The LF-A is ugly. It is front engined with a bunch of mid-engined wanna-be features. This means they made a bunch of engineering compromises in a no compromise car. Fail. It doesn't raise the bar in any way other than price. (ok, so the V10 revs really quickly and sounds good, other than that, it is just kind of mid pack with everything else.) The Mac will be here shortly and does everything better at a lower price. The Aventador is beautiful and exotic and does some things just a little better than other cars. (It does have that stupid transmission though...) The 458 is dead sexy, cheaper and you don't have to explain what it is and watch a video of some carbon fiber weaving machine to get you to say, "Oh that's cool." In the end, it is cool that they pushed some boundaries, but was it a real gain, or just pushing for pushings sake? A carbon fiber prop rod for the hood? Why not carbon bodied struts so you don't have to use a prop rod?
The biggest problem with the LF-A is that Toyota's cross island rivals have a car that is just as good for 1/4 the price. It is also ugly.
The biggest problem with the LF-A is that Toyota's cross island rivals have a car that is just as good for 1/4 the price. It is also ugly.
It isn't Shelby's personal museum. Most of the cars are owned by various collectors and are on loan. If you have some kind of love for Shelby, and the stuff he did in the pre-1970's is the only thing worth getting excited about, Miller Motorsports Park in Utah has a killer museum as well.
And boring to drive as well.
Are you talking about a cop car? You can't buy them new unless you are a municipality. I tried a few years back. We started at the Ford dealer and no one would sell us one. We ended up at the Dodge dealer. No one would sell us one. We went to ebay and found new ones. Charger 5.7s with the Police Package. A dealer was going out of business and was bought by another dealer. We were able to make a deal and bought a brand new cop car out of the old inventory. Had the spot light, cloth front seats and vinyl rear seats. We put a Pedders suspension on it and a supercharger from Vortech. Also a center console with a CB and a whip antenna on the trunk. I was going to put on a push bar, but the intercooler was in the way of the mounts. It was really cool. I miss that car. Not much off the line but from a roll it was really fairly stout.
Did you mean "death knell"? I am not sure what a "death kneel" is...
I have had the good fortune to thrash on both. The ACR is not nearly as un-drivable as you say. It was 'twitchy' on grooved pavement but that is nothing that a decent alignment wouldn't fix. Other than that, it was a fine dd.
Kirkham Motorsports will build you an EXACT replica of a Cobra. Or you can miss out on all its foibles and get the updated car with better wiring, gauges, suspension parts and materials. It is also cheaper to get the good stuff rather than the crappy old Girling brakes etc...
Justin, it took a lot more than 50 hours to program the code for cutting that block. It also took a HELL of a lot more than 30 hours to design it. CNC much?
"Insiders say the system can only engage in short bursts at high speeds (over 90 mph), a function of the differential's fixed ratios on both crankshaft and driving-wheels sides."
Does this make sense to anyone?
Does this make sense to anyone?
@Shifterkartkid: They are even better to drive. I used to work for Kirkham. Nothing like running one of those cars through the attitudes at Miller Motorsports Park. Amazing what 600ft/lb of torque in a 2100 pound car will do.
California = chicks car. No problem painting it pink.
@syxspeedemon: Backdraft makes some nice stuff but I would take a Kirkham over it any day of the week. And I would have Keith Craft build my engine... Aluminum block 482 please and a TKO 600 to back it up.
@Shifterkartkid: FF5's are pretty generic. Could be a Backdraft if they are in Flo-rida
What is with the F-bombs and semi porn lately. I mean it has always kind of been here but it has gotten more obvious lately. Knock it off. I want to be a good employee while I waste time at work and can't do it on Jalopnik if the site isn't work friendly.
#tips
#tips
@m.m.shaefer: Sorry man. I am a snob when it comes to Cobras, real fake and otherwise. I have my reasons to believe it isn't a real car, but I can't take away the thrill that you had.
@m.m.shaefer:
That is NOT an original 60's Cobra built by Shelby and AC. Sorry if you were miss informed. (Feel free to prove me wrong)
That is NOT an original 60's Cobra built by Shelby and AC. Sorry if you were miss informed. (Feel free to prove me wrong)
@SloW8: Oh, that was the fastest car, the fastest I have driven was 163 (GPS verified) in a 997 GT3 RS. The Porsche speedo was saying 173.
@m.m.shaefer: Real Cobras do not have lug nuts.
Ford GT with a Whipple upgrade. 700+ hp at the wheels.
