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Topic: Lemon of choice for the 2025 season?

What car do you guys think will be the steed of choice in 2025, supplanting the miata/e30 crowd?   Today's rules apply (500, yadda yadda).


My guess would be the 2011-whenever v6 mustang (bonus points if you find one with a track pack).  The 305hp v6 and new suspension has pushed the stang light years ahead of the 2010 model, but it ought depreciate just as well and if history is any guide there will be bazillions of those things floating around....

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Re: Lemon of choice for the 2025 season?

I'm thinking the upcoming police SHO will be a Lemons staple by that time.

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Re: Lemon of choice for the 2025 season?

Hyundai Genesis Coupe might be popular.  Also, the Infiniti G37 could be cheap and fast.

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Re: Lemon of choice for the 2025 season?

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Re: Lemon of choice for the 2025 season?

By 2025 any gasoline powered vehicle will be illegal to operate in CA on public roads to we'll have our pick of almost anything!

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Re: Lemon of choice for the 2025 season?

personally I like the turboed Subarus.  While the STI will clearly be a cheater, the parts are interchangable within the rest of the turboed subaru's meaning you can make a forrester or legacy pretty cheaty pretty quickly without looking as bad.

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Re: Lemon of choice for the 2025 season?

Chevy Aveo with Volt drivetrain swap
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Re: Lemon of choice for the 2025 season?

Some crazy genius will take a Mini Cooper or Smart Car and  transplant 4 Segways as independent power trains, and have the seat mounted on a movable gimbal to direct his motion..... and will lose out the IOE to Speedycop, who FINALLY found a use for the Beemer engine he was going to put in the Caddy!!!!

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Re: Lemon of choice for the 2025 season?

Mick25 wrote:

Some crazy genius will take a Mini Cooper or Smart Car and  transplant 4 Segways as independent power trains, and have the seat mounted on a movable gimbal to direct his motion..... and will lose out the IOE to Speedycop, who FINALLY found a use for the Beemer engine he was going to put in the Caddy!!!!

So, you're saying there's a chance I could win IOE by 2025? SWEET!

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Re: Lemon of choice for the 2025 season?

2005 toyota corolla xrs

would be 20 years old so pricewise it would be in the range

those had a 6 speed trans and a 180 hp 1.8 L 4cyl that is now used in the lotus elise, i would imagine work good

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Re: Lemon of choice for the 2025 season?

if i live that long, E36.  smile

give me an E36 and i will rule Lemons.  smile

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Re: Lemon of choice for the 2025 season?

2011 Ford Fiesta if you are looking for an economy run.  A 22 gal. cell in that thing will go for hours.
After that I agree with the E36 and V-6 Mustang.

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Re: Lemon of choice for the 2025 season?

Cobalt SS with 265 HP turbo motor. You can chip it to get
300+ H.P. but since it's a Chevy it will only run for 4-5 hrs.
before it blows!

Maybe the 2004 - 2005 Golf R32 with 4wd and 240+ H.P.

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Re: Lemon of choice for the 2025 season?

Citroen Xsara...the perfect IOE car!

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Re: Lemon of choice for the 2025 season?

Maybe the 2001 Jetta TDI would be Lemons fodder by then. I'll only have to make 1 fuel stop the WHOLE event.

I expect a major electrical catastrophie to take it out long before its elligable though.

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Re: Lemon of choice for the 2025 season?

B13 SE-Rs, 1st gen Miatas and E30s will STILL dominate since all of the other cars listed in this threat will go into CANBUS meltdown, the throttles will stick, and the inevitably installed drive-by-wire brakes will fail.

Not to mention that I can make a new throttle cable bracket out of beer cans and persistence, but good luck fabbing a new drive-by-wire throttle actuator. big_smile

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Re: Lemon of choice for the 2025 season?

rockwood wrote:

B13 SE-Rs, 1st gen Miatas and E30s will STILL dominate since all of the other cars listed in this threat will go into CANBUS meltdown, the throttles will stick, and the inevitably installed drive-by-wire brakes will fail.

Not to mention that I can make a new throttle cable bracket out of beer cans and persistence, but good luck fabbing a new drive-by-wire throttle actuator. big_smile

I couldn't agree more.

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Re: Lemon of choice for the 2025 season?

Tiptoe the rat wrote:

Citroen Xsara...the perfect IOE car!

Its French and its grey Market!

when will these be $500?  let me know, i'll take a couple of them

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Re: Lemon of choice for the 2025 season?

Dodge Charger/Chrysler 300C. Also Chevy Malibu. There are a ton of them in the rental fleets these days, which guarantees lots of beat-ass junkers down the road.

Drove a new Taurus today. Lots better than either the Charger or Malibus in the rental fleets.

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Re: Lemon of choice for the 2025 season?

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Only if it's a twin engine quad turbo (per engine) awd dually.

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Re: Lemon of choice for the 2025 season?

rpone605 wrote:
Woodstock wrote:

http://i1006.photobucket.com/albums/af1 … anavan.jpg

Only if it's a twin engine quad turbo (per engine) awd dually.

Maybe you could borrow the BMW V12 from Speedycop.  I'm sure he won't use it before then. smile

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Re: Lemon of choice for the 2025 season?

00-01 Audi S4 would be my choice

If it doesn't have 2 doors, 3 pedals, and 5 lug nuts per wheel - It isn't a real race car
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Re: Lemon of choice for the 2025 season?

02-05' S4 with 80 more HP..

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Re: Lemon of choice for the 2025 season?

OhioMark wrote:

02-05' S4 with 80 more HP..

But the B5 is sooooo much sexier than the B6

If it doesn't have 2 doors, 3 pedals, and 5 lug nuts per wheel - It isn't a real race car