Rojo
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If you could buy any car..?
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Some of those "exoskeleton" cars are pretty cool. Ariel Atom or KTM X-Bow. I'd like to build a "Vette Cart" someday.
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Those Ariels are very fast. One of the garages Eddie Hill has when I bought his Caddy had a few. He sure likes his toys.
I couldn't ever imagine fooling around with three wheelers. They're not a bike, they can't move through traffic like one and certainly don't corner like one. But the biggest flaw to my mind is the exposed front wheels, no room for error there. If I ever had to transition I'd get a proper sports car, something light and fast like an old Honda MR2 , a mid-engine car with optional supercharger. It was fitted with a 4A-GE 1.6-litre, twin cam, sixteen valve engine borrowed from the legendary AE86 Corolla GT-S.
From an Article:
handling is the MR2’s distinguishing characteristic. Just like its styling, handling of the MR2 is razor sharp. It is an easy car to drive fast and is even easier to drive faster. The car is nimble and predictable through corners with rapid and precise turn-in when the steering wheel is turned. Even if you manage to get yourself into trouble and the rear end starts to rotate around just dial in some opposite steering and the MR2’s quick reflexes will save you. Toyota spent a significant amount of time testing its new sports car at race circuits around the world using experienced race drivers like Dan Gurney to test development cars. Toyota even recruited Lotus to assist them with the handling balance of the car since Lotus had much more experience with the handling characteristics of mid-engine sports cars.
I had the opportunity to drive an Mazda MX5 years ago, I think they called them a Mileta in the states. As gutless a 4-cyl as you could get but it would stick to the road like S*** to a blanket. I took it up over Mt Tambourine S of Brisbane, a super windy road with lots of 30km/h corners. It drove like it was on rails, no flex in the body whatsoever. Having a curb weight under 1,100 kg (2,500 lb) helped of course. I certainly wouldn't get one of those, a hairdressers car for sure, but it showed me what a small sports orientated car could handle like if it was done right!
themotoringenthusiastjournal.com/fun_stuff/toyota_mr2.htm
I'll stick with my bikes for now though
From an Article:
handling is the MR2’s distinguishing characteristic. Just like its styling, handling of the MR2 is razor sharp. It is an easy car to drive fast and is even easier to drive faster. The car is nimble and predictable through corners with rapid and precise turn-in when the steering wheel is turned. Even if you manage to get yourself into trouble and the rear end starts to rotate around just dial in some opposite steering and the MR2’s quick reflexes will save you. Toyota spent a significant amount of time testing its new sports car at race circuits around the world using experienced race drivers like Dan Gurney to test development cars. Toyota even recruited Lotus to assist them with the handling balance of the car since Lotus had much more experience with the handling characteristics of mid-engine sports cars.
I had the opportunity to drive an Mazda MX5 years ago, I think they called them a Mileta in the states. As gutless a 4-cyl as you could get but it would stick to the road like S*** to a blanket. I took it up over Mt Tambourine S of Brisbane, a super windy road with lots of 30km/h corners. It drove like it was on rails, no flex in the body whatsoever. Having a curb weight under 1,100 kg (2,500 lb) helped of course. I certainly wouldn't get one of those, a hairdressers car for sure, but it showed me what a small sports orientated car could handle like if it was done right!
themotoringenthusiastjournal.com/fun_stuff/toyota_mr2.htm
I'll stick with my bikes for now though
They are called a Miata here in North America.....I know someone that has a new one, he supercharged it and that little car is like a go-cart....I couldn't ever imagine fooling around with three wheelers. They're not a bike, they can't move through traffic like one and certainly don't corner like one. If I ever had to transition I'd get a proper sports car, something light and fast like an old Honda MR2 , a mid-engine car with optional supercharger. It was fitted with a 4A-GE 1.6-litre, twin cam, sixteen valve engine borrowed from the legendary AE86 Corolla GT-S.
From an Article:
handling is the MR2’s distinguishing characteristic. Just like its styling, handling of the MR2 is razor sharp. It is an easy car to drive fast and is even easier to drive faster. The car is nimble and predictable through corners with rapid and precise turn-in when the steering wheel is turned. Even if you manage to get yourself into trouble and the rear end starts to rotate around just dial in some opposite steering and the MR2’s quick reflexes will save you. Toyota spent a significant amount of time testing its new sports car at race circuits around the world using experienced race drivers like Dan Gurney to test development cars. Toyota even recruited Lotus to assist them with the handling balance of the car since Lotus had much more experience with the handling characteristics of mid-engine sports cars.
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I had the opportunity to drive an Mazda MX5 years ago, I think they called them a Mileta in the states. As gutless a 4-cyl as you could get but it would stick to the road like S*** to a blanket. I took it up over Mt Tambourine S of Brisbane, a super windy road with lots of 30km/h corners. It drove like it was on rails, no flex in the body whatsoever. Having a curb weight under 1,100 kg (2,500 lb) helped of course. I certainly wouldn't get one of those, a hairdressers car for sure, but it showed me what a small sports orientated car could handle like if it was done right!
themotoringenthusiastjournal.com/fun_stuff/toyota_mr2.htm
I'll stick with my bikes for now though
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One of my former colleagues had a 2nd gen factory supercharged MR2 of which he spent a pile of money on for upgrades.....it was quite a car and sexy as heck.......
I couldn't ever imagine fooling around with three wheelers. They're not a bike, they can't move through traffic like one and certainly don't corner like one. But the biggest flaw to my mind is the exposed front wheels, no room for error there. If I ever had to transition I'd get a proper sports car, something light and fast like an old Honda MR2 , a mid-engine car with optional supercharger. It was fitted with a 4A-GE 1.6-litre, twin cam, sixteen valve engine borrowed from the legendary AE86 Corolla GT-S.
From an Article:
handling is the MR2’s distinguishing characteristic. Just like its styling, handling of the MR2 is razor sharp. It is an easy car to drive fast and is even easier to drive faster. The car is nimble and predictable through corners with rapid and precise turn-in when the steering wheel is turned. Even if you manage to get yourself into trouble and the rear end starts to rotate around just dial in some opposite steering and the MR2’s quick reflexes will save you. Toyota spent a significant amount of time testing its new sports car at race circuits around the world using experienced race drivers like Dan Gurney to test development cars. Toyota even recruited Lotus to assist them with the handling balance of the car since Lotus had much more experience with the handling characteristics of mid-engine sports cars.
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I had the opportunity to drive an Mazda MX5 years ago, I think they called them a Mileta in the states. As gutless a 4-cyl as you could get but it would stick to the road like S*** to a blanket. I took it up over Mt Tambourine S of Brisbane, a super windy road with lots of 30km/h corners. It drove like it was on rails, no flex in the body whatsoever. Having a curb weight under 1,100 kg (2,500 lb) helped of course. I certainly wouldn't get one of those, a hairdressers car for sure, but it showed me what a small sports orientated car could handle like if it was done right!
themotoringenthusiastjournal.com/fun_stuff/toyota_mr2.htm
I'll stick with my bikes for now though
Beautiful car! I got to drive a later gen turbo MR2. Amazing car. One of my first turbo car experiences. The car I drove had significant turbo lag. One had to drive it in anger to keep her on boil. One mix up and you are off the boost and the power.
......His MR2 must have been turbo'd instead. For some reason I thought it was supercharged.......those were the 1st gen cars....
Yes. I think there were only the two gens. Gen 1 had the sweet supercharger. Gen 2 went turbo. Both awesome.
The first generation were much beloved and bullet proof. They had a unique look too. The second seemed to take on the look of an impala or malibu, probably to cater to the american market?
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Gen-1
As time passes cars often lack compared to their earlier variants, The Suzuki Vitara is a case in point. When it first came out in the 1990's it revolutionized small 4x4 driving and found a real niche. In the 00's they improved it a little and by 2008 had a bitching V6 variant with 230Hp, full 4-wheel drive of course, with low range and a smart ESP system for stability in corners, hill descent control etc. It looked like a town car, very stylish. After 2010 they did away with the V6 and then the 4x4 as it became an all-wheel drive girls car. I think they stopped making them in the late 2010's?
Gen-2
Gen-1
As time passes cars often lack compared to their earlier variants, The Suzuki Vitara is a case in point. When it first came out in the 1990's it revolutionized small 4x4 driving and found a real niche. In the 00's they improved it a little and by 2008 had a bitching V6 variant with 230Hp, full 4-wheel drive of course, with low range and a smart ESP system for stability in corners, hill descent control etc. It looked like a town car, very stylish. After 2010 they did away with the V6 and then the 4x4 as it became an all-wheel drive girls car. I think they stopped making them in the late 2010's?
I personally prefer the gen 2 MR2....it's just a little sleeker than the Gen 1.....
The Vitara never took off here for some reason.......there were a few Samurais around...I remember when they first came out, a friend had one and we checked it out and discovered the clutch cable was the same one he had on his GSX1150F which was kind of cool.....
The later Samurais were a pretty stout vehicle....
I remember the first Subaru I saw, the spare tire was in the engine compartment......we all scratched our heads when looking at it at a car show.....it was some sort of a hatch back...
I like it just the way it is......a nice Sunday driver.....
But that's the new thing to build these cars into modern standards keeping the old school look....
Yeah, I don’t want the big wheels, huge brakes, fuel injection thing on this one. But it could use some handling upgrades and it needs more brakes now, but they gotta hide. It does have a Harwood hood to go on it and I have my dad’s old Camaro front spoiler for it, but that’s probably the only visible body mods. It’ll get Vintage Air climate controls and I might slip an overdrive in it later, but that will be after I finish the 540” BBC for it.
Rojo
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These two trucks are very similar ~ International & Rivian along with VW •
Be fun until the first service is due.......If someone were to offer me the keys to a Lamborghini Aventador I would gladly take them.
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Be nice to have sitting in a living room though...
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