So this Dodge Stratus wants to take me...
02-09-2005
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So this Dodge Stratus wants to take me...
so I'm in school and this kid (a huge a$$hole) starts makin fun of my car, probably due to the spoiler I put on the back (which doesnt look bad mind you). I get all pissed off and say "What the f*ck do you drive?" he responds quitely with "uhh '96 Dodge Stratus". I start goin nuts and long story short he tells me that his car would take a "sh*t" on my car. He challenges me to a race sometime soon...
I just checked up the specs of those cars and the best '96 model is a 132hp that weighs over 3100lbs
plus its an automatic
How absolutely bad will I wreck this kid (I have an '02 EX 5spd.)??
That is if he doesnt pour water in my gas tank like he threatened he would...
I just checked up the specs of those cars and the best '96 model is a 132hp that weighs over 3100lbs
plus its an automaticHow absolutely bad will I wreck this kid (I have an '02 EX 5spd.)??
That is if he doesnt pour water in my gas tank like he threatened he would...
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Those cars lose a ton of power through the drivetrain and end up being slower than all heck.
My money would be on the Civic.
Get a locking gas cap....
My money would be on the Civic.
Get a locking gas cap....
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Rep Power: 287 he'll kill you.. okay, not really.. if the hp is really 132 @ 3100lbs.. you'll have no problem.. unless ya get stuck in a gear. ha.
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Originally Posted by TurboDieselDrew
Get a locking gas cap....
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Originally Posted by Cocky
he'll kill you.. okay, not really.. if the hp is really 132 @ 3100lbs.. you'll have no problem.. unless ya get stuck in a gear. ha.
Oh and thats the ES model, or the best model for '96....I think he has the lesser model which could be even slower.
If we really do go race, I would probably big time weight strip my car just so I'd have a little more advantage to beat his ***
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Rep Power: 0 Make sure its not S/C otherwise he'll smoke you. I worked for a company who built S/C kits and my boss had a stratus shyt he took me for a ride and that shyt will smoke my car. www.rippmods.com
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Originally Posted by spyder2333
Make sure its not S/C otherwise he'll smoke you. I worked for a company who built S/C kits and my boss had a stratus shyt he took me for a ride and that shyt will smoke my car. www.rippmods.com
BTW... the 2002 CLK 430 AMG listed in your kill list doesn't exist
The 430 was only made in a 275hp model with no AMG tuning. Just another guy making his car look like something it isn't and could never be. 
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Originally Posted by TurboDieselDrew
That site doesnt list anything for the 1996 Stratus so I think he is safe.
BTW... the 2002 CLK 430 AMG listed in your kill list doesn't exist The 430 was only made in a 275hp model with no AMG tuning. Just another guy making his car look like something it isn't and could never be.
BTW... the 2002 CLK 430 AMG listed in your kill list doesn't exist
The 430 was only made in a 275hp model with no AMG tuning. Just another guy making his car look like something it isn't and could never be.
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Originally Posted by spyder2333
i could be wrong on the year its my friends car its a white clk430 amg convertable. ill find out what year and fix it on my kill list
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Originally Posted by TurboDieselDrew
The year doesn't matter. AMG never touched a 430.
the amg is the clk55. if your friend has amg anywhere on his 430 it's rice. the 342hp V8 is only available on the clk55 amg.
http://autos.msn.com/research/vip/Sp...IP&tab=2&sub=0
http://autos.msn.com/research/vip/ov...=10196&src=vip
http://www.edmunds.com/used/2002/mer...Mercedes-Benz*
A 3.2-liter V6 engine making 215 horsepower and 229 pound-feet of torque powers CLK320 models. Mercedes asserts that the 320 Coupe runs from 0 to 60 mph in 6.9 seconds. CLK430 models receive a 275-horsepower 4.3-liter V8 engine, which cranks out 295 pound-feet of twist. This shaves nearly a second off the 320's 0-to-60 time. The quickest CLK is the CLK55. This road rocket uses an AMG-massaged 342-horsepower 5.5-liter V8 to catapult the CLK55 from 0 to 60 in around 5 seconds.
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Originally Posted by vtecd17
**** him up bro, and when you beat him say "Bitch! I even did it with the water in my gas tank!"
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Originally Posted by S2000man01
he's right dude.
the amg is the clk55. if your friend has amg anywhere on his 430 it's rice. the 342hp V8 is only available on the clk55 amg.
http://autos.msn.com/research/vip/Sp...IP&tab=2&sub=0
http://autos.msn.com/research/vip/ov...=10196&src=vip
http://www.edmunds.com/used/2002/mer...Mercedes-Benz*
the amg is the clk55. if your friend has amg anywhere on his 430 it's rice. the 342hp V8 is only available on the clk55 amg.
http://autos.msn.com/research/vip/Sp...IP&tab=2&sub=0
http://autos.msn.com/research/vip/ov...=10196&src=vip
http://www.edmunds.com/used/2002/mer...Mercedes-Benz*
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Rep Power: 0 Wait you's could be right im trying to do a search for 2000 clk and cant find any 430' amg, but what confuses me is that how come when i do see a 430 its most of the time amg? does that mean everyone puts amg on, and why did his car come amg? the only way i can clear this all up is if i look under his hood when i do i let you's know
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Rep Power: 0 We are right. Email MB if you want.... AMG has never touched a 430.
I see a ton of cars with AMG emblems all over them that shouldn't have them. I guess no one cares about true performance, but they just want the appeal. Pisses me off quite a bit.
Your friend has a nice car but in no way is it an AMG.
I see a ton of cars with AMG emblems all over them that shouldn't have them. I guess no one cares about true performance, but they just want the appeal. Pisses me off quite a bit.
Your friend has a nice car but in no way is it an AMG.
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Rep Power: 411 theres some kid at school who put an emblem with chinese lettering onto his mercedes-benz e class....
requesting permission to slap owner of e-class upside the head!
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Originally Posted by TurboDieselDrew
We are right. Email MB if you want.... AMG has never touched a 430.
I see a ton of cars with AMG emblems all over them that shouldn't have them. I guess no one cares about true performance, but they just want the appeal. Pisses me off quite a bit.
Your friend has a nice car but in no way is it an AMG.
I see a ton of cars with AMG emblems all over them that shouldn't have them. I guess no one cares about true performance, but they just want the appeal. Pisses me off quite a bit.
Your friend has a nice car but in no way is it an AMG.
but everything i could possibly find according to mercedes benz and auto car websites like msn autos, etc, all say there was never an amg clk430. it was only the clk55 amg.
but yeah, the engine size is the dead giveaway. but like turbodrew said, that doesn't mean people won't slap the ol' amg emblem all over there car. it apparently (from what i've seen on the net) is quite the cool thing for MB owners to do.
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