Is the tC still relevant?

[blur]

Originally Posted by Dave-ROR

I saw a TC today on the way to work.. it was driven by a young chick. :shrug: lol it even had a big wing and stickers too

Dragonitti must hate you right now hah

[Longhorn248]

Originally Posted by Dave-ROR

I saw a TC today on the way to work.. it was driven by a young chick. :shrug: lol it even had a big wing and stickers too

I bet she takes it to the track all the time

[Dragonitti]

Originally Posted by Dave-ROR

I saw a TC today on the way to work.. it was driven by a young chick. :shrug: lol it even had a big wing and stickers too

And you didn't get a pic...come on man...you slackin

Originally Posted by blur

Dragonitti must hate you right now hah

Nah....names are just that. You can call it whatever you want, but the question is "Can you beat it?" lol...

When guys lose to it, guess their sports cars just lost to a girls car....how am I the one that's suppose to be hurt by that...


If my tC is a chics car....It's constantly PMS'ing!

[Dave-ROR]

Originally Posted by Dragonitti

And you didn't get a pic...come on man...you slackin


Nah....names are just that. You can call it whatever you want, but the question is "Can you beat it?" lol...

When guys lose to it, guess their sports cars just lost to a girls car....how am I the one that's suppose to be hurt by that...


If my tC is a chics car....It's constantly PMS'ing!

I actually thought about taking a pic for this thread but I didn't care enough to slow down and try to take a good pic with my phone. I should go back to carrying a camera in the car for times like that.

And by stickers I meant save the tatas and othe breast cancer stickers I left the sticker detail out just for you

[Snoopyalien24]

Yeah what about Tanner Foust and Ken Gushi? Yeah they are V8's but still ina tC lol. Stickers and big wings, and they also seem to beat a lot of people.

[Dragonitti]

Originally Posted by Dave-ROR

I actually thought about taking a pic for this thread but I didn't care enough to slow down and try to take a good pic with my phone. I should go back to carrying a camera in the car for times like that.

And by stickers I meant save the tatas and othe breast cancer stickers I left the sticker detail out just for you

I'm always up for a good cause. We do events that benefits to donate to Breast Cancer as well.

One of my boys put on an event and we bought shirts. On the shirt where Boobs that were actually Turbo's...and the usual pink writing on the front and back.

Originally Posted by Snoopyalien24

Yeah what about Tanner Foust and Ken Gushi? Yeah they are V8's but still ina tC lol. Stickers and big wings, and they also seem to beat a lot of people.

Tanner = V8

Ken Gushi = boosted original 2az-FE at 740hp.

[tranzformer]

Any car can be made fast with enough time and $$$$. But I could care less about 450hp and FWD. That era of Civics and Integras running huge turbos was fun when it lasted. But I am personally beyond that. I don't need a fast car. I do need a fun car that puts a smile on my face. The tC and other cars like that would never do it for me. No matter how big the turbo, how strong/good an engine, or how big the wing. Just not my flavor. What about others? Sure there will be many in the tC scene. But for many of us the FRS is what we have been waiting for in a car. We would never have considered a tC in the first place. But the tC will continue to have its followers even with the FRS in the same lineup.

[Dave-ROR]

Originally Posted by tranzformer

Any car can be made fast with enough time and $$$$. But I could care less about 450hp and FWD. That era of Civics and Integras running huge turbos was fun when it lasted. But I am personally beyond that. I don't need a fast car. I do need a fun car that puts a smile on my face. The tC and other cars like that would never do it for me. No matter how big the turbo, how strong/good an engine, or how big the wing. Just not my flavor. What about others? Sure there will be many in the tC scene. But for many of us the FRS is what we have been waiting for in a car. We would never have considered a tC in the first place. But the tC will continue to have its followers even with the FRS in the same lineup.

Very well said and 100% agree.

[Dragonitti]

Originally Posted by tranzformer

Any car can be made fast with enough time and $$$$. But I could care less about 450hp and FWD. That era of Civics and Integras running huge turbos was fun when it lasted. But I am personally beyond that. I don't need a fast car. I do need a fun car that puts a smile on my face. The tC and other cars like that would never do it for me. No matter how big the turbo, how strong/good an engine, or how big the wing. Just not my flavor. What about others? Sure there will be many in the tC scene. But for many of us the FRS is what we have been waiting for in a car. We would never have considered a tC in the first place. But the tC will continue to have its followers even with the FRS in the same lineup.

I will have both

[switchlanez]

Originally Posted by fatoni

so name one sports car

RX-8.

But DrunkenMime was saying the RX-8 isn't and gave no reason. So I added a reason consistent with his statement. Purists will say a sports car cannot have a radio, leather, or anything unnecessary that doesn't help performance. Ferrari built and sold road cars to fund Team Ferrari's sports cars. In general, road cars may include grand tourers, roadsters, hyper cars, super cars, and exotics all built to be sold. Even if they possess insane performance ability, it will never be as good as a sports car built solely to perform (not to be sold). You need to draw the definition line somewhere and that is the only place it can most clearly be drawn. It's either a sports car or it isn't.

Here are some "sports cars" off the top of my head.

Monster Sport SX4 Hill Climb Special
Toyota GT-One
SARD MR2
TRD Formula Atlantic
Celica GT-Four WRC
WedsSport Celica
BRZ GT300

That's my interpretation of the hardcore purist's view but I'm not a purist. I believe even affordable road cars are sports cars if their design incorporates some serious sporting elements.

[fatoni]

Originally Posted by switchlanez

RX-8.

But DrunkenMime was saying the RX-8 isn't and gave no reason. So I added a reason consistent with his statement. Purists will say a sports car cannot have a radio, leather, or anything unnecessary that doesn't help performance. Ferrari built and sold road cars to fund Team Ferrari's sports cars. In general, road cars could include grand tourers, roadsters, hyper cars, super cars, and exotics all built to be sold. Even if they possess insane performance ability, it will never be as good as a sports car built solely to perform (not to be sold). Anything less is just "sporty." You need to draw a clear line somewhere. No half-assing. "Almost" doesn't cut it. It's either a sports car or it's not.

Here are 7 other "sports cars" off the top of my head.

Monster Sport SX4 Hill Climb Special
Toyota GT-One
SARD MR2
TRD Formula Atlantic
Celica GT-Four WRC
WedsSport Celica
BRZ GT300

That's my interpretation of the hardcore purist's view but I'm not a purist. I believe even affordable road cars are sports cars if their design incorporates some serious sporting elements.

i dont understand why you did that. those cars are all "race cars"

[switchlanez]

^Exactly. Racing is a sport hence race cars built for racing (not for the road) are sports cars. BUT...

Originally Posted by switchlanez

That's my interpretation of the hardcore purist's view but I'm not a purist. I believe even affordable road cars are sports cars if their design incorporates some serious sporting elements.

You missed my point. I was playing Devil's Advocate taking DrunkenMime's statement into a fully developed argument. Basically, I'm disagreeing with when he says RX-8 is not a sports car.

[Marrk]

This thread motivated me to look at the specs of the tC. Nice engine (180 hp/173 tq). Don't see why it couldn't have been massaged a little and dropped into the FRS. I would have been willing to give up a little of the much-touted low CofG for that torque number.

Hey, Toyota --->






On Topic: Why does the tC have to be irrelevant? I say: the more cars, the better.

[Stigmaru]

Originally Posted by Marrk

This thread motivated me to look at the specs of the tC. Nice engine (180 hp/173 tq). Don't see why it couldn't have been massaged a little and dropped into the FRS. I would have been willing to give up a little of the much-touted low CofG for that torque number.

Hey, Toyota --->






On Topic: Why does the tC have to be irrelevant? I say: the more cars, the better.

Why choose choose the tC engine over the FRS boxer?