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Old 26-08-2008, 08:25 PM   #101 (permalink)
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Fecks sake, the 3.0L turbo diesel Vigo has 343nm of torque when stock. The Camry 2.4l only has a meagre 161nm, with similar BHP figures!

No contest!
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Old 26-08-2008, 08:42 PM   #102 (permalink)
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^ It would shit on your banger of a Mercedes too.
Wow, you're so cool Tuddy! Do you do burnouts to impress the girls?

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Actually, I'm surprised you showed your face in this thread, we all remember what happened last time you posted on a thread about Hondas.
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You arsed on about how fast your pickup was then too? Do you remember what happened last time you posted about my Mercedes?
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Old 26-08-2008, 08:44 PM   #103 (permalink)
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What year and model is it?

Do you have a New Zealand Law Society practising certificate?

(i feel like being nosey)
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Old 26-08-2008, 08:58 PM   #104 (permalink)
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Actually I bet the Tudster drives around with the window down, arm on the sill, and music pumping from the stereo.

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What year and model is it?
The Mercedes I presume? A 1988 280CE (coupe).

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That is nosey. But no, not currently.
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Old 26-08-2008, 09:02 PM   #105 (permalink)
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Didn't it go out of production in 1985? Mercedes-Benz W123 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Only 182 bhp. I bet the power to weight ratio is poorer than a new Jazz (120bhp)

A Jazz has three more doors. Much more convenient for a family
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Old 26-08-2008, 09:07 PM   #106 (permalink)
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Ant, are you working in good old Bangers now?
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Like this?
Spot on, exactly like that (except mine's a different colour and has a sunroof )

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True, no denying that. The back-seat in my car's only there for decoration. Would still struggle to fit my twin-terrors and assorted crap into a Jazz though. And mind you the Merc is only for a bit fun every now and then - got the family wagons to cram everyone into.

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Nope, couldn't/wouldn't live there if I could help it. What's with all the q's?
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Old 26-08-2008, 09:21 PM   #108 (permalink)
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You are talking out of your arse.
No. You are for a change. They do actually have roads outside of Bangkok nowadays, and some of them are quite nice.
I would not they "some" but "most of them", at least the two and three digit numbered, surprisingly even in the sticks.
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I bet if the previous owner was thai the thing has never been opened when you bought it!
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Old 27-08-2008, 11:01 AM   #110 (permalink)
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Fecks sake, the 3.0L turbo diesel Vigo has 343nm of torque when stock. The Camry 2.4l only has a meagre 161nm, with similar BHP figures!

No contest!
Ok you got the torque & bhp figures.
Now be honest and post up a certifiable performance comparison chart.

Diesel engine is limited by RPM (Revolution Per Minute).

A diesel engine will always lack in acceleration and top end performance. Period.
But what it does have is midrange grunt. This is the part where the torque that you happily talk about come into play. Thus giving you the illusion that you are driving one fast motherfookin pickup. But soon as you hit 4,000 RPM you have to grab another gear and so on till you run out of gears usually fifth gear. Cars will continue to be in front. As it revs higher for longer. So a pickup like yours governed to say approx 4,500 RPM stuck in 5th gear as opposed to a car at 6,000 RPM in 5th gear. Which will be the one most likely to be travelling faster?
And as a gentle reminder the advertising slogan for Toyota in the past is "The car in front is a Toyota"! Not pickup.
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And as a gentle reminder the advertising slogan for Toyota in the past is "The car in front is a Toyota"! Not pickup.
Personally I couldn't care less if the pickup is faster. It is still a pickup.
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^ valid point.
I will not allow the pickup driver waste any more of my time.
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Old 27-08-2008, 01:11 PM   #113 (permalink)
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Do you remember what happened last time you posted about my Mercedes?
I just mentioned you made a complete and utter fool of yourself did I not?

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Only 182 bhp.
Only a dream for that engine nowadays, as I've stated many times before.
Needs the engine equivalent of a hip replacement if it's ever going to see those heady days again!

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Personally I couldn't care less if the pickup is faster. It is still a pickup.
And a Camry is something special???

It's a taxi FFS!

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A diesel engine will always lack in acceleration and top end performance. Period.
Not when highway driving which is what we're talking about. Torque is what matters, and the pick-up knocks the Camry into a cocked hat.
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Do you remember what happened last time you posted about my Mercedes?
I just mentioned you made a complete and utter fool of yourself did I not?
So you don't remember then. I'd get that looked at if I were you; diesal fumes might be affecting your short-term memory or something.

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It's a taxi FFS!
How many Camry taxi's have you seen?



Fact is it has more refinement and comfort than any pickup does.
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Not when highway driving which is what we're talking about. Torque is what matters, and the pick-up knocks the Camry into a cocked hat.
Highway driving is even worst. You have no top end. C'mon now drop to your knees and give in, you are fighting a losing battle here.
The pickup rests on a heavy chassis, the gearing are suited for lumping a heavy load, diesel engine are known only for their low to mid range torque at low speed. It is a basic work horse not a race horse.
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So you don't remember then. I'd get that looked at if I were you; diesal fumes might be affecting your short-term memory or something.

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And a Camry is something special???

It's a taxi FFS!
How many Camry taxi's have you seen?
How nice would it be if they actually had Camrys for taxis instead of those tiny Corollas?
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How many Camry taxi's have you seen?
Plenty, there's hundreds operate from Suvarnabhumi airport for starters.

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Fact is it has more refinement and comfort than any pickup does.
I'm not arguing that!

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diesel engine are known only for their low to mid range torque at low speed.
The torque figures I gave earlier are at 4,000RPM which is more top end for a diesel pick-up. The Vigo redlines at a touch over 5,000RPM.
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The torque figures I gave earlier are at 4,000RPM which is more top end for a diesel pick-up. The Vigo redlines at a touch over 5,000RPM
Hey Tud can your pick up do this
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