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DainBramaged

(39,191 posts)
Wed Jul 4, 2012, 03:23 PM Jul 2012

First they came for the SUVs, then the Ferrari's, after that, the pick up trucks

Last edited Wed Jul 4, 2012, 04:34 PM - Edit history (1)

but they weren't happy with their catch so they took the BMW's, Benz's, Audi's and Jaguar's. Pretty soon, the Corvette's were gone too. By then everyone drove little jelly beans that looked like their neighbors. And it was deemed good.


But then, in the middle of the night in the distance came a roar. Some nights it lasted for hours. The CO2 sensors went off the charts, but by the time the eco police arrived, all that were left were tire tracks and wine bags (cans and bottles long since gone the way of the outdoor barbecue).


Not in my lifetime. Let the exhaust pipes scream.

WAHHHHHHHHHHHH

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First they came for the SUVs, then the Ferrari's, after that, the pick up trucks (Original Post) DainBramaged Jul 2012 OP
Oh noes! How can we maintain our status? immoderate Jul 2012 #1
Comparing fuel economy standards to the Holocaust? LeftyMom Jul 2012 #2
who took 'em and where? spanone Jul 2012 #3
... Fumesucker Jul 2012 #4
I like "A 40 Second Thing in 39 Seconds" (from "Tales From The Ozone") HopeHoops Jul 2012 #5
You got it for sure madokie Jul 2012 #6
Watch and listen to this one minute video and calm down. Then I suggest deleting this thread NNN0LHI Jul 2012 #7
Music to my ears. -..__... Jul 2012 #9
The beer fart soundin' ones are slow posers - here's a couple fast ones Mopar151 Jul 2012 #16
Before long electric cars will be faster CJCRANE Jul 2012 #8
I do believe that some electric cars can develop more torque than most (all?) internal combustion DisgustipatedinCA Jul 2012 #10
It's not that they (necessarily) make MORE torque... Lizzie Poppet Jul 2012 #14
Audi, world leader in HIGH HP diesels and soon, electrics DainBramaged Jul 2012 #13
Laws of physics say no Mopar151 Jul 2012 #18
what is it you're decrying here... did i miss something? dionysus Jul 2012 #11
my neighbors look like twizzles, not jelly beans. nt bbgrunt Jul 2012 #12
When they pry it from his burning hands... Mopar151 Jul 2012 #15
...and the petrol heads took to the streets with torches and pitchforks. flvegan Jul 2012 #17
It ain't even gotta be petrol Mopar151 Jul 2012 #19
Special for D/B Mopar151 Jul 2012 #20
 

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)
5. I like "A 40 Second Thing in 39 Seconds" (from "Tales From The Ozone")
Wed Jul 4, 2012, 04:39 PM
Jul 2012

Of course, there's ALWAYS "Hot Rod Lincoln".

NNN0LHI

(67,190 posts)
7. Watch and listen to this one minute video and calm down. Then I suggest deleting this thread
Wed Jul 4, 2012, 04:58 PM
Jul 2012
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-..__...

(7,776 posts)
9. Music to my ears.
Wed Jul 4, 2012, 05:42 PM
Jul 2012

I absolutely detest the look and sound of todays tricked out imports that pretend to be "sports cars".

Mopar151

(10,004 posts)
16. The beer fart soundin' ones are slow posers - here's a couple fast ones
Wed Jul 4, 2012, 09:08 PM
Jul 2012

This is a new tech Audi Quattro 20V drivetrain and suspension on a tube chassis. Paul Tinguad (dirver, owner, rally car builder by day) calls those ridiculous exhausts "grapefruit shooters". In the hillcrimb world, he is reknowned for his wrench skills and his take no prisoners driving style.



CJCRANE

(18,184 posts)
8. Before long electric cars will be faster
Wed Jul 4, 2012, 05:29 PM
Jul 2012

than the old muscle cars and sports cars.

You'll still be able to drive the old gas guzzlers on private race tracks and deserted old country roads.



BTW: AFAIK Porsche and Ferrari are developing hybrid engines, not just to reduce fuel consumption but it can also improve performance in some ways.

 

DisgustipatedinCA

(12,530 posts)
10. I do believe that some electric cars can develop more torque than most (all?) internal combustion
Wed Jul 4, 2012, 05:44 PM
Jul 2012

...engines.

The OP is nothing more than a Freudian cry for help. Or for mama.

 

Lizzie Poppet

(10,164 posts)
14. It's not that they (necessarily) make MORE torque...
Wed Jul 4, 2012, 06:20 PM
Jul 2012

...it's that however much torque an electric motor makes, it makes at all RPM. You have the motor's full torque output over its full range of operation. This means that until an internal combustion engine spins up to fairly high RPM, a reasonably equivalent electric motor (in terms of power output) will have a lot more torque.

DainBramaged

(39,191 posts)
13. Audi, world leader in HIGH HP diesels and soon, electrics
Wed Jul 4, 2012, 06:15 PM
Jul 2012

Audi R8 e-tron Electric Car Sets World Record on the Nürburgring


The Audi R8 e-tron is powered by a 375 horsepower electric drive system and a 49 KWh lithium-ion battery pack that gives it a range up to 133 miles on a single charge. The world record for the R8 e-tron follows Audi’s win at the 24 Hours of Le Mans with the Audi R18 e-tron quattro – the first overall victory for a hybrid-electric vehicle in the toughest race in the world.


http://inhabitat.com/audi-r8-e-tron-electric-car-sets-world-record-on-the-nurburgring-nordschleife/

The SUV haters will hate this car because it isn't covered with solar cells. 133 miles is OK if you're grannying, but a super car is a super car.

More power...

Mopar151

(10,004 posts)
18. Laws of physics say no
Wed Jul 4, 2012, 09:16 PM
Jul 2012

Not enough energy density in electrical storage, too high a weight-to-power ratio for the powerplant.

Mopar151

(10,004 posts)
15. When they pry it from his burning hands...
Wed Jul 4, 2012, 08:49 PM
Jul 2012

EJ Potter, the original Michigan MadMan. A true master of motor mayhem, and one of the great carachters in a sport full of them. There needs to be a place in the world for big loud wild messy fun - it's much better for society than wars, domination and conquest.

flvegan

(64,422 posts)
17. ...and the petrol heads took to the streets with torches and pitchforks.
Wed Jul 4, 2012, 09:09 PM
Jul 2012

And with giggles of adolescent glee, they unplugged their neighbors' Leafs and overturned their G-Wiz'. And then, and only then, were things good.

Mopar151

(10,004 posts)
19. It ain't even gotta be petrol
Wed Jul 4, 2012, 09:28 PM
Jul 2012

Cellulose alky, isobutanol, landfill gas methanol, vegetable based synthetic oil..... Leave us some fun, and we won't throw lumps of coal at your hybrid....

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