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Originally Posted by PhlypSide
I did not ask everyone's thoughts here as some sort of virtual circle jerk. I just had my thoughts and believe others share them
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If you didn't want opinions to the contrary, why'd you make it a poll?
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Originally Posted by PhlypSide
perhaps you should start a letter writing campaign to all those companies and tell them they've got it back@sswards and that clearly FWD is superior for performance and that even the "knuckleheads" in F1 have it wrong! (Good luck with that, BTW, please do keep us updated with your progress)
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Apparently reading isn't fundamental for you. Where in my posts do you see me claim FWD is superior or that RWD cars have it wrong?
My point, more or less, is that there is no standard definition of "sports car" and cars have not reached the final evolution point. All cars are a series of compromises, and a product of the technology, engineering, and production ability of the time. There's nothing to say a FWD car couldn't perform given the right technology or engineering. There's nothing fundamental about it.
Since you brought up F1 while totally missing the point, I am quite sure that if F1 imposed a requirement that cars be FWD, you'd see some pretty impressively performing FWD cars show up. They are RWD because they are required to be. They have four wheels because they are required to. They have a 2.4L displacement because they are required to. Not because all of these things are unequivocally superior to any other possible way of being.
I think I've made my points fairly clearly, and I'm not interested in getting into a pissing match. I'm quite sure you can take all comers as far as that goes. In regards to the Elise/Exige, how old-school can the owners be? The car's only been around a few years. However, I'd certainly be interested in its professional accomplishments, as I find most any car to be interesting.
As to the jabs, I didn't even think they were
thinly veiled. Kudos on putting the pieces together though. I think the Elise and Exige are interesting enough cars. They aren't my cup of tea, but so what? Really the point wasn't to jab the car, but to jab you. You were as rude or ruder to the SRT-4 owner. Why? It's a car made to accelerate fast for low cost, and it does that well. Why should that guy take a bunch of crap from you about it just because it's not your cup of tea? Why would you try to give someone crap about it just because the car doesn't do it for you?