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Some 80's nostalgia
ChadTower:
Heh, I forgot he's that short. He is from right around here and played for the Celtics twice... dude owns the facility where one of the football teams I played for a year ago did our conditioning sessions. Nice place, field turf is good.
boykster:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on June 19, 2007, 02:54:35 pm ---
Heh, I forgot he's that short. He is from right around here and played for the Celtics twice... dude owns the facility where one of the football teams I played for a year ago did our conditioning sessions. Nice place, field turf is good.
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I was out with some friends one night, and one of my buddies pointed and said "Hey, that's Dana Barros"....I looked and was like :dunno Those are just normal guys over there,I don't see any NBA guys...they're all too short.
It was him..... ;)
I forgot he played for the Celts.....not a "great" player, but a decent role player. He was a sparkplug for the sonics of the day, he'd come off the bench with good energy and fire up the team.
MikeQ:
--- Quote from: boykster on June 19, 2007, 02:43:15 pm ---
--- Quote from: ChadTower on June 19, 2007, 09:09:11 am ---
It's still a Supra. I would think an NBA player, especially someone that tall, would want more of a status symbol.
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Well, first of all, Dana Barros (I misspelled it above, no W) was TINY for an NBA player @ only 5' 11". H drove a MkIV supra pretty much from the day they hit the states, and of course it was a twin turbo model.
Sure, it was still "just" a toyota supra, but this was right in the thick of the escalation of the non-exotic sports car race-> supra MK IV, RX-7 GenIII, Mitsubishi 3000GT, Nissan 300ZX, etc. These were former "affordable" sports cars that were now pushing $50-100k rather than their initial target of sub $30k.
And Dana's didn't have the huge stock wing, it had an aftermarket F1 type...VERY ugly. Before that car, he drove a 300ZX with a gargantuan wing too.....I hate aftermarket wings.
I totally agree with MikeQ about the 308, DeLorean, and some other older "exotics" being as much a nostalgia thing than a performance car thing. Sure, they ARE fun to drive (I've driven several older ferraris and other older sports cars), but a modern moderately performance car will outperform most of them. Heck, my IS250RWD probably accelerates and handles better than many 80's era sports cars, but it doesn't have the same cool factor to it. The most fun car I've ever driven was a De Tomaso Pantera....thing was a total pig to drive, and at 3000lbs+ it handled like one too. But damn it was fun 8)
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The older cars are also fun to work on. Cars now are totally computer controlled and tinkering with the performance means popping out a chip and popping in a new one and setting some parameters. Not very fun and not very flexible.
Xiaou2:
I used to think Delorians were pretty cool. But as said, they are not too
speedy. I think for full 'coolness effect" youd have to upgrade it to look
like the movie car. heh
As for Sports cars, I never really cared... Until one day a game collector
friend asked me if I wanted to take a ride in his RX7. It didnt look that
special at all, but what the hell...
I strap in, and he makes it out to the main road. Then he floors the
thing. It was like being in a Rocket! I was thrown back and litterally
glued to the seat for several seconds. Absolutely AWESOME!
He also ichanged the suspension and installed a racing kit which tightens
the frame so that it can hug the road and take corners at SICK speeds.
On the Highway, he opened it up, and on a corner that my car would have
had trouble taking at 45 mph on the Outside lane, he took the INSIDE lane
at maybe 90mph. It was Rock solid! Didnt slide, slip, or show any sign of
loss of control. The G-forces felt were intense and wicked! :)
The bad part, is that to get such performance, the suspension was rock
hard. You felt every little crack and bump in the road. He said he only
used it for short trips because his ass and back cant take it for too long!
But he also takes it out to a nearby racetrack occasionally. Must be a
real blast. Hes driven it to work several times... but hes gotten into a
bit too much trouble doing that. If he gets one more speeding ticket, I
believe they will take his license.
If I had a lot of money to burn, I might consider such a thing. As it
stands, Id rather have a nice comfy van that I could use to haul machines,
wood, people...etc in.
Cant wait for the Electric cars to be affordable. The acceleration
abilities on those is mostly only limited by battery power/life. Lightweight
materials will also help too.
Ohh, and finally, if i had to choose between a 2nd car for 'fun' and a
gameroom with more games (such as a nice row of williams pinball machines)
Its more games for me :)
shorthair:
--- Quote from: Chris G on June 19, 2007, 02:28:57 pm --- :D And I hate those giant wings on the back. I think they look really stupid.
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Maybe that was his 'status' thing. Ya, they's ugly.
--- Quote ---On the Highway, he opened it up, and on a corner that my car would have
had trouble taking at 45 mph on the Outside lane, he took the INSIDE lane
at maybe 90mph...The bad part, is that to get such performance, the suspension was rock hard. You felt every little crack and bump in the road...but hes gotten into a bit too much trouble doing that. If he gets one more speeding ticket, I
believe they will take his license.
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My brother does this kind of stuff daily in his commute and general driving round SoCal, with his stock Lincoln. He must have good energy flow cos he rarely gets tickets, and never with me. (I make sure his energy's good when I drive with him.) Although, one time at night he hesitated on making a left turn as a bus was coming, then decided to and didn't notice this pimp-lookin black dude crossing the street there. I hollered at my brother, the pimp guy bucked and jumped, and fortunately we also missed the bus...and continued on our way.
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