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« Reply #3472 on: March 26, 2022, 12:09:53 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on March 26, 2022, 12:01:32 PM
Yeah, but we didn't know it.  Modern cars are pretty amazing to me, if expensive-ish.

My GTI would outrun most 60s and 70s GTOs every made in the quarter mile and on any race track, or keep up with them anyway.  This one was fast in 1969.

1969 Pontiac GTO Judge

0-60 mph 6.4  Quarter mile 13.9

You dont drive electric???



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« Reply #3473 on: March 26, 2022, 12:19:20 PM »
No, I bought the GTI in 2018 when we moved to the city.  It has been an almost perfect car for our needs and wishes.  And it's a manual.  

We had a CTS and my wife found it just too large for getting around here.  That was a really nice car, but a bit too big.  We also had a lot of problems with potholes.
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« Reply #3474 on: March 26, 2022, 12:20:37 PM »


My other ride ...
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« Reply #3475 on: March 26, 2022, 12:22:46 PM »
A 1971 GTO with a 455 4 speed trans could do 0 tp 60 in 6.1 and the quarter mile in 13.4 sec thank you very much

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontiac_GTO#:~:text=Motor%20Trend%20tested%20a%201971,(164%20km%2Fh).

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« Reply #3476 on: March 26, 2022, 12:24:47 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on March 26, 2022, 12:20:37 PM


My other ride ...
one of them looks like high maintenance
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« Reply #3477 on: March 26, 2022, 12:33:13 PM »
Quote from: longhorn320 on March 26, 2022, 12:22:46 PM
A 1971 GTO with a 455 4 speed trans could do 0 tp 60 in 6.1 and the quarter mile in 13.4 sec thank you very much

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontiac_GTO#:~:text=Motor%20Trend%20tested%20a%201971,(164%20km%2Fh).


2018 Volkswagen GTI Autobahn (Manual)
0-60 mph 6.1Quarter mile 14.6
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2018 Volkswagen GTI Autobahn
0-60 mph 6.0Quarter mile 14.5
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2018 Volkswagen GTI SE
0-60 mph 5.7 Quarter mile 14.3

The GTO is faster in the quarter, about the same to 60, with front wheel drive, which is a disadvantage in acceleration usually.

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« Reply #3478 on: March 26, 2022, 01:01:31 PM »
Quote from: longhorn320 on March 26, 2022, 12:24:47 PM
one of them looks like high maintenance
both of them are
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« Reply #3479 on: March 26, 2022, 01:09:55 PM »
The Chevy is a restomod likely with some LS fuel injected modern engine in it.
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« Reply #3480 on: March 26, 2022, 01:16:27 PM »
Quote from: longhorn320 on March 26, 2022, 09:36:13 AM
My frat did quite a bit of community service

handing out toys at a childrens hospital

serving food at various charity functions

it wasnt all just parties

we participated in various scholastic league sports

we even had a choir and serenaded various sororities
My fraternity did much the same.
I have more memories of intramural sports than I do of parties.
Not that there weren't some great parties . . . .
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« Reply #3481 on: March 26, 2022, 01:18:04 PM »
that would help, but I'd still be leery about putting 100,000 miles on it
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« Reply #3482 on: March 26, 2022, 01:20:55 PM »
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« Reply #3483 on: March 26, 2022, 01:45:10 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on March 26, 2022, 01:20:55 PM
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so all we gotta do is round up half the gangs in LA and send their asses to the approaching asteroid

problem solved
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« Reply #3484 on: March 27, 2022, 10:36:57 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on March 26, 2022, 12:01:32 PM
Yeah, but we didn't know it.  Modern cars are pretty amazing to me, if expensive-ish.

My GTI would outrun most 60s and 70s GTOs every made in the quarter mile and on any race track, or keep up with them anyway.  This one was fast in 1969.

1969 Pontiac GTO Judge

0-60 mph 6.4  Quarter mile 13.9
Muscle-car-era performance cars were fast in a straight line, less capable when it came to turning and stopping.
They do have the looks and general "cool" factor that modern performance cars do not.
Modern performance cars are better-engineered, better-constructed, and safer. They get more performance with better fuel economy.
And they cost a lot more money.
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« Reply #3485 on: March 28, 2022, 07:58:11 AM »
Tires have improved a lot since 1970 in terms of traction, which aids acceleration off the line.

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