Car Talk (split from "Are you a geek?" thread)

[Aemon_]

Originally Posted by Jason425

oh and I don't think there is such a thing as a car geek.. those are called ricers

haha. but if you are into cars that are supposed to be fast, not econo-boxes then i guess you could be called a car geek

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[Jason425]

if anything, i'm a MPG geek :P

[vee_ess]

Originally Posted by Aemon_

haha. but if you are into cars that are supposed to be fast, not econo-boxes then i guess you could be called a car geek

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Yeah, I'm not a ricer and never will be. A ricer is someone who tries to make a car that isn't supposed to be fast look and supposedly sound fast, and, on occassion, from parts out of a Civic magazine, put enough parts to get the speeds comparable to a van.

Whats MPG?

[Aemon_]

Originally Posted by vee_ess

Whats MPG?

yes, i was curious about this too.

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[StinkyMojo]

Originally Posted by Aemon_

yes, i was curious about this too.

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miles per gallon...

all i have to say about that is

[Jason425]

jeez vee i'm suprised..




yea that's why you bought a low-end civic that is bone-stock? All they have is decent mpg

[StinkyMojo]

wow.. anyone in here thinks a civic sedan LX is low-end? heh.. bone-stock? learn a TEENY bit about cars before you open up your jabber and embarass yourself.

[Jason425]

1) yours is an LX, 2) you have a spoiler that's sitting in the garage... gj crapping the thread.. what'd you get on the geek test

[StinkyMojo]

don't blame me on crapping the thread.. stop making stupid comments about things you don't know.. what if i have the spoiler sitting in my garage? does that bother you?

[Aemon_]

well just to crap on the thread further, a honda civic sedan lx is not high end.

for one, its a 4 cylinder. two, it makes 115hp and 110lbft torque, my wife's saturn makes 105hp. its SOHC and doesn't even have VTEC, the ex model does though. and a spoiler wouldn't do a lick of good on a civic, due to the fact that its fwd. (from automobiles.honda.com, http://automobiles.honda.com/models/...me=Civic+Sedan)

now, is a new honda civic a nice car? yes. does it have awesome has mileage? yes. is it probably decently zippy and fun to drive? yes. high end? no. race car? no.

i'm not making fun or anything, cause my saturn is no speed demon. once it gets going its fun to drive, i've taken it up to about 105mph (bounced on the rev limiter) but it takes 2 years to get up to speed. economy is the name of the game for almost any honda but the S2000.

my $0.02.

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