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Old Jan 18, 2013 | 09:43 AM
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the time came to make a choice. spending 140+ dollars a week in gas plus payment/insurance was hitting my wallet way too much. love the truck and drive train, just not the cost of gas consumption. plus car seats do not fit in the back seat. tried. so my vehicle track history usually goes from one extreme to another. i went from the 12 second ecsb truck to a 13 second toyota.

every bell and whistle that can come on one, it has. only downside. i can not tune it. which is a win/lose situation from my standpoint.

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Old Jan 18, 2013 | 10:00 AM
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That runs 13s?

bummer on the truck but I see where you're coming from
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Old Jan 18, 2013 | 10:13 AM
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not sure if it runs 13's (never seen a track time) but you would be surprised how quick the new camry and avalon v6 motors are....for an even bigger surprise, hop into a sienna van and put the peddle to the floor. those granny vans will scoot!

wish you were in the southern region. If anyone is looking into a Toyota, or knows someone looking into purchasing one in the southern region (Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Texas) hit me up and i will have them working with the fleet manager of the dealership instead of a floor salesman. more of a red carpet experience if you will.

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Old Jan 18, 2013 | 10:24 AM
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i took my moms 11 camry v6 for a day before the local track shut down and made a few passes in it. out of the gate was a 14.0x second pass was 13.9x, and last was a 13.87@102.xx can't remember exact mph. shocked the hell out of me as well. needs a few suspension mods, but overall it's a nice car
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Old Jan 18, 2013 | 10:28 AM
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time to add a little nitrous! start small and just keep adding nitrous until the plugs show a good burn. instead of tuning it with a laptop, just tune it with nitrous based on the OEM tune of the car. i'm sure you can get a healthy shot in there with some 93 octane and low timing tables that MFGs typically use.
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Old Jan 18, 2013 | 10:34 AM
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I enjoy every second of burning $130+ gas per week.
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Old Jan 18, 2013 | 10:48 AM
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time to add a little nitrous! start small and just keep adding nitrous until the plugs show a good burn. instead of tuning it with a laptop, just tune it with nitrous based on the OEM tune of the car. i'm sure you can get a healthy shot in there with some 93 octane and low timing tables that MFGs typically use.
every 4 door car i have owned has had a bottle on it actually. so im no stranger to nitrous.
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Old Jan 18, 2013 | 01:20 PM
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Hmmmm if I had to crossover to a 4door car I'd have to jump on them new SHOs they are sweet

Ive never liked Toyota but that car looks sporty I'd drive it
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Old Jan 18, 2013 | 01:30 PM
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the sho is a nice car, just out of the price range i was looking at
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Old Jan 18, 2013 | 02:03 PM
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No but for real that was a smart move don't those get about 30mpg or more? And I believe they make a trd supercharger for incase you wanna have a 12sec car
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