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**Cinjin** · June 21, 2012 at 11:59 pm

From the first moment I saw it as a kid ... I wanted one.
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**Jackalope** · June 22, 2012 at 12:14 am

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Anomalocaris · (This post was last modified: June 22, 2012 at 1:22 am by Anomalocaris.)

(June 21, 2012 at 11:37 pm)apophenia Wrote:

When your car can travel through time, other performance characteristics tend to become less important.

Indeed, when other cars pass your going forwards, you can pretend it's just your car exercising its ability to travel through time backwards Big Grin

Zen Badger · June 22, 2012 at 6:35 am

(June 21, 2012 at 10:26 am)Chuck Wrote: Actually, with both the tu-144 and the concord, going supersonic doesn't mean afterburners. Both were genuine supercruisers that could accelerate to and maintain supersonic speeds without afterburners. F-22 is by no means the world's first production aircaft capable of reaching and sustaining supersonic flight without afterburners, despite what USAF propaganda would have you believe. Many previous production aircraft, fighters, bombers, and the two SST, could do it. Some of the examples include English electric lightning flighter, and rockwell B-1 bomber, as well as Concord and Tu-144.

Concord and Tu-144 use afterburners because it actually saves them fuel to use after burners to more rapidly push pass the high drag transonic speed range to reach their lower drag supersonic cruising speeds. They could get to their cruising speed without burners, but that takes longer and wastes more fuel because the aircraft spend much more time in the high drag transonic regime. Once they reach supersonic cruising speed, they cut out the afterburner and actually throttle back to maintain speed.

Didn't know that, I did a bit of research and discovered that the TSR-2 was also capable of supercruise as was the TU128(reputedly).

Oh, and the Blackbird( though that goes without saying).

Epimethean · June 22, 2012 at 12:42 pm

Blackbird (like the Cobra above) is pure badassery.

Anomalocaris · (This post was last modified: June 22, 2012 at 1:11 pm by Anomalocaris.)

(June 22, 2012 at 6:35 am)Zen Badger Wrote: Oh, and the Blackbird( though that goes without saying).

Actually, it does not go without saying.

The SR-71 is not capable of sustained cruising at supersonic speeds without afterburners like the Concord or the Tu-144. SR-71 cruises with its burners lit. In fact, SR-71's engines are designed to run in the afterburner mode continuously, and rarely if ever in the dry thrust mode.

(June 21, 2012 at 11:59 pm)Cinjin Wrote:
From the first moment I saw it as a kid ... I wanted one.

Did they airbrush out the feet with saddles running underneath? ROFLOL

**Napoléon** · June 23, 2012 at 10:08 am

(June 20, 2012 at 2:02 am)Justtristo Wrote: If you had the money what sort of car you buy?

For me it would be the latest Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution

OMFG are you kidding me?

Before opening this thread I knew what I was going to post. Never did I expect you to post exactly what I was thinking Shock

Love love love Mitsubishi Evo's.

Ofcourse one of their main selling points for me is the fact that they are perfect for modding up.

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If I had to choose any other car though, it would be the Lambo Aventador

Also, the best sounding car I've ever heard is the Citroen GT. Sure it looks like a white batmobile, but the noise is unreal.
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Epimethean · June 23, 2012 at 10:33 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TshFWSsrn8

**popeyespappy** · June 23, 2012 at 12:26 pm

Since CD has already posted a cobra I'll go with my second choice.

A blown 57 Chevy

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Wouldn't mind one of these either.

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It's a Russian built Aton Impluse Viking. It's big. It's bear proof. And it floats.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uf5m2cKu0IU

Epimethean · June 23, 2012 at 12:52 pm

I'll take an old school H1 over that beast. It looks fun, but 82 horsepower and a top speed of 37 mph?

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