To me, the most immersive experience you can get from a motorcycle or car, is pushing your vehicle through the corners, right at its limits. At that moment, you are one with the vehicle. You understand the vehicles limits as well as your own. Becoming one with the vehicle is what makes this hobby worth it.
The downside! You could buy at the same time a mustang 5.0 convertible for around 17,000 dollars that was a better car and much more ego boosting and fun to drive
My mom used to had a 1985 Toyota Cressida. I remember growing up seeing the mid to late 80s Chevy Nova's on the road before they switch to Geo Prizm in the Geo brand GE🌎...
As a.af"FORD"able man, One of the few "Heartbeat 💓 of America" car models that I truly appreciate. just enjoying the beautiful view 🪟 From a Long distance loveline.
It was low 15-15.7 not a 16 sec car and yes it would eat most bmw 5 if both didn't have a tune but both had same tranny lol this guy didn't know wack on this and some like mine had electric blowers like turbo / supercharger i know this because you have to disconnect it and a cooler lines and stuff to do a belts changes and with a tune transmission it do 14 high to 15.2 and put wider vette tires sizes on it and it do 15 all day intil motor or tranny or rearend parts go but it would do alll on dash and some if in right modes and light up on gas and cut plastic shims off gas petal i did mine because i wanted a fancy after market race looking and same with steering wheel and wheels at first but moved back to stock looking stuff and and tubontics company has upgraded blowers and electric stuff and coils and the cosica exhast and other parts and a airraid coolbox was also upgraded and well just to say caddy warranty was never worth it anyways and they hated them so i just got parts and stolen parts out of others in our lots to fix mine like they was my own parts bin 😂 because most was headed to junk yards i took wheels and lugs and bumpers and fog lamps and trunks and doors front glass and rear glass and sunroof and list go on
I never realized they cost that much. I bought a 5.0 Mustang in 88 and it was about $13k. It wasn’t a convertible but it was pretty well loaded and had the sunroof.
I have an MR2 Spyder. Owned it for 11 years and still can't get over how good Toyota managed to make it sound stock. Still brings a smile to my face :D
@@TheRealDarthVadar ummm interesting….1992 you say huh? L98 you say? 1992? R u sure? I’m pretty sure all corvettes for 1992 received the new LT1 5.7 350 V8…..unless I got too many holes in my SpongeBob brain….
@@TheRealDarthVadar thank you…thank you very much! On a separate note the L98 from what i read and heard isn’t too bad or underpowered, as matter of fact it’s quite a good capable engine that finally got the C4 some decent numbers for the time period….especially the torque, apparently the L98 is known as a torque monster!
@SubieandFriends 350 torque wasn't shabby for 1985 when I believe that engine was introduced 245 bhp 350 torque I'd consider that a torque monster for it's era
@@TheRealDarthVadar actually I don’t mean to sound like Mr smarty pants here but the L98 came out a few more years later, either 87 or 89, I know for sure the 1984-1986* C4 had the old cross fire 5.7 V8 which was introduced in the previous generation C3 corvette for its last two model years I believe 81 & 82(I don’t think there was a corvette made for 1983) So when the C4 was released for 1984 it was equipped with the same cross fire 5.7 V8 which only made around 205HP & I think about 290lbs torque…that’s why when the L98 came out a few years later it was considered such a nice big upgrade and what made it even better was when it got the new 6 speed manual transmission that came out for 1989(I think it was 1989) which was much better then the 4 + 3 manual that it replaced. The 4 speed autos were always good transmissions.
The iroc z camaro was shead of its time it still looks better than any new camaro out there the first time i rode in one was a 88 and i couldnt beleive the power taking off it was the first car i was in that hit 145mph on the highway ive wanted one ever since maybe one day
mine is a 86 GT with a Ferrari kit on it. Just trying to find the correct ride height right now. First it was too high, then too low, now I'm finding a good place somewhere inbetween
apart from the ill-fated and unreliable Audi Offroad, large Citroens are the ONLY vehicles that are a relaxing drive at 110 mhp, can up their suspension in case of high water or a snowdrift, and have good fuel economy. A truly civilized and versatile car. Setright knew what he was talking about when he praised them.
I HAD AN 86.5 WITH A 5 - SPEED GETRAG GERMAN TRANNY , THE OTHER WAS A 88 WITH THE T-125 AUTO BOTH GT MODELS , THE SUSPENSION UPGRADE FOR 1988 WAS WORLDS APART FROM ITS INTRO COUNTERPART , I WOULD LOVE TO TAKE AN INDY FIERO AND A 88 COUPE , SWITCH THE BODY PANELS , INTERIOR ETC… PULL THE IRON DUKE SHAVE THE HEAD , RAISE THE COMPRESSION RATIO , STROKE THE CRANK , RE- SIZE SHOT PEEN THE RODS OR RE - WORK 455 SUPER - DUTY RODS FOR STRENGTH , DRILL THE CRANK OIL PASSAGES , BALANCE THE WHOLE SHE BANG !!!
I bought a 1987 Nova from an old lady. She literally gave me the "Never had any problems. I only drove it to church and the grocery store spiel". It made sense. The car had 30k miles on it and was like 18 years old at the time. I drove it for 2 months before it started overheating. Brought it to a mechanic friend of mine. When he took the head off he found a hole in the head big enough to fit a finger in and a ton of JB weld. Needless to say that old lady lied to me.
I've had three of these cars and they're pretty stubborn when it comes to maintenance on them but now I'm still seeking another one but they're like two to 3,000 right now on Facebook marketplace
