Non-car guys don't know what RPMs really do. Tell me in MPH and I can relate to that.

Sign up, and you can make all message times appear in your timezone. Sign up

Report problem with this ad

Sep 30, 2020
10:03:02am

SpiffCoug Sequel Trilogy Fan

Non-car guys don't know what RPMs really do. Tell me in MPH and I can relate to that.

There's something magical that happens at 220 MPH.

Report problem with this ad

SpiffCoug

New username: Spiff
Bio page: SpiffCoug
Joined: Sep 12, 2002
Last login: Jul 24, 2021
Total posts: 0 (0 FO)

Report problem with this ad

Messages

Author

Time

One thing I didn’t like about Ford v Ferrari was the (not really a spoiler)

Corn Pop

9/30/20 10:00am

Non-car guys don't know what RPMs really do. Tell me in MPH and I can relate to that.

SpiffCoug

9/30/20 10:03am

Yet most race/track cars don't care about MPH 🙂

TheLost

9/30/20 10:05am

Honestly - I didn't even notice.

Eddie

9/30/20 10:08am

Yeah. I am not a car guy. But got that they were trying

P-Boy Squad

9/30/20 10:11am

That part of the movie makes sense. It’s Damon’s beginning and ending soliloquy

Corn Pop

9/30/20 10:14am

RPM is everything when you're trying to keep your engine from scattering.

9/30/20 10:32am

That has nothing to do with this quote that opens the movie:

Corn Pop

9/30/20 10:46am

That is odd.

Byron McNertney

9/30/20 10:57am

Put yourself in their shoes, in that era. That was the holy grail of perfection

9/30/20 11:02am

I love the movie. Really well done overall. That quote is still dumb and

Corn Pop

9/30/20 11:21am

It just doesn't roll off your tongue when you have to add qualifiers.

Eddie

9/30/20 11:33am

My guess is maybe that’s a direct quote from Carroll Shelby, so they ran with it. Doesn’t change the fact that there

9/30/20 11:28am

It's the Shelby Daytona Coupes with 17" 5 lug wheels and low profile tires

Chadillac

9/30/20 10:34am

I'm not an expert but I did drive a Nascar car around a track once.the training

MaahngCoug

9/30/20 11:35am

Report problem with this ad

Posting on CougarBoard

In order to post, you will need to either sign up or log in.

Report problem with this ad