parnzen

this kid i know wants to race and he has a v6 magnum. im not sure if its the 3.5 or 2.7 liter. i looked it up on the dodge website and the 2.7 has 190hp and the 3.5 has 250. the curb weight of a magnum is roughly 3800lbs.

mine is completely stock. u think i have a chance against either one?

Maxx941

iTrader: (1)

hmmm I'm not to up on the V6 magnums, if its the 2.7 it should be no problem. As for the 3.5 I'm not sure

eyezack87

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Whats with people wanting to race ES's these days?

JSM1284

Street racing kills. Get smart use your head, not your gas pedal.

Limen

haha ok mom

AzNMpower

Why do you bother with street racing like this? I like driving cars, but this kinda stuff is stupid.

JSM1284

Yeah, I quit street racing when I turned 17... If you wanted to drive dangerously, You should have bought a Sports car, Not a Luxury car.

Slooooooow

iTrader: (1)

I'm wondering if you've nailed it. As the used ES values are low enough to make them first cars for 16-18 year olds, we'll see younger membership doing what comes natural at that age with cars - racing?

I bet there are some very disillusioned young'uns who were initially thrilled at the idea of owning/driving a Lexus, who're soon disappointed with its stock performance characteristics and its paucity of upgrade bolt-ons (in comparison to Hondas for contrast).

Having had several more performance-oriented cars previously I know I was shocked and a little frustrated that I couldn't improve the 0-60 and 1/4 mile times much without considerable expense with a turbo.

Having said all that, I think it's pretty consistent and predictable that we'll have more of the racing challenges and threads as time goes by and values go down. I think the other models will, or do, experience the same thing as well.

LXMN

Well said, Slooooooow. That is exactly what I am noticeing lately.

JSM1284

Great words. I bought my car for Luxury, and Comfort. I dont ever drive more than 10 mph over the posted limit. If I wanted to go fast, id get a car like I had in my younger days. Oh but i do miss my Taurus SHO

BadViper22

Very nice Slooooooow. And I believe a while ago you said that nothing makes you feel better than rolling through the streets at a slow speed in your ES. And I can't agree more, this is such a grand Luxury car and you truly can't get the effect flying down a public street at 80 mph.

ReLexin

You shoudl be able to take him.... But don't street race its not worth it! It can cost you money or ur life! look up the 0-60 2.7 8.9sec 3.5 7.1sec. Es 0-60 8.6sec, Don't do this to ur mom, think of something else to compete with. Like see who can get more chicks with their whip! I bet u'll win!!!

RXGS

iTrader: (2)

don't do it, ull give young people like me who want to drive lexus a bad name lol, and slooooooow you are right, its like the sc, a bunch of teenagers are buying em them when they can't afford to maintain em, they just ruin em, real shame, but anyways, tell your friend to go to a funeral home in his herse and enjoy the fact that your in a lexus sedan, while hes in a dodge, besides, racing in an es isn't exactly the coolest thing lol

Colpup ES3

i guarrentee a 97 es wont get more chicks than a magnum. if u havent noticed the es is labled as a grandma car.

TORTOISE

Im 16 and suprisingly i dont see the point or the fun of street racing. No matter who wins what is accomplished? Your still the same person and one of your cars if faster...cool. I have more fun cruisin through the shore towns in the summer nice and slow with the windows down and the system up. When ricers pull up and rev i just smile to myself knowing i beat them without even racing them.