Car Enthusiast Club [Now Motorcycle friendly!] - First thread to 150k! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[chaozbandit]

1 minute ago, GlassBomb said:

Comparing all new cars. Went back a couple of pages back. What other cars you can get for a similar price of the new NSX, that fills a similar role.

 

Very true. But I feel that very few people would get a $150~200k two-seater sports car as their only car. It would more likely be a car in addition to the M3.

Then again with the magic of chip tuning, a diesel panamera could as easily be a practical fast daily in addition to a sports car

 

 

[terrytek]

15 minutes ago, MadyTehWolfie said:

Old or new nsx? I could never justify spending 100k on what's essentially a old Honda. The new nsx is pretty sweet though.

i could. i love the old nsx so much, and the new one sucks, so yeah.

[chaozbandit]

7 minutes ago, terrytek said:

i could. i love the old nsx so much, and the new one sucks, so yeah.

 

DID SOMEBODY SAY

 

NA1

NSX

 

 

[bcredeur97]

Honda should make a "budget" version of the NSX inspired by the original and follows the same formula at a $50k-70k price point. 

 

Alternatively, they could bring back the S2K

[chaozbandit]

2 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

Honda should make a "budget" version of the NSX inspired by the original and follows the same formula at a $50k-70k price point. 

 

Alternatively, they could bring back the S2K

 

Which would entail developing a brand new chassis, which means goodbye sub 30K price point. But they now have the ability to plaster the Type-R ideology onto something else, so who knows.

 

I'm willing to bet we see a sporty version of the ILX before we see a Type-S Civic coupe

[terrytek]

5 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

Honda should make a "budget" version of the NSX inspired by the original and follows the same formula at a $50k-70k price point. 

 

Alternatively, they could bring back the S2K

well i heard honda might do something on its 75th anniversary, maybe bring something new based on a previous sports car, but that might be a while.

 

1 minute ago, chaozbandit said:

 

Which would entail developing a brand new chassis, which means goodbye sub 30K price point. But they now have the ability to plaster the Type-R ideology onto something else, so who knows.

 

I'm willing to bet we see a sporty version of the ILX before we see a Type-S Civic coupe

well we have the new civic si, so that's kinda the type-s model. but i just want a 2017 civic si sedan already.

[chaozbandit]

@MEC-777 GT1 !!

 

 

 

Crazy to think back in those days you had the V12 monsters (Lambo, Maserati) and then Nissan over here with a V8 swap GTR.

 

[bcredeur97]

4 minutes ago, terrytek said:

well i heard honda might do something on its 75th anniversary, maybe bring something new based on a previous sports car, but that might be a while.

 

well we have the new civic si, so that's kinda the type-s model. but i just want a 2017 civic si sedan already.

New civic si? What's that like... I haven't heard anything lol

 

but I've also been pretty busy tho

 

working everyday has its downsides

[terrytek]

1 minute ago, bcredeur97 said:

New civic si? What's that like... I haven't heard anything lol

 

but I've also been pretty busy tho

 

working everyday has its downsides

http://www.motortrend.com/cars/honda/civic/2017/2017-honda-civic-si-first-look-review/

basically it's got the turbo 1.5 4, but instead of being super rev happy, it's just torquey, and i'm not sure how i feel about it. but at least it only comes in a manual.

[bcredeur97]

3 minutes ago, terrytek said:

http://www.motortrend.com/cars/honda/civic/2017/2017-honda-civic-si-first-look-review/

basically it's got the turbo 1.5 4, but instead of being super rev happy, it's just torquey, and i'm not sure how i feel about it. but at least it only comes in a manual.

Skimmed through it. 

 

It it doesn't look atrocious like the type R does, and it has a manual. It's fine.

 

but yeah gone is the fun engines it seems.

 

turbos are fun but they don't have the same "character"

[bcredeur97]

4 minutes ago, vinyldash303 said:

Yeah. Torque drives cars iin north America. Mr. Regular says its because the soccer moms go 'oh oh god shift! its getting close to the red'

 

when the red is at 6 and you're at 4 because 6 is only 2 away from 4

Yeah people don't rev out their engines here. They want to be able to push the pedal and the car just go. 

 

As soon as battery tech gets revised, electric cars are gonna be insanely popular here.

[MEC-777]

15 hours ago, chaozbandit said:

@MEC-777

 

 

The Red Baron lives!  

[JoaoPRSousa]

44 minutes ago, chaozbandit said:

Then again with the magic of chip tuning, a DIESEL panamera could as easily be a practical fast daily in addition to a sports car

 

[chaozbandit]

1 minute ago, JoaoPRSousa said:

 

 

 

[chaozbandit]

4 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

Yeah people don't rev out their engines here. They want to be able to push the pedal and the car just go. 

 

As soon as battery tech gets revised, electric cars are gonna be insanely popular here.

 

Once the charging infrastructure improves, it's going to take off. 

[JoaoPRSousa]

1 minute ago, chaozbandit said:

 

 

Hmmmm, no. I'll still take a petrol powered one

[MEC-777]

8 minutes ago, chaozbandit said:

 

Man, that is hideous. Couldn't they at least try to make it look decent? lol

[bcredeur97]

8 minutes ago, chaozbandit said:

 

Once the charging infrastructure improves, it's going to take off. 

And there's me with my Miata that will now rev to 7500 rpm (used to be 7200, just a 'lil bump) thanks to the JDM ecu 

 

 

[bcredeur97]

Also... I have a lightweight flywheel on the way. The heaviest ACT one. 

 

Ive seen different numbers ranging from 13 all the way to 14.7 lbs for it though... weird lol. 

 

Whatever it is, it's fine tho. Still lighter than 22 stock. And they say it doesn't affect everyday driveability very much. 

 

Also when I drove my car yesterday to the shop we're working on it at; it had been 3 weeks since I last drove it. It was soooo nice! I forgot how much fun miatas are haha. There really isn't any other everyday cars that feel the same. It's wonderful

[techswede]

8 hours ago, RevoltTrain said:

It's awful around here. All year round. Michigan is known to be the worst state in the US for Deer.I live 5 minutes from Michigan so we have all sorts of deer. It's terrifying, because hitting one at 40-50 is typically enough to total a car with how big they are

We've got deer and moose over here. Real happy about the great high beams on the camaro. And the big brakes.

Hitting one of these would suck

We also have wolves, boar and badgers. They also suck to hit. Especially boar. 

[JoaoPRSousa]

1 minute ago, techswede said:

We've got deer and moose over here. Real happy about the great high beams on the camaro. And the big brakes.

Hitting one of these would suck

 

We also have wolves, boar and badgers. They also suck to hit. Especially boar. 

 

Holy shit, that's one big moose.

[techswede]

Just now, JoaoPRSousa said:

 

Holy shit, that's one big moose.

Saw one a while back that looked big next to a semi. They grow real big

[techswede]

4 minutes ago, vinyldash303 said:

The one in the pic looks 15 feet tall!

Somewhere around 7.5-7.6 feet. Withers height. (Tallest point not including the head) 

 

[bcredeur97]

1 minute ago, techswede said:

Somewhere around 7.5-7.6 feet. Withers height. (Tallest point not including the head) 

 

Still dwarfed by a blue whale

 

i can't even imagine how kinda terrifying it would be to be next to one of those....

[techswede]

Just now, bcredeur97 said:

Still dwarfed by a blue whale

 

i can't even imagine how kinda terrifying it would be to be next to one of those....

If you're  at risk of colliding with a blue whale while driving. You're either james bond. Or really really stupid