If a car looks like a leader...

"JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7" (jayzayeighty) 01/07/2015 at 19:43 • Filed to: None

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Then its engine should displace 8 liter.

Roadster Man > JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 01/07/2015 at 19:45

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8.2 liters to be exact! My first car was a '71 El Dorado, that car was nuts.

JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 > Roadster Man 01/07/2015 at 19:47

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The 500ci! Sounds like an awesome first car. Were you a leader?

Roadster Man > JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 01/07/2015 at 19:51

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Yup, 500 cubic inches and 18.5 feet of FWD Cadillac! 6-11 mpg when gas first hit $2/gal meant I had to get rid of it. Was I a leader? Probably not, but I was voted class clown.

505Turbeaux > Roadster Man 01/07/2015 at 19:55

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ha sounds like a buddy of mine with his 76 Town Car, 460, green with mint green leather. Good lord could that thing turn fuel into pollution. He used to pull up and alternate between stomping on the gas and brakes so it would hop like it had hydaulics. Did a pretty damn good impression

Birddog > JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 01/07/2015 at 19:57

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Don't you ferget that sonny!

JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 > Roadster Man 01/07/2015 at 20:00

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Hah, very cool. Was this the pre-$2 gas period of the early 80s or 90s? Class clown counts as being a leader when you have an 8194cc Cadillac!

Jedidiah > JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 01/07/2015 at 20:07

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Man, I love Cadillacs.

JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 > Jedidiah 01/07/2015 at 20:09

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Yeah, some of the last cars that carried the pre-war mentality towards cars on.

BrianNutter > JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 01/07/2015 at 20:17

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Caddy would be on top of the world if they'd developed the 8+6+4 engine.

JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 > BrianNutter 01/07/2015 at 20:22

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Completely agree. The badge was a plus at the time, the cars were engineered and assembled half decently from (specifically the '77-'92 De Ville/Fleetwood/Brougham that had the 8-6-4), and they were still plain cool. It could have been a great technology and a massive advantage.

BrianNutter > JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 01/07/2015 at 21:04

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V18 isn't any more strange than I-5 right?