Spectre
The Deported
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No, on that we are agreed.
Your wrong. I even remember an interview where the head of development mentioned that IRS would not be "cost justifiable" or something. Just googling I found this:
Chassis modifications include stronger springs and thicker anti-roll bars, wider tires, new alloy wheels (though remains 18-inch) and Brembo front brakes with 4-pot calipers and 355mm ventilated discs. On the downside, the heavyweight engine and transmission worsens front-rear balance from 54:46 to 57:43, while the solid live axle rear suspension of the regular Mustang is retained (note: the previous SVT Cobra employed independent suspensions).
Not sure about the Rousch tho..
I could frankly give a damn. Either way, it's a mustang.
It's a turn of phrase that dates back to the 1930's movie "Gone With The Wind" - wherein Clark Gable uttered the famous line, "Frankly, my dear, I could give a damn."
It's been mangled a bit since then, but the best translation into non-colloquial English is "There is no possible way for me to care less about this matter; I emphatically do not care."
We do also use "I could care less," but that implies that there is some level of care to begin with. That phrase is a corruption of "I couldn't care less" in the first place.
You Brits have a similarly puzzling phrase that is not used over here: "For f**k's sake!" We don't use it at all.
Actually, the quote is "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn." which is correct unless you really DO give a damn in which case the other way would be correct.
I use "For Fuck's Sake," but I am a semi-pro profanitizer and wore out all the common curses by age 15.
-Justin
I have noticed Americans using this phrase wrong before and I'm sort of wondering if it's just the American way of doing it.
I mean saying "I could frankly" makes no sense like if someone says "I could care less" which I have seen as well. Is this an American convention or is it just a phrase you don't use and it is just being said wrong. As I said I am just curious, not wishing to start another language flame war.
As I don't happen to have a copy of GWTW handy, I'll take your word for it and type corrected.
You don't know how many people to whom I've told this.
"I could care less."
"So you do care?"
"No, I could care less."
"Right, if you could care less, then that means you care some right now."
"No, I don't care at all."
"So you couldn't care less."
"Right, I could care less."
Do you really think Top Gear cares what a bunch of "inbred yanks" think and want them to do? :lol:
And it's not like Top Gear's been awfuly fair in the past either, I don't see what the big deal with the whole 450/500 hp is. It's not such a big difference considering the lackluster chassis and brakes anyway. :lol:
Know one here knows exactly how the bhp was measured but for all we know it could have had 400 bhp at the wheels and then calculated as 450 bhp by measuring the transmission losses during the run down.
I dont know how they do it but Ive had my car on a dyno a few times and every time its made the 240 bhp quoted by Prodrive when they have taken into account the transmission losses so I have no problem believing they could work out the crank bhp via the wheels
You don't know how many people to whom I've told this.
"I could care less."
"So you do care?"
"No, I could care less."
"Right, if you could care less, then that means you care some right now."
"No, I don't care at all."
"So you couldn't care less."
"Right, I could care less."
The whole mustang line is simply horrible as far as I'm concerned. I used to have an 03 Cobra, and it was amazing. It flung itself aroudn the track with torque and sheer power. Now, whatever the hell their producing, is really really rubbish. Yes, I know I bought a civic, but I also had a son =P
You'll still have a significant variation between brands and models of dyno. This is why in most car forums, people will be asked which machine it was run on when they post dyno figures. There's easily a 20hp+ discrepancy between dyno makes/models.