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Mar 4, 2010 | 08:26 AM

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vtecmom

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seein that T-bird up der makes me wonder what otha olskoolish USA carz you'd consider???

Mar 4, 2010 | 08:29 AM

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A big ol' American cruiser is what I picture. If you wanna go sportier, I'm thinking vintage iron (not necessarily American)...

Mar 4, 2010 | 08:32 AM

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vtecmom

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Originally Posted by brantshali,Mar 4 2010, 09:29 AM

A big ol' American cruiser is what I picture. If you wanna go sportier, I'm thinking vintage iron (not necessarily American)...

YOu just put a

in my head

headz 4 da vid tread....

OH & yeah that Guiness twin I spyed yesterday ended up headin up the hill on the right before Sahalee so least I'll still think of you when I see it again and Guiness is gone

Mar 4, 2010 | 08:55 AM

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brantshali

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Guinness won't be gone anytime soon. She'll become a project car, I think...

Mar 4, 2010 | 08:58 AM

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8D...sportier car...

Mar 4, 2010 | 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by brantshali,Mar 3 2010, 06:25 PM

I'm not a huge FWD car fan. I prefer RWD. That said, all reviews (both in print and from friends) are that the Mini is a pretty well balanced car. Stiffer rear sway bar is probably the one recommended mod in this respect.

AWD is good...but needs a bunch of power to compensate for the extra weight and parasitic power loss...

More power begets wider tires, which begets bigger brakes, which begets beefier suspension, which begets... a ****** turd.

The Cooper S is one of the best FWD cars I've driven. No matter how much I pushed I never thought "gee I wish this was RWD". The problem with FWD tends to be when you get north of 250 HP or have 60% of the weight on the front tires. Too much to take care of.

Looking at the JCW, 2700 lbs, 62%/38% (!!!), 207 HP... sketchy.