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Which Would Win In A Fight?
Although this has long been an idea of mine for a fantastic television show (pit random things against each other in a fight purely for the purpose of seeing who would win. Contestants would include a whale vs. a shark, three grasshoppers vs. a frog, me vs. a bunch of attractive women, etc.) I just finished having an argument with my roommate about the new Mistubishi Eclipses. I personally think they're worthless, but he seems to think pretty highly of them. He also seems to think that if he was in one, he could beat my SVX in a race. I did a little looking.. the biggest engine you can buy a new Eclipse with is a 3 liter 200hp V6. I wasn't able to find out mow much one weighed though.. I just didn't feel like looking anymore. Any thoughts on which would win in a fight?
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I think it would depend on the length of the race. I'm sure the Eclipse comes with a manual transmission which would help it in the short race as well I'm sure it's lighter without the added weight of AWD. The SVX will definately overtake it though. What I don't know is how long it would take for the SVX to catch up.
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I know, for sure, if you're rolling, the Eclipse is a goner. Just ask the guy who drove leisurly past me while I was talking to the nice State Trooper who stopped me going 86 in a 65 after blowing past the Eclipse Spider. Luckily, I had slowed down . . . a bit.
Happy ending: The Trooper only gave me a warning.
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I think someone has a thing for horses...at least for horseshoes to be able to get away with 86 in a 65 and just a warning.
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Just found this site...searching for a license plate mounted radar jammer.....
www.jammerstore.com good luck and post here if you can find one for less than $300 |
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I have seen that too but I wonder how well they will work given our titanium coated windshield. Not to mention if (when) I buy something like this I dont want to have to quickly take it off the window every time I run through a speed trap or get pulled over. Much easier to go with a remote install, now if I could just find one that I can afford....
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I've got an Eclipse in the shop right now and it has the same engine as a Neon. Not much to brag about there, except how fast it can leak oil from the back of the head gasket.
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Re: Which Would Win In A Fight?
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Jammers sound nice in theory, but . . .
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If its a 25 zone they are all getting tickets
Actually as I understand the various systems they cause the laser/radar guns to display an error message, which could be the result of several things other than a jammer. If he gets a zero then he has probably just clocked a tree (I know there is precendent). Last edited by 0260N4; 04-10-2002 at 12:28 AM. |
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