Pimp Your Ride

[Cuchulainn]

I Thought it was pretty much universally understood that American built cars were all complete garbage. Why are people listing them here. I am 12 years old and what is this.

[Slothy]

I Thought it was pretty much universally understood that American built cars were all complete garbage. Why are people listing them here. I am 12 years old and what is this.

You're thinking of American made cars post-1970. And you might also be confused and thinking of British built cars.

[Quindiana Jones]

Not even a good jab, what with the existence of Aston Martin.

Americans make 'em big; Europeans make 'em beautiful. Dem's da rules.

I hate to be Nick Cage, but my god, the Shelby Mustang GT500. Unf. A more realistic dream car goal of mine is the Reliant Scimitar GTE SE5. One day...

[Cuchulainn]

I Thought it was pretty much universally understood that American built cars were all complete garbage. Why are people listing them here. I am 12 years old and what is this.

You're thinking of American made cars post-1970. And you might also be confused and thinking of British built cars.

Any British car made in the 70s & 80s can and will kill you, this is true, but be that as it may they still had some shining nuggets. However literally every American built car is big, cheap & ugly.

[sharkythesharkdogg]

Only Calliope has picked a worthwhile dream car and I am saddened by the rest of you. (I don't count sharky's because I doubt it's street legal, so there!)

Face it lady, while it was technically street legal, that zl1 was a race car. It used the V8 developed for the Can-Am series and professional drag racing. Plus no where did the original poster say it had to be street legal, that was your random idea. Nevertheless!

Like most FIA sanctioned racing, Ford was required to make road going/street legal versions of their GT40. So I'll just make it this. It's a mark three road version GT40, with turn signals and all that garbage. I'd be happy with any of them.

[sharkythesharkdogg]

I Thought it was pretty much universally understood that American built cars were all complete garbage. Why are people listing them here. I am 12 years old and what is this.

You're thinking of American made cars post-1970. And you might also be confused and thinking of British built cars.

Any British car made in the 70s & 80s can and will kill you, this is true, but be that as it may they still had some shining nuggets. However literally every American built car is big, cheap & ugly.

Some random specialist cars like the TMC Costin aside (and I'd still rather have a Caterham), I'm pretty sure American cars are better than anything Ireland has managed to come up with.

There's good and bad everywhere. Saying one country has all bad cars, or that one country makes no bad cars is just silly. Even individual manufacturers have some cars that are crap and others that are gold. Especially since manufacturing is now basically global, and almost no major car company offers a car with all components made, assembled, and then sold in one individual country.

[Slothy]

There's good and bad everywhere. Saying one country has all bad cars, or that one country makes no bad cars is just silly. Even individual manufacturers have some cars that are crap and others that are gold. Especially since manufacturing is now basically global, and almost no major car company offers a car with all components made, assembled, and then sold in one individual country.

God damn it Sharky, where's the fun of being reasonable instead of making fun of British cars for their reputation for horrid reliability?

[Quindiana Jones]

I honestly didn't know British cars had that reputation. xD

[Cuchulainn]

I Thought it was pretty much universally understood that American built cars were all complete garbage. Why are people listing them here. I am 12 years old and what is this.

You're thinking of American made cars post-1970. And you might also be confused and thinking of British built cars.

Any British car made in the 70s & 80s can and will kill you, this is true, but be that as it may they still had some shining nuggets. However literally every American built car is big, cheap & ugly.

Some random specialist cars like the TMC Costin aside (and I'd still rather have a Caterham), I'm pretty sure American cars are better than anything Ireland has managed to come up with.

There's good and bad everywhere. Saying one country has all bad cars, or that one country makes no bad cars is just silly. Even individual manufacturers have some cars that are crap and others that are gold. Especially since manufacturing is now basically global, and almost no major car company offers a car with all components made, assembled, and then sold in one individual country.

Ireland is a country of 3 million odd people who doesn't even pretend to give a smurf about the automobile industry. The things we DO show interest in (horse racing/breeding, whiskey manufacture, beer & stout manufacture, poetry, writing etc) we're famous the world over for. The US is a country of 190,454,432,543,121 that guzzles petrol and oil like it's bottled water, holds thousands of motorsport events a year & claims a nation of petrolheads. You'll appreciate the difference I'm sure.

I honestly didn't know British cars had that reputation. xD

The ones made in the 70s & 80s were pretty much all complete garbage.

[Quindiana Jones]

70s and 80s, though, innit?

[Spuuky]

I don't understand this Euro-vs-USA car rivalry going on here, given that the best cars are from Asia?

[sharkythesharkdogg]

Ireland is a country of 3 million odd people who doesn't even pretend to give a smurf about the automobile industry. The things we DO show interest in (horse racing/breeding, whiskey manufacture, beer & stout manufacture, poetry, writing etc) we're famous the world over for. The US is a country of 190,454,432,543,121 that guzzles petrol and oil like it's bottled water, holds thousands of motorsport events a year & claims a nation of petrolheads. You'll appreciate the difference I'm sure.

Considering you have created some fine drivers, a fair portion of your people depend on automobiles, Ireland holds it's own fair share of motorsports, and that you have had the likes of Ford and some British manufacturers set up plants in Ireland over the years, no, I don't. Saying your country doesn't show an interest is silly, and I think your point falls soundly on it face.

I've either met and chatted online or in person with many Irish petrolheads. You guys love some rally. I do too.

[Cuchulainn]

70s and 80s, though, innit?

Yeah waddayagonnado.

[Quindiana Jones]

Do you know the biggest sporting event in the South West?

Pushing a 9lb cheese roll down a 1:3 hill and chasing after it.

[sharkythesharkdogg]

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