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    1972 Corvette Stingray - 454 CI - 455 ft/lbs of torque, 4 speed manual - stock standard. The 454's are basically truck engines when gas was cheap.
    Pulls the skin of 100 rice puddings, pulling power leaves the rice burners for dead.
    Only problem is the 6km/litre

    About a month ago my 12 year old boy went to the Dio school hall party, it was an American theme night for 12 - 13 year olds so I thought I would rattle the cage a little. I dropped him off in the Corvette, I've never seen so many 12 year old girls get dizzy & star struck when my boy got out of the car.
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    Fark my 460 was more like 6 liters/km I am sure of it
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    Quote Originally Posted by veitnamcam View Post
    Till you tryed to park at pack and save or drive up a farm or forestry track... .
    people would move out of the way
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    Quote Originally Posted by longrange308 View Post
    people would move out of the way
    Just so they could get a better view of the comedy show.
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    I got the pleaser of taking a F150 for a spin a couple a days ago, 2006 top spec with a 5.4L worked and f#@kin cool exhaust system. I love American trucks and I will properly own one one day, but this thing was a heap of shit to drive and I've driven a few different ones, my favourite being the raptor but I would still rather a big American diesel any day of the week over a petrol.

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    Wouldn't stop me VC went for a ride in a modified one, 550 wheel hp and I forget how much torque but it was mack truck kind of stuff. Unreal for a very civil diesel engine

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    Yes it would be cool.
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    My two Chev diesels,
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    Chev Duramax is an 04 (340HP) and over last 100000 km I have an average of 13.1 liters, towing, cold weather warm etc. per 100km, the old 6.5 is aursum, cause some how the fuel from the tidy tank leaks into the main tank,
    Driving my diesel bighorn in NZ feels like a slug compaired to the Duramax.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mauser308 View Post
    It was a Navara D40, rated to tow more than the 2.4ton it was pulling. You make a very valid point - but, if the vehicle is rated to tow a certain mass then it damn well should be able to tow what is claimed.
    One thing that makes me laugh is the rated towing capacities. The Hiace and Hilux share the same chassis, motor, gearbox, ... Yet the lighter Hilux has a greater towing capacity; does not compute!
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    They don't share the same output specs though, both pretty gutless but the hi ace more so

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    Dont buy an automatic would solve a lot of problems
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    Quote Originally Posted by MSL View Post
    They don't share the same output specs though, both pretty gutless but the hi ace more so
    They used to but still had different ratings.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mauser308 View Post
    There's a lot more to how the towing rating is conjured up than engine and chassis specs though. There must be. There has to be...

    Although looking at the new NP300 from Nissan, and comparing it to my experience with the dirty old D40 I'm wondering if it was the office girl's turn to throw the dart at the specification options...


    My pick is lots of smoke, mirrors and plucking stuff out of the air.
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    oh no they are not allowed to blow smoke anymore (yet oddly they all still do )
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    Quote Originally Posted by veitnamcam View Post
    oh no they are not allowed to blow smoke anymore (yet oddly they all still do )
    All right then, fog from a fog machine. Happy?
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