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Old 12-12-2013, 01:04 PM
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Old 12-12-2013, 01:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Voith
So what is speed by your standards? It is still faster than 99% of cars on the road.
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No, not really. Run of the mill minivans can out run it in a straight line stock for stock.
ah you guys. in a straight line stock for stock dropped from 10,000 feet the 951 will trounce any minivan and probably 99% of cars on the road.

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Originally Posted by admiralkhole
You're thinking of the Lagonda...Zagato is a coach builder and design firm.

may i present one of the fastest, ugliest sports sedans of all time...

the 183 mph Aston Martin V8 Vantage-Zagato (model years '86~'88 shown in the photos below).


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It doesn't look that bad.
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Sure it does. Looks like a Pacer grafted onto a Gremlin.
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Originally Posted by Cuda911
Sure it does. Looks like a Pacer grafted onto a Gremlin.
At least it looks like a complete car. To me, the Gremlin is the Reliant Robin of America but with style.



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Old 12-12-2013, 02:53 PM
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Also, look at this suspiciously low-priced Boxster I found.
It's hideous!

http://erie.craigslist.org/cto/4239004770.html
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Originally Posted by odurandina

may i present one of the fastest, ugliest sports sedans of all time...

the 183 mph Aston Martin V8 Vantage-Zagato (model years '86~'88 shown in the photos below).

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Yeah I suppose so. Hmm.
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Originally Posted by Karl_W944
Also, look at this suspiciously low-priced Boxster I found. It's hideous! http://erie.craigslist.org/cto/4239004770.html
Read the whole ad it's a misprint, actually a little overpriced
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Very overpriced!
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If anyone on this board thinks a stock 951 is fast, you obviously havn't driven many sports cars or know anybody with a modified anything. I'm not saying a stock 951 is slow, but its definitely NOT fast. I've doubled the factory horsepower and I wouldn't even say my car is fast, just pretty quick.
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Guys, you are straying off-topic again. Here, this should put it back where it belongs:
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Originally Posted by Karl_W944
At least it looks like a complete car. To me, the Gremlin is the Reliant Robin of America but with style.



My statement still stands on the looks of the Gremlin!
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I used to live in London, and would see those 3-wheeled Reliants all the time. I wonder what it's like to corner hard in one of those at 80 mph. Or at 10 mph, for that matter.
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Originally Posted by Cuda911
I used to live in London, and would see those 3-wheeled Reliants all the time. I wonder what it's like to corner hard in one of those at 80 mph. Or at 10 mph, for that matter.

This gives us a good idea at slow speeds. Now we just need to use our imagination, drop in a bigger engine and watch the magic!
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