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1 posted on 06/03/2013 4:12:27 PM PDT by jjotto
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I wonder how many of these glitzy toys are bought by ‘rat elites, who drive them everywhere except to “climate change” activist events.

Yet I can’t even buy a diesel work truck unencumbered by EPA high-maintenance engine-killing horsecrap, unless I get a well-used one.

So I’ll stick with used, I guess. “They’re making it hard for the working man...”


2 posted on 06/03/2013 4:17:37 PM PDT by Nervous Tick
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9 posted on 06/03/2013 4:43:01 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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From last night.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3026560/posts

255 HP is plenty if the car only weighs 2350 pounds. The problem with most of the listed vehicles is weight. Not to mention cost.

Heavy cars going fast eat tires and brakes at a furious pace. This English feller named Colin Chapman had this all figured out decades ago.


10 posted on 06/03/2013 4:50:42 PM PDT by SpeakerToAnimals (I hope to earn a name in battle)
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Here are the top 10.

My son-in-law mentioned that with the Ford family discounts (???) he priced a GT500 at under $50K... only daydreaming, of course.

Amazing!

Ferrari FF, 651 hp, $295,000

Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 (coupe and convertible), 662 hp, $54,800/$59,800

Lamborghini Aventador, 700 hp, $387,000

Pagani Huayra, 700 hp, $1.5 million

Ferrari F12 Berlinetta, 730 hp, $326,000

Koenigsegg Agera, 960 hp-1,140 hp, $1.5 million-$1.7 million

Bugatti Veyron, 1,001 hp, $1.3 million

Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport, 1,001 hp, $1,980,000

Bugatti Veyron SuperSport, 1,200 hp, $2,426,904

Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse, 1,200 hp, $2.6 million


16 posted on 06/03/2013 5:09:07 PM PDT by BwanaNdege ("To learn who rules over you simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize"- Voltaire)
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Ya know what’s funny, is ya look at all these high end hot rods which in the 60s and 70s used to be built and drivin by teenagers and young adults...Now the only ones ya see driving these sleds are feeble guys in the 80s trying to impress someone...Very pathetic..

In today’s America, they’re the only ones who can afford these flashy boats...Or the insurance...


17 posted on 06/03/2013 5:11:59 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdCLmxbhtH8

get your 700hp Mustang today!
(I don’t get paid for sharing this link, it just seems very responsive to this FR topic, and it is public and on Youtube anyway so anyone can watch it)

have fun, old guys who wanna feel young again?
zoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooom!


20 posted on 06/03/2013 5:30:44 PM PDT by faithhopecharity (()
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The stock 3.8 v6 in my FBird was 200 @the crank. Since I intend to keep the car till I croak I’ll rebuild the engine. With a cam, heads and exhaust It’ll hit 300 @ the crank pretty easily. Not bad for a six. The factory V8 was 300 @ the crank IFIRC. Not taking any bets on how long the trans will last after the upgrade...


25 posted on 06/03/2013 5:41:46 PM PDT by TalBlack (Evil doesn't have a day job.)
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Horse power sells cars...torque wins races.I had a BMW diesel,not much bigger (or heavier) than a Honda Accord,that put out 425 ft lbs of torque from 1700RPM to 3500RPM.Just brushing the accelerator pedal gave you the feeling that you had been shot out of a cannon.And it got 40mpg on the Interstate.

God I miss that car.

40 posted on 06/03/2013 6:20:07 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Leno Was Right,They *Are* Undocumented Democrats!)
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Liars Club is open...


49 posted on 06/03/2013 6:51:12 PM PDT by tubebender (Evening news is where they begin with "Good Evening," and then proceed to tell you why it isn't.)
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There will always be a small group of enthusiasts that will want the hottest cars around.


51 posted on 06/03/2013 6:55:55 PM PDT by popdonnelly (The right to self-defense is older than the Constitution.)
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