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
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Old 07-30-2004, 07:17 PM   #27
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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?
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Old 07-30-2004, 07:54 PM   #28
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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?
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Old 07-30-2004, 10:32 PM   #29
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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.

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Old 07-30-2004, 10:38 PM   #30
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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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