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    Cars designed by spreadsheets make sense. Cars designed by engineers make history.

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    Typhoon

    Quote Originally Posted by kodiak View Post
    Holy s.... i want that ty
    Dakar was just the begining.

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    GM is probably still sorting out the litigation brought on by the terrible twins....Typhoon and Syclone. They went in a straight line just fine....the excitement started when you turned the wheel...and seemingly nothing happened. The vehicles both were tin-cans with crazy drivelines, and were marketed straight at 16 year-old males (think STI/Evo advertising) The 6000 or so vehicles built resulted in a few hundred deaths and a ton of maiming. Virtually all kids, hence the lawsuits. The GM "Deathtraps" were a story as big and as damning as the Explorer rollover episodes. A childhood friend, Jeff Day, had one for a few months when we were kids. He burried it in some trees on Marianburg rd. one nite. Mangled his little brother pretty good in the process. They were fast pieces of crap, and about as safe as a pair of rocket powered roller skates.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chopper View Post
    GM is probably still sorting out the litigation brought on by the terrible twins....Typhoon and Syclone. They went in a straight line just fine....the excitement started when you turned the wheel...and seemingly nothing happened. The vehicles both were tin-cans with crazy drivelines, and were marketed straight at 16 year-old males (think STI/Evo advertising) The 6000 or so vehicles built resulted in a few hundred deaths and a ton of maiming. Virtually all kids, hence the lawsuits. The GM "Deathtraps" were a story as big and as damning as the Explorer rollover episodes. A childhood friend, Jeff Day, had one for a few months when we were kids. He burried it in some trees on Marianburg rd. one nite. Mangled his little brother pretty good in the process. They were fast pieces of crap, and about as safe as a pair of rocket powered roller skates.
    I had a Syclone with 20K miles and as you just stated the problem happened when you turned the wheels, i got in a car accident when i was driving it, luckily it was against the sidewalk, no body damage just the front axle bended and driver side rims broke, i didnt feel the ABS working, the brakes locked and lost control in a curve, at the end with the steering wheel straight the right tire was straight and the left front wheel was turned right.
    nobody was hurt and no property was damaged but my syclone, got it fixed and sold it after i bought my VX my dad is still planning on getting another one
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    Ahh, more dreams of the demented "talkers and never doers... "All ya gotta do is.... Have a freakin' clue! There are so many things to change on the vehicle (besides the ENTIRE electrical system) that like Coach Reed's project, it becomes too overwhelming. Seems those who DO, post their projects AFTER they are done, others just talk about gonna dos... I'm pretty sure Alaska VX would be boasting and posting if he had completed the project....

    Dreams are great but you MUST take action to make them happen.

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    Amen, talk is cheep.

    Quote Originally Posted by Tone View Post
    Ahh, more dreams of the demented "talkers and never doers... "All ya gotta do is.... Have a freakin' clue! There are so many things to change on the vehicle (besides the ENTIRE electrical system) that like Coach Reed's project, it becomes too overwhelming. Seems those who DO, post their projects AFTER they are done, others just talk about gonna dos... I'm pretty sure Alaska VX would be boasting and posting if he had completed the project....

    Dreams are great but you MUST take action to make them happen.

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    I remember reading a car and driver article when these first came out that said they would beat a 308gts (Ferrari) in a 1/4 mile drag race.. but don't race farther..

    Awesome Vehicle..

    8000 would be a decent find

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