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Re: Top Picks: Best Used Rocket Sleds
« Reply #20 on: January 03, 2014, 05:54:25 pm »
Trailblazer SS was about 5.5sec 0-60 and 14 sec quarter. Not particularly slow, and about a half second quicker than a stock 2005 WRX.

But AB is right. It would spend a lot of time in the shop.
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Top Picks: Best Used Rocket Sleds
« Reply #21 on: January 03, 2014, 07:08:29 pm »
Quote from: airbalancer on January 03, 2014, 05:36:40 pm
Quote from: Snowman on January 03, 2014, 05:34:43 pm
Quote from: Fobroader on January 03, 2014, 05:31:45 pm
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Traiblazer SS, 400Hp LS2 V8, AWD, enough room for the kiddies, enough ground clearance for whatever winter throws at you and body parts are GM (read: mucho cheap). My kinda "winter rocket"  ;D


I remember pounding on those with my WRX wagon back in Sudbury. A few redneck's had them thinking they were hot stuff drag racing everything at stop lights.



They are fast, with a blower and some add ons, scary....Ive seen a few at the dragstrip and I was thoroughly impressed. I betcha they surprised a few people in moms SUV though.

Anything can be fast with a blower bolted to it.

That was a bad time to get a GM, it would be in the shop more times then it would be on the road


My in laws have a 06 trailblazer SS. It's actually been extremely reliable. They had a bad mass airflow sensor that caused a hesitation and rough shifts. That's it, nothing else in 110,000 kms. The interior quality is an absolute joke though, so cheap it ain't funny. They have a Borla exhaust and fancy intake, other than that its stock an goes pretty decent. I see them for sale from 8-14 grand here. A decent deal for a awd 400 HP family slead you could daily year round.
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Re: Top Picks: Best Used Rocket Sleds
« Reply #22 on: January 04, 2014, 01:24:47 am »
Quote from: revalations on January 03, 2014, 07:08:29 pm
Quote from: airbalancer on January 03, 2014, 05:36:40 pm
Quote from: Snowman on January 03, 2014, 05:34:43 pm
Quote from: Fobroader on January 03, 2014, 05:31:45 pm
Quote from: Snowman on January 03, 2014, 05:24:00 pm
Quote from: Fobroader on January 03, 2014, 04:34:27 pm
Traiblazer SS, 400Hp LS2 V8, AWD, enough room for the kiddies, enough ground clearance for whatever winter throws at you and body parts are GM (read: mucho cheap). My kinda "winter rocket"  ;D


I remember pounding on those with my WRX wagon back in Sudbury. A few redneck's had them thinking they were hot stuff drag racing everything at stop lights.



They are fast, with a blower and some add ons, scary....Ive seen a few at the dragstrip and I was thoroughly impressed. I betcha they surprised a few people in moms SUV though.

Anything can be fast with a blower bolted to it.

That was a bad time to get a GM, it would be in the shop more times then it would be on the road


My in laws have a 06 trailblazer SS. It's actually been extremely reliable. They had a bad mass airflow sensor that caused a hesitation and rough shifts. That's it, nothing else in 110,000 kms. The interior quality is an absolute joke though, so cheap it ain't funny. They have a Borla exhaust and fancy intake, other than that its stock an goes pretty decent. I see them for sale from 8-14 grand here. A decent deal for a awd 400 HP family slead you could daily year round.

Thought the important stuff would stay together.....interior trim, yeah, no one bought an TB SS for its interior.
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Re: Top Picks: Best Used Rocket Sleds
« Reply #23 on: January 04, 2014, 09:53:17 am »
Don't forget the Forester XT!  It's got an STI motor, with a wrx turbo... So a couple part swaps and you've got an STI with a practical floppy toaster body  ;D
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Re: Top Picks: Best Used Rocket Sleds
« Reply #24 on: January 04, 2014, 11:00:01 am »
Quote from: WRX_Pilot on January 04, 2014, 09:53:17 am
Don't forget the Forester XT!  It's got an STI motor, with a wrx turbo... So a couple part swaps and you've got an STI with a practical floppy toaster body  ;D

I always wanted to mod up an MT XT as a primary family hauler.
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Re: Top Picks: Best Used Rocket Sleds
« Reply #25 on: January 04, 2014, 09:57:57 pm »
Always like the Mazdaspeed6 as well, something about it being rare, the reliability did worry me about though.  And if it were available as a sport hatch that would have been awesome!
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Re: Top Picks: Best Used Rocket Sleds
« Reply #26 on: January 04, 2014, 10:05:13 pm »
Solid list. I'd lean towards a 2009 W209 E550 4M though. Even made the CR recommended list, though a bit of a pig on gas.
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Re: Re: Top Picks: Best Used Rocket Sleds
« Reply #27 on: January 04, 2014, 11:34:13 pm »
Quote from: mmret on January 04, 2014, 10:05:13 pm
Solid list. I'd lean towards a 2009 W209 E550 4M though. Even made the CR recommended list, though a bit of a pig on gas.

That would be a W211 chassis.  Great car to drive - a guy at work has an 08.
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Re: Top Picks: Best Used Rocket Sleds
« Reply #28 on: January 05, 2014, 12:45:46 am »
A friend had a modded Gen I Forester XT and it was a great sleeper.
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Re: Top Picks: Best Used Rocket Sleds
« Reply #29 on: January 05, 2014, 01:23:26 am »
Quote from: Fobroader on January 03, 2014, 04:34:27 pm
Traiblazer SS, 400Hp LS2 V8, AWD, enough room for the kiddies, enough ground clearance for whatever winter throws at you and body parts are GM (read: mucho cheap). My kinda "winter rocket"  ;D



If we're shopping in that class, I'd rather have a first-generation Grand Cherokee SRT8. Even a plain-jane 300 SRT8 would be just fine with a good set of Blizzaks...
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Re: Top Picks: Best Used Rocket Sleds
« Reply #30 on: January 05, 2014, 10:26:36 am »
Have to disagree, even a 4wd V6 Rav4 would handle better than a 300 on Blizzaks.  Have seen quite a few, having to go slow pretty slow when the roads get sloppy...
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Re: Re: Top Picks: Best Used Rocket Sleds
« Reply #31 on: January 05, 2014, 10:59:17 am »
Quote from: Solstice2006 on January 05, 2014, 10:26:36 am
Have to disagree, even a 4wd V6 Rav4 would handle better than a 300 on Blizzaks.  Have seen quite a few, having to go slow pretty slow when the roads get sloppy...

So you know what tires they had on and their skill level as a driver?  Were they RWD or AWD models?
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Re: Re: Top Picks: Best Used Rocket Sleds
« Reply #32 on: January 05, 2014, 11:11:18 am »
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Quote from: Solstice2006 on January 05, 2014, 10:26:36 am
Have to disagree, even a 4wd V6 Rav4 would handle better than a 300 on Blizzaks.  Have seen quite a few, having to go slow pretty slow when the roads get sloppy...

So you know what tires they had on and their skill level as a driver?  Were they RWD or AWD models?

I know they had winters on, and they were just RWD.  As Fobroader said, plain jane 300,  he didn't say AWD.  So I think (and suspect many would agree) that a RWD 300 with just winters, wouldn't make this list.  We were talking about cars, not the drivers...  any decent driver can make do with what he has, it would the driver, not the tool.  In this case, we are talking about better tools, to make it easier on the driver....
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Re: Re: Top Picks: Best Used Rocket Sleds
« Reply #33 on: January 05, 2014, 12:18:28 pm »
Quote from: Solstice2006 on January 05, 2014, 11:11:18 am
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Quote from: Solstice2006 on January 05, 2014, 10:26:36 am
Have to disagree, even a 4wd V6 Rav4 would handle better than a 300 on Blizzaks.  Have seen quite a few, having to go slow pretty slow when the roads get sloppy...

So you know what tires they had on and their skill level as a driver?  Were they RWD or AWD models?

I know they had winters on, and they were just RWD.  As Fobroader said, plain jane 300,  he didn't say AWD.  So I think (and suspect many would agree) that a RWD 300 with just winters, wouldn't make this list.  We were talking about cars, not the drivers...  any decent driver can make do with what he has, it would the driver, not the tool.  In this case, we are talking about better tools, to make it easier on the driver....

I thought we were talking about "rocket sleds"? Sure, AWD would be better, but the 300 SRT on Blizzaks would definitely be a rocket sled.
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« Reply #34 on: January 05, 2014, 12:26:15 pm »
On an icy snowy road my Highlander can smoke any RWD machine regardless of tires or driver. No contest.


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Re: Top Picks: Best Used Rocket Sleds
« Reply #35 on: January 05, 2014, 12:31:13 pm »
Quote from: johngenx on January 05, 2014, 12:26:15 pm
On an icy snowy road my Highlander can smoke any RWD machine regardless of tires or driver. No contest.


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I agree, that's what I am mean, RWD and winter tires, rarely outperform an AWD vehicle, when it's snowy and icy.  I am not saying they can't get by, but they aren't the ones leading from a stand still that's for sure...
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Re: Top Picks: Best Used Rocket Sleds
« Reply #36 on: January 05, 2014, 12:44:40 pm »
Here is a fast sled

► 2:49► 2:49
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Fdrqm0UMEU
Nov 28, 2008 - Uploaded by Robert Véronneau
G-Force-One, the world fastest snowmobile: 210.28 MPH SCM and ... one of the best ...
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Re: Top Picks: Best Used Rocket Sleds
« Reply #37 on: January 05, 2014, 01:03:06 pm »
Quote from: airbalancer on January 05, 2014, 12:44:40 pm
Here is a fast sled

► 2:49► 2:49
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Fdrqm0UMEU
Nov 28, 2008 - Uploaded by Robert Véronneau
G-Force-One, the world fastest snowmobile: 210.28 MPH SCM and ... one of the best ...

Booo  :thumbdown: :thumbdown: Not on snow or ice tho...fail
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Re: Top Picks: Best Used Rocket Sleds
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« Reply #39 on: January 05, 2014, 01:11:19 pm »
Quote from: Snowman on January 05, 2014, 01:06:05 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLYmIgDAJDM

Union Bay made monster engines...at least back in the day. I have a few buddies that used to drag race sleds, they were masters of the black art of clutching.
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