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Author Topic: What kind of car does everyone drive? Tom Petrov Five Guys Lover Posts: 1121 From: El Paso, TX Registered: Jan 2003 posted 11-28-2011 10:11 PM                    quote: Richard Hamilton 0-60 easily in first in about 5 seconds And here I am thinking 5 second 0-60mph runs were something only for the present. Weren't guys obsessed with the "1/4 mile" back then?  |  IP: Logged Richard Hamilton Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1341 From: Evansville, Indiana Registered: Jan 2000 posted 11-29-2011 07:20 AM                     Tom, I got the car in the summer of 85, I was 18. All I know is it was fast. The 5 seconds was timed by a friend in the car with me. The engine had been rebuilt and I don't know what the horsepower was. Here are some stats . It lists 0-60 in 6.5 at 300hp. Rick  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 11-29-2011 07:56 AM                     Richard..... You still drivin that pimmped out Escalade or did the Ex end up witn it?  |  IP: Logged Richard Hamilton Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1341 From: Evansville, Indiana Registered: Jan 2000 posted 11-29-2011 08:24 AM                     Mark, Traded it in when gas was about $5.00 a gallon a few years ago. Don't get me started on my ex....this thread got me thinking. Before I was married, I owned my own house with a Porsche and a BMW sitting in the driveway. Next thing I knew I got married, both cars were sold, we bought her a newer BMW and I got her old Grand Am that she inhereted from her grandparents . Oh, had to sell the house, buy a newer better one and start living paycheck to paycheck, bitch  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 11-29-2011 09:47 PM                     Boy, if Rick took that 68 on the 1/4mile track and kept his timeslips, they probably would have showed low 10's at over 130mph..  |  IP: Logged Tom Petrov Five Guys Lover Posts: 1121 From: El Paso, TX Registered: Jan 2003 posted 11-29-2011 09:59 PM                    Monte- Are you serious about low 10's?  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 11-30-2011 12:20 PM                     ..why I said "probably" - nothing factual since it never happened.  |  IP: Logged Tom Petrov Five Guys Lover Posts: 1121 From: El Paso, TX Registered: Jan 2003 posted 12-01-2011 09:39 PM                    quote: Richard Hamilton Here are some stats . It lists 0-60 in 6.5 at 300hp. Even had 4 wheel discs...nice!  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 12-01-2011 09:57 PM                     ...which was an expensive option in those days to have all wheel disc brakes...just like fuel injection-a rare thing to have. the norm was drum brakes on all four corners.  |  IP: Logged Tom Petrov Five Guys Lover Posts: 1121 From: El Paso, TX Registered: Jan 2003 posted 12-01-2011 10:04 PM                    Monte- not sure how legit the option list is on the link Richard posted, but you could a speed warning indicator, turbo hydromatic transmission, 435hp engine, and an off-road exhaust...  |  IP: Logged Richard Hamilton Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1341 From: Evansville, Indiana Registered: Jan 2000 posted 12-02-2011 02:03 AM                     quote: Monte L Fullmer the norm was drum brakes on all four corners. Really? Never seen drum brakes on a Vette. Tom, I assumed the "off road Exhaust" was refferring to side pipes. Rick  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 12-02-2011 08:52 PM                     Drums on a normal, sedan-type car of that era-like Olds, Buick, Ford, et.al. , not "Vette" specific by any means.. (course, maybe the first Vettes that out in the early 50's were all drum since they did begin with a little 235CID, straight 6...)  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 12-02-2011 08:54 PM                     Gee Rick... By the way you're talkin my Hummer AND my Ford Expedition combined probably get better gas milage than that Escalade did...  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 12-02-2011 08:56 PM                     Esclades prob weighed in around 3 tons - why it prob rode so smooth.. That's a lot of iron to get moving and to keep moving..  |  IP: Logged Tom Petrov Five Guys Lover Posts: 1121 From: El Paso, TX Registered: Jan 2003 posted 12-02-2011 09:53 PM                    quote: Monte L Fullmer why it prob rode so smooth Thats the road-sensing/adjusting suspension that costs a fortune to replace.  |  IP: Logged

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