Ok I have a friend who just got a 2010 Kia Forte coupe, he says its fast and can beat me but i doubt it. Can I beat him? We havent had a chance to race yet, but probably will in the next few days. Has anyone raced one?

 

SX = 8.9 seconds to accelerate from 0 to 60, finishing the quarter mile in 16.8 seconds at 84 miles per hour.

 

I would be worried....that you lose him before you get to rub it in....

 

The two cars are hardly a match. Your friend willhave to take steroids for a year to be able to peddal fast enough to even keep up.

Tell your friend to go back and get a Genesis.

roadster with a stick

 

Or do what we use do when we were your age....race him, let him win by a few car lengths....tell him it was close, and bet him $20 that you think you can beat him....lol

 

Ooooooooo! I like that idea!

 

I always had gas money....lol

 

Haha, What did you drive?

 

I think he had one of these:

 

you are so bad.....lol

 

Ok, I am going to guess that it was actually a 69 Camaro. Am I close?

 

I had an old 2 yr old car...used...when I turned 18....it was a cheap old Camaro with a little V-8 in it....it was built in '69, had some kind of letters, Z.......28...it was tighed1's favorite color/ w/ white stripes ....my dear old Dad was a car nut....he had a '69 SS El Camino, thought I should have a matching Z....lol

 

BINGO! A very fitting car for your first.

 

Starting life out in a Z chevy camaro. Man you had a tough one. Deprived or depraved youth?

roadster with a stick

 

68-72 was my HS yrs...that parking lot of 1972 would be a gold mine today....all kinds of muscle...even the teachers had some nice rides...mopars, chevys, fords, everything you could imagine...farm town, lot of drag racing locally....several gas stations, each one worked on cars...a lot different from today....sold that Z Franc, and bought a '71 Big Block Camaro, tighed favorite color as well...loved that car....lol

 

My first car was a flathead V8 '39 ford businessmans coupe. Did the quatermile in about a week.Came home one day and my dad had sold it to make the house payment.
Second car was a 316 CI 56 Pontiac Starchief HT. Grandma's kind of car but after a bore to 364 and a huge AFB 4 BBL carb, it did ok
A 348 tripower with solid lifters and a 3/4 high rise cam did better in my '60 Chevy Impala vert. Black just the way you like them.

Nobody in my part of town ever had a new car on the school lot. We bought 'em old, bent and fried.,,,,, and built 'em from there.


roadster with a stick

 

Well, my first car was a 1968 olds 98 with a 455 Rocket with Ultra High Compression. It was an ugly tank, but it was my ugly tank. LOL

 

Well my first car was a 2009 smart fortwo convertible, had it for 3 months before getting the crossfire

 

MT says 6 speed manual transmission Kia Forte with 2.4L engine = 0-60 in 7.1 seconds 1/4 mile = 15.4......@ 89.9 mph

 

Doc, just wanted to make you aware..my mother was 7 when you entered highschool, my father...8.

You win.

I have to admit '69 camaro would be a pretty sweet first car.

In all honesty I don't associate Kia Forte with speed...although I do think they have a chance to compete in the market with the Toyota Corrola, and actually steal a decent market share from them...especially given Toyotas recent problems.