Seems Richard was the only one who thought enouh to re-route his exhaust to exit above the water, preventing any from getting into the engine...
Jimi Hendrix said:
Have they raced the Exige S against a Mustang (Which one?). I suppose the Lotus was much faster than the Ford. I don't understand that comparison
I think it was more of an exercise in showing how much more important power-to-weight ratio is, rather than horsepower, when doing anything but a straight line.
I was really impressed with how the Mustang kept up with the Lotus.
In America, you can pick up a Mustang GT for around $27,000. A Exige costs at bare-minimum $51,000. That difference, though, is like going from a 5-series to an M5. The cost difference would give you a performance gain like that for just about ANY car...I'll admit it does muddle their message a bit...and makes me wonder what the $42,000 Mustang Shelby GT500 would do with 200 more horsepower...plus you get a 1000W stereo, AC, power everything, and a rear window...sorry...I have a Dodge Stratus 4cyl 4door crap-bucket, and my next car will be a Mustang...best power-value-for-money I think...plus it looks outstanding from every angle but straight-on in the front...looks kinda like a Probe or an EV1 from that angle...
TomCat said:
It has a solid rear axle, enough said.
Well, that solid read axle keeps the car cheap, helps it go fast at a green light, which muscle cars are supposed to do, and actually since it's not as light as some other systems and they spend a lot of time and money improving the system to what it is, it proving to be pretty effective.
Since the vast majority of Mustangs sold are the V6, they are going to average consumers...everyday people who just drive them to work and the grocery store and probably don't even know that their car is RWD, rather then FWD, or what difference that would even make. Plus, the SRA is more durable, and actually leads to longer tire life due to more even wear. May 13th, 2006 at the U.S. sports car invitational at Laguna Seca, in the Grand Am Cup, a 2005 Mustang GT got 5th, only being beaten by Porsches, and some M3s. It's average speed was only 1mph behind. those...a Mustang also took the 11th spot, with the only vehicles beating it were, again, Porsches and BMW M3s.
80ssportlover said:
My boss' 2006 California Concepts Mustang was marked at $42,000. FOR A V6! WTF?
Then he's an idiot who paid $25,000 for a body kit, a paint job, some exhaust parts, and expensive wheels which...are pretty ugly.
teeb said:
...if you're able to spend 30 grand on something a bit special, I doubt 4 grand here or there makes that much difference, so it's a reasonable comparison for roughly the same amount of money.
That's exactly it, though...you buy the Exige for something a bit special...something on the side...like a dessert. The Mustang is bought as a daily driver. One that you can take to the mall, but get there fairly quickly.
Nogger said:
One mistake though. He never told us how many horsepower the Exige crammed out...
According to Lotus's Japan page (which is the only Lotus page that talks about the Exige S) it has 162.5kW which is 217.9163 hp.
Hmm...an Exige in white? Looks like a white high-top shoe...makes the car look too plastic-y or kit-car-ish. White cars are driven by women who wear bright red lipstick, badly-bleached, badly permed hair with bangs and too-high-jeans and/or white sunglasses which...no matter what anyone tells you...will NEVER be cool. They make everyone look like Elton John.
Microwaving pants...wouldn't the snaps and zipper explode?
otispunkmeyer said:
No she isn't...her gut is spilling over her seatbelt in the BMW's...she really shouldn't wear tight shirts like that...I'm not saying you have to have a perfect body to be hot, but she has no sense about what she looks good in...that shirt made her look like she had man-shoulders.
Jon said:
...I'll agree with you partially bar the Vicki thing because she sir is fineeee. 8)
Umm...what exactly is "fineeee"? Reading it, it looks like you're saying "funny" with an accent. I once was at a car dealership with a tag on a car that said "Smoooooookin'!" I thought to myself..."Why do I want my car to Smook?" Make sure you accentuate the right letter...Sssssssmokin' or Fiiiiiiiiine or even FFFFFFFFFine would have worked. (he he...just a bit of good-natured ribbing there...don't take it too seriously)
rohdek said:
Anybody have massive audio problems with that episode? I think I missed ten minutes of the show due to horrible static.
Nope...worked beautiful for me...
Who thinks they got a new rain machine? Although, witht he amount they use it, it's no different than Fifth Gear. I swear, each episode they find their video editing program has a new filter or something, and theyjust throw it in for no reasson. (Homer Simpson: "Aaaand...star-wipe")
Also, it's not a "slow motion camera" it's a high-speed camera. To explain it simpley, rather than filming 30 frames per second, it films 120fps, so you get 4x more frames for the same length of time...bit then when you run those same frames at 30fps, the time is stretched out to 4x the length...making it slow motion. The camera isn't slo-mo, it's the editing. (Note, those are not accurate numbers, just using those as an example for easy math)
I don't car that "10 episodes fit nicely" because when I burn my DVD, I do it by season...otherwise you have end up with DVD's labeled "Season 4 Episodes 2-10, Season 5 Episode 1 -2" rather than just "Season 6" I do appreciate the video quality, though...on my TV I can't tell the difference between the 425 and the 700, but I can between the 350 and 425.
I apologize for the length of the post. I was away for a week, and came back to 9 pages of posts, so I thought I'd get them all in one fell swoop. Plus, I'm sick as a dog, and won't be leaving the house today and I'm bored out of my mind.
~nj?
