[QUOTE=jeep45238][QUOTE=99dropTop] want a car that is fuel efficient, and easily maintainble.[/QUOTE]

Since when are FWD's easy to maintain? Try doing the clutch on one....[/QUOTE]

i have, and yes pulling the whole engine and tranny to replace it is a bitch and a half.  but the FWD is good for people driving in the snow.  but yes the RWD technical and mechanical things are easier.

i was just saying for the common person to drive.

plus i didnt say FWD was neccessary., but it is common on imports.

Common on imports? Asian cars are predominantly front drivers. I had to fix Hondas for a while, and I will take almost anything over them. Its like a Chrysler engineer had a bad day, got really drunk and decided to get evil in his ideas. Then he went to Japan and made everything so tight in there, and some things impossible to do without pulling everything apart.  While he as designing them, he made them easy to assemble on the line and a royal b**ch to fix after that.

Now if someone was used to working on say a 89-93 Prelude and then started working on Fords or even older Gm cars, well he would wonder why things are so freakin difficult to do them on his HOnda. But since he started with them and its what he knows, he will just deal with it and be happy.  Ever mess with a Honda carb? the 3 barrel ones? I will consider suicide before I ever touch one again. The are even more touchy than A4LD ford transmissions.  Just shoot me first.

Ricer to me is a kid with the parkbench and fart can. revving at every V8 he see's, including my 1/2 ton Ford.  Rice is also a term we domestic types use to degrade japanese imports.  mainly because its always a battle with the import kids. They wanna be top dog, and they wanna say I beat such an such. I havent lost to one yet.  They mostly talk out their azz, and just start stuff. Things have gotten a bit better lately.  Still even when they see the 11 sec dial in on my window as I drive back from the track, they will try me when they cant even get a 15 out of their car. They arent worth the ticket, the waste of gas, or the possible damage or death that could happen from my car going WOT on the street.  It just doesnt happen anymore. I have been scared enough to know that there is a limit and even if it is way out in the middle of nowhere, I am not gonna do it. Because I like my car, and I dont wanna buy him a new one.

If you or anyone can build their car to run with or faster than mine, I give them credit. Respect is earned, not won. repspect from me comes at a price of being adult and mature, not by squealing your tires around every corner. If you fit into the category that runs with me and arent a squirrel, then you are on a a good start to earning respect. Here in Chucktown there is a honda that runs high 7's in the 1/8th.  He isnt cocky, but he does have the chip on his shoulder. Bee cool, and intelligent and you will find your way into the fair graces of those who share the hobby of modding our rides to go faster. Be a Phallus and you will find yourself even ostricized by the people whom you are trying to emulate.

Oh crap I used big werds and wrote a novel again.... I better stop now. in closing, everything depends on whose respect you desire. Being a jerk will not get any. Human nature.  soap bix has been removed...lol.

ya i think we dont have to comment on what others view as rice anymore. heh

Why do people who own Ricers come here anyway? Other than to find out what is goin on and see if they can pick a fight...  I think GM guys and Ford owners should get together, and guide the kids gettin into the IMports just like we do with the kids who have domestics. Then maybe they wouldnt be so apt to do stupid stuff, like racing with 5 friends in the car, and swerving through traffic, or other illegal less than intelligent practices. I have a few friends who own ricers, and they usually have an attitude about thier car vs mine. No need for it, I dont want to buy one like they have, and they may or may not want one like mine, but we are still into cars. not interior decorating or flower arraingement.

I dont like flash, but you might, its still a car. One is fast, one looks good, some look good and are fast. Its still a car, and I like mine.

that is completely uneducated and totally untrue sterotype.  just because they own an import does not make them instantly a bad drive dude.  theres probably the same number of domestic bad drivers as import, but you chose to pick out the imports because u have a distaste for them.

for ex. the other day on a highway in my town i was crusin at 55-57 in the fast lane(spd limit 50), on a 2 lane road. this ass in a newer z28 flies up behind me and gets right on my bumper.then proceeds to swing across the other lane, almost clipping the car in the slow lane, and uses the shoulder to pass.