Sc00bs: http://www.goapr.com.au/

all cars are s***. large passenger thingies with boat like handling

rofl, nice troll. plenty of cars will out-handle even superbikes. though the bikes usually win with their crazy acceleration.

lotus exige with that performance pack - was kind of crappy, felt like a two dollar whore on the inside, the gearbox was s*** and notchy. The worst thing was the horrible turning circle coupled with no power steering makes it quite hard to do u-turns. Didn't feel quick, certainly not 100k+ car quick. The good? Obviously the look and sound of it, when the dealer says hey let's strap it through surfers well you strap it through surfers.

oh and all the electrics were rooooted, warning lights coming on and off, fuel guage going whacky.

rofl, nice troll. plenty of cars will out-handle even superbikes. though the bikes usually win with their crazy acceleration.

Cost vs performance ratio, bike always wins.

I do love that my $5000 supermoto can outhandle any car on the roads

your bike wouldn't handle queensland raceway as well as a gtr ^

bikes cant corner for s***

bikes cant corner for s***

I'm just going to lol at that. especially the GTR comment. those cars are boats.

Pretty much every single person that I know that rides a motorbike has had at least one serious accident, including two people in my office in the last ~12 months (in which they were both hospitalised). How does the cost/benefit ratio change when you add in hospital care costs?!

(I just dropped in to fix the subject typo: dissapointed -> disappointed)

bikes cant corner for s***

Pretty much every single person that I know that rides a motorbike has had at least one serious accident, including two people in my office in the last ~12 months (in which they were both hospitalised). How does the cost/benefit ratio change when you add in hospital care costs?!

Single vehicle or was a car involved?

My workmate rides 120KM round trip every day through sydney traffic, and every accident has been the cars fault.
But he has never been injured.

Ive been riding to work 6 years, and never been injured. Had a 4WD intentionally try to hit me though.

and every accident has been the cars fault.

that makes everything ok then

bikes cant corner for s***

being a car driver i understand you want to believe that, but inaccurate.

now if we want to get nitpicking, an F1 will beat any bike. Yep, but they have slicks as wide as your mum's arse.

Street legal though, a bike will win every time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Man0X0bf8vk

and that's on a safe track.

go to a typical australian goat track and the car will eat the bike by a bigger margin cause you can't go balls to the wall on the bike in case you hit a pothole/oil/loose surface, get a corner wide and go off a cliff or get introduced to a tree/pole, etc.

cliff notes:

bikes cant corner for s***

wow, i havent seen an owning this good in a long time;

vash, you need to start posting much much less

I think maybe he was thinking more like the 18 year olds in their first skyline that is 15 years old? I know through the streets my old supersports could eat those things up easily, however the most impressive I went against was a bloody starlet....holy s*** those things have power!

Actually there is 1 car the bikes cannot beat

Its the ariel atom!

go to a typical australian goat track and the car will eat the bike by a bigger margin cause you can't go balls to the wall on the bike in case you hit a pothole/oil/loose surface, get a corner wide and go off a cliff or get introduced to a tree/pole, etc.

Depends on the vehicle & track.
Check this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qegU2t2bxEU

the bike is just playing with the car. and those are real corners, none of this open sweeper crap you guys are into.

ok I didnt' realise what you meant by this:

I do love that my $5000 supermoto can outhandle any car on the roads

and this:

Street legal though, a bike will win every time.

was that in very specific conditions on a very specific sort of track/road, a bike is always faster. I stand corrected.

Crossing the line first isn't everything orbitor, by merely competing aren't both vehicles winners in a sense?

I was going to buy a VW but didn't want something as big as the Passat and found the Jetta s***house. So my dissapointing car was the Jetta for sure, absolute rubbish.

I bought the Audi A4 instead and couldn't be happier. Much nicer drive than the slightly more expensive BMW 320's I was looking at, and cheaper and more spacious as well.

I did buy this for fuel economy, but find myself using the sports paddles way too often, which probably smashes my economy!

1993 holden nova.

f*** all your new s***.

Nice to see a few Audi owners on here. Best car I've ever had.

2005 Porsche Carrera 4s turbo convertible.. cruised around in it all day topless.. the gold diggers and picking up sluts was enough fun.

1988 R31 pintara auto. Handles like a yacht. So I painted it up to be a pirate ship.
http://img638.imageshack.us/img638/4528/img0170uj.jpg

No doubt the engine is tops, but otherwise can't say I like the X6 much, a couple of the reasons shown in this vid:

you idiot

I was going to put in my original post that I reckon if top gear reviewed the X6, it would cop a hammering, guess I wasn't wrong :/

x6 is a stupid ugly car, but for some reason i want to cruise around in one anyway for a bit :D

1998 180SX SR20DE+T, coilovers, sway bars and some phat bridgestone semi-slicks. Unbelievable cornering and grip for $13k all up (inc car purchase price) good for a 60.55 on the sprint track @ QR :)

2007 WRX (tuned by sti) - barely any turbo lag at all, nice torque from low rpm's compared with older 2.0L's. Handles very nicely for a street car with factory STi suspension all round and some extra bits. Can get oversteering relatively easy, overall good fun but still miss the RWD action. <3 boxer sound cant beat it !

cars are s***.
I don't understand why half the cars on the market are even built.

Pieces of s***, over rated crap.
Most would only fit into a niche market anyway, so some douche can buy to feed his own ego.

that top gear clip is hilarious
haha

ahah, top gear have the best job in the world :(

I just dont see the point of X6... if you want a 4WD get a proper 4WD, if you want a sports car get a proper sports car...

As for new cars driven recently drove a new hire car - Toyota Corolla (2009) i think - handles terrible, shocking torque steer, cant put ur arm on the window shelf cause its up near ur ears, totally retarded car and my gf cheap and nasty Getz is much nicer to drive.

Haha, nice clip. You'd have to be burping barnacles to buy an X6.

what do u fags think about nissan 350z?

1985 Toyota Corrolla!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!

All of toyotas big ideas in one small car it is!

You buy an x6m if you have 2 kids or 3 friends! With no luggage..

I hate clarksons reviews of BMW. iDrive is pretty intuitive and once you have had the car for more than 5 minutes it becomes immediately obvious why things are the way they are.

For example when he clicked the AC button all the useful AC indicators are on the actual AC controls on the dash and the NAV information would still be talking to him + be available on the head up display which is much easier to view than an out of FOV map.

When he reviewed the M5 he couldn't even get the NAV to stop talking which is either click right and push the button in the nav screen OR hit the speech button and say 'navigation mute'. In fact everything in these cars is easy enough to figure out through speech recognition without any prior knowledge of voice commands or calibration.

Now I think about it, when he reviewed the M5 he couldn't even figure out the indicator stalks!

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I love clarkson but yeh he does fail pretty hard at reviewing bmw's, even after you take him with a grain of salt. it's still entertaining but it'd be good to see just a bit more objectivity in the mix to keep it real

I just dont see the point of X6... if you want a 4WD get a proper 4WD, if you want a sports car get a proper sports car...

not sure what 4wd has to do with it - neither the x5 or x6 are marketed as 4wd's, they're marketed as sporty utility vehicles which is exactly what they are. they are a decent size, provide plenty of interior space and comfort, plenty of luggage space, a little extra ground clearance and an all wheel drive system. the primary difference between the two are slightly larger luggage area and third row seat option in the X5, plus the obvious difference in appearance with one being a wagon and one a 4-seater coupe. fit them with a couple of options like adaptive suspension/active steering and they can corner better than most family vehicles on the road despite their weight and centre of gravity. george brabham lapped this car around phillip island at only ~half a second slower than he did in an M3, to give you an idea

anyway as it happens, I already have a proper 4wd and although I thought about a 'proper' sports car, I decided I didn't want one yet. I still like the size and seating position I had in my X5 but wanted something that pushed the boundaries of the category a bit more in terms of power and handling. the other deciding factor was the engine choice - I was keen on this engine but it's not available in the M3 or M5 yet

Can't really comment on Australian cars, since I only drive my own V6 VT, and a Prius but I try to drive different cars each time I'm overseas.

Bad: Hummer H2. Looks like a tank, feels like a tank, drives like a tank, parks like a tank. Utterly s***e.


Good: 2006 Viper. I got to take one on a test drive for 30 mins while I was visiting the inlaws in Maryland. There were no interstates around so the fastest I could manage was 95mph, and still barely got into 3rd gear. When I put my foot down: RAWR!
I almost wanted a speeding ticket in that thing so I could have it framed.
http://adam.lundie.com.au/viper.jpg

last edited by Furgle at 12:05:19 22/Mar/10

i saw an x6 M series today, was pretty flash

cool where was it / what colour etc
I've only seen one other so far, it was white, at indro

XWGT 450 BPH awesome s*** , brakes were a bit poor ( yes its an original GT )

I drove a Turbo-Diseasel Hyundai Santa Fe yesterday
I loved it. Smooth 5-speed auto, leather bound wheel, woodgrain, sufficient power, direct steering, smooth ride. Only gripe i had was the cruise control was a little imprecise.