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I've always read this in magazines. Surely I would of though if a MPS and a 911 Carrera were to boot it side by side at 80km/h the Porsche would kill it.

Is it becuase the Porsche gearing isn't suited for a 80km/h roll?

With 259kw, 0-100 in 4.7? and a 1/4 mile under 13 you'd expect it to walk a MPS :blink:

generally the 80-120kmh acceleration is done in 5th gear, so it isn't quite an accurate of how fast they are. if you were do drop down to 2nd or 3rd gear then yes, the porsche would eat the mazda. that said, the difference between the porsche and the mazda is only 0.2 of a second (3.5 vs 3.7). a lot of it comes down to gearing as well as torque range. the r35 gtr does it in something like 4.5 to 4.8 seconds and the fpv turbo 6 will do it somewhere between 2.6 and 2.9 seconds.

golf gti's are a dime a dozen over here in the uk.

being an aussie, i hate 99% of them. the poms gennerally dont have a clue on style mods, but i have seen a few really nice gti's.

they are cheap over here too. we're talking 1500 pounds for a 10 year old gti. around 3k pound for a mint 10 year old one.

if the nissan pulsar i own ever shit it self i would buy one.

on a side note, a mate has a 2000 model gti, 1.8ltr turbo, its got a front mound, exhaust, pod, tune, boost.... SLOW.

with 1 or 2 people in it, its pretty nippy, but put 4 adults in it and its not that great. ca18 silvia would eat it.

just my experience.

cheers adam

Girls cars

Just sayin'

Also too many people missing it's where the cars are made, not where the parent company is from.

Mercs were shit for a while because they were building them in South Africa.

None of the cheaper german cars are actually made in germany, they have bits assembled from random euro countries, only the top end stuff is made in germany, but who wants to spend over 100k on a badge anyways :nyaanyaa:

Drove a dc5 last night for the first time and i dont see how anyone could say that jap cars are poorly built, seemed alot better built then alot of golfs i've driven.

plus 1 re girls and cars..

current squeeze is looking into something 'sporty' at about 15-20k, i pressed for more info but she professed not knowing enough about cars to elucidate further on her needs so to just go nuts..

So of course i spammed her inbox with a plethora of S15's, Supra's, Skylines and the odd Civic/Integra. She finally gets back to me saying it needs to be auto, post 06', no more than 2 litres or so and most importantly RED.

:blink:

now looking at XR5s and MPS's but cant find one in auto, im figuring thats not an option? might have to punt for the GTI even with all the hate for them in here..

i do like this mazda however..

http://www.carsales.com.au/all-cars/private/details.aspx?Cr=0&PriceTo=412&R=11191469&trecs=3&__sid=130948DE8FE6&__Ns=pCar_RankSort_Int32|1||pCar_PriceSort_Decimal|1||pCar_Make_String|0||pCar_Model_String|0&__Qpb=1&__Nne=15&seot=1&__N=1216%201246%201247%201252%201282%204294961285%204294965340%204294929522%20412&silo=1011&keywords=

plus 1 re girls and cars..

current squeeze is looking into something 'sporty' at about 15-20k, i pressed for more info but she professed not knowing enough about cars to elucidate further on her needs so to just go nuts..

So of course i spammed her inbox with a plethora of S15's, Supra's, Skylines and the odd Civic/Integra. She finally gets back to me saying it needs to be auto, post 06', no more than 2 litres or so and most importantly RED.

:blink:

now looking at XR5s and MPS's but cant find one in auto :(

http://www.carsales.com.au/all-cars/private/details.aspx?R=11187306&YearFromShort=1650&__Qpb=1&keywords=&Cr=0&__Ns=pCar_RankSort_Int32|1||pCar_PriceSort_Decimal|1||pCar_Make_String|0||pCar_Model_String|0&SearchAction=N&__N=1216%201247%201252%201282%201650%201621%20412%204294963846%204294963593&silo=1011&PriceTo=412&seot=1&__Nne=15&trecs=1&__sid=12006EE025D0

http://www.carsales.com.au/all-cars/private/details.aspx?R=11265430&YearFromShort=1650&__Qpb=1&keywords=&Cr=0&__Ns=pCar_RankSort_Int32|1||pCar_PriceSort_Decimal|1||pCar_Make_String|0||pCar_Model_String|0&SearchAction=N&__N=1216%201247%201252%201282%201650%201621%20412%204294963980&silo=1011&PriceTo=412&seot=1&__Nne=15&trecs=4&__sid=12006EE025D0

http://www.carsales.com.au/all-cars/private/details.aspx?R=11059059&YearFromShort=1650&__Qpb=1&keywords=&Cr=1&__Ns=pCar_RankSort_Int32|1||pCar_PriceSort_Decimal|1||pCar_Make_String|0||pCar_Model_String|0&SearchAction=N&__N=1216%201247%201252%201282%201650%201621%20412%204294967194%204294967178&silo=1011&PriceTo=412&seot=1&__Nne=15&trecs=3&__sid=12006EE025D0

http://www.carsales.com.au/all-cars/private/details.aspx?R=10997764&YearFromShort=1650&__Qpb=1&keywords=&Cr=0&__Ns=pCar_RankSort_Int32|1||pCar_PriceSort_Decimal|1||pCar_Make_String|0||pCar_Model_String|0&SearchAction=N&__N=1216%201247%201252%201282%201650%201621%20412%204294962746%204294962496%204294786602&silo=1011&PriceTo=412&seot=1&__Nne=15&trecs=25&__sid=12006EE025D0

http://www.carsales.com.au/all-cars/dealer/details.aspx?R=10558554&YearFromShort=1650&__Qpb=1&keywords=&Cr=0&__Ns=pCar_RankSort_Int32|1||pCar_PriceSort_Decimal|1||pCar_Make_String|0||pCar_Model_String|0&SearchAction=N&__N=1216%201247%201252%201282%201650%201621%20412%204294965322%204294965105&silo=1011&PriceTo=412&seot=1&__Nne=15&trecs=1&__sid=12006EE025D0

thanks 10 4, some nice options there, i like the Jetta and i didnt realise you could get mini coopers and the later US style 350z based skylines that cheap. Oh i forgot her other qualification was that it needed to be from a dealer, apparently her bank prefers them over private sellers :(

I am in a car shooping quandry at the moment too. My Girlfriend has started free lance make up artistry so she would like a hatchback to fit all her stuff in it (Taking the GTR is proving troublesome) with the back seats folded down, we also travel into the country a bit so being able to get out and pass people at 100km/h is important too. Ideally we dont want to spend more than 15,000 but could spend a bit more for the right car.

The cars I have come up with that meet the breif of, Hatch back, not too old, a little bit fast, decent handling and not too dear are:

2002ish VW Golf GTI, 110kw 210nm, 0-100 in 8.5sec 8.0L/100 mixed driving

2002ish Audi A3, 110kw 210nm, 0-100 in 8.7sec 6.7L/100 mixed driving

2006ish Suzuki swift sport 95kw 148nm for some reason I cant find a 0-100 7.5L/100 mixed driving.

Any one got anything to add to my list to check out? Any comments on what is on the current list besides "girl car" because it IS for a girl who is really tired of my GTR lol

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