Your dream car?

Saribro · Post 20 Nov 2006, 22:13

johny wrote:that's not a car to dream about, it's a very affordable one :D

A car doesn't have to be unreachable to be desirable. The skill that went into building a friggin' 3-cylinder at 1.5L, with a 'combined' economy of 4.8L/100km, a 210Nm max torque at 1800RPM and 70kW max power at 4000RPM is actually worth a lot more to me than the utter uselessness of most of the cars mentioned here :p.
I'm not telling you to dream about a Colt CZ3, I'm just saying that I do :p.

Ciro Pabón · Post 21 Nov 2006, 04:23

Well, not that I want this vehicle for conmuting to work, specially because the Bagger 288 needs 16 Megawatts (22.000 HP) to reach around 0.6 km/hr. Anyway, is the largest terrestrial vehicle ever built.

The driver seat is impossibly high over the ground level...

The ultimate driver seat

So high that is really difficult not to swallow the occasional stray bulldozer...

Don't go near the Bagger: you can end in the bag!

Of course, is difficult for the operator to avoid small vehicles like bulldozers: the turning radius is around 100 meters.

monkeyboy1976 · Post 21 Nov 2006, 11:49

Ciro, you continue to amaze us. I call myself an engineer but THAT is real engineering.

Nice one.

Ciro Pabón · Post 21 Nov 2006, 15:19

Well, monkeyboy, that's german engineering. It is not exactly subtle, specially the strip coal mining they do with it.

I really have no idea which one is the best car in the world. Actually, I make jokes on my daughter friends when they got into that kind of talk. Probably, the best car I've ever driven (I mean, for sometime and paying the bills) was a Peugeot 404, followed closely by the Sentra coupe I have now.

mx_tifoso · Post 30 Apr 2007, 06:02

What about............2009 Chevrolet Corvette "Blue Devil"

http://www.caranddriver.com/dailyautoin ... phase.html

ds.raikkonen · Post 30 Apr 2007, 10:54

Talking of 'Vettes, how about the Spada Cadatronca concept based on the Corvette C6/Z06

oNE of the most radical designs i have ever seen

ive heard that it can do 0-60mph in 2.6secs!thats close to the EB 16.4!im not sure of the engine they re using..shud be the 7l V8 i believe

ds.raikkonen · Post 01 May 2007, 12:51

Ciro Pabón wrote:Well, not that I want this vehicle for conmuting to work, specially because the Bagger 288 needs 16 Megawatts (22.000 HP) to reach around 0.6 km/hr. Anyway, is the largest terrestrial vehicle ever built.

you should check out the cranes used for lifting drill heads in ongoing road project in Madrid...they re pretty big,,can lift upto 500tonnes of load...have got 200tonnes as counterweight at full load!...pretty amazing..
then there s the drill...its the biggest used ever..drill head diameter is 16meters! and the body is 60meters long!

modbaraban · Post 02 May 2007, 00:41

Ciro Pabón wrote:

George W. Bush was looking for the weapon of mass distruction.... in the wrong place

ds.raikkonen · Post 03 May 2007, 07:36

modbaraban wrote:George W. Bush was looking for the weapon of mass distruction.... in the wrong place

it wont hurt a fly to anybody..just one or two hellfires at the top and base will bring it tumbling down..and it isnt exactly quick

mep · Post 03 May 2007, 16:53

ds.raikkonen

modbaraban wrote:
George W. Bush was looking for the weapon of mass distruction.... in the wrong place

it wont hurt a fly to anybody..just one or two hellfires at the top and base will bring it tumbling down..and it isnt exactly quick

You don't know what else can be found here:

mx_tifoso · Post 03 May 2007, 23:45

I'm not a fan of Ford, but I kind of like this GT 600RE, modified by ROUSH.
Modifications include an upgraded supercharger system, black powder coated wheels, and a Tubi exhaust. Along with other interior modifications as well.

ds.raikkonen · Post 04 May 2007, 08:07

yeah..me too..but this one is brilliant!...looks like the stealth version of the GT43...what does 600signify

//like 43 in GT43 signified the height of the car.

Post 04 May 2007, 08:28

ds.raikkonen wrote:yeah..me too..but this one is brilliant!...looks like the stealth version of the GT43...what does 600signify //like 43 in GT43 signified the height of the car.

it was the gt40 not the 43 and yes it was because the thing was only 40 inches tall.

when ford reintroduced the new one they couldn't call it the gt40 because they sold the naming rights

ds.raikkonen · Post 04 May 2007, 08:40

Well..the new one is called the 'GT'..no 40 or 43 suffix in it.

mx_tifoso · Post 04 May 2007, 16:32

ds.raikkonen wrote:what does 600signify //like 43 in GT43 signified the height of the car.

600 signifies 600 bhp

http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/frame.ph ... arnum=3220

http://www.motorauthority.com/news/supe ... -gt-600re/

http://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/01/rous ... in-europe/