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    Question Is it just me or are cars under 500whp just flat-out BORING to drive daily?

    I feel like I'm cursed or something... I've owned a billion car ranging from all sorts of stupid power levels (over9000!)... I'm currently shopping for a spring/summer car. Something in me always tells me the logical thinking process: HEY, get a nice luxury DD to drive around in like most other financially-stout people my age... but noooo, I got this little devil on my shoulder telling me that any car under 500whp is a big pile of boring shit. =[

    Just wondering... does anyone else here have this curse? Why can't I be a normal person and smile thinking 300whp cars are suuuper fun and fast? At this rate, I'll probably end up buying / building another beastly car to DD in this year...
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    Quote Originally Posted by ct9a gsr View Post
    I feel like I'm cursed or something... I've owned a billion car ranging from all sorts of stupid power levels (over9000!)... I'm currently shopping for a spring/summer car. Something in me always tells me the logical thinking process: HEY, get a nice luxury DD to drive around in like most other financially-stout people my age... but noooo, I got this little devil on my shoulder telling me that any car under 500whp is a big pile of boring shit. =[

    Just wondering... does anyone else here have this curse? Why can't I be a normal person and smile thinking 300whp cars are suuuper fun and fast? At this rate, I'll probably end up buying / building another beastly car to DD in this year...
    Hey....you with the ridiculous problem. This is Import Atlanta, 85% of the people here drive the SAME Civic. They just pass it around for photo shoots.

    They won't have an answer to your problem because none of them have ridden in a car with more than 243hp.


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    Must be nice. A lot of times the way a car overall feels has more to do with how exhilarating it is to drive verses purely its power output.

    I can honestly say my 180hp mini is more fun then when I had my 410hp m3, but my 50hp raptor owns them all. I guess my experience is limited.
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    my daily is h22 accord and my other car is my 240. their both fun do drive even tho theres a 300hp diff

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    You're looking in the wrong spot.

    Horsepower is boring, a straight line fast car is boring, get something with a fun powerband and great handling.

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    Quote Originally Posted by simontibbett View Post
    You're looking in the wrong spot.

    Horsepower is boring, a straight line fast car is boring, get something with a fun powerband and great handling.

    ^... I think the most fun car, is one that you can slide around in(RWD) but usually those have at least 350-500hp to actually break the tires loose easily... But my 150hp GSR is much more fun then my 320hp srt-4 IMO....
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    Quote Originally Posted by Turbodude06 View Post
    ^... I think the most fun car, is one that you can slide around in(RWD) but usually those have at least 350-500hp to actually break the tires loose easily... But my 150hp GSR is much more fun then my 320hp srt-4 IMO....
    You don't need that much HP to break tires loose you need torque and not much of it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by simontibbett View Post
    You're looking in the wrong spot.

    Horsepower is boring, a straight line fast car is boring, get something with a fun powerband and great handling.
    Opinion . I've had the most fun blasting down the highway at 2am than driving in the mountains. Some people "straight line" is just more fun

    Charles I have the same problem although not on your level. I've only owned one car over 500whp and it never saw the street.

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    My little MG only has about 95hp and it is a blast to drive, depends what you are looking to get out of the car.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Vteckidd View Post
    Opinion . I've had the most fun blasting down the highway at 2am than driving in the mountains. Some people "straight line" is just more fun

    Charles I have the same problem although not on your level. I've only owned one car over 500whp and it never saw the street.

    My advice is buy a motorcycle that's what I did
    Well of course it's an opinion, everything in here is an opinion including the original post. lol

    I don't bash straight line but really can't understand how it's fun. I've been in some stupid stupid fast cars and it's fun for a few times but then just gets boring. Same with bikes to me, I've never been able to get excited or anything going fast in a straight line on a bike.

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    its already been said, but buy a bike. half of the people on here dont have more than 250hp, so they can't exactly understand your issue.
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    After owning a string of 6-8 Sub-12.5 second cars then buying my truck I found myself feeling the same way. After owning the truck for a few months and not having to worry about running 93 or higher, cheaper insurance, more room and more comfortable on trips I was glad I made the change. I miss having a fast car some days, but a comfortable ride every day with minimal worries is hard to beat.
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    Quote Originally Posted by e30pwr View Post
    its already been said, but buy a bike. half of the people on here dont have more than 250hp, so they can't exactly understand your issue.
    I don't have more than 250hp but have driven cars that do for weeks plus time and after a half an hour it becomes boring.

    Are you all talking about the excitement factor or the annoyance in maintenance?

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    I feel your pain, depending on the car 400-450hp is about right for a daily...for me anyway.

    My buddies Procharged Z06 makes 590whp and its about perfect for a daily, theres not much you are going to run into thats going to hang with that.
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    Get another Supra Charles. That car was awesome. Or get a c6 and boost it.

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    i think you need another supra or H/C C6Z06

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    Quote Originally Posted by simontibbett View Post
    You're looking in the wrong spot.

    Horsepower is boring, a straight line fast car is boring, get something with a fun powerband and great handling.
    Exactly what he said. You aren't a man if you don't take turns. That's like all these fools with Hayabusa's running their mouths talking about how there bike would win a race. Take the shit out to a track or mountains and see what counts. I am sure you already know this.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Big Baller View Post
    I feel your pain, depending on the car 400-450hp is about right for a daily...for me anyway.

    My buddies Procharged Z06 makes 590whp and its about perfect for a daily, theres not much you are going to run into thats going to hang with that.
    Procharged Corvette sounds pretty fun...
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    Quote Originally Posted by ct9a gsr View Post
    Procharged Corvette sounds pretty fun...
    Its a blast but h\c\i will net you the same power. The procharged cars tend to overheat when pushed hard. His was so bad at little tally I couldn't even run a full lap without it over heating, unless I ran it in 4th gear. Mind you in 4th gear on street tires it ran sub 1:10s.

    A HCI car with good tires and pads should be sub 1:03 which is damn near insane.
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    Even with X amount of horsepower you still goota find the room and the roads to use it. Safely!
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    you must have passed the curse onto me when i bought the S from you. now all i want is a fucking Z06.

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    I'd rather toss a 150 hp car around at near full throttle than baby the shit out of a 500+ hp car and try not to die while still turning fast.

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    the STi seems to work fine for me

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    Quote Originally Posted by bdydrpdmazda View Post
    the STi seems to work fine for me
    I agree. You can toss those cars around like nobody's business and still feel like a better driver than you really are.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ct9a gsr View Post
    I feel like I'm cursed or something... I've owned a billion car ranging from all sorts of stupid power levels (over9000!)... I'm currently shopping for a spring/summer car. Something in me always tells me the logical thinking process: HEY, get a nice luxury DD to drive around in like most other financially-stout people my age... but noooo, I got this little devil on my shoulder telling me that any car under 500whp is a big pile of boring shit. =[

    Just wondering... does anyone else here have this curse? Why can't I be a normal person and smile thinking 300whp cars are suuuper fun and fast? At this rate, I'll probably end up buying / building another beastly car to DD in this year...
    a billion cars.... tad bit of an OVER-statement.....save your pennies and just buy a damn veyron or an apollo then you might be happy....




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    Quote Originally Posted by osnap View Post
    you must have passed the curse onto me when i bought the S from you. now all i want is a fucking Z06.
    Go buy one and sell the S back to me for what you paid for it... lol... notice how much S prices went up since I sold you that one? Silly me =D

    Quote Originally Posted by bdydrpdmazda View Post
    the STi seems to work fine for me
    I sold my STi because it got boring to me... =[

    Quote Originally Posted by Gorilla Eg! View Post
    a billion cars.... tad bit of an OVER-statement.....save your pennies and just buy a damn veyron or an apollo then you might be happy....
    Yes, a billion... 100% literally.
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    so y exactly cant you be happy with any car? this boggles my mind..... maybe you should try 2 wheels instead of 4.....much easier to go fast if thats all your after




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    Find a car that handles well... I love driving my cars on curvy roads... and u dont need 500+ to have fun on curvy roads...torque helps though

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    My car has almost no horsepower and I'm pretty sure I'm in the negative #'s for torque, but it's still a blast to drive. As long as I can throw a shifter around and hit some curves with pace I'm good to go.

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    Quote Originally Posted by e30pwr View Post
    its already been said, but buy a bike. half of the people on here dont have more than 250hp, so they can't exactly understand your issue.
    i dont even think u have 150hp lol.

    but i would say get a bike, or a well built car with 400hp and that handles like god, and ull prob be happy, wut kind of car that might be, i have no idea what u like.

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    Could have just stuck with the EVO you had in the beginning: AWD-turbo, lots of money & time spent, earned you reputation.

    Nowadays I just assumed you gave up the scene & was into making money only.

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    solution.......ae86 gt-s coupe with a nicely modded 4agze to push about 300 hp, a less than 2000 lbs. car , a ton of aftermarket support , rwd , and a dime a dozen. you can beat the living shit out of it , it will run by itself (lol toyota parody) and the gze has enough torque to break the tires loose half throttle . cheap , yet reliable , easily maintained.

    or get your self a noble m12.....used for $50k new upwards of $100k. english built with a rear transversely mounted ford v6 with some being twin turbo...ive wridden in one of these , drove one and fallowed one...all the same car , this particular one was the track edition twin turbo , and i have yet to ride in a faster car with handling to match....and ive wrode in ferrari's , most all jap's , 1/4 mile queens , porsche's , you name it , the noble was hands down.
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    charles.... try running, im willing to bet money that will get your heart rate higher than any shit ass 800whp poopra.

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    Cts-v, porsche panamera, bmw 760, range rover supercharged, rolls royce phantom drophead, if you have money you can get a nice luxury car that hauls ass.......don't act like money can't buy you what you're looking for.

    And if you don't have enough $$$$ to buy these cars then wtf are you bitching about. Man up and get money.


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    most of these replies here are retarded. the man used to have a 700awhp evo...buying a stock 500 crank hp car no matter how good it handles will be slow to him.

    charles you have 3 options....

    1. another evo
    2. another supra
    3. forced induction LSx car(c5, c6, f-body)

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    I can *clearly* tell that almost EVERYONE except maybe one or two ppl who posted in this thread have absolutely no clue of what I'm talking about or feeling... thanks Chad. =D

    @Matt - why'd you freeze your LT?

    @Kevin - I'm not really into the scene... I just like driving fast cars still.

    @NissanTun3rz0rz0rzzz - I'm not *acting* like anything... and all those cars you listed feel slow to me, sorry.

    BTW, I found a solution for now. =D
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    Quote Originally Posted by ct9a gsr View Post
    I can *clearly* tell that almost EVERYONE except maybe one or two ppl who posted in this thread have absolutely no clue of what I'm talking about or feeling... thanks Chad. =D

    BTW, I found a solution for now. =D
    your welcome sugerbutt.

    i say turbo vette or GT42R 6spd poopera.

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