Why do people think their cars are fast??

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Ok first off I wanna state yes this is another useless thread about a 240 racing another car so if you feel like flaming read on a have a good comeback. An the story begins. This waitress at works got one of them fancy new 03 Jetta GLI that she thinks is the faster thing on earth because its a 6cyl an 6 spd an she paid over 20g's for it. An Im like my 240 would beat you no prob an the arguement continues bout a 4cyl cant be fast yada yada yada. So she wants to run her stock jetta vs my 90 coupe with a ka24de I/H/E 2 exhaust cams, removed PS/AC/EGR/AIV/Secondary Butterfly/an all useless vaccuum lines, z32 FF, electric fans, LSD, full suspension an falken azenis in the rear. I just couldnt help but laugh, an the only problem the engines still waitin to go in the car but once its in shes like call me up an well go do it fast an the furious style haha. Reply/Flame/Comment/Post Whore/Have Fun.


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Most people (especially under 20) have never driven a 12-14 second car, or a car that will pull more than 1 G.

The butt-dyno can be awfully persuasive at times.

Remember how fast and how high you thought you were going on the swingset in the playground? Same deal - Speed is relative.

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i was stupid fast on the swing set... no one could beat me

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I jumped higher than EVERYONE! It wasn't really good swingin' until the whole swingset shuddered when I came down from the upswing :)

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I'd go high enough for the chains to get slack! then I'd jump! cuz i'm ****in crazy!

I say the Jetta will probably get you, unless she kills it...

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hmmmm i think the jetta might be faster...how many miles does your 240 have?

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Yeah, some quick math tells me the V6 Jetta will beat the 240sx. They have 200 HP. It's not like it's underpowered. The power to weight ratio of the Jetta V6 is about 16.6 weighing in at 3179 lbs with 150 lb driver. The S13 is about 18.3 assuming 2600 lbs, a 150 lbs driver and 150 HP at the crank(modded). It's claimed 0-60 is 7.9 seconds. Not exactly slow by Stock 240sx standards.

SilentDrifter: Why do you think your car is fast? I have a KAT and I don't think mine is fast(maybe will run a low 14 1/4mile). It's certainly quick and fun, but until you've driven a 12 second car, I doubt you will know what fast is. I'd love to know what a 10 second car feels like. I'm sure people who have driven them feel a 12 second car is slow. I wonder what a Navy fighter jet thinks is fast.

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I wonder what Prot from K-PAX thinks is fast? surely not a 10 second car...

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remembar that spaceship from 'Flight of the Navigator'? it turned into like a chrome almond shaped thing and i bet it thought 10 seconds was slow. would kill you on the swing set...

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man i have been trying to think of that movie for years... now i gotta get it damnit lol

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heh, yeah its a good flick. i dont even know how old it is, but i was a kid when i last saw it. + 2 posts :)

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ive seen a stock VR6 Golf vs. 240SX fastback stock and the golf won by 2 car lengths.. but through the SR20 in and thats another story

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I am going to say the jetta, I had the pleasure of running into one on the highway and it smoked me........Damn I'm depressed again....

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my brother has a golf vr6, ive driven it , it would spank my stock 240. end of story lol that thing pulls sooo smooth all the way to redline... nothing spectacularly fast, but faster than my car... that is until the rb25 is in :)

and yeah drifter, i haven't seen the movie since i was probably 12-13 (18 now) and i have always wanted to see it again... i put it on my netflix queue, w00t haha

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but he has a few mods, I think if the jetta has 200hp, you might have a good chance.

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a stock 240 with the usual bolt on mods wont win ****. SR20 or Turbo is the way to go:ylsuper

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As long as I'm the only one on the road, my car is the fastest **** around. Oh, and I'll destroy on the swings. My buddy and I used to get kicked off for going to high and getting slack in the chains and coming down hard. Good times....

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skipped another boring thread..

I have Sr20, all the basics, boosted up and its still fawkin slow.

But i get what your saying.. this highschool girl with an actionpackage stock celica swears up and down she will tear me up.

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The real answer is you're both slow. Hitman was right on the money.

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The jetta would take you on the freeway but you might have a chance in a quarter mile run. If you have a base coupe with all those mods you mentioned then you have a very strong chance to win. What kind of Jetta does your co-worker have? If it's the v6 wagon or sedan then it's gonna be a close run. Here's the specs on them to see whether you have a chance or not: http://auto.consumerguide.com/...23351

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Quote »remembar that spaceship from 'Flight of the Navigator'?[/quote] Compliance my friend, compliance.

Jeff, please dont lose to a girl in a VW. You arent still getting forged pistons are you?

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240SXedUp wrote:Compliance my friend, compliance.

Jeff, please dont lose to a girl in a VW. You arent still getting forged pistons are you?


bahaha, i was trying to think of the ship's little catch phrase, but it wouldn't come to me;) man that was a great movie.:D

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classics never die ;).. i always wanted one of those little creatures he found in it too

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I dont even remember it much. I remember it being taped on a VHS with Pete's Dragon.... good times

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i actually smoked a jetta 1.8 turbo, but thats differant. my car also feels like its starting to slow down, and when i first got my liscence it felt extremely fast. i guess speed is relative to what youre used to.

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rookiegtr wrote:i was stupid fast on the swing set... no one could beat me


:D :ylsuper

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OK first off I dont think my cars fast the only thing I consider fast is anything 12's or faster. An second its a GLI they rated at 16.0 for the quarter mile. My stock 240 ran better than that. An in my stock 240 ive beaten modded Jetta 1.8T's, Golfs, Rabbits, whatever. They werent heavly modded just like a downpipe or boost controller or something little like that. Its a 16 second car I mean come on.

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240SXedUp wrote:I dont even remember it much. I remember it being taped on a VHS with Pete's Dragon.... good times


Dude, i had the same tape! my mom taped both of those shows off of TV.

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i never really got into Petes Dragon.. but i had Short Circuit on that tape ;) and police academy 3 C.O.P

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Quote »Dude, i had the same tape! my mom taped both of those shows off of TV.[/quote] That's pretty odd.... Pete's Dragon kicks ***


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