Yesterday, thanks to my friend and quarter-master brian, I am now the proud owner of The Fast and The Furious DVD!
Of course, it does everything to help me become even more obsessed with cars. But this entry, i'd like to talk about cars that I would like to own or work on in my lifetime. I'd like to weigh the pro's and con's of everything and come up with a vehicle that I will enjoy.
Of course, everyone who knows anything wants a Toyota Supra. Who wouldn't? I would. Not only because The Fast and The Furious said it was a car that could "decimate all others", But also, because the numbers have proven it. It is a car that has it's horsepower numbers in the 650's and higher, and these are cars that are driven on a daily basis. The con's? Same reason as the Pro's. Everyone wants one, everyone knows about it. It's just not a challenge anymore if you're just copying what someone else has done. (Oh yea, insurance is a bitch too. Did i mention it still cost $25,000 used?)
Same with the Mazda RX-7. Massive power, Vin Diesel's car, it's rotary engine is built and tested to be able to handle massive pressure. The downside is the engine is like no other, so maintenence is extremely difficult. Insurance still sucks.
Acura NSX? It's fast, it's vtec, it has killer handling ability that makes it feel like it's glued to the road. But it's too expensive and too heavy. $80,000 and nowhere near as powerful as the supra or rx-7 in my opinion. Insurance? ouch.
And then the infamous Nissan Skyline GT-R It is a wonderful dream car with all wheel drive, a six cylinder inline engine, a twin turbo setup that can skyrocket the car to 1000 hp... Only thing wrong is that it's not available in the US. Sure, i can import one, but i don't feel like learning to drive on the right side of the car. Insurance... i don't even want to think about trying to insure a car that isn't even released in the states.
And of course, one of my dream cars, the Mitsubishi 3000GT VR4. It is 320 horsepower with all wheel drive and looks better then your girlfriend naked. But sadly, from what I learned in these last six months of being a car enthusiat is that it is too heavy. Mitsubishi tried to make it the best possible car possible, and well, they did. But at the same time, because of that, it sucks. Too much to worry about at this point in my life. (And of course, insurance sucks).
The last of the powerhouses (that I can think of)... theNissan 300ZX has been growing on me lately. Sure, it's a little on the heavy side, but it has the looks that I like. Sure, it's no supra, and I know it'll probably never beat one. But that's the challenge of it. It's twin turbo, and nissan knows it's twin turbos (skyline), so i know it'll be an engine that'll handle the amateur abuse that I throw at it. Plus I want to have something that nobody else has (at least, fewer people have), and then build it to be respectable. And, the older versions look as good as the newer versions, because it's body style didn't change that much. I'd love to grab an old 300zx that's on it's last leg and build it up from scratch.
Well, that's it for today, and for me, the 300zx is what i'd pick for my top end high horsepower beast. Tomorrow, i'll do another class... maybe the middle end cars?
Of course, it does everything to help me become even more obsessed with cars. But this entry, i'd like to talk about cars that I would like to own or work on in my lifetime. I'd like to weigh the pro's and con's of everything and come up with a vehicle that I will enjoy.
Of course, everyone who knows anything wants a Toyota Supra. Who wouldn't? I would. Not only because The Fast and The Furious said it was a car that could "decimate all others", But also, because the numbers have proven it. It is a car that has it's horsepower numbers in the 650's and higher, and these are cars that are driven on a daily basis. The con's? Same reason as the Pro's. Everyone wants one, everyone knows about it. It's just not a challenge anymore if you're just copying what someone else has done. (Oh yea, insurance is a bitch too. Did i mention it still cost $25,000 used?)
Same with the Mazda RX-7. Massive power, Vin Diesel's car, it's rotary engine is built and tested to be able to handle massive pressure. The downside is the engine is like no other, so maintenence is extremely difficult. Insurance still sucks.
Acura NSX? It's fast, it's vtec, it has killer handling ability that makes it feel like it's glued to the road. But it's too expensive and too heavy. $80,000 and nowhere near as powerful as the supra or rx-7 in my opinion. Insurance? ouch.
And then the infamous Nissan Skyline GT-R It is a wonderful dream car with all wheel drive, a six cylinder inline engine, a twin turbo setup that can skyrocket the car to 1000 hp... Only thing wrong is that it's not available in the US. Sure, i can import one, but i don't feel like learning to drive on the right side of the car. Insurance... i don't even want to think about trying to insure a car that isn't even released in the states.
And of course, one of my dream cars, the Mitsubishi 3000GT VR4. It is 320 horsepower with all wheel drive and looks better then your girlfriend naked. But sadly, from what I learned in these last six months of being a car enthusiat is that it is too heavy. Mitsubishi tried to make it the best possible car possible, and well, they did. But at the same time, because of that, it sucks. Too much to worry about at this point in my life. (And of course, insurance sucks).
The last of the powerhouses (that I can think of)... theNissan 300ZX has been growing on me lately. Sure, it's a little on the heavy side, but it has the looks that I like. Sure, it's no supra, and I know it'll probably never beat one. But that's the challenge of it. It's twin turbo, and nissan knows it's twin turbos (skyline), so i know it'll be an engine that'll handle the amateur abuse that I throw at it. Plus I want to have something that nobody else has (at least, fewer people have), and then build it to be respectable. And, the older versions look as good as the newer versions, because it's body style didn't change that much. I'd love to grab an old 300zx that's on it's last leg and build it up from scratch.
Well, that's it for today, and for me, the 300zx is what i'd pick for my top end high horsepower beast. Tomorrow, i'll do another class... maybe the middle end cars?
posted by Allen M @ 1/03/2002 10:01:00 AM
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