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Wimpy Muscle Cars

ercoerco Posts: 20,259
edited 2012-09-16 05:51 in General Discussion
Yahoo/PM strikes again with urgent, hard-hitting news. :)

http://autos.yahoo.com/news/10-wimpiest-muscle-cars-ever.html?page=1

Of course, Farrah could make even a wimpy car racy. Pity she never sat on a Corvair hood. Trunk. Whatever.
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  • W9GFOW9GFO Posts: 4,010
    edited 2012-09-15 16:08
    Gremlins and Citations are muscle cars??? My girlfriend had a Citation, it barely did triple digits. I had a friend with a Gremlin with a broken ignition. I used to steal it at lunchtime and park it in a different lot.
  • PublisonPublison Posts: 12,366
    edited 2012-09-15 16:50
    erco wrote: »
    Yahoo/PM strikes again with urgent, hard-hitting news. :)

    http://autos.yahoo.com/news/10-wimpiest-muscle-cars-ever.html?page=1

    Of course, Farrah could make even a wimpy car racy. Pity she never sat on a Corvair hood. Trunk. Whatever.

    The good news, there are a couple of muscle cars out there, two that I have first hand reviews of.

    I belonged the the Fairfield County Sports Car Club for 10 years back in the 70's. I moved out of Connecticut back in the 80's, and just moved back and rejoined the club.

    As they don't let me race my Suburban, (it's not on the SCCA list of approved vehicles), I tend to just volunteer my services withe the timing equipment. This lets me get rides during the day, (under full autocross conditions), with the cars I choose. I choose two this year.

    #1 2006 Pontiac GTO

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontiac_GTO

    400 HP and 385 foot pounds of torque. A head snapper. The stock exhaust system was LOUD and just barely passed our db tests.

    #2 2013 Boss 302

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boss_302_Mustang

    M    y new favorite car. 444 HP. The engine compartment is a work of art. The Recaro seats are a joy. I was banging my helmet on the pillar as we did a sub 40 second run, when the rest of the field was in the 41-42 second time frame. School Bus Yellow to boot.

    Got to get SCCA to include hovercraft class. :)

    BTW erco , Corvairs still have a class. :)
  • idbruceidbruce Posts: 6,197
    edited 2012-09-15 17:39
    Pity she never sat on ..... Whatever.

    My childhood imagination did not include a Corvair trunk or hood. Sorry different dream.
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2012-09-15 18:42
    A Gremlin?!!! Seriously?

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    Every car I've ever owned ('66 Rambler American -- R.I.P. <sniff>, a constantly-on-life-support Pinto -- burn in Hades, you PoS! <grrr>, three gutless Mercedes diesels) could kick sand in the face of that dweebmobile and never look back.

    -Phil
  • Mark_TMark_T Posts: 1,981
    edited 2012-09-16 05:22
    Ferris Bueller's dad had more taste! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferris_Bueller%27s_Day_Off#Car
  • RDL2004RDL2004 Posts: 2,554
    edited 2012-09-16 05:51
    The Mustang II was truly sad, I had the opportunity to drive one once, it just wouldn't go. I think my mom's car could have out run it. One of my friends back when I was growing up in the late 70s had a plain blue Gremlin with a manual transmission and a 304 V8 that was pretty nice. He would embarrass a lot of those fancy stickered up hot rods. I had a 70 Chevelle that came with one of the (fairly) rare NASCAR enabling 454 cid 450hp engines. It would eat just about anybody's lunch. It only got about 5 mpg though. My sister had a Pinto once, fortunately she lived through the experience.
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