XxSlowpokexX
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Well I'm not into the whole drag racing or street racing thing. Haveing a well balanced all around car has been my thing mostly for the past 10 years or so. One of the reasons I always loved the sc. Its an overall good car that could be modified rather easily to be an overall really good car in my opinion. This post can fit under many of teh forums listed here but I figured non tech was the way to go.
So the past few years I have been spoiled by testing some cool (IMO) automobiles from Europe. The new M3, M5, M6 xjr, xkr, cl600, c63, B GT coupe to name a few.
By far my favorites have been the CL series v12 bi turbo benz, the xkr, 6 series Bimmers and the Bently Gt coupe. Ive driven a bunch of others but suprisingly enough these few all remind me somewhat of my SC. However the SC to me isnt quite what it used to be and I'm finding it harder and harder to even remotely compete with some of the newer cars which I consider in its class. I always liked to think in my mind that I can take my American car and make it be competative with its European counterpart. Sure I know any of the above cars can hand an SC its butt for dinner but if I mod my SC...Well cant I at least be competative....Well YES...AND NO....
Well Yes meaning with enough money and fabrication anything i spossible and no beacaus eit just isnt easy nor inexpensive. Case in point..
On my way home from work I noted an enthusiastically driven M6 come barrelling up behind me, Usually when something liek that happens I get a tad bit excited and just love to play follow...For the fun of it. Nothing crazy or drastic...So some short circuit...Or lapse in judgement made me think that I should gun it in third when I was next to this M6....Suprisingly enough I gun it and look over in which I observed what looked to be a (~~~) facial expresion (My car does sound nuts when I floor it)...So we were maybe at almost 3/4 throttle (at least I was) when I did that and I leaped ahead about a car. HE punched it shortly thereafter and suprisingly up till about my 5000rpms he was only pulling slightly. And in slightly I mean creeping. Well apparently (and I rememeber this from driving one) this thing pulls to like 8,000rpm's and the creeping started to turn into this total sence of helplessness on my behalf as the creeping became more of a trot and then a gallop. By 4th gear he was quite a number of cars ahead of me and still going...I really wasnt expecting anything less then what had happened..WHich leads me to this.
I really do actualy love my thunderbird. I always have and maybe I always will. But I think its becoming a car that cant do what I want it to do anymore. Kind of like how a 15 second 1/4 wasnt all that bad in the 70's but today its just fubar. I'm feeling as though my SC is at that point for even what I want it for. WHat it was always meant for infact. Crap I think a new Nissan Altima has better overal numbers then a stock SC..Probbaly in every catagory. So I'm at the point where the car may never be what I want it to be..With the motor being the main limiting factor. Low RPM and torque is a nice rush but at 300 some odd rwhp it isnt enough nor is my powerband enough. I want a nice big long srong powerband. SOmething great for highway cruises. Many people go "WHy do you have all these old cars when you can just buy something new"....And my answer was always because nothing I can really afford does what this car can for the price (and this may still hold true)..However I'm thinking I am no longer happy with what it can do. I mean now I can afford something but instead I keep dumping money into thee cars never getting really what I want.
So I guess I just came to a depressing realization today. I had plans for the winter with this car but Im thinking this is it. Let me no longer think its something it isnt...Arrghh I tell ya
So the past few years I have been spoiled by testing some cool (IMO) automobiles from Europe. The new M3, M5, M6 xjr, xkr, cl600, c63, B GT coupe to name a few.
By far my favorites have been the CL series v12 bi turbo benz, the xkr, 6 series Bimmers and the Bently Gt coupe. Ive driven a bunch of others but suprisingly enough these few all remind me somewhat of my SC. However the SC to me isnt quite what it used to be and I'm finding it harder and harder to even remotely compete with some of the newer cars which I consider in its class. I always liked to think in my mind that I can take my American car and make it be competative with its European counterpart. Sure I know any of the above cars can hand an SC its butt for dinner but if I mod my SC...Well cant I at least be competative....Well YES...AND NO....
Well Yes meaning with enough money and fabrication anything i spossible and no beacaus eit just isnt easy nor inexpensive. Case in point..
On my way home from work I noted an enthusiastically driven M6 come barrelling up behind me, Usually when something liek that happens I get a tad bit excited and just love to play follow...For the fun of it. Nothing crazy or drastic...So some short circuit...Or lapse in judgement made me think that I should gun it in third when I was next to this M6....Suprisingly enough I gun it and look over in which I observed what looked to be a (~~~) facial expresion (My car does sound nuts when I floor it)...So we were maybe at almost 3/4 throttle (at least I was) when I did that and I leaped ahead about a car. HE punched it shortly thereafter and suprisingly up till about my 5000rpms he was only pulling slightly. And in slightly I mean creeping. Well apparently (and I rememeber this from driving one) this thing pulls to like 8,000rpm's and the creeping started to turn into this total sence of helplessness on my behalf as the creeping became more of a trot and then a gallop. By 4th gear he was quite a number of cars ahead of me and still going...I really wasnt expecting anything less then what had happened..WHich leads me to this.
I really do actualy love my thunderbird. I always have and maybe I always will. But I think its becoming a car that cant do what I want it to do anymore. Kind of like how a 15 second 1/4 wasnt all that bad in the 70's but today its just fubar. I'm feeling as though my SC is at that point for even what I want it for. WHat it was always meant for infact. Crap I think a new Nissan Altima has better overal numbers then a stock SC..Probbaly in every catagory. So I'm at the point where the car may never be what I want it to be..With the motor being the main limiting factor. Low RPM and torque is a nice rush but at 300 some odd rwhp it isnt enough nor is my powerband enough. I want a nice big long srong powerband. SOmething great for highway cruises. Many people go "WHy do you have all these old cars when you can just buy something new"....And my answer was always because nothing I can really afford does what this car can for the price (and this may still hold true)..However I'm thinking I am no longer happy with what it can do. I mean now I can afford something but instead I keep dumping money into thee cars never getting really what I want.
So I guess I just came to a depressing realization today. I had plans for the winter with this car but Im thinking this is it. Let me no longer think its something it isnt...Arrghh I tell ya