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Car and Driver shows why your cool quick car is slow
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 6:12 AM
http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/hot_lists/high_performance/features_classic_cars/surprise_speed_tournament_feature/(page)/1



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Car and driver shows you why your car is slow now

New postby greg on Jul Mon, 14 2008 2:27 pm
http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/hot_lists/high_performance/features_classic_cars/surprise_speed_tournament_feature/(page)/1

Cliffs:

V6 Camry > WRX (14.3 versus 14.4)

FX50 = Mustang Bullitt (13.6)

Escalade > Cooper S (14.8 versus 15.0)

Tundra < 328i (14.9 versus 14.8)

E63 AMG Wagon > R8 (12.5 versus 12.6)


My favorite is the Camry. It's cheaper and faster than the WRX.




Re: Car and Driver shows why your cool quick car is slow
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 6:36 AM
lmao, silly subaru. When will they ever learn?


Re: Car and Driver shows why your cool quick car is slow
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 8:14 AM
That was a good read.



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Re: Car and Driver shows why your cool quick car is slow
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 8:59 AM
what makes it so great is its so true


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Re: Car and Driver shows why your cool quick car is slow
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 11:27 AM
That is hilarious and completely awesome. Although there is a lot more to most of those cars than straight line performance. But I bet all the WRX fanboys get their panties in a bunch


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Re: Car and Driver shows why your cool quick car is slow
Wednesday, July 16, 2008 2:24 AM
Camry ain't quicker than me, and after rebates I was cheaper


And it's a WRX not an STi. That's really not anything to brag about, you're comparing a car that's 224 HP to a car with almost 270, and it just barely edges it out. Ummm, Point Toyota? lol Sorry. C&D is still crap. Ooooh an Escalade is quicker than a Mini Cooper. Throw one lane change in there, or do a 0-60-0 test and most of those races would go the otherway around. Besides, to get quicker than 5.0-5.5 second 0-60 you're really going to have to start ponying up cash in stock form, this test really anything great.
Re: Car and Driver shows why your cool quick car is slow
Wednesday, July 16, 2008 4:21 AM
Heh... with all that extra power these cars have, I sure hope so they are quicker, no matter what label they carry.



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Re: Car and Driver shows why your cool quick car is slow
Wednesday, July 16, 2008 5:23 AM
Emor8t wrote:Camry ain't quicker than me, and after rebates I was cheaper


And it's a WRX not an STi. That's really not anything to brag about, you're comparing a car that's 224 HP to a car with almost 270, and it just barely edges it out. Ummm, Point Toyota? lol Sorry. C&D is still crap. Ooooh an Escalade is quicker than a Mini Cooper. Throw one lane change in there, or do a 0-60-0 test and most of those races would go the otherway around. Besides, to get quicker than 5.0-5.5 second 0-60 you're really going to have to start ponying up cash in stock form, this test really anything great.


oh understood, and they even state all of those facts in the article. It's just showing that hp is up these days in almost EVERY car. And the fact if you owned a WRX, (awd turbo still, even though we all know its not an STi), but if you raced your mom in her camry, she'd win lol. It's just something to think, chuckle, and move on from...we all know the camry will NEVER be a cool car. Just a good laugh is all



Re: Car and Driver shows why your cool quick car is slow
Wednesday, July 16, 2008 5:43 AM
I understand their comparisons, but I also argue price vs performance.

The Escalade vs. Mini and Camry vs. WRX are excellent examples where the few thousand in purchase price difference would swap the tables rather unfairly.

Also on the WRX thing, just save the extra cash for the STi, not having to replace transmissions every 20K miles makes up for it rather quickly.


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Re: Car and Driver shows why your cool quick car is slow
Wednesday, July 16, 2008 5:55 PM
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^^ that's funny... my bugeye has 107k on the clock and is still on the original tranny.

if i raced a camry in my wrx i wouldn't lose... cuz I (just like most other wrx owners out there) am not stock.

besides, subaru didn't build the wrx or the sti for drag racing. they like corners and dirt.




Re: Car and Driver shows why your cool quick car is slow
Saturday, July 26, 2008 7:38 PM
strat81 wrote:^^ that's funny... my bugeye has 107k on the clock and is still on the original tranny.

if i raced a camry in my wrx i wouldn't lose... cuz I (just like most other wrx owners out there) am not stock.

besides, subaru didn't build the wrx or the sti for drag racing. they like corners and dirt.


Your one of the lucky ones, ask WRX owners at autocross about their paper gears, which i believe is #2.


-Chris


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