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This was a while ago, actually. At a light this gold Cougar driven by a guy pulls up next to me. I don't know the trim level of it, sorry. As the light turned green, I just accelerated normally, but you know how it goes, you accelerate normally and so does he, and then all of a sudden he guns it, so I floored it in return. I always assumed Cougars were fast, but were were neck and neck until about 65 where I chickened out (it was a 55 zone) cuz it's not worth getting a ticket over, you know? So I'm thinking either a) his car isn't as fast as it looks or b) he wasn't flooring it*. So, later on I pull up next to him at a light, but we're behind some other cars so it's not like we can race or anything, and all the sudden he turns on his system... I could see the street vibrating under my car from all his bass. He must have had some big *** speakers or something, so I assumed that maybe that was why he wasn't as fast as he should have been? What do you think? How fast are Cougars? I assume they can beat us, right? Or at least me. I have a stock auto EX.


*same thing with an Altima once. This girl in an new Altima pulled up next to me and as the light turned green she took off so I floored it, and we were tied almost the whole way (again until I stopped at 65) . I assumed here that she wasn't actually flooring it because couldn't an Altima waste us? Or maybe she just couldn't drive? Or something.

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It may have been a 4 cyliner cougar, the v6 is much faster.
I tried to keep up with a G35 once, but it just pulled away from me like a joke.

 
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altima? what year? depending on what trim, the 2.5liter ones, or the 3.5 v6... either way both are faster. but u may be able to keep up with an auto 2.5l altima. *shrug* I'm too lazy to check.

cougar's aren't fast. the inline 4 ones are a joke... and even then, the v6 ones aren't too hot either. I think they're discontinued.

u can look up specs of any cars at www.edmunds.com or times at www.autosite.com

 
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Cougar 4 cyl maybe. Altima, no way. I've driven every trim model in the new Altima and even the Automatic 2.5 would beat the crap out of a stock auto EX. I've pulled up to a stoplight in my Saturn L series with several EX and taken them by at least 2 car lengths, and that car is nothing compare to the Altima.

 
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look er. dont compare any cars with the auto civics. they're slow.

not that the manuals are any faster, but its faster.

and as for ur L series.. um.. which one u got? the i4 or the v6?

if its the i4, sorry, ur L series isn't exactly faster... in fact, its slower in some aspects. its power to weight ratio is higher than the civics... even the dx and lx.

the fastest 7th gen civic (besides the 02 si) is the ex 5spd coupe.

funny thing, the civic sedan... the ex sedan is probably slower than an dx sedan.

anyhow, I'm sure you've beat those ex. but when I talk about cars, I just compare the cars themselves. any car with any driver will yield any results.

ah anyway, civic's slow. nuff said.

 
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I just get a little tired of people bs'ing how fast thier cars are versus far superior cars. Generally the cars are like $10k more, so they should be faster. Like you said "civics are slow", or at least mine 2001 lx coupe is .

 
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Hey its possible i wasted a pathfinder twice..he never gave up.....

 
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i beat a 4cyl cougar once, but w/my 87 celica gt w/straight pipe & intake. We started racing around 20mph after this one turn. He just couldnt get in front of me.. and yes he was racing me.

 
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my civic ex 2dr vs. my friends stock v6 cougar...I burned his *** by about a car length twice...I think he just can't drive...
on the third run, a 03 cobra svt pulls up next to us and we're like oh shiet. He must have had the both of us by about 7 car lengths

 
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I alos need to now if a V6 Cougar can beat my Civic LX 5-spd. I have a friend with a 2k1 Civic EX auto. And he has a custome catback, cai and headers. I raced him many times with my stock civic and he beats me by like half a car. But now I got a Thermal R&D cat back and cai and also DC sports shift adapter. So I need to now if I can beat the V6 Cougar? I am a pretty good shifter.The kid keeps talkin smak about my car so I have to prove him wrong about my Civ.

 
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What are you trying to say about the ex sedan? [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif[/IMG]

It's the exact same as the ex coupe. The ex sedan 5spd weighs 15lbs more than an ex coupe 5sp. So, I don't know what you are trying ot say but hope you have realized your err.

 
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it all depends on if the v6 is supercharged, cause my friend had a v6 auto with out the super charger, I beat him by half a car in the 1/8 mile. Then the dealership bought his car because it was lemon and gave him the v6 supercharged auto, he had me by 2 cars then. It all depends on auto or manual too. I have a manual so I pulled him at the start both times, but the with his second cougar he waisted me in the end.

 
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what am I trying to say about the ex sedan? I'm saying it might be slower than the dx sedan. whats so wrong about that?

true I didn't pont out any good points..

I'm just looking at the numbers, they could be wrong, and I could be wrong *shrug* and this is for a 02 Civic.. so..

the power to weight ratio for the dx sedan 5spd is 21.2 and ex sedan 5spd is 22.3

check out the weight on the dx: 2421 lbs. and the ex: 2564

anyway, I said probably. autosite could have got the power to weight ratio wrong.

I duno why they have a higher ratio for the ex.

for the coupe, the dx 5spd is 21.2, hx: 20.8 and ex: 20.1

 
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Well, if the ex coupe is the fastest, wouldn't the ex sedan also be on par with it. My reasoning is that the only difference between the 2 is the fact that the sedan weighs 15lbs more. So, would 15lbs really make the ex sedan 5sp any slower than the ex coupe 5spd? [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif[/IMG]

 
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Does it really make a difference if it is a coupe or sedan?

 
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i raced a chick inna new black 4 banger auto and beat her pretty badly. not much of an accomplishment, but eh well.

 
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I know. thats why I said probably. I think they got the numbers wrong.

cuz 22.3 is pretty high.

chill out. I know u got a sedan. heh. I'm not really dissing it, I was just thinking out loud. cuz I read the numbers and I was like, "funny, the ex sedan is slower?"

 
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I was just trying to make sure I understood exactly what you were saying. I don't know if the numbers are wrong and what not.

I just get tired of everyone thinking the ex coupe 5sp is so much quicker than the ex sedan 5sp. It just amazes how some people think that the additional 2 doors somehow throws a lead weight in the trunk.

I could see the lower models having better acceleration with less power because there is a pretty good difference weight wise.

However, the only difference between the ex coupe and sedan besides the obvious, is 15lbs.

I am not sure about the lower models being exactly the same. Maybe they have different gearing or something. You can't just look at the power to weight ratio. The honda website would show it but I am to lazy to go over there and look.

Anyhow, not trying to jump on your case or anything. Just trying to have discussion with one of the more 'informed' members that I have seen around for awhile....