View Single Post
Old 02-05-2012, 10:18 PM   #1121
Deslock
Senior Member
 
Deslock's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2009
Drives: 2013 DZE/01 (sold for MX5 ND1)
Location: western MA
Posts: 871
Thanks: 265
Thanked 269 Times in 133 Posts
Mentioned: 14 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quote:
Originally Posted by SUB-FT86 View Post
So it sounds like you might like a first generation Miata better than a FR-S? Because someone who owns one could say the very same thing that you have been saying about heavier cars than the FR-S. By your logic the Miata should be way more fun.
That wasn't directed at me, but I expect the Miata to be more fun (though not *way* more fun, as you put it). I'm getting an FT86 because I need 3 seats.

Quote:
Originally Posted by vq37 View Post
weight is pretty much everything isn't it?
No.

To me, mass (in terms of not only total amount but also COG and yaw moment) is the most important aspect. That doesn't mean every lighter car is more fun than every heavier car. Or more succinctly:

saying weight is most important != saying weight is everything

Read this bmwblog article (originally posted in the E30 thread). Though it's obviously too soon to declare the FT86 the E30 M3's true successor and I disagree with a couple things in the article, for the most part it's spot on.
Deslock is offline   Reply With Quote