Originally Posted by mrphotoman
What is a cali? California? I always hated that when kids felt the need to make a slang name for every car out there (skittle, cali, etc) lol.
I just think the cars are hideously ugly and i would not want it for that reason. Heck who knows, I may feel differently in a year but i doubt it. I used to think that crossies I mean crossfires were ugly as hell but now I own one lol.
I spent a few minutes looking at a few caliber forums and on dragtimes and on some review sites and I have not seen any mention of them running any faster than mid 13's. I am not saying they can not but it looks like the vast majority of them are running anywhere from 15's to a best of mid 13's in the 1/4 mile. Some of those kids may be using their "gtech" like computer in their cars to give them a false reading of running faster but I could not even find that. I did not spend much time looking but typically when a car runs a nice time people will brag about it and post timeslips. I would say there are some exceptions out there and a few of them may have ran a better time but I sure can not find it. They would need slicks or some great drag radials with fwd to get there I would say. I also found that all the reviews on the car bashed it for its looks and for its horrible handling as well. They all ran mid to high 14's in the reviews.
Like I said. These cars are FWD with HIGH torque. a 1/4 mile time isn't going to be fully indicative of how fast the car actually is. So yes, you'd need drag radials or slicks to run a mid 13. That doesn't mean the car isn't fast, it just has traction issues.
Looks are subjective. The Crossfire is one of the most criticized cars when it comes to looks. You think we'd give some sympathy to a similarly received car.
As for choices of something "fast" out there, I think there are a lot of cars out there that are "fast" and much much much better looking.
wrx
sti
evo
mazdaspeed3
genesis coupe
various lotus
sky redline
cobalt ss (yuck lol)
mustang
corvette
various mercedes
various bmw
etc just to name a few
That's a really random list of cars. Coblat SS (turbo) are monsters now, too.
In fact, you could easily present that same list to a Crossfire owner as to why they purchased their car.