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Originally Posted by xiven Sounds like a front to me. She probably looks at it as "she's too good to be caught riding in a Nissan"...seeing as she is in

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Old 04-27-2010, 01:45 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Sounds like a front to me. She probably looks at it as "she's too good to be caught riding in a Nissan"...seeing as she is in the Mercedes BMW bracket. She thinks you downgraded out of her "acceptable standard" and now is coming up with excuses why she doesn't want to ride in it.
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dont forget the scuba goggles and snorkel. never know when she might need it.
You mean knee pads?

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or she's just too fat she can't fit? (no lowering kit required).
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Just tell her God knows THE date we're gonna go, no matter where we are (in bed, in the tub, in an Armada...Or in a Z!) Tell her to r-e-l-a-x and enjoy this very brief life, and to just prepare for the next one! Greetings!
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Some people feel claustrophobic is the Z just because it is a cozy cabin. I've had that comment a couple of times from people jumping in.
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Some people feel claustrophobic is the Z just because it is a cozy cabin. I've had that comment a couple of times from people jumping in.
but if you try to put mazaki's girl in a roadster she'll think she's going to fly out of her seat at speed... she'll want a rope to tie her down....man this girl requires a lot of accessories... goggles, snorkel, rope, knee pads, damn... are we still talking about a car?
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Food for thought...our beloved Zs weigh 50 pounds more than a new Camry. It may be small but it's built like a vault and would probably tear through several mid-level vehicles like tin foil (as Doc Brown would say).
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Food for thought...our beloved Zs weigh 50 pounds more than a new Camry. It may be small but it's built like a vault and would probably tear through several mid-level vehicles like tin foil (as Doc Brown would say).
Camrys range from 3263 pounds to 3516 pounds. Our cars range from 3232 to 3300. So at best we've got 37 pounds on them. And that is the most stripped down Camry you can find.
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me and females dont get along very well so im not gonna give any realtionship advice, all i have to say is she better be hot, cuz this is bs!
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you ever tell a woman to "relax" when she's mad?...they love that..hahah!
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Would she still not get in the car if you were driving a Ferrari 458 Italia??
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^^ whoever invented that is probably balling out of control
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Women always fear a small car as being un-safe... then boast about SUV's... not realizing a unibody construction is better than a frame on structure during impact.

Aluminum serves a good purpose of being light weight, but is also a lot more ductile than steel, and generally can crush more than steel, keeping the ride down curves flatter.
basically take a can of coke, as you crush it it is absorbing energy, when it cannot crush anymore the energy required increases, and the force is transferred through with minimal loses. So with steel, you have a higher "pre-crush" coefficient meaning an increase in g levels to begin deformation of material, then you go into a ride down of absorption, and immediately spike as it becomes harder and harder to crush the material.

With aluminum your ride down curves are substantially flatter, and your peak force is much less as well. this is all less energy transferred to the people inside the car.

Uni body construction provide a more solid cabin space to the occupants, allowing energy to be transferred around the cabin and not through it.

also your momentum is much lower with the cars weight, meaning your shock durations are over quicker, which means less energy is allowed to propagate.

and etc... etc... etc....

as a general rule... you want a car to have a very rigid cabin structure, but very ductile support around it... you want the car to crush, so all the energy is lost there and not through the cabin.

and then there is a bunch of things on driver seating position. axially you want energy to go through your legs as much as possible, as you knees act like shock absorbers... on SUV's you sit more upright, and the majority of the force is absorbed by your rib cage.


you also have a lower center of gravity, and your roll center is much lower, meaning during an accident, rotational motion is decreased... last thing you want to do is crash and have force acting on your brain perpendicular to line of sight... brains don't do to well in these conditions.

if all else fails... get a mistress.
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Wow. I'd say fine you can follow me in your Benz or you you can drive me in your Benz. Don't ever compromise on this. I'm a stubborn F*&% though

Oh yeah and if she EVER gets in, take it easy until she relaxes a bit. Then when she falls asleep open it up and enjoy! Hahahaha I do this with my GF. She just told me this past weekend she knows because it woke her up. My GF doesn't like the feeling of getting pinned in the seat at all. I'm still trying to teach her how to be a good passenger without getting whiplash

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put a NASA sticker on the car and tell her it was engineered by NASA.


Soo you need to find another girl man. I know a bunch of girls that would ride with me. Not to count the heads I turn at the Valets in vegas and on the strip.
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