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Originally posted by Scott S
Looks like we showed up on a search engine, at least it held together.
Scott S
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Actually, I just purchased a Cobra kit from a guy that never had the time to build the car and have come here to learn (although I'm nor really sure - after reading this thread - if I've come to the right place). A friend of mine owns a Cobra with 460 in it and I've always liked these cars since I was a kid. I'm 39, not some punk-ass ricer, but a guy that has owned several DSMs since 1991 and knows every single nut and bolt on them. I also own a 69 Camaro and used to own a Buick GN (that actually sparked my interest in turbocharged cars).
Not every "import" is a ricer. Otherwise you'd have no choice but calling every Porsche or BMW a ricer as well. There's plenty of rice even in the domestics world and one can see Vettes with body kits, Mustangs with "Altezza" tail lights, Cavaliers with giant aluminum wings and Chevy pickups with 20" chrome wheels.
If you don't care where DSMs were designed and built (since everything with Mitsubishi name is an import), how about Plymouth Laser or Eagle Talon? Plymouth doesn't sound too japanese to me - and if anyone insists that Plymouth Laser is in fact an import, then all Plymouth cars - by the same rules - are imports as well.
There's a big difference between an import (such as Mercedes or Audi) and a sport compact car (such as Ford Probe). Not every import is a sport compact car and not every sport compact car is an import.
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Originally posted by Excaliber
HA, that said, bring on the Mistu, I'll smoke it!
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Really? My car is capable of low 11's/high 10's on race gas and street tires (and high 11's on 91 octane pump gas). How about smoking it on icy roads in the winter or in twisties on a rainy day? Do you actually drive your Cobra in the winter or when it's raining? If you do, any bone stock Mitsu EVO, Subaru WRX or Eagle Talon would make your car look like Yugo (and I'm not kidding)...
