Test Drove Cobalt SS, My Take Options

[Bigmeanbulldog55]

Car and Driver is a good mag. I have a subscription to it. I get irritated at the way they test things sometimes and who wins in the end. Bunch of biases go into the desision. I remember one that really made me mad was the GTO vs Mustang issue. They added up the points for best G's, best 0-60, best interior, best style points and all that. Then at the end, the GTO was ahead. But the Mustang won because of the "Got to have it factor," which hadded like 12 points to it's score. Don't get me wrong, I'm a fan of all. I have an old Mustang, so naturally, I'm a fan. But that was BS. And then with the test between the SVT Cobra and WRX STi. The STi beat it in everything, then they called it a tie. I trust their numbers. The 0-60 and what not. You can lisson to the opinions of the staff, but don't take it as gospel.

[jgreening]

Car and Driver is a good mag. I have a subscription to it. I get irritated at the way they test things sometimes and who wins in the end. Bunch of biases go into the desision. I remember one that really made me mad was the GTO vs Mustang issue. They added up the points for best G's, best 0-60, best interior, best style points and all that. Then at the end, the GTO was ahead. But the Mustang won because of the "Got to have it factor," which hadded like 12 points to it's score.

I have a subscription to C & D also and, although this is the third time in about a week, I am going to have to agree with the Bulldog again. That comparison conclusion was BS!

[hitcachi]

Car and Driver has always been known for that crap. They are bias.

[celicaST]

thought you might like these if you havnt seen them already

10 second civic talk about a sleeper (minus the drag tires of course) lol

this is in kph, but still it looks to hit 60mph in around 4secs

another fast civic (speedometer)

This post has been edited by celicaST: Mar 3, 2006 - 5:21 PM

[Bigmeanbulldog55]

^Very cool. I would paint the intercooler black through. Big bright intercooler is a dead give-away that you've got something going on. Other than that, that car was pretty cool. I don't trust those speedoes to much, to easy to fake. The black Civic seemed to hook up nice. I bet it would be different if he had to turn. Maybe not though.

[creamed_corn]

^Very cool. I would paint the intercooler black through. Big bright intercooler is a dead give-away that you've got something going on. Other than that, that car was pretty cool. I don't trust those speedoes to much, to easy to fake. The black Civic seemed to hook up nice. I bet it would be different if he had to turn. Maybe not though.

I'm pretty sure that civic wasn't a street car, so there's no need to try and make it look like a sleeper... the guy has a parachute on the back of it for crying out loud.

[Bigmeanbulldog55]

^Very cool. I would paint the intercooler black through. Big bright intercooler is a dead give-away that you've got something going on. Other than that, that car was pretty cool. I don't trust those speedoes to much, to easy to fake. The black Civic seemed to hook up nice. I bet it would be different if he had to turn. Maybe not though.

I'm pretty sure that civic wasn't a street car, so there's no need to try and make it look like a sleeper... the guy has a parachute on the back of it for crying out loud.

That thing could have been taken off very easily. And besides that, why would you have those wheels on the back if it wasn't a street car? You could say show car, but it didn't have any thing special to make it a show car. And I can't see if it's just a fake plate or what, but there is a plate on the back. I can't tell if it's licences though, but it could be.

[lumbercis]

If you are worried about traction, buy an 5th gen alltrac. You dont even have to swap to have a 3sgte!

[97sccelica]

^Very cool. I would paint the intercooler black through. Big bright intercooler is a dead give-away that you've got something going on. Other than that, that car was pretty cool. I don't trust those speedoes to much, to easy to fake. The black Civic seemed to hook up nice. I bet it would be different if he had to turn. Maybe not though.

I'm pretty sure that civic wasn't a street car, so there's no need to try and make it look like a sleeper... the guy has a parachute on the back of it for crying out loud.

That thing could have been taken off very easily. And besides that, why would you have those wheels on the back if it wasn't a street car? You could say show car, but it didn't have any thing special to make it a show car. And I can't see if it's just a fake plate or what, but there is a plate on the back. I can't tell if it's licences though, but it could be.

i would bet that that civic is running a spool, going by how straight the car drove and no visual torque steer. if it does have a spool, its not streetable

also, have any of you seen a 10 second honda in person? they dont really like to idle. kinda takes away from the streetability. also its probably stripped down to the point where its pretty much an engine with four wheels.

my friend's 9 second turbo mustang has heater, power steering, power accessories and full interior. also a 4spd overdrive auto tranny. thats a street/streetable car.