Some automotive FB groups are cancer.

"The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock" (jukesjukesjukes) 11/20/2017 at 12:49 • Filed to: None

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The is a 1.6 turbo specific group.

The 1.6 turbo makes it respectably quick, but most cars will still beat it.

TheJWT > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock 11/20/2017 at 12:51

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The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock > TheJWT 11/20/2017 at 12:54

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There is one I’m in that’s suprsingly good & knowledgeable.

PartyPooper2012 > TheJWT 11/20/2017 at 12:55

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Parked cars are faster than juke with turbo.

Cars in car crusher are faster than juke with turbo.

Iron ore that will some day become a car is faster than juke with turbo.

Actually, I have no idea how fast Juke with turbo is... I just like bashing juke

e36Jeff now drives a ZHP > PartyPooper2012 11/20/2017 at 13:06

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According to C&D, 6.9 sec 0-60. Which is entirely respectable, but by no means fast. The only thing it could “blow the doors off” of is a minivan or maybe a truck towing a juke.

PartyPooper2012 > e36Jeff now drives a ZHP 11/20/2017 at 13:08

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My second car had 0-60 in 3.5 years performance. 6.9 seconds is fast in comparison

My bird IS the word > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock 11/20/2017 at 13:49

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How I look when someone laughs at my 1.6T mini

How I look when I bog first gear from a lack of torque.

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock 11/20/2017 at 13:49

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Ugh. Reminds me of the Focus ST groups.

“HAY GUYZ i JUST PICKED UP THIS BBY WHAT MODS DO FIRST!?!?!?!”

Right up there with

“Just showed this BENTLEY/LAMBO/CADILLAC/CORVETTE/PORSCHE how we do it on the streets!” *cue a 10 second clip of his ST gradually passing a sports car cruising in the right lane*

Gamecat235 > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock 11/20/2017 at 13:53

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Until I got my current car (which, by coincidence is also powered by a 1.6L turbo), I would have considered a 6.9 0-60 time exceedingly quick.

But mind you I came from this:

94 Sentra XE, 96 626 (i4), 88 S-10 Blazer (4.3), 04 Accent (3 dr), 04 Wrangler Sport, 02 Rav4, 00 New Beetle (2.slow).

And then I bought a FiST, and now I have fun picking on people who have no idea what a Fiesta ST is (the joy of getting to 40 MPH in VERY little time, in a Fiesta, and then watching people in cars they think of as fast, fly by me in an effort to prove... something ... will never grow old... and is probably a feeling you know well with your Juke).

Also, for the record, I looked at the Juke when I was car shopping, but it didn’t compare favorably enough to the fleet of FoST’s I had test driven by that time. But the FoST still felt like it was missing something... and then I found my lightly used lease return FiST with the options I wanted... and it was history.

How is Juke ownership? What model did you end up with? Nismo? Nismo RS? Asking because I couldn’t get behind the sticker shock for the RS model... I appreciate the bells and whistles, but... man... that’s a lot of cash for a Juke.

e36Jeff now drives a ZHP > PartyPooper2012 11/20/2017 at 14:08

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yeah, but in comparison to modern cars, 6.9 0-60 is minivan speed. The 2018 Odyssey does it in 6.5.

PartyPooper2012 > e36Jeff now drives a ZHP 11/20/2017 at 14:12

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I travel 10 miles from work home during rush hour... it takes me hour and a half.

My old car with 0-60 in 3.5 years would have been fast enough

e36Jeff now drives a ZHP > PartyPooper2012 11/20/2017 at 14:21

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lol, NYC or LA? My wife has a 1 hour, 17-mile commute in NYC. I have a 64-mile commute and routinely do it in 50 minutes or less.

PartyPooper2012 > e36Jeff now drives a ZHP 11/20/2017 at 14:28

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Neither, but closer to NYC than LA.

We should outlaw all cars... and use mopeds... like they do in Dominican republic/vietnam

It’s one thing when you have 15 mopeds behind you... its another when you have inattentive driver traveling 75mph in an excursion/suburban

It would eliminate most traffic.

Also I want cops to use some sort of curtain system to hide the incident from passersby so no rubber necking.

BaconSandwich is tasty. > TheJWT 11/20/2017 at 14:32

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As the owner of an unmodified seventh generation Civic, I dispute that claim. :P

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > TheJWT 11/20/2017 at 15:17

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Somebody: Hahahahahahaha...

Juke driver: I’ll show him

*tiny turbo spooling noises*...*slight acceleration*

Somebody: ...

*Juke pulls slightly ahead*

Somebody: Wait, is he trying to race me?

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Gamecat235 11/20/2017 at 15:22

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My truck is roughly the same. Supposed to be a couple tenths faster, fwiw on the street it’s fuck all in a big ship.

Can confirm not slow, doesn’t feel slow, more than enough to take most people unless they’re really trying... also can confirm not really fast either.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock 11/20/2017 at 15:30

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MFW I clean someone up, then look up their 0-60 time and find out it’s supposed to be faster than mine

“Someone’s having fun with badges”

Gamecat235 > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 11/20/2017 at 15:58

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I’ve been slow car slow for so long that now that I’m officially slow car fast, it feels like a world of difference. But I know I’m still in the slow car end of the spectrum with the modern pecking order.

Still is fun to see people at the *next* stop light when they got left behind by a Fiesta really try. Like, I’m not exactly sure what they are proving. Yes... your Mustang is in fact, faster than a stock FiST. Would you like a cookie? I think that’s the most fun factor, is that no one really expects a Fiesta (or a juke, or a V6 Rav4, or...) to do that. And my driving style is “get to about 3-4 over the speed limit as fast as possible, but never more”.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Gamecat235 11/20/2017 at 16:02

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You want some fun... try a 3500 Express van with a 6L. Not fast, but shockingly quick.

Gamecat235 > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 11/20/2017 at 16:04

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Way back when... I used to drive a panel van for caller services at the post office. Wasn’t a 6L (dear lord) but without anything more than the two front seats and the van body/frame, it would make me pay attention if I tried to drive it like the other vehicle I had at the time (Wrangler sport).

The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 11/20/2017 at 16:40

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I always recommend a short ram intake. If they are stupid enough to mod it the day it rolls off the lot, they deserve to suck in hot air.

The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock > Gamecat235 11/20/2017 at 16:44

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I have a non-NISMO, but it did dyno 181whp/177wtq... stock. 188hp/177tq ( crank) my ass.

It’s a bit soft, but being my DD I don’t mind that.

Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock 11/21/2017 at 11:17

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Sadly, a problem with most communities where the “fanboy” (or fangirl, whatever) is present. These are the people whose self-esteem is tied to the success of a brand/ company/ car or other people liking said thing. They’re the ones that can’t see the faults in their own thing, while simultaneously being unable to see the good parts of a competing thing.

The Land Rover group I am a part of is pretty bad about this, while the Saab and Alfa groups are mostly made up of sensible (or in the case of the Alfa group senile) people.