Posted on 07/22/2020 9:56:42 AM PDT by Red Badger
Sorry - didn’t mean to talk down to you. Re-reading, I can see your tone. Have a great week.
Must. be rough on the walls ...
Come on....Nothing deflates ego when you pull up to the limit line at an intersection and some 80 year old pulls up in the same exact vehicle...This is certainly not the custom car era of days gone by. It’s not even debatable.
Or maybe in this case Ford engineered in a 1400 HP Chaparral inspired fan to suck that baby down to the pavement.
“Come on....Nothing deflates ego when you pull up to the limit line at an intersection and some 80 year old pulls up in the same exact vehicle...This is certainly not the custom car era of days gone by. It’s not even debatable.”
Obviously you are not aware of the aftermarket! In fact many more thing are capable of being modified!
Factory cars are designed to emission and warranty issues. Name a part and I will discuss how mods are rampant!
I recall when neighborhood garage doors in half the neighborhood were open until midnight, with mostly young people working on their cars. The car was everything....Nowadays, most young people in their 20's prefer skateboards and the only people buying these expensive car appliances are old guys in their 70s and 80s because they're the only people who can afford them. For the most part, young people today have little or no interest in cars. It's very different today, whether you admit it or not.
“Young guys aren’t going to want a car like that unless it’s loud enough to annoy the hell out of old people.”
Comes with a front-mounted speaker!
I always thought that was such a great idea.
‘I recall when neighborhood garage doors in half the neighborhood were open until midnight, with mostly young people working on their cars. “
They weren’t modding, just trying to keep them running!
” the only people buying these expensive car appliances are old guys in their 70s and 80s because they’re the only people who can afford them.”
Non Sequitur
Don't know about that... About 40-years ago the wife threw a toaster at me for forgetting our 20th wedding anniversary and it easily came close to those numbers...
“It’s very different today, whether you admit it or not.”
Yes it is! You can buy a low mileage Mustang for $20k that will blow the doors off the supercars of yore.
Then mod it to your hearts content!
“You’re not very convincing to me. But try someone else, ya might get different results.”
Apparently you have a closed mind.
“You go ahead and try to convince me this is like the car culture of decades gone by. lol...’
That was not the point of discussion. We were discussing the aftermarket mods.
Nothing could touch them during the brief windows between breakdowns.
Jim Hall was a mad genius.
1,700 horsepower delivered to the wheels cannot create “2,300 pounds of downforce” unless the power is turning winches tied to the ground.
The author is not very bright when it comes to automotive tech.
“1,700 horsepower delivered to the wheels cannot create “2,300 pounds of downforce” unless the power is turning winches tied to the ground.
The author is not very bright when it comes to automotive tech.”
The wing creates the downforce.
Copy/paste does not make one an author!
He’s talking about the downforce created by the spoiler............at 160-170 mph...........
It would be nice if the OP did some research before posting.
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