Correlation – Nice car, nice house

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[quote=FormerSanDiegan][quote=CONCHO][quote=meadandale]
LOL, that’s why I don’t have a prius…need to be able to make trips to the dump and haul stuff home from HD and Lowes :D[/quote]

Now there’s a market opportunity — an electric truck. Those trips to the dump/home depot/lowe’s are usually pretty short. Also the grocery store/dropping kids off/etc… It could be like one of those little box vans you see in Asia, big enough to haul a lot of crap but not so big that you can’t park it. Like A Nissan Leaf but with maybe half the range and twice the hauling capacity.

I’ll bet an Asian automaker is already working on that for urban US markets…[/quote]

A domestic car maker actually has a utility truck. It’s functional but ugly… (fugly).

http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9HQ28S80.htm%5B/quote%5D

I guess when it comes to these things, function takes precedence over form…

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[quote=flu]Can you use the HOV lane with it?
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Technically, yes, it has stickers, but since it’s trained to pee when it sees a Prius it just creates problems.

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[quote=flu]Can you use the HOV lane with it?
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Technically, yes, it has stickers, but since it’s trained to pee when it sees a Prius it just creates problems.

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[quote=flu]Can you use the HOV lane with it?
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Technically, yes, it has stickers, but since it’s trained to pee when it sees a Prius it just creates problems.

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[quote=flu]Can you use the HOV lane with it?
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Technically, yes, it has stickers, but since it’s trained to pee when it sees a Prius it just creates problems.

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[quote=flu]Can you use the HOV lane with it?
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Technically, yes, it has stickers, but since it’s trained to pee when it sees a Prius it just creates problems.

[Coronita]

Hijack2…Speaking of buying labels…

Did any of you checkout out the recent test between a Mustang 5.0 and a E90 M3? Looks like the 5.0 can keep up pretty well with the E90-M3…And for $25k less…Add a $9k supercharger from Ford Racing, and maybe upgraded shocks, you can get a 624hp beast for $40k. That’s a steal imho.

http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/coupes/1010_2011_2011_ford_mustang_gt_vs_2011_bmw_m3_comparison/index.html

http://www.examiner.com/autos-in-detroit/ford-racing-unveils-624-horsepower-supercharger-kit-for-the-2011-mustang-gt

(..and suddenly all the rear axle jokes on the Mustang stops…I can hear the crickets chirping..)

Now if someone could just re-run the test on Nürburgring.

Hmmm…Need to re-evaluate things….FLU with 624hp beast that is track capable…That could be bad…..

[Coronita]

Hijack2…Speaking of buying labels…

Did any of you checkout out the recent test between a Mustang 5.0 and a E90 M3? Looks like the 5.0 can keep up pretty well with the E90-M3…And for $25k less…Add a $9k supercharger from Ford Racing, and maybe upgraded shocks, you can get a 624hp beast for $40k. That’s a steal imho.

http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/coupes/1010_2011_2011_ford_mustang_gt_vs_2011_bmw_m3_comparison/index.html

http://www.examiner.com/autos-in-detroit/ford-racing-unveils-624-horsepower-supercharger-kit-for-the-2011-mustang-gt

(..and suddenly all the rear axle jokes on the Mustang stops…I can hear the crickets chirping..)

Now if someone could just re-run the test on Nürburgring.

Hmmm…Need to re-evaluate things….FLU with 624hp beast that is track capable…That could be bad…..

[Coronita]

Hijack2…Speaking of buying labels…

Did any of you checkout out the recent test between a Mustang 5.0 and a E90 M3? Looks like the 5.0 can keep up pretty well with the E90-M3…And for $25k less…Add a $9k supercharger from Ford Racing, and maybe upgraded shocks, you can get a 624hp beast for $40k. That’s a steal imho.

http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/coupes/1010_2011_2011_ford_mustang_gt_vs_2011_bmw_m3_comparison/index.html

http://www.examiner.com/autos-in-detroit/ford-racing-unveils-624-horsepower-supercharger-kit-for-the-2011-mustang-gt

(..and suddenly all the rear axle jokes on the Mustang stops…I can hear the crickets chirping..)

Now if someone could just re-run the test on Nürburgring.

Hmmm…Need to re-evaluate things….FLU with 624hp beast that is track capable…That could be bad…..

[Coronita]

Hijack2…Speaking of buying labels…

Did any of you checkout out the recent test between a Mustang 5.0 and a E90 M3? Looks like the 5.0 can keep up pretty well with the E90-M3…And for $25k less…Add a $9k supercharger from Ford Racing, and maybe upgraded shocks, you can get a 624hp beast for $40k. That’s a steal imho.

http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/coupes/1010_2011_2011_ford_mustang_gt_vs_2011_bmw_m3_comparison/index.html

http://www.examiner.com/autos-in-detroit/ford-racing-unveils-624-horsepower-supercharger-kit-for-the-2011-mustang-gt

(..and suddenly all the rear axle jokes on the Mustang stops…I can hear the crickets chirping..)

Now if someone could just re-run the test on Nürburgring.

Hmmm…Need to re-evaluate things….FLU with 624hp beast that is track capable…That could be bad…..

[Coronita]

Hijack2…Speaking of buying labels…

Did any of you checkout out the recent test between a Mustang 5.0 and a E90 M3? Looks like the 5.0 can keep up pretty well with the E90-M3…And for $25k less…Add a $9k supercharger from Ford Racing, and maybe upgraded shocks, you can get a 624hp beast for $40k. That’s a steal imho.

http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/coupes/1010_2011_2011_ford_mustang_gt_vs_2011_bmw_m3_comparison/index.html

http://www.examiner.com/autos-in-detroit/ford-racing-unveils-624-horsepower-supercharger-kit-for-the-2011-mustang-gt

(..and suddenly all the rear axle jokes on the Mustang stops…I can hear the crickets chirping..)

Now if someone could just re-run the test on Nürburgring.

Hmmm…Need to re-evaluate things….FLU with 624hp beast that is track capable…That could be bad…..

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[quote flu]
(..and suddenly all the rear axle jokes on the Mustang stops…I can hear the crickets chirping..)
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The truth is, the mustang needs an independent rear suspension. I have owned and ‘aggressively’ driven more than one mustang. The rear end takes a jump sideways if you go over expansion joints or bumps when in a corner. The track that they tested the cars on is actually pretty smooth. This helped the mustang on the test. With the amount of power that the mustang can now put down, it needs a better way to ‘plant it’. Ford can put independent rear suspension on an SUV, why can’t it do the same for the Mustang?

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[quote flu]
(..and suddenly all the rear axle jokes on the Mustang stops…I can hear the crickets chirping..)
[/quote]

The truth is, the mustang needs an independent rear suspension. I have owned and ‘aggressively’ driven more than one mustang. The rear end takes a jump sideways if you go over expansion joints or bumps when in a corner. The track that they tested the cars on is actually pretty smooth. This helped the mustang on the test. With the amount of power that the mustang can now put down, it needs a better way to ‘plant it’. Ford can put independent rear suspension on an SUV, why can’t it do the same for the Mustang?

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[quote flu]
(..and suddenly all the rear axle jokes on the Mustang stops…I can hear the crickets chirping..)
[/quote]

The truth is, the mustang needs an independent rear suspension. I have owned and ‘aggressively’ driven more than one mustang. The rear end takes a jump sideways if you go over expansion joints or bumps when in a corner. The track that they tested the cars on is actually pretty smooth. This helped the mustang on the test. With the amount of power that the mustang can now put down, it needs a better way to ‘plant it’. Ford can put independent rear suspension on an SUV, why can’t it do the same for the Mustang?

[ucodegen]

[quote flu]
(..and suddenly all the rear axle jokes on the Mustang stops…I can hear the crickets chirping..)
[/quote]

The truth is, the mustang needs an independent rear suspension. I have owned and ‘aggressively’ driven more than one mustang. The rear end takes a jump sideways if you go over expansion joints or bumps when in a corner. The track that they tested the cars on is actually pretty smooth. This helped the mustang on the test. With the amount of power that the mustang can now put down, it needs a better way to ‘plant it’. Ford can put independent rear suspension on an SUV, why can’t it do the same for the Mustang?

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