I had a '66 Lesabre with a full Wildcat front clip. 2 dr hard top and still 18+ feet long.macgiver wrote: ↑Fri May 18, 2018 4:37 pmmac, went to 70's party , in Dorchester, street was wall to wall cars. 3am front right fender in Dad's '66 Buick Wildcat, with the 445! PUSHED IN. I was only borrowing it Dad for the night
I said 70's -I had body shop fix it ,Clair Buick Rt1 for $ 67.00 NO SH!@%TT !
That....mustve been scary!!
I love watching a faster car do its thing and put on a show. Thats awesome.Bubba1 wrote: ↑Sat May 26, 2018 6:55 amI was pretty much an angel as my father used my getting good grades and behavior as incentive to gain access to driving his '64 Ferrari as a teen. It worked like a charm. The only naughty thing I ever did was once casually race some kid in then new late 70's Camaro in the Ferrari on an empty NJ Turnpike while doing about 55 (the speed limit at the time). I smiled, downshifted to 3rd and floored it. All the weber carb throats opened and she launched screaming, leaving the Camaro behind in a puff of smoke. I quickly hit 105mph in third (just below redline) then 4th still pulling hard for a few more seconds before coasting back to 55 and re-engaging the electric overdrive. He eventually caught up smiling.
Reminds me of the old corolla I had. Thats awesome.PapaSmurf2k3 wrote: ↑Thu May 24, 2018 9:12 pmI didn't have to do too much stupid s*** in my parents cars because my dad just always did it with me in the car anyway haha... he'd be out blowing donuts in parking lots for S&Gs with me in the car.
My first car was intentionally a "well, lets get this s*** out of the way" car. 87 maxima. Drove through all the plow markers at the end of the season. Took it off jumps. Neutral dropped on the reg. Rallied it on gravel roads (the damn thing would oversteer and it was AMAZING). Put the seat down and slept 80% in the trunk. Bought it for $100 and sold it for $1300.... looking back that thing was the s***.
HOW!?!
People look at me like I'm crazy when I talk about how 2nd and 3rd gen Maximas like to oversteer, but it's definitely a thing. They have incredibly neutral handling for front-drivers, and a little scandinavian flick or loading up the nose before an apex will happily get the tail end playing.PapaSmurf2k3 wrote: ↑Thu May 24, 2018 9:12 pmRallied it on gravel roads (the damn thing would oversteer and it was AMAZING).
I was a high schooler with a 256k mile Subaru that used more oil than gas. I also drove it like it was a rally car. You know, because Subaru. Was dogging it home from a friends house and riiiight about redline, I heard a POP sound, and then the RPM's slowly coasted down and car crept to a stop. Tried the starter and it was definitely only turning two cylinders, and the cams were decidedly not turning either. Guy we sold it to pulled the oil pan and said it was a clean break between #2 and #3.