Fastest Street Legal Cars..

Pick up a copy of Road & Track magazine. They have a summary of all the cars they have tested in the past couple of years. It lists accelleration numbers as well as price.

----------------- Alex

On the lower end of the price range is the Subaru WRX STi - new for

Tom D.

BllFs6 wrote:

Oh come now... everyone one at the club has a Ferrari. The Bentley is at least distinctive.

thanks guys

Man, you can buy ALOTA vw bugs for that kinda cash :)

take care

Blll

You mean stock right....cause modified is a whole new ball game...

exactly... a 11 second quarter mile does not impress me that much (although a 200MPH top speed is pretty freakin' cool) I bet I could build an 11 second 1/4 mile car for a lot less than the sticker price of one of those exotics... of course, you might miss a few things like power steering, power brakes, A/C, a stereo, an interior, your hearing, etc. etc. etc...

nate

Yeah

I just want some basic info on "normal" street legal cars....

thanks again for the info guys

take care

Blll

Dollar for dollar I think Corvettes are also pretty good deals if you're just looking at 0-60. I'm fairly sure they range in the 40K - 50K price range and have 5 - 6 second 0-60 times but I might be off. I also heard the recently discontinued V8 Camaro/Firebirds gave you great acceleration for the dolllar, probably > 300 HP for < 30K. Supposedly you trade some refinement and handling for those big USA muscles though, compared to foreign rivals. Unfortunately I've never driven any of the above so it's all hearsay/internet reading for me. Compared to the WRX someone else mentioned, those bad boys will probably give a lot more low end torque but not get as much of a kick at high RPM. Also, the WRX might be AWD which is useful beyond leaving granny behind at a stoplight. When I can afford the insurance maybe I'll get a toy like one of those machines.

Anyway it sounds like you could probably waste a lot of time at consumerreports.com.

Dave

The Neon SRT4 is very hard to beat in the dollar/accerlation ratio. Sub 6 0-60 and 1/4 mile at over 100mph.

------------ Alex

"Dave C." wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@ccrma-gate.stanford.edu:

I'd *try* to buy a mclaren F1.

In March 1998, the F1 confirmed that it is the fastest production car in the world, achieving a record top speed of 240.14mph

But you'd be driving a Neon :-)