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which camp are you in ? muscle vs nimble

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  • 25-11-2011 11:07am
    #1
    RobAMerc
    Registered Users Posts: 5,862 ✭✭✭


    Says it in the title - are you a Buick or a Lotus kinda person ?

    Camaro or an MX5 maybe ?

    give your answer and a why maybe.


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    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 23,339 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I'd love a lotus, wouldn't fancy an MX5 and am tempted by diesel Chrysler 300c yokes so I dunno really.


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    #3
    unkel
    Registered Users Posts: 64,974 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    I'd rather be a lion than a mouse. Big V8 petrol Gran Turismo for me please and give me a few empty Autobahns :cool:


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    Chriscl1
    Registered Users Posts: 999 ✭✭✭Chriscl1


    That's hard, I would absolutely love a mk1 mx5 and I have always wanted the bandits trans-am since I was a young boy.

    Can I have, if there is such thing, a nimble muscle car and would the v8 m5, vxr8 qualify?


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    ShadowHearth
    Registered Users Posts: 22,929 ✭✭✭✭ShadowHearth


    Ah irony lol. I am a bit of bouth? ;)


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    vectra
    Registered Users Posts: 15,512 ✭✭✭✭vectra


    Big V8 for me if I could have the choice.


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    langdang
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,864 ✭✭✭langdang


    It's all about the corners. Mini Cooper JCW please.


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    cjt156
    Registered Users Posts: 2,062 ✭✭✭cjt156


    Bit of both; I think I'd always have to have 2 cars to keep me sane.

    Or I could compromise and just go with the Maserati GT...if I HAD to...


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    Big Nasty
    Registered Users Posts: 22,080 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    Big N' Boisterous all the way! :)


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    RobAMerc
    Registered Users Posts: 5,862 ✭✭✭RobAMerc


    lads - I am clearly talking about the ethos of the car rather than the car itself so please don't be put off by my mentioning of any particular car.

    personally I am in the fast'n'nimble camp - I love the older stuff particularly the older lancias etc or the Honda s800 that put quality engineering above brute force. However I firmly believe if you don't like the burble of a big bent 8 you've no business calling yourself a car man.


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    R.O.R
    Registered Users Posts: 12,677 ✭✭✭✭R.O.R


    Add lightness rather than more power. Nimble for me please.


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    Tea 1000
    Registered Users Posts: 4,520 ✭✭✭Tea 1000


    RobAMerc wrote: »
    lads - I am clearly talking about the ethos of the car rather than the car itself so please don't be put off by my mentioning of any particular car.

    personally I am in the fast'n'nimble camp - I love the older stuff particularly the older lancias etc or the Honda s800 that put quality engineering above brute force. However I firmly believe if you don't like the burble of a big bent 8 you've no business calling yourself a car man.
    I agree with this completely. I haven't driven too many older stuff, but there's something fantastic about the mechanical feel and effort put into driving something from 30 years ago. Something that feels built and constructed rather than produced and assembled.
    So I'd go for nimble/mechanical type by and large, but you can't have too many cylinders or too much bhp!


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    Voodoomelon
    Registered Users Posts: 9,662 ✭✭✭Voodoomelon


    Big engined for me, but depends on the car too. Not too attracted to big American muscle cars at all.


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    Joe 90
    Registered Users Posts: 891 ✭✭✭Joe 90


    Well, I've got and Exige S1 and if I won the € rollover tonight I get a nice Evo 9 RS and an Ultima as well and maybe a Cayman for a sensible car.


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    barura
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,505 ✭✭✭barura


    But these exist:
    Nissan-GTR-R35-Vspec-862440.jpeg

    Why can't it be both?


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    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,985 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    Nimble please, I want to go around corners :)

    This is tempting though, even if it doesn't go round corners....

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIFZEvIxOoE


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    Max Power1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,272 ✭✭✭✭Max Power1


    Power...
    (said in Jeremy Clarkson accent ;) )


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    BrianD3
    Registered Users Posts: 8,297 ✭✭✭BrianD3


    The Ultima Can Am was mentioned - a light car with a stonking V8. Even lighter is the Gardner Douglas T70. 350-700+ bhp V8 and around 920 kg. Looks pretty nimble to me in the below video and the sound from that v8 :eek:. I believe that this is a road legal car.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_RKJAUq4cg


    Another T70 in this video filmed from a Caterham R500. Two seriously quick cars. Check out how big and clumsy the Nissan GTR looks as they go either side of him (in fairness to the GTR driver he may not have been "trying")
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiCUL9SnXR4


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    RobAMerc
    Registered Users Posts: 5,862 ✭✭✭RobAMerc


    BrianD3 wrote: »
    Caterham R500

    now you are talking ! although I think this may have a foot in both camps as its got a stonking power to weight ratio which negates the need for a big lump up front.


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    cjt156
    Registered Users Posts: 2,062 ✭✭✭cjt156


    Atom V8? 900bhp/tonne.


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    Tea 1000
    Registered Users Posts: 4,520 ✭✭✭Tea 1000


    dgt wrote: »
    Nimble please, I want to go around corners :)

    This is tempting though, even if it doesn't go round corners....

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIFZEvIxOoE
    I wonder how long that lasted?


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    Tea 1000
    Registered Users Posts: 4,520 ✭✭✭Tea 1000


    cjt156 wrote: »
    Atom V8? 900bhp/tonne.
    Every time I see a review on the V8 Atom, the same thought pops into my head:
    "I wonder what it would be like if you turbocharged it?"


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