View Poll Results: Pick your favorite combination of fast,cheap,reliable

Fast and Cheap

17.44%

Fast and Reliable

73.26%

Reliable and Cheap

9.30%

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Apr 21, 2005 | 09:36 AM

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Orion ZyGarian

7M 2JZ bird in pear tree

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"Fast" and reliable. Mod cheap, mod twice.

I use "fast" in quotes because for a 16 year old I'd say its fast. Theres not much that isnt fast for someone whos 16. Also its not "fast" because I estimate my HP from being 280rwhp to 340rwhp...I have no idea, I'm not going to overshoot it too far, I'm not going to brag when I havent taken it out or I have little things to work out still.

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Apr 21, 2005 | 09:50 AM

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Billy

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I'd rather be "Fast And Reliable". Now, I'm going to try and shoot for spending the least amount of money I can to get the desired level of reliability and the speeds I want out of the next car...when that finally happens.

Apr 21, 2005 | 10:11 AM

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Miles

It's a wooden pickle.

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cheap and reliable... not really planning on doing anything in particular to this car except oil changes and tire rotation

once i get out of school and have a good source of income i'll be somewhere around fast and reliable.

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Apr 21, 2005 | 10:18 AM

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craig_302

boostmonkey

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Quote:

Originally Posted by John

I go for the Fast and Reliable. I'd rather spend money making sure shit is right, rather than picking up pieces off the road or being stranded somewhere. Motto I live by: Do it right the first time so you don't have to do it again

I live by that motto and I do it within my budget. If you can't afford to blow it up again and again, build it to where it is fast enough to where it doesnt break itself. However, I did pick fast and cheap simply due to the massive amount of information that is out there nowadays. It is possible to let everyone else make their mistakes, learn and build it right so that you can have a car built properly to your budget that is fast and cheap. The most expensive thing you can do is go too big and injure a bunch of expensive parts rendering you without a car for a long time.

Apr 21, 2005 | 10:31 AM

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BigBadBuick

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Thinking about it, there should be a choice for just "fast" Anyone with a truly fast car will tell you it isn't cheap, and it isn't reliable

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Apr 21, 2005 | 10:31 AM

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JJFreshyZC

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I would have to say Reliable and Fast.

Over the long term, cheap and fast dont last

I say quality in, quality out. You get what you pay for.

It is hard to live by this and keep a reasonable budget.

Apr 21, 2005 | 11:39 AM

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BigBadBuick

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Originally Posted by BigBadBuick

Oh, and fix the name of the thread

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Apr 21, 2005 | 11:47 AM

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DrDirt

Team Geritol Racing

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Originally Posted by ReginaVagina

.......unless it's a daily driver. I'd like my car to be a bit faster, but I need a daily driver first.

Mine is my daily driver. I always drive a POS looking thing modded to hell. I don't want to do to a nice car what I do to the ones I drive. And if I can't do what I want to it, I don't want to drive it. If it breaks, I steal a truck from work (like the one I'm currently driving while I'm waiting for a new input shaft from Lentech) until I get it back on the road. Reliability is overrated. There's always a way to get around.