IFR Pilot

Most successful car of all time is Toyota. If domestic were so great, seems they would be #1.

Makes a person wonder.

http://www.automotoportal.com/articl...sful_Cars_Ever

FahrtAutoRC

Yer right. Theyre great cars. Terrific. But with just as many problems as the next company try convincing me that theyre the BEST....

http://www.toyota.com/recall/?srchid=K16005_p280587120

http://blogs.consumerreports.org/car...ighlights.html

Ive owned an '89 Supra, and '86 Celica Supra and a 1992 Celica GTS. All good cars, but not without their own problems, otherwise Id still own them today.

And red, I was stating in the first part just how nice the "American Junk" Ive owned is, and also trying to poke and prod to see how he feels that my American junk truck hauls more imports to the scrap yard than anything else. If he wants to get into an argument or sit there and say s*%t about American vehicles and how much better imports are then he should do it with a guy whos spent his LIFE in and around vehicles and garages, working on ALL makes and models and also making part of my living hauling what cant be fixed away for cash money. I can sit here and talk crap about vehicles from nearly a dozen different makers just because Ive owned em, some Fords included. More so I can talk about way more than that from having to work on em. But I wont unless Ive done some form of research, personal experience or at least SOMETHING to back my claims up.

If youre going to burn my flag, wrap yourself in it first. If you dont like it here, Ill help you pack, and before you bash our vehicles in favor of ones from other locations, make damn sure ya know what youre talking about.

HJJFFFAA

Because the average consumer knows what they're buying, right?

FahrtAutoRC

True, sarcasm noted and in most cases the consumer is a bigger idiot than the proverbial lady in white gloves holding the ketchup popsicle. Nobody stops for two seconds and thinks "Hmm, if I'm going to be spending this kinda money on something, maybe I should look into it a little bit.".

And its people like that who dont realize what all is wrong with a used car they are looking at, buy vehicles based solely on one or two aspects and get shafted on everything else, or buy a GM not realizing that many of their vehicles are actually just re-badged Daewoos since GM bought them out in (I believe) 2001. Nobody researches because the public masses have been trained thru their whole lives by way of consumerism and corporate tactics to plain and simply not think, just buy.

HJJFFFAA

Only the really budget small cars (think Aveo) are Daewoos.

redfisher1974

You are entilted to your rant, But I still stand buy my orignal statment.

Airplanes400

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And what does this have to do with r/c? Can't even fit a foamy in it.

tommygun32

ROFL....here we go again.....

Hi Airplanes400....and welcome to the "off-topic" cars forum.[sm=what_smile.gif]

ThunderbirdJunkie

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This post has nothing to do with remotely operated model automobiles.

IFR Pilot

True, and it's also true that vehichles of today are MUCH bigger than they were in the past, but for some odd reason that forgot to be mentioned, well that is until I mentioned it.

The_Shark

sniff sniff..... pew! what smells like narcissism?

IFR Pilot

Smells like the truth to me. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go shopping for my next foriegn car because all my family love'em.

lee172

I dont mind when pointless threads get locked, but this one is interesting, dont kill it by bickering please

Nitro777

HOLY CRAP!!!!!! you actually brought up toyota in this argument as being a good quality import.................somebody forgot about the largest recalls in automotive history that happened recently. 




OH YEAH NOBODY BEATS AMERICAN MUSCLE...........best bang for the buck..........CORVETTE!!!

FahrtAutoRC

lmao nice but Ill see your Corvette and raise you a 1970 CobraJet Stang

ThunderbirdJunkie

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Cobra Jet ain't got nothin on a 1994 Toyota Paseo.

Airplanes400

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Yeah, I heard that Toyota cars do great hole shots ... hahaha
I prefer a 1972 Barracuda

The_Shark

if i wanted 1/4 mile times i wouldn't have got a corvette, i like all around proformance. mustangs are cool but not my thing.

though it will be far from a slug after the head swap, proformance intake, stock 750cfm carb, vortec heads and 1.6 roller rockers, true dual exhaust and possibly headers. 330-370HP sounds right.

ThunderbirdJunkie

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Let's not forget your gears, son. What gears are in the rearend now? something like 3.08s?

Do up some 3.42s or 3.55s or 3.73s. Enjoy your rocket.

IFR Pilot

Ok, so everybody wants me to go out and buy American and thats exactly what I did today, I even left work early to do so.

The_Shark

i will have to check. however im happy where it revs at 60mph

IFR Pilot

What a piece of punk this is, shame on them http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3QNzJLtqLQ

ThunderbirdJunkie

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Don't mind Ford, just equaling the M3's performance for half of the price...
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOwSPccbzl4[/youtube]

IFR Pilot

I noticed you said M3 and not M6, smart man.

HJJFFFAA

Why? The M6 is not comparable to the Mustang.