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    My Favorite Every day car

    I'd think that every day car should fulfil 3 major demands:
    1- Fresh powerful engine with consderable horse power.
    2- Safety measures should be considered as a priority besides the inner comfort & right handling.
    3- Looks should be attracting,this is some thing you need to live with every day.It should have that welcoming appearance when you look at.
    These days most car manifacturers fulfil these conditions and even much more so to choose between them is a bit difficult.
    Pesonally,I'd go for the BMW 3 series M-power for every day ride.
    It's got what it takes to fit in every day life.....
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    mine will be the new audi A6 or A8

    mostly the new M5 V10
    There is 3 people on a boat with loads of children running around it, the 3 people are: 1. Bob geldof, 2. Ozzy Osbourne, and 3. Micheal jackson, they're sailing out for the G8 live aid, they've hit a rock and they're sinking, bob says: "save the children!" ozzy says: "Fuc the children!"

    Micheal says "have we got time?"

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    Alpine A610 - oh there's a surprise
    2 kids in the back or adults for short journeys.

    One better than my previous ...
    Matra Bagheera
    Room for 3 adults and 3 sets of golf clubs in the boot
    "A woman without curves is like a road without bends, you might get to your destination quicker but the ride is boring as hell'

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    Toyota Prius -ohhhhhhhhhh surprising!!

    I also think the Ford Escort works too because when I drive it I feels like i'm driving a 2 door Miata open top, not a four door wagon (1993 Escort only apply)

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    Hell, by those specs ill go with the Corvette Z06, cheaper than the M3, better gas milage, and all around faster...

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    For an everyday driver one more thing to consider is storage and passenger comfort and capacity. I would go for the Audi S4, RS6, BMW M5, M3 and even the M6. Even though I'm a fan of cars like the Corvette, Viper and so on, they are fine if you're single, but if you have a family, the other cars I mentioned would work much better.
    "NEVER ALLOW SOMEONE TO BE YOUR PRIORITY, WHILE ALLOWING YOURSELF TO BE THEIR OPTION"

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    slicks

    Quote Originally Posted by Slicks
    Hell, by those specs ill go with the Corvette Z06, cheaper than the M3, better gas milage, and all around faster...
    But do m3 drop their guts all over the road

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    Quote Originally Posted by charged
    But do m3 drop their guts all over the road
    Yes, before a Corvette would Stop being so biased and open your eyes, this isnt the 80s...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Slicks
    Yes, before a Corvette would Stop being so biased and open your eyes, this isnt the 80s...
    All im saying is people think v8 will run forever reliably when in reality sicks it all comes down to engineering tolerences we have found here in Aust that the canadian built ls1v8 the samev8 in the corvette hasnt got a fantastic reliability record with over 20 thounsand needing warranty work or complete engine swaps due to piston slap caused by poor engineering tolerences,Im not being biased just honest!!! and not closed minded in regard to certain vehicle manufacturers

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    i guess this thread deserves to be brought back from the dead !

    i feel very compelled to say that a Benz SL350 would be my ideal everyday car. i am single and living alone. and with the way things r going, it seems i am gonna stay that way for a while !! so althouhg a 2 seater, i would like to have the SL as my day to day car. the 350 choice was just based on fuel economy, although if i actually had the money, i would go for the 500.

    i guess an M3, corvette and E55 also make great everyday cars !! but so does a civic and prius !!
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    Quote Originally Posted by charged
    All im saying is people think v8 will run forever reliably when in reality sicks it all comes down to engineering tolerences we have found here in Aust that the canadian built ls1v8 the samev8 in the corvette hasnt got a fantastic reliability record with over 20 thounsand needing warranty work or complete engine swaps due to piston slap caused by poor engineering tolerences,Im not being biased just honest!!! and not closed minded in regard to certain vehicle manufacturers
    The "piston slap" your refering to is not bad engineering, its called people not reading the manual. The LS1 is meant to be run on premium fuel, if ran on anything less, the piston slap occurs.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Slicks
    The "piston slap" your refering to is not bad engineering, its called people not reading the manual. The LS1 is meant to be run on premium fuel, if ran on anything less, the piston slap occurs.
    In Australia theLS1 is designed to run on 91 ron unleaded petrol as has a compression ratio of 10.1:1,the occurence you are getting confused with is "pinging" which a form of pre-ignition when the engine has a higher compression ratio of say 12.0:1. which I think is around the compression ratio of you high output LS2 over there in the Vette.Piston slap is when the tolerence between the bore and the piston is to great thus greating piston slap,oil excessive oli consumption and worst case senario engine failure

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    Slicks youve suddenly gone very quiet in realtion to the LS1

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    Quote Originally Posted by charged
    In Australia theLS1 is designed to run on 91 ron unleaded petrol as has a compression ratio of 10.1:1,the occurence you are getting confused with is "pinging" which a form of pre-ignition when the engine has a higher compression ratio of say 12.0:1. which I think is around the compression ratio of you high output LS2 over there in the Vette.Piston slap is when the tolerence between the bore and the piston is to great thus greating piston slap,oil excessive oli consumption and worst case senario engine failure
    Actually the LS2 has a compression ration of 10.9:1. Like i said before, the only kind of piston slap ive ever heard the LS1 having is when running on anything under the required gas. If you ever read any LS1 forums you will see people asking about problems like that, its solved by adding the recommended gas.

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    Quote Originally Posted by charged
    Slicks youve suddenly gone very quiet in realtion to the LS1
    Sorry forgot about this thread

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