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My all time favorite was a '70 Dodge Challenger. If I ever got one (which I've come close to, twice), It would be a big block (440, Hemi) in Plum Crazy. Here are some pics: My link
I just saw you can now get that color in a 2010!!! 2010 Challenger Info
The interesting thing is by the stock numbers, my '11 X5 50i could keep up with a 440 Challenger (probably not the Hemi).
I saw X6 50i drag strip results of 4.8 0-60 and a 13.2 104 mph 1/4.
I just saw you can now get that color in a 2010!!! 2010 Challenger Info
The interesting thing is by the stock numbers, my '11 X5 50i could keep up with a 440 Challenger (probably not the Hemi).
I saw X6 50i drag strip results of 4.8 0-60 and a 13.2 104 mph 1/4.
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My all time favorite was a '70 Dodge Challenger. If I ever got one (which I've come close to, twice), It would be a big block (440, Hemi) in Plum Crazy. Here are some pics: My link
I just saw you can now get that color in a 2010!!! 2010 Challenger Info
The interesting thing is by the stock numbers, my '11 X5 50i could keep up with a 440 Challenger (probably not the Hemi).
I saw X6 50i drag strip results of 4.8 0-60 and a 13.2 104 mph 1/4.
I just saw you can now get that color in a 2010!!! 2010 Challenger Info
The interesting thing is by the stock numbers, my '11 X5 50i could keep up with a 440 Challenger (probably not the Hemi).
I saw X6 50i drag strip results of 4.8 0-60 and a 13.2 104 mph 1/4.
An old friend of mine's father had a car like that (70 Challenger), yellow with black stripes.
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When I was in high school (grad 73) I went out with a girl who's daddy bought her a challenger (plum color white roof) cause she was not much to look at. The daddy knew if his homley girl had this car the boys would give her attention. Going out she would say "want to drive my car?" Sure! We went out alot. Her name was Martha and she was the "great personality" type girl. She even told me the reason her dad bought her the car. Very real girl, just very real ugly. But that Challenger, make her doable.
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When I was in high school (grad 73) I went out with a girl who's daddy bought her a challenger (plum color white roof) cause she was not much to look at. The daddy knew if his homley girl had this car the boys would give her attention. Going out she would say "want to drive my car?" Sure! We went out alot. Her name was Martha and she was the "great personality" type girl. She even told me the reason her dad bought her the car. Very real girl, just very real ugly. But that Challenger, make her doable.
So, how long you guys been married? J/K
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When I was in high school (grad 73) I went out with a girl who's daddy bought her a challenger (plum color white roof) cause she was not much to look at. The daddy knew if his homley girl had this car the boys would give her attention. Going out she would say "want to drive my car?" Sure! We went out alot. Her name was Martha and she was the "great personality" type girl. She even told me the reason her dad bought her the car. Very real girl, just very real ugly. But that Challenger, make her doable.
Even more funny.
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"That said, I'd take a 1965 GTO or Chevelle 454 SS in mint condition, over a 2010 M5, any day of the week."
That just blows my mind but to each his own. I'm too young to have been around these relics but have heard tales of glory from my father and uncles. I just can't fathom choosing a 1965 anything over a modern M5. Then again I have always admired German-engineering and my car-buying history is rocord of that. In my mind comparing the 65 GTO to 2010 M5 is like comparing two surgoens performing a vasectomy, one using a sledge hammer and the other a scapel. In the end the desired result is achieved but one achieves it with a lot more finesse. I'm not at all knocking the choice. I just can't wrap my mind around it.
That just blows my mind but to each his own. I'm too young to have been around these relics but have heard tales of glory from my father and uncles. I just can't fathom choosing a 1965 anything over a modern M5. Then again I have always admired German-engineering and my car-buying history is rocord of that. In my mind comparing the 65 GTO to 2010 M5 is like comparing two surgoens performing a vasectomy, one using a sledge hammer and the other a scapel. In the end the desired result is achieved but one achieves it with a lot more finesse. I'm not at all knocking the choice. I just can't wrap my mind around it.
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"That said, I'd take a 1965 GTO or Chevelle 454 SS in mint condition, over a 2010 M5, any day of the week."
That just blows my mind but to each his own. I'm too young to have been around these relics but have heard tales of glory from my father and uncles. I just can't fathom choosing a 1965 anything over a modern M5. Then again I have always admired German-engineering and my car-buying history is rocord of that. In my mind comparing the 65 GTO to 2010 M5 is like comparing two surgoens performing a vasectomy, one using a sledge hammer and the other a scapel. In the end the desired result is achieved but one achieves it with a lot more finesse. I'm not at all knocking the choice. I just can't wrap my mind around it.
That just blows my mind but to each his own. I'm too young to have been around these relics but have heard tales of glory from my father and uncles. I just can't fathom choosing a 1965 anything over a modern M5. Then again I have always admired German-engineering and my car-buying history is rocord of that. In my mind comparing the 65 GTO to 2010 M5 is like comparing two surgoens performing a vasectomy, one using a sledge hammer and the other a scapel. In the end the desired result is achieved but one achieves it with a lot more finesse. I'm not at all knocking the choice. I just can't wrap my mind around it.
I'm not knocking the M5 in any way- it's a bad-ass car. But, given the choice- if you drive both through a happening area, the GTO will get more admiring glances, especially if it has some modern touches (wheels, tires, stero, etc..) than an M5 will. No way to prove that, just a gut feeling.
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I hear ya...
I'm not knocking the M5 in any way- it's a bad-ass car. But, given the choice- if you drive both through a happening area, the GTO will get more admiring glances, especially if it has some modern touches (wheels, tires, stero, etc..) than an M5 will. No way to prove that, just a gut feeling.
I'm not knocking the M5 in any way- it's a bad-ass car. But, given the choice- if you drive both through a happening area, the GTO will get more admiring glances, especially if it has some modern touches (wheels, tires, stero, etc..) than an M5 will. No way to prove that, just a gut feeling.
I have a rough 69 Roadrunner. I get more attention than I need in that thing. But you have to realize you get a different crowd with a classic muscle car, esp if it is modified.
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Yeah, to you youngsters seeing a 15 inch tire with all that sidewall must be a little strange.
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