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    Image of ThreeLitre ThreeLitre
    11/20/09

    In reply to The Ten Cars That Scare The Crap Out Of Us
    That Corvair is quite mental.
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    Image of Turboner Turboner
    11/20/09

    @ThreeLitre: I saw an LS powered RX7 at an autocross last year, and it scared the semen right out of me :)
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    11/20/09

    @Turboner: Well, both of my "projects are going to be scary then! We (my brother and I) bought an '87 Rx-7 FC. The rotary is going into his Bug and the shell will be receiving a LS engine. The bug weighs maybe 1800lbs and getting the engine from a 26-2700 lb car and the rx is getting the engine from a 32-3800 lb car! Nothing better than a good.. I mean great power to weight ratio.
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    11/21/09

    @turbo1168: Better than great. I was kidding about being scared, but not about the semen!
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    11/21/09

    @Turboner: My favorite saying is still "Too much horsepower is just enough!"
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/20/09

    In reply to The Ten Cars That Scare The Crap Out Of Us
    I'm caught between the uber lovely Porsche Turbo and the Caparo T1. Oh wells, gotta go with my old love from Stuttgart.
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    Image of ThreeLitre ThreeLitre
    11/20/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: I love that car too much to be scared of it. It's so pretty.

    That Speed 12 on the other hand...

    What padded-cell delinquent did they let out for a day to think up that concept?
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    Image of Clown Shoe Pilot Clown Shoe Pilot
    11/20/09

    In reply to The Ten Cars That Scare The Crap Out Of Us
    I'll cop to being scared of the 930. A co-worker/LeMons team mate of mine has one that she let me drive.

    The turbo lag is terrifying - when you finally get into the boost, it comes on like a crazed serial killer in your bed that you've somehow overlooked until you're just about to fall asleep.

    I'd still not mind having one though!
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    Image of bmoreDLJ bmoreDLJ
    11/20/09

    In reply to The Ten Cars That Scare The Crap Out Of Us
    Carful with sayin' "Shelby" so much...you tryin' to get sued?

    Nice Caliber photo, though.
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    Image of Mobius Mobius
    11/20/09

    In reply to The Ten Cars That Scare The Crap Out Of Us
    Anything on the LeMons track is enough to scare the **** out of everyone.
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    Image of tonyola tonyola
    11/20/09

    In reply to The Ten Cars That Scare The Crap Out Of Us
    My '75 Duster 360 had a good punch off the line - quite entertaining for a malaise-mobile and the handling was fairly respectable at moderate speeds. Try to cruise it above 85 or 90 though, and it felt like it was going to dart off in unpredictable directions or even go airborne - that mid-'60s-vintage cart suspension gave only a tenuous grip of the road. A couple of sudden 540-degree spins on wet pavement was enough to shake my faith in the car. I wasn't all that sorry to see it go.
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    Image of GreenN_Gold GreenN_Gold
    11/20/09

    In reply to The Ten Cars That Scare The Crap Out Of Us

    Can't decide between the Miata rat-rod or this.
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    Image of TR3-A TR3-A
    11/20/09

    In reply to The Ten Cars That Scare The Crap Out Of Us
    A good dose of fear is a good thing when driving but too much hinders the fun. A simple example (you can add your own) is my TR3. It did everything I wanted it to, was plenty fast for the street and never surprised me or pulled any punches. Top-flight fun in all conditions and circumstances,
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    11/20/09

    In reply to The Ten Cars That Scare The Crap Out Of Us
    An old Rabbit diesel trying to merge into Houston highway traffic is the scariest thing I can imagine.
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    Image of Potatosw✭tter Potatosw✭tter
    11/20/09

    @Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: I blew out my horn once with some joker in Kansas City who just didn't see the need to accelerate past 35 on I-70 at rush hour in heavy rain.

    I guess some cars just make people accept their mortality better.
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    Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet promoted this comment Potatosw✭tter was starred Potatosw✭tter was unstarred
    Image of Corvette_Thunder_Wheres my trophy for participating in Jalopnik? Corvette_Thunder_Wheres my trophy for participating in Jalopnik?
    11/20/09

    In reply to The Ten Cars That Scare The Crap Out Of Us
    No original 917? Drivers used to be happy when it'd break down so they wouldn't have to race that death trap anymore. Then they fixed the aero package and someone got the idea to twin turbo it...
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    Image of DrLemming DrLemming
    11/20/09

    In reply to The Ten Cars That Scare The Crap Out Of Us
    It would have been interesting to be a fly on the wall during the development of the Chrysler Sebring. Clearly, cost cutting was the order of the day. Can you hear the guys with the german accents trying to convince their American "assistants" that no one will notice if they cut a few more corners.
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    Image of Alfisted Alfisted
    11/20/09

    In reply to The Ten Cars That Scare The Crap Out Of Us

    Lookin down a couple of posts, perhaps we ought to fear this...
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    Image of superveloce superveloce
    11/20/09

    In reply to The Ten Cars That Scare The Crap Out Of Us
    The 930 never had that much power. The first versions had around 270 hp I believe. The magic 400 hp mark was only achieved on the successive platform 911 . But yes, I can personally attest to how stupidly scary and ill handling that car was.
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    Image of evoCS-Hench-Minion to the stars evoCS-Hench-Minion to the stars
    11/20/09

    In reply to The Ten Cars That Scare The Crap Out Of Us
    I completely understand the 930's inclusion here, but you could almost make it any pre-993 911. We have my late father-in-law's '69 911 in our stead, and I swear that car really does mean to harm you if you aren't on top of your game. Albeit, his car is still mostly set up for the Street Prepared class autocrossing he did, so there is that. I know dad wouldn't want anything bad to happen to us, but that car has other ideas...

    You want to get more kids interested in physics? Take 'em to a track day chock full of 911's and give ride alongs. You really can feel the physics of that raucous flat 6 threatening to pass the rest of the car in any given corner.
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    Image of Fat Tire Fat Tire
    11/20/09

    In reply to The Ten Cars That Scare The Crap Out Of Us
    Any old VW Transporter at above 70 MPH is scary as hell...assuming it can make it past that speed in the first place.
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    Image of BaconSandwich and the generic grey civic of doom BaconSandwich and the generic grey civic of doom
    11/20/09

    @Fat Tire: Downhill with a tailwind?
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    Image of tonyola tonyola
    11/20/09

    @BaconSandwich and the generic grey civic of doom: Worse - across a high bridge with a gale-force crosswind. That is a definition of white-knuckle driving.
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