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Post by Nemesis on Jul 14, 2007 18:00:21 GMT -5
   This is my car: Fiat Punto II Sport. It's engine is no big deal: it's a 1.2 16v engine that puts up 80Hp. Has some good gas mileage, for sure. Pretty nice for going to wherever the hell I want. Your thoughts? |
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Post by nightmare75 on Jul 14, 2007 23:10:29 GMT -5
It's not bad-looking for a hatch. A little short on power, but like you said, that makes for good gas mileage.
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Post by DeltaMustang65 on Jul 15, 2007 3:12:46 GMT -5
Not enough people have economy cars these days. Out here, it seems everyone has something to prove. They focus on getting a behemoth of an SUV or musclecar or something as their DAILY DRIVER. (This is, of course, excluding the equally confused ricer crowd)
Makes no sense to me. Economy comes first, big boy toys second.
Congratulations on being environmentally responsible. ;D
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Post by vitg on Jul 15, 2007 5:18:33 GMT -5
It's so nice and clean and shiny too. Nice work.
If everybody had Cars like this there would be no Fuel or Climate Crisis.
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Post by IGNIGNOC on Jul 15, 2007 5:42:16 GMT -5
Oh, sure there would. SOMEone (*coughalgorecough*) would invent a TOTALLY NEW GLOBAL CRISIS, and then reap HUGE sums of money from its propaganda.
You know what the coolest thing is about ozone? It's replenishable! Also, man's output of harmful greenhouse gases is minimal compared to numerous other sources. It's a bunch of "pseudoscientific" bilge that folks are using to turn a buck, but SEEM like they care about humanity.
Sorry about the rant. Nice car, Nem.
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Post by drdoom4h on Jul 15, 2007 8:42:52 GMT -5
Nice, we don't get small cars like that in the US, mostly because no one would buy them.  I have nothing against them personally, outside of many of the newer ones being front wheel drive. At any rate, that's a nice, clean ride, and you actually got a manual transmission (another thing that you can't buy in the US it seems). +2 just for that alone. |
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Post by MKIII_Supra on Jul 15, 2007 8:46:02 GMT -5
If everybody had Cars like this there would be no Fuel or Climate Crisis. ...lol? Sorry not everyone wants to drive a car that you want them to. |
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Post by Nemesis on Jul 15, 2007 8:54:28 GMT -5
Thanks for the positive replies!
drdoom4h: it's actually more difficult to find an auto than a manual here in Portugal. The only cars that have auto transmission here are:
Luxurious cars
Some SUVs
Some MPVs
Other than that, it's pretty much everything manual. And my car has 6 gears, which to me is uber awesome!
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Post by Lupin_IV on Jul 15, 2007 10:44:17 GMT -5
If everybody had Cars like this there would be no Fuel or Climate Crisis. This coming from someone who's avatar features a car with more than twice the pistons and six times the displacement. |
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Post by 'Fox on Jul 15, 2007 17:06:09 GMT -5
lmfao, more than that im sure. the Viper is a 8.3 litre TRUCK engine. meaning nearly eight times the displacement. OH. vitg im suer you'll be happy to hear, the 2008 viper has a redesign that brings the rear upsweep back. Ill post a topic about it.
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Post by Lupin_IV on Jul 15, 2007 17:21:02 GMT -5
8.3 ÷ 1.2 ≈ 6.92
Nearly seven times the displacement.
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Post by nightmare75 on Jul 15, 2007 23:04:03 GMT -5
The Viper has huge displacement, but it's also NOT a daily driver for pretty much everyone who owns one.
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Post by DeltaMustang65 on Jul 16, 2007 2:28:49 GMT -5
Yeah, you guys. Calm down.
Every (almost) car has it's place. Shit, I have an old-school carbureted V-8 sitting in the garage. It maybe gets out once a month while the work is still in progress. After that, it'll probably be plain 'ol illegal to have on the street.
Not a real factor in fuel consumption or ozone depletion...
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Post by moparman44 on Jul 25, 2007 19:28:59 GMT -5
Actually, I can make my Demon an E-85 car. I can make Any (if not any, then almost any) carberated car use E-85 by re-jetting the carb. Your Mustang could do that to. It is also much higher octane (105), so it would run better with higher compression.
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Post by DeltaMustang65 on Jul 25, 2007 19:32:18 GMT -5
Better, perhaps. Stronger, doubtful. E-85 has significantly less energy in it when compared to good 'ol gasoline. That's part of the reason why it hasn't caught on well. It's not much of an improvement, all things considered.
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The Moast. Evil. EVAR. (next to Viper, that is...)
I have nothing against them personally, outside of many of the newer ones being front wheel drive. 
