Impreza test! [Archive]

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05-02-2001, 01:24 AM

Below is an Oldie but a Goodie!
Blatantly ripped from imprezawrx.org. http://www.i-club.com/ubb-files/smilies/rolleyes.gif

Should you own an Impreza test
By: Rick D.

1. The best type of vehicle to own is a;

a)Gas guzzling, over weight, over powered, wallowing Sport Utility Vehicle.
b)Gas guzzling, over weight, under powered, wallowing MiniVan.
c) A do-anything, go-anywhere car that handles on snow, ice, rain covered roads. Is light, fuel efficient, and available in 2 door, 4 door, and station
wagon versions.

2. You want a sports car, your better half wants a practical car to haul the dog and kids. You can’t afford 2 new vehicles, you;

a) Buy a used CRX/Civic/Prelude and a Mini Van.
b) Buy a used Miata and a Tuarus wagon.
c) Buy a new Outback sport and start ordering all the performance parts you can afford. Because all models share the same basic platform, most
performance parts will fit all models.

3. When out driving your car you should;

a) See another car just like it at least 5 or 6 times a day.
b) See another car just like it once a week.
c) Rarely if ever see another one just like yours, and even if you do, chances are it will be a different color.

4. The best wheel size for a stock vehicle to come with is;

a) 13"
b) 14"
c) 15"
d )16", and one of the lightest wheels around

5. When, as an engineer, you are presented with a limited budget to spend on the interior of the car, you spend the money on;

a) Lighted vanity mirrors.
b) Extra cup holders for the rear passengers.
c) Bolstered seats and a MOMO steering wheel and shift knob.

6. MOMO is;

a) An oversize kimono
b) An expression used when you are really hungry, as is Please sir, MOMO soup.
c) A supplier of high quality racing accessories

7.The racing heritage of the car you buy should be based on;

a)Formula One, where some other company does the chassis development, and the engine used has no direct lineage to what is sold to the public.
b) NASCAR, where the cars being raced bear no mechanical resemblance whatsoever to the car being sold to the public other than a copied
fiberglass and aluminum body shell.
c) World Rally Car, where the car being used in competition is a modified version of the standard production car available at the dealership, and the
parts used to build the car are also available to the public.

8.The perfect mean of automotive power transmittal is;

a)Front wheel drive, because the auto industry has brainwashed us to believe that we need it, meanwhile the true reason is, it is cheap to
manufacture, and makes any idiot feel like they are in control of the vehicle.
b)Rear wheel drive, because it is better than front wheel drive, and makes any idiot feel like a race car driver, breaking the rear end loose.
c)All wheel drive, because it makes the vehicle inherently stable, works on a wide variety of surfaces, and allows the driver to explore the limits of
the car in a controlled manner.

9. The power output of an engine should be;

a) Packed into the basement of the RPM scale, with a 4500-5000 redline.
b) Packed into the upper 1/3rd of an 8000 RPM scale, with little or no low and midrange power.
c) Spread over a wide a range as possible, with the majority of power available where you use it most often, in the midrange.

10. The perfect engine configuration is;

a) An overweight V8 mounted high in the chassis.
b) An inline 4, with a power robbing balancing shaft to tame the primary imbalance, mounted high in the chassis.
c) A horizontally opposed 4 with perfect primary balance mounted low in the chassis.

11. When making a hard launch from a standing start, the vehicle should;

a) Transfer weight to the back, break the front wheels loose, and pull uncontrollably off to one side.
b) Transfer not quite enough weight to the back, break the rear wheels loose, and fishtail uncontrollably in a somewhat forward motion.
c) Snap your head back and haul a$$.

12. During spirited cornering your car should;

a) Understeer severely under power, and despite your best efforts to fix the problem you merely mask the symptoms, you cannot change the
underlying physics of the design.
b) Oversteer severely under power, and despite your best efforts to fix the problem you merely mask the symptoms, you cannot change the
underlying physics of the design.
c) Handle in a neutral manner, the amount of understeer/oversteer adjustable with a simple swaybar change.

13. When you wake up on a Saturday morning and the news reports 10" of fresh snow you should;

a) Cancel all plans for the day, pull out your shovel and start trying to clear a path down the back lane so you can get to work on Monday.
b) Cancel all plans for the day, pull out the snowmobile and start driving it up and down the streets because "there won’t be any cars out today."
c) Watch an hour of taped WRC just to get in the mood, jump in your car, don’t bother to shovel anything, and spend the entire day doing your best
Colin McRay impersonations.

14. When you wake up on a Saturday morning and the news reports ice covered roads topped with 15" of fresh snow you should;

a) Check the bar to see what you have to drink, curl up in front of the fireplace and go to it cause you ain’t goin to work till Wednesday.
b) Plunk yourself down on the couch and hope there is something on Speedvision worth watching.
c) Check to see that the power sun roof and/or power windows are not frozen shut because even with AWD and Blizzaks there is still a good chance
you are going to stuff it into at lease one snow bank where you won’t be able to open the doors, and you need to be able to get out and push.

15. When, while hosting a small dinner party at your house and the topic of conversation turns to your new car, one of your guests questions why you
didn’t buy a Honda, you;

a) Continue eating and pass off the comment with an off the cuff "to each his own" comment.
b) Stop eating and proceed to enter into an appropriately long educational process of enlightening your guest to the advantages of AWD, boxer
engines, and WRC testing grounds.
c) Step back from the table, shut off the music, turn down the lights, and quickly escort your guests out the door. Spend the remainder of the evening
checking over all fluid levels, belt and hose condition, tire pressures, and a perform a full interior/exterior washing/waxing in preparation for
tomorrow’s drive.

If you need help answering any of the questions, go to www.honda.com, (http://www.honda.com,) and please, don’t come back.