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Re: Sporty Cars
« Reply #182 on: April 30, 2020, 12:15:04 PM »
If the exterior looks of a car were that important to me, I'd certainly sacrifice practicality to get something more swoopy than a GTI.

I need the interior room more than I care about looks, and I don't think they look that bad, or even somewhat bad, personally.

They are the mark of a practically minded intelligent owner who is confident in his own capacities and doesn't need some sporty looking car to establish his manhood.

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Re: Sporty Cars
« Reply #183 on: April 30, 2020, 12:16:06 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on April 30, 2020, 12:02:15 PM
I used to chuckle that Ford calls its 302 a 5.0 L engine.
I think it was C/D that made a point of always labeling it a 4.9 L.
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Re: Sporty Cars
« Reply #184 on: April 30, 2020, 12:17:02 PM »
Quote from: CWSooner on April 30, 2020, 12:16:06 PM
I think it was C/D that made a point of always labeling it a 4.9 L.
Yeah, I do ....
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Re: Sporty Cars
« Reply #185 on: April 30, 2020, 12:17:46 PM »
there was always a bit of room with cubic inches and litres to come up with the sexier number
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Re: Sporty Cars
« Reply #186 on: April 30, 2020, 12:18:26 PM »
Quote from: utee94 on April 30, 2020, 12:10:58 PM
Yup, I like the smaller, cleaner lines on the 65-66.  Strange chrome "scoop-fingers" on the 66 notwithstanding, of course. ;)
IIRC, that chrome piece was called a "fish-scaler."  I could do without it.
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Re: Sporty Cars
« Reply #187 on: April 30, 2020, 12:22:21 PM »
I don't mind hatchbacks conceptually, although they are not as structurally rigid as a coupe of the same model.  Back in the era of the Fox-body Mustangs, the GT was a hatchback, but racers would use the notchback coupe as the basis for building a competition car.

My mom had a VW Scirocco, which was a hatchback.  That was a very sporty and attractive car.

But that Hyundai hatchback that CD posted upthread is butt-ugly.
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Re: Sporty Cars
« Reply #188 on: April 30, 2020, 12:23:01 PM »
Quote from: CWSooner on April 30, 2020, 12:18:26 PM
IIRC, that chrome piece was called a "fish-scaler."  I could do without it.
That sounds right to me.  It's been years-- decades really-- since I was really into Mustang Club and such. Way back when, I knew a lot more of the lingo that the true collectors and historians used.  That was an option that I'd do without as well, but if I ever bought one that had it original, I'd somehow learn to live with it. :)

Also, I'm fine with the 289.  I'm not much of a racer, my i s c & a aggie wife refers to my driving as "granny-like" and that's okay with me.  I haven't been stopped for speeding since I was 18.

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Re: Sporty Cars
« Reply #189 on: April 30, 2020, 12:23:38 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on April 30, 2020, 12:17:02 PM
Yeah, I do ....
Car and Driver = C/D
Cincydawg = CD
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Re: Sporty Cars
« Reply #190 on: April 30, 2020, 12:24:34 PM »
I think the rigidity today is about the same, even convertibles are pretty rigid now (not as).

The Cd is not as low as for a sedan.

This is somewhat akin to the length of a ship and it's top speed.
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Re: Sporty Cars
« Reply #191 on: April 30, 2020, 12:26:35 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on April 30, 2020, 12:15:04 PM
If the exterior looks of a car were that important to me, I'd certainly sacrifice practicality to get something more swoopy than a GTI.

I need the interior room more than I care about looks, and I don't think they look that bad, or even somewhat bad, personally.

They are the mark of a practically minded intelligent owner who is confident in his own capacities and doesn't need some sporty looking car to establish his manhood.



I mean, that's fine and all, but this very thread is titled "sporty cars" and not "utilitarian cars."  

So...
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Re: Sporty Cars
« Reply #192 on: April 30, 2020, 12:27:15 PM »
Quote from: CWSooner on April 30, 2020, 12:22:21 PM
My mom had a VW Scirocco, which was a hatchback.  That was a very sporty and attractive car.

you think this is attractive, but have a problem with the C8 Corvette???

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« Reply #193 on: April 30, 2020, 12:29:41 PM »
Anyway, I don't drive a "sporty car" of any kind.  I have a Tahoe 4x4, and an F150 4x4, so I certainly range far more toward the utilitarian myself.  I just like looking at, and talking about, sporty cars. *shrug*

I guess my wife's Toyota convertible is sort of sporty, but I rarely drive it.

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Re: Sporty Cars
« Reply #194 on: April 30, 2020, 12:30:13 PM »
Quote from: utee94 on April 30, 2020, 12:26:35 PM
I mean, that's fine and all, but this very thread is titled "sporty cars" and not "utilitarian cars." 

So...

A GTI is IMHO quite "sporty", just not sporty LOOKING, something old men strive for when other aspects of their life have diminished.
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Re: Sporty Cars
« Reply #195 on: April 30, 2020, 12:31:12 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on April 30, 2020, 12:30:13 PM
A GTI is IMHO quite "sporty", just not sporty LOOKING, something old men strive for when other aspects of their life have diminished.

If you say so.  I drive a pickup and wouldn't know about such things. 
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