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Old Nov 21, 2007 | 06:25 PM
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Have you ever driven a car and you couldnt believe the speed/power of it?
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08 Lacer, I thought it would of been faster but it was kinda slow as hell even with like 150hp or something..even the salesman says its was slow and because it shares the same engine as a snow mobile he said...I mean all the features on the GTS was cool like the 600w speakers or something like that but meh almost 8k more then the tC.

Another car I test drove before getting the tC that I was surpised was the Si. It was ok.
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Nope. I've seen cars I couldn't believe though.
Old Nov 22, 2007 | 05:36 AM
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I test drove an 06 EVO MR the other day and was impressed.. pulls hard, excellent handling and everything.. the price is just too high for a used one
Old Nov 22, 2007 | 05:37 AM
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Have you ever driven a car and you couldnt believe the speed/power of it?
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Old Nov 22, 2007 | 12:27 PM
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yeah my xA when coming from a largest american mopar that was some what slow my xA was peppy thats all i have to say
Old Nov 22, 2007 | 03:37 PM
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The C6 Corvette, I really couldn't believe the car had 400hp.....felt more like 190hp at best. I mean the car is rediculously fast and all, but your soooo disconnected from driving it its not even funny. Way too smooth and no sensation of speed whatsoever.....with 400hp I expected to walk away with neck problems....but I didn't. Not a fun car to drive.
Old Nov 23, 2007 | 12:19 AM
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2001 ish rav 4 2.0l mt. so slow that i was floring it for normal "Fuel efficient" acceleraton. but the clutch travel was shorter than my tc's.
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1988 Mitsubishi Starion (5sp, turbo)
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2008 Audi S8. That thing gets up and moves, especially for being over 4500 lbs.

Originally Posted by street_TSE_lethal
1988 Mitsubishi Starion (5sp, turbo)
A friend of mine was an enthutiast of those, he had 3 running ones over a span of 6 months and I agree 100%. Those things haul ___.
Old Nov 26, 2007 | 10:57 PM
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1990 ford probe gt with upped boost... The thing screamed I didnt get why...... Crazy....
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Toyota Tundra 5.7L v8-for being a big heavy truck it has some nice acceleration
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2006 E55 AMG. I could not believe how fast that thing would accelerate and it seemed like it would never stop pulling. But more surprising was how quiet it remained even when almost to the redline. And it was an auto.
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Our shop truck 2007 Tundra V8 381HP 400+ torque gets up and goes and tows a race trailer with no effort.

2004 M3 stock on a road course.

Our 1995 M3 Race Car blowing past 450HP Porsches on a lapping day. The car has 255 to to the wheels and weights 2650 with driver.
Old Dec 4, 2007 | 01:39 AM
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My good friends Stage 2 Chevy Cobalt SS, Suprised the ish out of me
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friend's 1992 R32 GTR skyline. 2 bar boost with tons of upgrades. Droped the clutch at 4500 and did a 4 wheel burnout. WAY faster than it looks. pushes you HARD into the seat. 525bhp
Old Dec 15, 2007 | 04:53 PM
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cars that surprised me are the new sentra ser, saturn ion redline
Old Dec 16, 2007 | 07:01 AM
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my friends 89 supra single turbo...

OMFG, that thing pulled like no other, by far the fastest car i have ever driven in my life.
Old Dec 18, 2007 | 06:56 AM
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my bro Bmw 745i..

That thing is a beast!
Old Dec 18, 2007 | 07:06 AM
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PT cruiser. I knew it sucked but it sucked even worse than i thought(it was a rental). i think my xB has more peppiness than that POS! it sucked for merging on the freeway. but a car that suprised me was my grandma's 04 Altima 3.5SE, for a sedan that car goes. thanks to the VQ35 under the hood.



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