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08-04-2007, 10:53 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2005
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If the RV were a car....
The weekend edition's top-of-page editorial returned me to something i've pondered before. I've found myself wondering about what car is most analogous to an RV. I've settled on.......
The BMW 3 Series.
There are other cars in the same segment that are faster. Others with better handling. Others with a bigger cabin. Others that are less expensive. But when you take everything into consideration, the 3er just does everything well.
I can't think of another car of which the term "Total Performance" is more apropos.
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08-04-2007, 11:00 PM
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I like the sports car analogy, especially for the RV-6 & 7.
Mazda MX-5 Miata...supercharged. Or possibly a classic Porsche 911.
Last edited by MacNab : 08-04-2007 at 11:08 PM.
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08-05-2007, 05:42 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Louisville, Ga
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911's
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The 911 series of Porsche. I've owned two and they love to be thrashed and driven hard on twisty mountain roads, just like the RV responds so well to loops 'n rolls 'n such!!
Pierre
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08-05-2007, 05:52 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Savannah, GA
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I think of mine as a Mercedes S430 or BMW 7 series. Lots of room, smooth ride and plenty of passing power when I have to pass one you in your two seater sports car!
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08-05-2007, 06:49 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Highland Village, TX
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Me too!!!
I can tell you my RV-6 reminds me of a Mazda MX-5 (new name for the 'Miata'), because that is exactly the car I drive - mine isn't supercharge, though.
Like the RV it is: sensibly priced ($20K), reasonably inexpensive to work on, has minimal interior decoration, not the most powerful car (but plenty fast acceleration), good gas mileage, a little noisy at cruise speeds and highly manueverable.
...and it needs new tires every so often 
Fun thread.
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Originally Posted by MacNab
I like the sports car analogy, especially for the RV-6 & 7.
Mazda MX-5 Miata...supercharged. Or possibly a classic Porsche 911.
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08-05-2007, 07:06 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
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I agree with the Mazda MX-5 comparison, (I used to own one) with one exception. My RV-6 is still comfortable after 6 hrs. The Miata was not.
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08-05-2007, 07:55 AM
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Since the RV is a pure American born and bred machine... should we find an American car for comparison?
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08-05-2007, 08:02 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2005
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Originally Posted by Scott Will
Since the RV is a pure American born and bred machine... should we find an American car for comparison?
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Is there really such a thing anymore? The Big 2.8 have factories around the world. Many of their cars share platforms with the international brands they own. The independent international brands all have factories and design centers here in the US. Etc., etc., etc..
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08-05-2007, 08:38 AM
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Join Date: May 2007
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I used to have a souped up MX-5 - or rather my wife did, she would let me drive it and work on it for her though. Then she decided she wanted a Jeep; bye, bye Miata.
I sold my aerial Jeep and bought an aerial sports car. I think it's a mid-life crisis thing. At least that's how a couple of my friends describe it. |
08-05-2007, 10:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Scott Will
Since the RV is a pure American born and bred machine... should we find an American car for comparison?
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Corvette ZO6 - it's just as fast - 200+ mph indicated - at sea level!
And wait till GM launch the blown version sometime soon
He're a prototype from 05 with GM plates that my company worked carbonfiber parts for. Sadly GM crushed this one and many of the other prototypes.
Otherwise it's the MX5 - Zoom, Zoom, Zoom! - or one of Colin Chapman's magnificent Lotus, the early ones were kit built.
Who rembers Patrick "I am not a number...." McGoohan's Lotus 7 in The Prisoner TV series from the 60s?
Last edited by jsharkey : 08-05-2007 at 10:39 AM.
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