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Possibly the best car ever.

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Grove_Street
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yes i know its a ford gt, and i know alot of you are going to be saying that the bugatti is better, but after putting a heffner twin turbo on this it develops over 1000 bhp, and not to mention you can do it at a fraction of the price of a bugatti. so now in my opinion the two best cars in the world are, the saleen s7 twin turbo, and the ford gt x1 with the heffner twin turbo. but dont listen to me, please listen to the car.



May 28 2008 1:26PM
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kepler.
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Because you've driven all of them right?
May 28 2008 1:31PM
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purpleflurple
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Its a nice car but i wouldnt get one, even if i had the money
May 28 2008 1:33PM
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JHDski47
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for cheaper you can buy a viper and send it in to Hennessey.  the Hennessy venom 1000 upgrade will bring the viper up to 1000 hp and it has crazy performance.  0-60 in 2.9 and a top speed of 255 mph.  But the ultimate car for speed, the fastest production car is the Koenigsegg CCXR which has 1018 hp, 0-60 in 2.9 and top speed of 257. 
May 28 2008 1:37PM
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Snowcase
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That first shot was sex. I still like the older one better. This one sounds louder than it is fast and jeremy wasn't super stoked on it either. You can always tell because he'll yell.
May 28 2008 1:40PM
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Grove_Street
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well the viper is ok, i have a friend who had the viper venom, and his wife loved it, but he sold it any way, and he has the gt now, he says the handling is very good, because its a mid engine, but he thinks the viper is a better car for a person who wants a track day car, and doesnt have as much experience.
May 28 2008 1:48PM
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JHDski47
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well yeah...im not a big fan of the viper or the koenigsegg, they are both just fast as hell.  Im into cars like 1967 Shelby GT500E or a 1967 ferrari GTB4 cam.
May 28 2008 1:57PM
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b-kul
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when the top speed difference is 2 mph who cares?
May 28 2008 2:45PM
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purpleflurple
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Because it would still be cheaper then buying this ford
May 28 2008 2:51PM
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BEARS.
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i dont speak auto.
May 28 2008 2:52PM
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b-kul
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thats not what im saying...
May 28 2008 2:54PM
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RudyGarmisch
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And then with all of these cars, you die once you near a corner.
May 28 2008 3:01PM
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C.R.420
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I'm not a fan of Ford, but the X1 is sick.
May 28 2008 3:04PM
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BMB
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the new nissan Z is good. but, how about my 92' toyota previa. Click for larger image
May 28 2008 3:07PM
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0123456789
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i saw some thing on speed channel, and the guy who designed the gt also designed the saleen, and im pretty sure he said the saleen is basically the gt but more track ready, tuned ect...
so by putting the TT in to the gt wouldnt it basicall be the saleen with a different body?
May 28 2008 3:09PM
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RudyGarmisch
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That thing must get you so much pussy.
May 28 2008 3:10PM
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itsmuhammed
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WOW i love top gear
May 28 2008 3:13PM
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JHDski47
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i am a huge car freak.  I like cars as much as skiing and thats saying something
May 28 2008 3:43PM
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bermbuster49
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same, what do you drive?


but i have a question. what episode of top gear is that? new or old? because comcast just took top gear off "on Demand" and now i cant watch my fucking show *insert angry face

May 28 2008 3:54PM
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JHDski47
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i dont drive yet, but im in the process of restoring a 1971 porsche 911 targa with my dad. But when i do drive, hopefully ill get my dads Jaguar XJR, but thats very doubtful since its too nice for a first car
May 28 2008 4:54PM
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Shpadoinkle
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First love...skiing.
Second love...cars.

The only reason why I'm not a big fan of the GT is because it's Ford. Don't get me wrong though because it is a pretty bad ass machine, but American cars don't really humor me at all really.

^That sucks that you don't have Top Gear. I love watching it twice every Monday night. Sorry.
May 28 2008 4:54PM
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RICK_ROSS
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soccer dad
May 28 2008 5:04PM
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Scolson
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I don't know where you get that idea.
May 28 2008 5:21PM
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bermbuster49
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well i still have BBC but i cant make it on monday nights so i always look forward to tuesday when i get home from school because i watch it on "on demand" and now i cant. =[
May 28 2008 5:24PM
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spiegel
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#1 dream car of mine = Lotus Exige S, possibly with a k20 engine swap.  Either non-swap or swapped is fine with me.

Every single one of my car HAS to be white too.
May 28 2008 5:26PM
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Shpadoinkle
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DVR FTW
May 28 2008 5:41PM
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JHDski47
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what????? all these cars have excellent handling
May 28 2008 5:49PM
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bigolrig
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i do love you.
May 28 2008 7:56PM
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Shpadoinkle
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That's what they keep tellin' me.
May 28 2008 8:06PM
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Jhorski
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Its from a Jeremy Clarkson special; "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly"
May 28 2008 8:58PM
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mr_grom
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Possibly the best car ever.  Just a thought.
May 28 2008 9:09PM
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cab509
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seriously I think you are one of maybe ten car girls I've ever talked to in my life, and it's been my experience that they are kinda freaky in a good way and usually pretty good looking.


AS for the OP

I personally would not call the GT the best car ever no matter how you tune it. (also Clarkson sold his GT for a Gallardo Spyder)


I'm not sure what I would consider the best car, there are to many factors and you can't get one car to do it all. If yo can please tell me because I have yet to find a sweet track car that stirs the soul, can be Daily driven, can tow things like boats bikes and trailers, and is comfortable for long trips.

Yeah I'm a huger car guy too. I think  for me cars might be right on level with skiing and my new thing of learning to wakeboard is quickly getting up there too, cuz I can finally rekindle my never ending love of the water and of boats.


Also Hennessey as much as I love his insane cars, is a huge crook, look it up


and the reason the Veyron is so much more is because when your going 258MPH (being the second fastest road legal car now thanks to the SSC Aero) it feels like you are cruising at a regular speed, or so TOP Gear says, I haven't even seen a Veyron in real life let alone ridden in one.
May 28 2008 9:23PM
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Earl_Globz
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oh what a feeling!
May 28 2008 9:27PM
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cab509
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I meant huge car guy, not huger
May 28 2008 9:32PM
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tBatt
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my friends dad got one of those in dark purple recently..

but today my mom got a new car..
(not hers, but same car)
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2008 nissan altima coupe, its pretty nice considering her old car is a hyuandi santa fe and before that it was all mini vans....
May 28 2008 9:36PM
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doritos
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Like a lot of people here... strongly dislike Ford, but that is a sexy animal. The sound alone is boner-inducing. Even the styling and look of the car is pretty fantastic. I really can't hate on that thing. If money were no object, not gonna lie, I'd probably own one.
May 28 2008 9:39PM
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Shpadoinkle
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Have you ever heard an Aston Martin?

May 28 2008 9:41PM
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ChanchoVelez.
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May 28 2008 9:42PM
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JHDski47
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false.  The 1001hp Bugatti Veyron has a top speed of 253mph and the SSC (Shelby Super Cars) aultimate Aero is the second fastest street legal car on the market, it has a top speed of 256mph.  The SSC ultimate Aero also weighs 800 pounds less then the Veyron.  As i said in one of my earlier posts, the fastest production car as of right now is the swedish-made Koenigsegg CCXR which has a top speed of 257mph and a 0-60 time of 2.9 seconds.  The 1018hp Koenigsegg CCXR has a twin turbocharged V-8 engine that runs on E85 Ethanol fuel.
 I am a car fanatic.
May 28 2008 9:45PM
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salomonskiier12
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haha
that car is often nicknamed "the pill"
May 28 2008 9:49PM
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iLuvWeedAndPron
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put some 24s on that thang
May 28 2008 9:52PM
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doritos
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Absolutely, I'm not a gear head but I know my cars. I must say, I like the styling on that GT a LOT... honestly I'd call it a toss-up on a lot of the AMs I've seen.
May 28 2008 9:57PM
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cab509
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http://www.allfastcars.com/fastestcars.shtml
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22826327/



so according to those sites the SSC Aero TT is the current fastest production car but in all honesty I can't keep up with who breaks the record recently so the Koenigsegg CCXr could very well be the fastest right now (but wasn't the e85 a one-of which would make it not a production car?). for me it all culminates with the McLaren F1 anyway, I would walk past every  Top speed contender and take the McLaren over everything else, especially if it was a GTR edition or the LM.

Just my opinion.

May 28 2008 10:07PM
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Shpadoinkle
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Aston's are damn sexy. Actually, I have driving one right up there with sex.
May 28 2008 10:12PM
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doritos
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I'm not denying that at all, I'm a big fan of AM's cars and I'm normally not a fan at all of Ford's work but... they've wowed me with this one.
May 28 2008 10:23PM
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Shpadoinkle
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No, I was agreeing with you.
May 28 2008 10:35PM
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doritos
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You better have been, bitch!

Haha.. I sometimes don't know why I say the things that I do. But yes, AMs are the shit, and so is this GT. Agreement reached.
May 28 2008 10:40PM
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fujarome
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i'm not much a fan of american cars, but that thing was pretty sick. I'd be alright with any sort Porsche 911, particularly the one that Hammond drives on the episode when they go searching for the best road in Europe.
May 28 2008 11:00PM
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hylandrox
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My dream car is still a old Datsun Z with a RB25 swap in it.


Can you say bye bye viper

Pretty damn good for a 30 year old car plus they are one of the best looking cars of all time
May 28 2008 11:35PM
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Skifree737
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^ could have been won by the better driver
May 29 2008 12:39AM
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C.R.420
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I like the new Altima coupes a lot, but only if its the 3.5 V6 model.
Still a nice car in the 2.5 i-4 though.
May 29 2008 1:07AM
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