Gdm Vs Jdm
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I hated my BMW. I hated it. I couldn't stand it. It was crap. Reason being why it was a year old and I sold it with a little over 5K miles. I test drove the 330 once...crap. Test drove a M3....crap. Test drove the M5, now THAT my friends, whew!!...crap.
I hated my BMW. I hated it. I couldn't stand it. It was crap. Reason being why it was a year old and I sold it with a little over 5K miles. I test drove the 330 once...crap. Test drove a M3....crap. Test drove the M5, now THAT my friends, whew!!...crap.
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Originally Posted by phatcyclist
But Japan has nicer, faster cars that are more reliable. Just as an example: Other than straight line performance (slightly slower, but not a lot), the S2000 positively OWNS the M3. and its around $14K less...
s2000 owns e36 m3? Nope
e36 m3 owns s2000? Nope
Between the e36 m3 and s2000 I'd say it comes down to preference.....both are equally as fast. I have read many threads both on bimmerforums.com and s2ki.com where members have have tough decisions choosing between the e36 m3 or s2000.
okay now....reliability.....hmmm about those s2k differentials....oh yeah....they break.
....just tryin to spice up this healthy discussion goin on here....
as for a modern german car that I would like, an E36 m3 lightweight would rock. Other then that Im all japanese. The current crop of bimmers is a little dissapointing. Most the new porsches are a little off too, gettin kind of heavy for sports use. VW might be a real contender once they get a real rearend in their cars but this solid axle "semi indipendant" crap isnt going to cut it forever. Amg mercedes are more show then go, that comes from a trusted friend not a magazine article by the way. While im diagnosing the car industies problems I might add that nissan needs to lighten its crap up in a big way and the sentra could really use IRS, real IRS. The civic is extremly safe, as are most hondas. I will take a deformed chassis and a totaled car over a solid one and a funeral any day. The goal in a crash is to distribute and absorb energy away from the occupants thus minimilizing the force exerted on the occupants. The goal is not to plow a hole into whatever is in your way. The civic is very good at this, as is the jetta and most other small cars.
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hey remember that this or that forum????
i asked this same question
i would pick nsx or skyline or altezza or etc over vws any day
oh and i just changed my friends headlights in his 2004 jetta and they ARE hella harder.... the bulb is clipped on like ours but then theres a plastic cover and then a wire to plug into the bulb that goes into the plastic and then on the other side of the plastic theres more wires to the car and then theres another clip to hold on the plastic. oh and all this is somehow cramped into just enough room for me to scrape the crap outta my hand.
i asked this same question
i would pick nsx or skyline or altezza or etc over vws any day
oh and i just changed my friends headlights in his 2004 jetta and they ARE hella harder.... the bulb is clipped on like ours but then theres a plastic cover and then a wire to plug into the bulb that goes into the plastic and then on the other side of the plastic theres more wires to the car and then theres another clip to hold on the plastic. oh and all this is somehow cramped into just enough room for me to scrape the crap outta my hand.
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Originally Posted by DVnAFI
You actually have a point...but, VANOS, blah, crap. I just cant stand BMWs I just cant. Maybe its because half the geater Los Angeles area owns them.
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Rep Power: 0 so one time i went into walmart and was like hey where can i find some vtec?? and the guy said hrrrrmmm i dont know if we carry that anymore, then i said are you sure can you ask someone that knows?? then he says yea hold on. then an older guy came out and i asked him. then he was like hrrmmm i dont think thats something you can buy. i then told him that i was told it came in a can like octane booster and it was supposed to make my car hella faster like 300hp or sumthing. then he was like hrrrmmm try this and he gave me some sylvannia silverstars and said here this is so you can see where you are going... i was like ????????? damn i got a reverse pwned
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Rep Power: 0 ya know everytime someone thinks of JDM they think of Type-R, GT-R blabla, etc, those high performance race machines. yea sure those are nice but people over look the luxury cars they pump out. How bout the Cedric? Gloria? Cima? Crown? anyone? i'd definitely take a slammed, VIP'd out Nissan President or Toyota Celsior over any Mercedes or Bimmer. No joke. Well thats just my opinion, JDM vehicles all the way baby.
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Rep Power: 0 Great thread for my current situation - We leased a 2001 VW Passat - tons of problems - we have had tons of little quirky problems such as the engine light false alarms, oil being consumed in 3 weeks, the same headlight melting then blowing on the second bulb, the trunk latch falling off, and tons of other quirks I can't remember. We just bought an Acura TL - we're very glad we did! The passat just gave us aggrivation! JDM all the way!
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Rep Power: 0 VW has too many problems.....BMW I don't see how you can not like it if your saying they look alike and you love audi so much audi s4 and a4 look the same....as if the older models they didn't understand to make them look different the newer ones look the same too...and den wat a6 basically its all the same so you can't really make fun of beamer for that...also benz is all show no go? amg'z are NOT slow I have NO idea where you got that from...unless its someone with fake badging amg is fast...go try a e55 amg then say if they are all show and no go.
gimme a european car and ill be satisfied id rather have a jag than an audi and id rather have a rolls than a maybach id rather have an alfa romeo than a vw and would definately prefer a caddy sts over everything lol (maybe not a 97-03 body style e55 amg them is nice
and a porsche or ferrari.......cmon
and a porsche or ferrari.......cmon
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Originally Posted by DVnAFI
VWs suck so much in little itty bitty things,lol. But, performance wise peesh
Depends on what type of performance you are looking for. acceleration, sure they're pretty good. Handling.... They leave much to be desired. (Stupid Tortion Beam Rear suspension, and they are Netoriously Nose heavy... Especially the VR6.
Me, I'll take a car that handles well over a car that just accelerated well.
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Originally Posted by NaSh123
VW has too many problems.....BMW I don't see how you can not like it if your saying they look alike and you love audi so much audi s4 and a4 look the same....as if the older models they didn't understand to make them look different the newer ones look the same too...and den wat a6 basically its all the same so you can't really make fun of beamer for that...also benz is all show no go? amg'z are NOT slow I have NO idea where you got that from...unless its someone with fake badging amg is fast...go try a e55 amg then say if they are all show and no go.
audis are all like little bubbles and the s4 is nothing to the m3 although i have to say everyone is forgetting acuras are kinda nice and not so far off from germy luxos especially the new tl OMG ITS HOTTT
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Rep Power: 0 See, my Audi handles pretty good. When Im at like 70mph, the car lowers by itself...then, it gradually gets higher the slower you go, or lower the faster you go. And then when I turn, you dont feel it, but, the car leans to a side, blah, whatever.
hah ok i had this whole big thing typed up but i edited it for 1 reason.....
hell with audi porsche vw and MB....yes especially audi ....if audi is so freakin great get ur *** outa le mans and jump in F1 wit the big boys....i dont intend to argue this....2005 BMW M5 550hp v10 and 7 speed SMG...1 word....VRRRRRROOOOOOOMMMM
hell with audi porsche vw and MB....yes especially audi ....if audi is so freakin great get ur *** outa le mans and jump in F1 wit the big boys....i dont intend to argue this....2005 BMW M5 550hp v10 and 7 speed SMG...1 word....VRRRRRROOOOOOOMMMM
Last edited by Aohan815; Jul 27, 2004 at 12:37 AM.
Originally Posted by jonnyg
what about VANOS.....its one of the most advanced variable cam timing systems in the automotive industry.
Double vanos varies the lift on the exhaust cam as well if im not mistaken, but it really is just like Ivtec, or VVTLi
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Originally Posted by phatcyclist
Vanos is just like everything else made now
Double vanos varies the lift on the exhaust cam as well if im not mistaken, but it really is just like Ivtec, or VVTLi
Double vanos varies the lift on the exhaust cam as well if im not mistaken, but it really is just like Ivtec, or VVTLi
although, single vanos is an on/off type deal....but is still smooth though the power band
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