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Originally Posted by bhtooefr
While I agree with the fact that Phlyp appears to have hypocritical tendencies, I wouldn't say that this is one of them.
I'm out of this thread, the pissing match has gotten... too much piss on everyone.  |
Ahh, we're not trying to win a pp contest. Just havin' a bit of fun and trying to keep it reasonably civil. This is all mostly in good fun. I'm sure Phlyp loves his car plenty and in the end, isn't that all that matters? Embedded in all this friendly (albeit baiting) banter are some really good questions that at least I truly am interested in knowing.
1. Why does Phlyp really need to put down FWD as a sportscar platform? There's really no need for it that I can see. I luv AWD as a sportscar platform. I own FWD and I don't feel the need to put down RWD. Honestly, I really am curious to know why. I don't see that connection betwee RWD is the most popular platfoem for sportscars today being equivalent to FWD therefore can't be.........
2. Why's he here? He doesn't own an Elise or a Lotus at all. Now, its a public forum and he's got a right to be here. No question about that. I'd never imp,y that he or anyone else shouldn't be here. But, being a Lotus owner and NOT an Elise owner, I'd personally be here for 2 reasons: to learn more and to share in a community in which I have something in common-Lotus! Not to revel in what we don't have in common. Seriously, maybe he needs some info, wants to gain some knowledge, etc. Maybe I can be fortunate enough to help someone out - even him because I don't hold grudges. I'd be thrilled to help him out. I just don't see him asking for help, advice or anything else.
3. Why this thread and poll? If it was born from genuinely good intentions that'd be fine. Everyone gets a chance to learn something new. I have. Lotus turbines???!!!! Wow. More to love about Lotus! But, I just don't think that's the case. If you go back and look at the responses I and others who came to the defense of FWD sportscars (and the M100 specifically) we were all very polite and wanted to share the knowledge we have. Instead of good conversation and/or debate, we basically were tol by certain folks that we were wrong, didn't know what we were talking about, etc. So, we go provide factual evidence of our claims. Again, politely. Now we get slammed and it starts to get a big ugly (unfortunately). Bottom line is that I truly don't understand the point of the post/poll. Was it just to prove a point so someone can feel better about themselves??? I don't know..........
4. Lastly, what's wrong with saying "Hey, I learned today that FWD sportscars do exist, albeit it in small quantities. Now THAT'S interesting. Maybe we can chat about what works and doesn't with them. Whre they have advantages over other platforms and their disadvatages."
I'd be up for that.
Anyway, you're right about one thing. We've had some fun and "some" of us have learned a few things. I've been introduced to a new Lotus community with some pretty knowledgable people. How good is that! But, its time to move on to better things.
Hey Phlyp, I hope you can be more open minded about things in future posts. By the way, we need to get you a new job. That one as a car jockey at a valet parking lot give you way too much time to arrange cars into nice patterms then take pictures.
JUST KIDDING!
EDIT p.s. I have to say that the mods here are really great. You guys understand exactly where to jump in, how long to let it go and when you're needed. As someone who's owned and run a community website of over 1,000 mmebers I can tell you that's not easy to do. Great job!