What Have You Test Driven Recently?

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04.5 Volvo S40 T5

this is a pretty small car if you are not used to being in one, feels like my head is going to hit the top, and arm space seems cramped when someone is in passenger seat. very comfortable and supportive seats, and the interior is done very nice.

has alot of pickup, barely touch the throttle and it takes off. not much power after that. has a great stock stereo, CD's on dolby mode sound very good and has some real cool effect that i like.

handling is go cart like(for a volvo) and is very responsive during abrupt manouvers.

i really like it, but wouldnt be paying 30k for it

the manual AWD T5 should be here soon, that will be fun...

adam

[illz]

2004 Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor

...it turns on a dime. Top end is ridiculous in these cars. Unless you're doing 130 in the opposite direction, driving a 12 second car....

FORGET ABOUT IT.

This thing would run down a lot that you wouldn't expect.
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bullshit and more bullshit

[niterydr]

Originally posted by JDM@Jul 18 2004, 04:48 AM
2004 Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor

Very good response, pretty torquey. Reminds me a lot of the Mustang GT. Handling sucks, but it turns on a dime. The car is heavy, but is rated somewhere between 230-250 hp, depending on what your department orders. The thing takes a beating. Top end is ridiculous in these cars. Unless you're doing 130 in the opposite direction, driving a 12 second car....

FORGET ABOUT IT.

This thing would run down a lot that you wouldn't expect.

And the speedometer on the car I looked at, made for the watch commander, tops at 180.
lol thanks for the heads-up...I guess the days of 130mph 'top speed' on police cars are over..
I haven't had time to test drive anything, and any salesperson with a brain wouldn't let me near keys.

[JustROLLIN]

I have driven some really nice cars at Rosedale Dodge when I worked there...

199X Viper GTS ACR - Awesome car, very fast, great handling, but one of the notchiest transmissions I have ever felt.

199X Viper GTS - Same deal as above. ACR has better suspension.

20XX Maserati - Really fun car to drive. Handling is insane and it was an F1 style paddle shift.

199X Ferrari Modena F1 - Wow! Again a paddle shifted manual. Handling and power were off the charts. The sound from the v10 directly behind your head was enough to make you cry. 100k+ well spent.

199X Mecedes SL 500? - Whichever Mercedes is there sports car. I loved this car. Luxury on the inside and all power on the outside. The color was questionable though, it was like perrywinkle or something.

199X Plymouth Prowler - Fun car to drive due to the wow factor of onlookers. With a 3.5l HO the car lacked balls, but made up for it with style. Tight handling and no balls.

199X Corvette c5 - Fast, great handling, incredibly comfortable even while doing 130+ on Old Hwy 8. ;)

I am sure there were more, but this is what I can think of right now. A small fortune in cars none-the-less.

[JustROLLIN]

I did forget to mention one...

The newest model of Viper. The SRT-10 or whatever they are calling it these days.

The new viper DWARFS the older viper in every aspect. The interior was a step up, the transmission was smooth as silk, comfort level was high. The car was a 10 overall. If anyone is gonna buy a viper, buy the newest model.

[RedStal95]

Originally posted by JustROLLIN@Jul 19 2004, 12:23 AM
If anyone is gonna buy a viper, buy the newest model.
I'll get right on that :bowdown:

[JDM]

Originally posted by niterydr+Jul 18 2004, 09:00 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (niterydr @ Jul 18 2004, 09:00 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-JDM@Jul 18 2004, 04:48 AM
2004 Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor

Very good response, pretty torquey.&nbsp; Reminds me a lot of the Mustang GT.&nbsp; Handling sucks, but it turns on a dime.&nbsp; The car is heavy, but is rated somewhere between 230-250 hp, depending on what your department orders.&nbsp; The thing takes a beating.&nbsp; Top end is ridiculous in these cars.&nbsp; Unless you're doing 130 in the opposite direction, driving a 12 second car....

FORGET ABOUT IT.&nbsp;

This thing would run down a lot that you wouldn't expect.

And the speedometer on the car I looked at, made for the watch commander, tops at 180.
lol thanks for the heads-up...I guess the days of 130mph 'top speed' on police cars are over..
I haven't had time to test drive anything, and any salesperson with a brain wouldn't let me near keys. [/b][/quote]
Spoke with a friend at the bar tonight...


For those of you who don't know, when you become a State Trooper, the state gives you a take home car, with your choice of options.

There is a trooper that does 35 E area between 494 and HWY 36, and everything near there. He drives a Tan Ford Taurus, unmarked.

It's a special variant with the 4.6L V8. The guy is a motor head, and knows a lil sum sumthin about cars. Thus, a supercharged patrol car.

The stop lights (red/blue) are mounted on the rear of the fold down sun visor on the passenger side, and are activated by just flipping the visor down. The car is otherwise completely stock looking.

This is a new car, and he's fairly new to the game.

So watch out southeast metro.

[Goat Blower]

01 Honda Accord
another 01 Accord
02 Ford Explorer
01 Volvo S60
03 Mitsu Galant
01 Mitsu Eclipse Spyder
92 Toyota Paseo
91 Dodge Colt
88 RX-7 convertible

All within the last few days. The only car not on that list is my DSM. :ohmy:

[niterydr]

Originally posted by JDM+Jul 19 2004, 02:21 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (JDM @ Jul 19 2004, 02:21 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Originally posted by niterydr@Jul 18 2004, 09:00 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-JDM@Jul 18 2004, 04:48 AM
2004 Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor

Very good response, pretty torquey.* Reminds me a lot of the Mustang GT.* Handling sucks, but it turns on a dime.* The car is heavy, but is rated somewhere between 230-250 hp, depending on what your department orders.*&nbsp; The thing takes a beating.* Top end is ridiculous in these cars.* Unless you're doing 130 in the opposite direction, driving a 12 second car....

FORGET ABOUT IT.*

This thing would run down a lot that you wouldn't expect.

And the speedometer on the car I looked at, made for the watch commander, tops at 180.
lol thanks for the heads-up...I guess the days of 130mph 'top speed' on police cars are over..
I haven't had time to test drive anything, and any salesperson with a brain wouldn't let me near keys.
Spoke with a friend at the bar tonight...


For those of you who don't know, when you become a State Trooper, the state gives you a take home car, with your choice of options.

There is a trooper that does 35 E area between 494 and HWY 36, and everything near there. He drives a Tan Ford Taurus, unmarked.

It's a special variant with the 4.6L V8. The guy is a motor head, and knows a lil sum sumthin about cars. Thus, a supercharged patrol car.

The stop lights (red/blue) are mounted on the rear of the fold down sun visor on the passenger side, and are activated by just flipping the visor down. The car is otherwise completely stock looking.

This is a new car, and he's fairly new to the game.

So watch out southeast metro. [/b][/quote]
NICE! keep them coming!

[Kracka]

lots of S2000's: love the cars, VERY fun, a true sports car, handling is insane and everything just seems to be such high quality.

'92 Stealth TT: its a big DSM....only a lot nicer. Lets call it the rich uncle. Impressive power and good handling.

'04 Saturn Ion Redline: fun supercharged car, a bit pricey considering the market, but the interior was quite nice, it had decent power and I was happy with the suspension on brakes.

'04 Scion tC: decent for the price I guess, but the suspension and brakes completely sucked on the thing. Like someone else said, a Scion would be a perfect high school car with all its useless little gizmos and "upgrades".

'03.5 Mazdaspeed Protege: I really like the car, especially at $18k since its not an '04. Enough power to have fun with and handles amazing considering its a stock FWD car. Sway-bars and LSD deffinately did their job.

'04 Mazdaspeed Miata: this was by far the most fun car I have ever driven...the thing was crazy fun! Too small to be a DD. It was more forgiving than the S2k in the corners, but the S2k would deffinately leave it behind in the twisties with a compotent driver.

Lots more but I am tired of typing.