Who is the best car/truck manufacturer?

[Byue]

Originally Posted by Mblake1981 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Other things probably make you feel alive.

Oh I felt alive going fast, it just made me super aware that any wrong move and we was going to be dead.
(I know we was is not sound, let me sound street tho)

But you are correct.
I feel alive in my restaurant.
When it is packed, with the terrace full and I know we'll do 500-600 customers tonight between 6:30 and 9:30. The tickets come out of a screaming machine and they don't stop and everything become a chaotic yet well executed dance.
I have 12 burners, a brigade of 7 people listening to me and talking to me, at once with the waiters coming in asking question while I'm already talking, or begging for a fix because of a mistake and time stops yet accelerate at the same time and I love cooking.


Toyota make good cars, unkillable but like others have said, it's not that smooth of a ride. In my mini, the exterior world is silent. suspension is smooth.
This is what I look for in a car.

Smoothness of the ride.

Because if I just want a point a to b in a car, LADA are capable of doing this forever like you think you can't kill a toyota? Try killing a LADA.

But you are also correct in saying that Toyota keep motorsports alive by being so successful at racing.
And it changes perception because it doesn't sound like the car you wanna drive but it actually perhaps is.

[Mblake1981]

Originally Posted by Byue [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Oh I felt alive going fast, it just made me super aware that any wrong move and we was going to be dead.

I mean..

Originally Posted by Byue [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

(I know we was is not sound, let me sound street tho)

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[Byue]

Originally Posted by Mblake1981 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I mean..



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hehe.
It's weird because I speak French on the daily, everywhere but home.
I write in English here.
And speak Arabic at home with the roomie (co-owner with me)

Sometimes these languages mingle and it creates funky sentences.

[Patriam1066]

Originally Posted by Toxigen [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Sure, you're right...but there are car guys out there that would disagree.

Like me.

Honda used to make very fun to drive cars, so did BMW. Not so much anymore

I had an M3 in 2008, back when they were sticks and v8s with hydraulic power steering. That car was fun as fuck to drive, even though it damn near killed my spine on shitty Houston roads. I think I stopped being a “car guy” after BMW started making crowd pleasing cars. BMW was my favorite back in the day, and before that it was Honda with VTech. Now, idk. I really only like porsches, but I’d never buy one because I don’t like the look or the utter lack of practicality. I could take my kids to school in the M3. All 3 of them.

I thought about getting a civic type R just to beat th fuck out of it as a daily driver, but I LOATHE hatchbacks, so yeah, I’m done with cars I think

I agree with the Subaru STI being a good choice though. Those are still fun

[Mblake1981]

Originally Posted by Gravydoo II [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

If you dont know what a 2jz or 1jz is or their capability, you're not a "car guy". lol
Power is power. Ethanol, C-series, V-series, 93 octane, nitromethane, methanol, alcohol, doesnt matter.

Old supras, new BMW.

Push Water

[Danth]

Originally Posted by Patriam1066 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

...even though it damn near killed my spine on shitty Houston roads.

Houston? Bad? Hah! Illustrates the effect of perspective. I have family in Houston and any time I visit that way I marvel at how perfect all the roads are compared to back home (here in north-central OH).

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"Fun" to me is cruising along at 45 or 55 MPH, windows down, enjoying the green countryside scrolling past, wife snuggled up in the middle next to me. Again, all relative.

Danth

[Patriam1066]

In urban Houston? We have absolutely abysmal roads, I promise you

[Gustoo]

Originally Posted by Mblake1981 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Old supras, new BMW.

Push Water

2jz is used across motorsports for its ability to handle mad boost. Not just drifting or special japan car fan clubs. Arguments could be made for it to be the best engine ever made.

[Mblake1981]

Originally Posted by Gustoo [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

2jz is used across motorsports for its ability to handle mad boost. Not just drifting or special japan car fan clubs. Arguments could be made for it to be the best engine ever made.

It was designed to take that from the factory. Good bang for your buck!

[Byue]

Originally Posted by Patriam1066 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

In urban Houston? We have absolutely abysmal roads, I promise you

Here, it freezes during the night, thaw in the morning, freeze during the day, thaw in the evening and refreeze at night so our roads are... well, shit.

There's just no competing with our shitty roads.

You guys ever drove a skyline?
It's a dream of mine.