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From: Mike Hunter on 30 Mar 2007 19:02 Obviously he was not trying to lose you LOL mike "Leythos" <Void(a)nowhere.lan> wrote in message news:1175216159_9695(a)sp6iad.superfeed.net... > On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 00:46:58 +0000, Scott in Florida wrote: > >> On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 19:32:00 -0500, Leythos <Void(a)nowhere.lan> wrote: >> >>>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? >> >> That story sounds like what happened to a friend of mine that owned a >> Shelby 289 Ford Cobra. He and I were going out for a beer. An MGB >> was next to us. I glanced over and saw a puff of blue smoke coming >> from the back of the B. >> >> I punched my buddy and said "I think he is racing us! >> >> Needless to say...he disappeared in the rear view mirrors..... >> >> To say your truck could beat a Ferrari is about like an MGB beating a >> Cobra.... > > You guys didn't read what I wrote - never said it could BEAT anything nor > did I try. I said that a chap in a Ferrari appear to be gunning it and > seemed frustrated that he could not pull away from me on the road we were > on. > > > > -- > Leythos > spam999free(a)rrohio.com (remove 999 for proper email address)
From: Scott in Florida on 30 Mar 2007 19:08 On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 02:48:16 GMT, "Whitelightning" <white.lightning2(a)verizon.net> wrote: >> I've talked to dealers service people and they tell me they have never >> fixed a sludged engine that has had the oil changed at the correct >> interval. > >Do yoiu really think they would tell you otherwise? Absolutely! Service people are not like service writers. -- Scott in Florida
From: Mike Hunter on 30 Mar 2007 19:08 You obviously have never driven a Ferrari, right? I drive a 2007 Mustang GT convertible and I leave lots of cars behind, that want to run me, in a block or even LESS mike "Stephen N." <Steelystephen(a)coldmail.com> wrote in message news:SoZOh.25466$__3.24938(a)edtnps90... > Scott in Florida wrote: > >> On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 19:32:00 -0500, Leythos <Void(a)nowhere.lan> wrote: >>>Have you ever driven a Dakota with the v8 magnum engine? >> >> That story sounds like what happened to a friend of mine that owned a >> Shelby 289 Ford Cobra. He and I were going out for a beer. An MGB >> was next to us. I glanced over and saw a puff of blue smoke coming >> from the back of the B. >> >> I punched my buddy and said "I think he is racing us! >> >> Needless to say...he disappeared in the rear view mirrors..... >> >> To say your truck could beat a Ferrari is about like an MGB beating a >> Cobra.... > > 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. > > Stephen N.--->and his daddy would have killed him if he'd crashed the > Ferrari... >
From: Mike Hunter on 30 Mar 2007 19:17 If that is the case I will run your truck with my friends Ferrari Testa Rosa. LOL mike "Leythos" <Void(a)nowhere.lan> wrote in message news:1175258395_10953(a)sp6iad.superfeed.net... > On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 12:28:32 +0000, Dave wrote: > >> Larry wrote: >> >>> >>> I, for one, do not agree with your final assessment, but I do find it >>> useful to point out misleading conclusions in manufacturer's claims. >>> This reminds me of the Camry/Accord/Fusion comparison in the Ford >>> commercial where the AWD Fusion is compared with a FWD Camry and FWD >>> Accord. I wonder what the results would have been if they had tested >>> a FWD Fusion. >>> Larry >>> >> >> That may be true but I bet the price of the AWD Fusion is in the same >> ballpark as the FWD only Accord and Camry and therefore a valid >> comparison. > > Price of a vehicle does not put it in the same category when testing > performance. > > -- > Leythos > spam999free(a)rrohio.com (remove 999 for proper email address)
From: Mike Hunter on 30 Mar 2007 19:20
The MSRP may have been $3,000 more but you can bet the farm it would have cost you at least $5,000 more to drive the Camry home ;) mike "C. E. White" <cewhite3(a)removemindspring.com> wrote in message news:460d05fe(a)kcnews01... > > I test drove both an AWD and a FWD Fusion and honestly couldn't tell much > difference. But I didn't run one through a slalom course. I got the AWD > one anyhow. You can't get an AWD Camry or Accord. I don't know how the 4 > cylinder FWD Fusion would have compared to the Accord or Camry. According > to the Consumer Reports road tests, a 4 cylinder Fusion (well actually the > Mercury version) accelerated as fast a 4 cylinder Camry, and the FWD > version handled the same as the AWD version. > > The Ford V-6 is plenty strong and the interior is very nice. A FWD Camry > equipped like my AWD Fusion would have been at least $3000 more, plus I > would have had to deal with the lousy Toyota dealers in my area. > > Ed > |