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From: PerfectReign on 30 Mar 2007 10:52 On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 20:14:57 -0500, a rock fell the sky, hitting Leythos on the head, and inspiring the following: > On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 01:06:58 +0000, Stephen N. wrote: >> >> Actually, not all Ferraris are that fast off the line. Many are geared >> to take advantage of the high speed AutoStrada and don't have the power >> to blast out of the hole. Trucks are usually geared pretty low so they >> can accelerate pretty well for a vehicle of their weight/power. An >> F-150 Lightening will do 0-60 and 1/4 mile in 5.2/13.9 seconds. That >> is faster than a lot of Ferraris. >> >> The Ferrari was most likely faster but you have to be a LOT faster to >> really leave someone in the dust, at least in the first block. Of >> course, there are also Ferraris that will do it in 3/12 seconds as >> well. > > I have a 3.91 gear in the rear, which sucks most of the time, as I get > about 12 MPG, and on a wet road in 4x4 mode it will spin all 4 tires at > start and going into second, on dry only in 2x mode. > > I think the big difference was that I know the roads and they have a lot > of curves and don't decel in them as the truck is solid in curves (and > don't read that as saying the the other car sucks in them, I didn't > imply that at all) - I think I just knew the road better and have enough > to stay up with him - but it was funny watching him try. ....and just think how fast you would've been with a Cummins 5.9 in that truck! -- k
From: Leythos on 30 Mar 2007 10:58 On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 14:52:11 +0000, PerfectReign wrote: > On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 20:14:57 -0500, a rock fell the sky, hitting Leythos > on the head, and inspiring the following: > >> On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 01:06:58 +0000, Stephen N. wrote: >>> >>> Actually, not all Ferraris are that fast off the line. Many are geared >>> to take advantage of the high speed AutoStrada and don't have the power >>> to blast out of the hole. Trucks are usually geared pretty low so they >>> can accelerate pretty well for a vehicle of their weight/power. An >>> F-150 Lightening will do 0-60 and 1/4 mile in 5.2/13.9 seconds. That >>> is faster than a lot of Ferraris. >>> >>> The Ferrari was most likely faster but you have to be a LOT faster to >>> really leave someone in the dust, at least in the first block. Of >>> course, there are also Ferraris that will do it in 3/12 seconds as >>> well. >> >> I have a 3.91 gear in the rear, which sucks most of the time, as I get >> about 12 MPG, and on a wet road in 4x4 mode it will spin all 4 tires at >> start and going into second, on dry only in 2x mode. >> >> I think the big difference was that I know the roads and they have a lot >> of curves and don't decel in them as the truck is solid in curves (and >> don't read that as saying the the other car sucks in them, I didn't >> imply that at all) - I think I just knew the road better and have enough >> to stay up with him - but it was funny watching him try. > > > ...and just think how fast you would've been with a Cummins 5.9 in that > truck! I don't know, I've always avoided the non-gas engines. Now I have to find a replacement for it, and it's dang hard. I've been trying to find a 4x4 or AWD vehicle that has some cargo capacity (an SUV type, not a truck), gets about 20 City, has 250+HP, and handles curves real well - under $40K. -- Leythos spam999free(a)rrohio.com (remove 999 for proper email address)
From: Ed White on 30 Mar 2007 12:42 On Mar 30, 10:58 am, Leythos <V...(a)nowhere.lan> wrote: > I've been trying to find a 4x4 or AWD vehicle that has some cargo capacity > (an SUV type, not a truck), gets about 20 City, has 250+HP, and handles > curves real well - under $40K. Honda Ridgline? Not much of a truck, but might be what you need. Or if by SUV, you mean something with an encloded rear compartment, how about a four cylinder RAV4 or CRV or Escape? Ed
From: PerfectReign on 30 Mar 2007 16:35 On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 09:58:16 -0500, a rock fell the sky, hitting Leythos on the head, and inspiring the following: > On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 14:52:11 +0000, PerfectReign wrote: > >> On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 20:14:57 -0500, a rock fell the sky, hitting >> Leythos on the head, and inspiring the following: >> >>> On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 01:06:58 +0000, Stephen N. wrote: >>>> >>>> Actually, not all Ferraris are that fast off the line. Many are >>>> geared to take advantage of the high speed AutoStrada and don't have >>>> the power to blast out of the hole. Trucks are usually geared pretty >>>> low so they can accelerate pretty well for a vehicle of their >>>> weight/power. An F-150 Lightening will do 0-60 and 1/4 mile in >>>> 5.2/13.9 seconds. That is faster than a lot of Ferraris. >>>> >>>> The Ferrari was most likely faster but you have to be a LOT faster to >>>> really leave someone in the dust, at least in the first block. Of >>>> course, there are also Ferraris that will do it in 3/12 seconds as >>>> well. >>> >>> I have a 3.91 gear in the rear, which sucks most of the time, as I get >>> about 12 MPG, and on a wet road in 4x4 mode it will spin all 4 tires >>> at start and going into second, on dry only in 2x mode. >>> >>> I think the big difference was that I know the roads and they have a >>> lot of curves and don't decel in them as the truck is solid in curves >>> (and don't read that as saying the the other car sucks in them, I >>> didn't imply that at all) - I think I just knew the road better and >>> have enough to stay up with him - but it was funny watching him try. >> >> >> ...and just think how fast you would've been with a Cummins 5.9 in that >> truck! > > I don't know, I've always avoided the non-gas engines. > > Now I have to find a replacement for it, and it's dang hard. > > I've been trying to find a 4x4 or AWD vehicle that has some cargo > capacity (an SUV type, not a truck), gets about 20 City, has 250+HP, and > handles curves real well - under $40K. > My Avalanche is mid-size, has available 4WD, closed bed if needed, seating for six, gets roughly 18 mixed, has 310HP (at the flywheel), and seems to handle curves well. :P http://www.perfectreign.com/?q=node/28 I picked it up for around $24K new. I'd like something a little bigger, but find F650's hard to park at the quickie mart. -- k
From: Mike Hunter on 30 Mar 2007 19:00
Yes but I have also driven a Ferrari. ;) mike "Leythos" <Void(a)nowhere.lan> wrote in message news:1175214720_9687(a)sp6iad.superfeed.net... > On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 20:15:05 -0400, Mike Hunter wrote: >> >> Like I said you THOUGHT you were in a race LOL > > You must have missed my initial post where I say it could have been > because the chap didn't know how to handle the vehicle.... > > Have you ever driven a Dakota with the v8 magnum engine? > > -- > Leythos > spam999free(a)rrohio.com (remove 999 for proper email address) |