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lsolon 06-25-2001 12:28 PM

Saw the movie and it wasn't that good. It was fun to see all the dif. cars that were all tricked out. A friend at work has a rx7 like the one in the movie. He's put about $8,000 into the motor. new turbos, blah, blah, blah. The first time he took me for a ride i almost pissed my pants. Wicked fast when the turbos spooled up. He had a computer. mgt. system in the car. Advance and retard timing device, manual boost device plus some other things i have never seen. How did he afford it? computer geek just like me. He claimed about 475hp w\o nos. I believe it. Another thing about the car was that it handled extremeley well.

RarlyL8 07-04-2001 07:55 AM

Well - I saw it last night.

All I can say is thank God there weren't any Porsches in that movie.
I must be getting old. I'm glad to see kids doing things with cars but those Imports just look and sound goofy.
The Ferrari scene drives the point home that if you throw enough money at something it will be faster than most exotics. Heck, even the Ford Lightning truck is quicker than almost any N/A 911. What would you rather drive?
I kept waiting for the Power Rangers to show up in that film. They never did, or were they unmasked as Yacuza?

M.D. Holloway 04-04-2015 06:27 PM

Now its #7...my how things have changed!

creaturecat 04-04-2015 06:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by M.D. Holloway (Post 8562267)
Now its #7...my how things have changed!

the fact that basically all of the above posters are dead?
forum-wise.

mreid 04-04-2015 06:52 PM

I built the GT40 that was in Fast Five. My only claim to fame. Not really a fan of the series.

billjam 04-05-2015 04:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by creaturecat (Post 8562279)
the fact that basically all of the above posters are dead?
forum-wise.

Rarly and KTL might dispute that!

ckelly78z 04-05-2015 06:34 AM

I just watched FF #1 the other night with my son, hope to see the new #7 when we get the chance.

sc_rufctr 04-05-2015 06:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by M.D. Holloway (Post 8562267)
Now its #7...my how things have changed!

So true. Time waits for no man.

And how much money have they made from these movies? It would have to be in the Billions. :eek:

J P Stein 04-05-2015 07:13 AM

I watched a few of the FF movies.....for about 3-5 minutes each......hay, they were for free.

masraum 04-05-2015 07:25 AM

I haven't seen them all, but I've seen at least pieces of many/most. Most of them aren't too bad for what they are. I don't think I can watch the new one. This just looks silly.

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creaturecat 04-05-2015 07:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by billjam (Post 8562529)
Rarly and KTL might dispute that!

i did notice that there were still a couple of live ones. no offence meant.


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