General Car Conversation 2024 - part 2
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Definitely not.
A friend of mine, however, once had a 1994 MR2 Turbo...bought it new in Manassas. I helped him clean it and take care of it....drove it a couple of times. He often got compliments that in that bright red color the body style looked like a small Ferrari.
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#153
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Speaking of supercars etc I was going through body stiffness metrics and a lot of sporty cars aren't nearly as stiff as you would think.....the S class beats most of them as does the A8 but that is expected with the aluminum body.
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Thought never crossed my mind to investigate that, dammit I'm still a rookie. Haha 🤓
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I only looked since I drove a car that conventional wisdom would say is stiff but it felt floppy vs my daily, after looking it clock in at only 17500 NM/* vs 44000 and that explained why it felt like it did.
#156
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Definitely not.
A friend of mine, however, once had a 1994 MR2 Turbo...bought it new in Manassas. I helped him clean it and take care of it....drove it a couple of times. He often got compliments that in that bright red color the body style looked like a small Ferrari.
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#157
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Agreed......but that is not what I was getting at. He got a number of compliments saying it looked liked a Ferrari......the bright red paint and body styling gave a strong Italian vibe to it.
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#158
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Perhaps people who had never seen a Ferrari thought it looked like a Ferrari lol
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Have to do some heavy squinting but the slits on the side just ahead of the rear tires, Ferrari Testorosa.
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I agree with the obvious statement that the MR2 doesn’t look like any Ferrari ever made. Toyota never marketed the AW11 or SW20 as Ferraris on a budget, but I have heard that from fans of both generations. The AW11 is not fast, but it’s a boot in the *** to drive. I have never driven an SW20. I have only driven 2 mid engine, RWD cars and those are the AW11 and the early ish (1994) NSX. Both are a lot of fun. Neither are world beaters.
Ferarris are great and I will always like to go and admire them. My uncle owned a few over the years along with a Pantera and several Shelby Cobras. We stored one of the Cobras for about a year and it was a narrow body 289. I was a kid, so this was late 70s. Damn it was fun when my Dad exercised it because my uncle said enjoy it until it sells. Those cars weren’t worth a grip then like they are now. I would have loved to ride in Vic’s other cars, but it was really cool to experience the Cobra when I was a kid.
Ferarris are great and I will always like to go and admire them. My uncle owned a few over the years along with a Pantera and several Shelby Cobras. We stored one of the Cobras for about a year and it was a narrow body 289. I was a kid, so this was late 70s. Damn it was fun when my Dad exercised it because my uncle said enjoy it until it sells. Those cars weren’t worth a grip then like they are now. I would have loved to ride in Vic’s other cars, but it was really cool to experience the Cobra when I was a kid.
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I think I encountered @AJT123 's sleep paralysis demon today......it was a GMC Yukon hybrid(GMT 900). I forgot they made those.