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DrifterExtreme;282439 wrote:
um you know if you never do maintenence regularly it always comes back to bite you in the ass... FACT

3000 mile oil changes are a scam.. fact.
I do my own service since I dont want some 19 year old fresh out of tech school touching my vehicles.

Its a fun thread anyway... stir away Bill.

DrifterExtreme

zbrown;282438 wrote:
i thought ecotec powered the fastest FWD??

yeah who would have thought with corporate money you could go the fastest....:icon_salut:

dubbsy

YellowEvo;282431 wrote:
bet the gas mileage on that is sweet....:icon_puke_r:

if you bought a truck for gas mileage, you're doing it wrong.

zbrown

DrifterExtreme;282443 wrote:
yeah who would have thought with corporate money you could go the fastest....:icon_salut:

is that an excuse or an explanation??

So you are telling me the K series are in a league of their own compared to the ecotec??

YellowEvo

dubbsy;282444 wrote:
if you bought a truck for gas mileage, you're doing it wrong.

I have it for work, kinda can't strap up carpet/vinyl and tools to the top of the evo or z4...

YellowEvo

63vette;282437 wrote:
At 10,000 miles per year, gas avg price = $2.25 p/gal; my cost is still only $2,000 per year where at 22mpg you spend $1,000.
One major repair on your Toyota and its a tie. Mines gone 3 years now without a dime in repair or service so you have 3 more years of zero failure then we can discuss this again.

On the other hand, going out to eat out once a week at 30 bucks per couple comes to $1,560. So if you are really trying to save money dont eat out.

it's called a warranty... usually you take advantage of it, and after it's up, get rid of it... sounds good to me

DrifterExtreme

no i'm stating the hondas are slower, and that honda doesn't sponsor the drag cars. gm,saturn,mazda,toyota etc. sponsor drag cars. so naturally they will have an easier/faster time getting to that point(fastest fwd that is).

So i would think honda's would have a fighting chance if they were also cororate backed.

now i'm not 100% but i'm pretty sure honda doesn't have a drag racing team... haha most likely to busy building things that matter like F1 shit.

also look at a size of these motors that plays a huge role in it, as it always has and always will. american companies will build bigger. idk if it is because they can't product the same performance with there cars being quite bloated or if that is just how they want them to be made, lower reving torque monsters. idk!!1

but i can tell you from a tuner's perspective the k series looks more fun then a ecotec.....

63vette

YellowEvo;282447 wrote:
it's called a warranty... usually you take advantage of it, and after it's up, get rid of it... sounds good to me

He said he traded 3 vehicles and had the last for 7 months. I am thinking they were not under warranty.
If they were all new and under warranty he got raped from the depreciation on trade in.

Trading in every few years is exactly what the dealerships want you to do to maximize their profit. Way to fall for it.

DrifterExtreme

i'm pretty sure joe buys new

zbrown

but really now..... this picture perty much sums up just how gay all FWD platforms are...... regardless of origins

legacy image

DrifterExtreme

yeah they only crushed lap times doing that. totally gay

you going to make fun of sprint cars now, i mean they have the biggest wings and drift... totally gay....

zbrown

DrifterExtreme;282456 wrote:
yeah they only crushed lap times doing that. totally gay

you going to make fun of sprint cars now, i mean they have the biggest wings and drift... totally gay....

lol.... i am not arguing whether it works or not.....

just laughing at why such a retarded device/contraption is needed to make the car worth a shit

just like all the FWD drag guys should hand a set of tractor weights out over the front bumper

YellowEvo

63vette;282451 wrote:
He said he traded 3 vehicles and had the last for 7 months. I am thinking they were not under warranty.
If they were all new and under warranty he got raped from the depreciation on trade in.

Trading in every few years is exactly what the dealerships want you to do to maximize their profit. Way to fall for it.

Everything I've had has been new except 2 cars, my first and my 3rd, the rest have been brand new, and even if you keep it after it's paid off, you still get raped on it, not that big of a difference... so might as well trade when I dont want it anymore...

Parker

Ford Raptor >Tundra

Who got Motor Trend truck of the year this year?

Bp-08

YellowEvo;282428 wrote:
yeah after 7 months on the past trucks, i've traded them in, or just gotten rid of them.. was nothing about them that made me want to keep them..

Oh and if you want a 07 new style duramax let me know, my dad is gettin rid of his cause he hates the thing more than I did on my 07... gelled up on him 3 times last winter with the bra on... my toyota, started up every day with no problem

Your Toyota is a diesel? Did your dad plug the truck in? What diesel fuel was he running?

SPANISH-RICE

still waiting on one of you know it alls to prove me wrong. facts? so far your opinion means nothing. but your random talk and beating around the bush is very funny

00Ws6TransAm

SPANISH-RICE;282292 wrote:
lol , nice try

nice classic comebacks to the "ricer excuses". "who cares about bankruptcy? whats that have to do with racing?"

lol the fact that you've built shitty sub par products for so many years that not even your own countries citizens will buy your shit ass cars.

foreign companies are out innovating and doing things to improve the market. meanwhile domestic companies are closing plants, laying people off, and enjoying the government taking over their business. hhmmmm not only is that obviously the better product its definitely the superior business. ?

still gotta love the "no replacement for displacement" slogan all you fan bois have, how bout "power to weight" or "power per liter". any one can bore big holes. do something with your life

Another ricer quote...
So from the movie in this thread you are arguing gas mileage, power to weight, and towing capacity and gasmileage of an ugly suv? Did you not watch the video? It was a cheesy and somewhat ignorant video trying to say domestic cars out perform imports in SPEED and "handling". Go read some brochures in your lobby. Do you even own a 320whp car? Do you even run it at the track? Or do you see how much gas mileage and hp/liter it can make and make ricer comments all day long?

Parker

omg gas mileage....

Trafik Jamz

As much as it pains me to say this, I like my 99 Chevy 3/4 ton w/ 265,xxx miles more than I liked my 08 Tundra w/ 0 miles. Not that the Toyota wasn't a good vehicle with more than enough power and good creature comforts...the Chevy just feels more like what I think a truck should feel like.

Now, for cruising around, I liked the Tundra better I also liked it better in the snow/ice. But for a "work" truck, it seemed to lack vs. the 3/4 ton....of course comparing a 1/2 ton to a 3/4 ton as a work truck is a poor comparison as well.

zbrown

SPANISH-RICE;282482 wrote:
still waiting on one of you know it alls to prove me wrong. facts? so far your opinion means nothing. but your random talk and beating around the bush is very funny

lol, for an example look at the malibu, accord, camry, and fusion...all 09's...... funny that both the domestics get better mileage??

funny that the chevy equinox also gets better mileage than the RAV-4 or the CR-V

weird the 09 cobalt (non hybrid) does better in MPG than the 09 civic (non hybrid)

or from just glancing that GM has more models that get better than 30 mpg than Honda

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