New car?

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Which one should I pick?

Nitro
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Challenger
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73%
 
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Re: New car?

Post by Gandolfini » Tue Sep 28, 2010 3:18 pm

Arrican wrote: It looks like that as long as my van makes it to January, I'll go with the challenger. So here's hoping!
Does your van look like this?

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Re: New car?

Post by Furiel » Tue Sep 28, 2010 3:46 pm

I thought it looked like this...

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Re: New car?

Post by Happyclam » Tue Sep 28, 2010 5:28 pm

Arrican wrote:I'm a pussy since I can't drive stick. :-D

Yes, yes you are. You shouldn't even have testicles with an admission like that.

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Re: New car?

Post by Blackferne » Tue Sep 28, 2010 5:42 pm

I can drive a standard. They're fun.
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Re: New car?

Post by Bulwark » Tue Sep 28, 2010 7:30 pm

Happyclam wrote:
Arrican wrote:I'm a pussy since I can't drive stick. :-D

Yes, yes you are. You shouldn't even have testicles with an admission like that.
QFE!

Seriously, take off that bra and hoopskirt and learn to drive a stick.

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Re: New car?

Post by Furiel » Tue Sep 28, 2010 7:46 pm

Bulwark wrote:
Happyclam wrote:
Arrican wrote:I'm a pussy since I can't drive stick. :-D

Yes, yes you are. You shouldn't even have testicles with an admission like that.
QFE!

Seriously, take off that bra and hoopskirt and learn to drive a stick.
Hypothesis - Arrican is a girl.

The ability to drive stick is actually embedded in the Y chromosome, however it can be taught as a skill as well.
As Arrican apparently lacks this ability, obviously he must lack a Y chromosome.
It has been scientifically proven that you must have a Y chromosome to be male.
Therefore - Arrican is a girl.

Hypothesis confirmed! YAY SCIENCE!!!!
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Re: New car?

Post by Blackferne » Tue Sep 28, 2010 8:37 pm

Furiel wrote: Hypothesis - Arrican is a girl.

The ability to drive stick is actually embedded in the Y chromosome, however it can be taught as a skill as well.
As Arrican apparently lacks this ability, obviously he must lack a Y chromosome.
It has been scientifically proven that you must have a Y chromosome to be male.
Therefore - Arrican is a girl.

Hypothesis confirmed! YAY SCIENCE!!!!
I would like to peer review your experiment.

Kitoshi, do you know how to drive a stick?
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Re: New car?

Post by Sir Psyko » Wed Sep 29, 2010 2:55 pm

Blackferne wrote:I can drive a standard. They're fun.
I can drive a Standard, Special Edition, Limited Edition, Base...

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Re: New car?

Post by Roza » Wed Sep 29, 2010 3:37 pm

Blackferne wrote:
Furiel wrote: Hypothesis - Arrican is a girl.

The ability to drive stick is actually embedded in the Y chromosome, however it can be taught as a skill as well.
As Arrican apparently lacks this ability, obviously he must lack a Y chromosome.
It has been scientifically proven that you must have a Y chromosome to be male.
Therefore - Arrican is a girl.

Hypothesis confirmed! YAY SCIENCE!!!!
I would like to peer review your experiment.

Kitoshi, do you know how to drive a stick?
Hahahahahahahaha

No, he can't.

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Re: New car?

Post by Kitoshi » Wed Sep 29, 2010 3:40 pm

Correction.

I can drive a stick, but I simply hate doing so. Just because I have the ability doesn't mean I should enjoy it.

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Re: New car?

Post by Arrican » Thu Sep 30, 2010 1:13 am

No matter how much of a "woman" I am, I can still kick the majority of your asses. :-D
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Re: New car?

Post by Happyclam » Thu Sep 30, 2010 1:57 am

I've met you. All that I ask is that you don't eat me. Joun would make a much better meal.

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Re: New car?

Post by Cuspar » Thu Sep 30, 2010 3:17 pm

Kitoshi wrote:Correction.

I can drive a stick, but I simply hate doing so. Just because I have the ability doesn't mean I should enjoy it.
I am Cuspar, and I endorse this message.
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Re: New car?

Post by Sir Psyko » Thu Sep 30, 2010 4:39 pm

I can drive a stick and honestly can say I would prefer an automatic Challenger. The weight of the car just makes it feel more like a cruiser than a drag-racer or drifter. With the fuel economy advantage virtually nil with modern engines and transmissions, unless it's a little Subaru WRX, Focus RS, etc. or a super car, automatic just makes more sense to me.

My general rule: if it weighs more than 3000 lbs and has a top speed under about 150 MPH then it's an automatic.
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Re: New car?

Post by Blackferne » Thu Sep 30, 2010 4:52 pm

Why I have an automatic despite knowing how to drive a stick: 1) stick driving is for sporty cars. I happen to drive a family car. Can't get too sporty with a carseat in the back. 2) in case I ever need to let someone else drive (I'm ill, injured, drunk, or passed out) I won't have to worry about them fucking up my engine. 3)fuel economy gains are minimal to nonexistant. And as we know I drive a prius so it isn't even an option on a hybrid.
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Re: New car?

Post by Furiel » Thu Sep 30, 2010 5:30 pm

I drive both and I only own 1 car.

My G6 is an automatic with a 5 speed manual option. It sucks and I rarely use it unless I need some sudden passing power because there is no clutch to work, it has an automatic clutch that's really slow, takes a couple seconds from the time I switch with the shifter to the time it disengages, changes gears, then reengages and that just pisses me off.

I miss driving a true manual transmission. I might have to special order my next car just to make sure. Plus then I'd have the advantage of Gabby not wanting me to teach her to drive because she doesn't want to drive a stick shift. :twisted:

Also, I believe that Roza + Kit's answer has further proven my hypothesis.
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Re: New car?

Post by Happyclam » Thu Sep 30, 2010 6:21 pm

Driving a stick is just more fun. With the argument that the Challenger is a 'cruising' car, he's going to be spending the majority of his time driving in a city, where cruising isn't really an option as he will be starting/stopping a lot vs. the cruising down the highway. I can accept that stick driving is best left to sporty cars and not feasible in family sedans and such, but the challenger, I would argue, falls into the 'sporty' category.

Regardless of preference and such, it boils down to 'If you don't know how to drive a stick, then you shouldn't have a penis'. No matter how much spin you put on it, arguments for or again, this is the unassailable underlying fact.

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Re: New car?

Post by Blackferne » Thu Sep 30, 2010 6:29 pm

Happyclam wrote:Regardless of preference and such, it boils down to 'If you don't know how to drive a stick, then you shouldn't have a penis'. No matter how much spin you put on it, arguments for or again, this is the unassailable underlying fact.
I'm not disputing that fact.
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Re: New car?

Post by Bulwark » Fri Oct 01, 2010 9:40 pm

The only exception to the sporty car = stick rule is if you have a lot of stop and go traffic on your way to work every day. On the occasion that I get stuck in traffic, it sucks.

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