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09-11-2013, 03:19 AM | #1 |
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Re: "these cars are slow"
Just real quick I met someone today and we were having some fun driving around in the middle of the night. And it got me thinking. This guy was driving a retail price $39,000 car (looked up when I got home lol)
Mercedes C class, it was not any faster than our cars and was no good in turns. So I was thinking, why don't we see people complaining that their C class is a dog? Because they are paying for luxury, refinement, and the badge. The same way we are paying for an engineered chassis that is light weight and handles well. The mustang guys pay for power. I hope this small anecdote can put things in perspective for some people. |
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A nicely-appointed, luxury interior or powerful engine is very easy to recognize. You don't even need to drive the car - just sit inside and glance at the spec sheet. But a lightweight, well-engineered chassis? Haha. I've owned this car for a year and have done a good number of autocross and track events in it, and I'm still caught off guard sometimes how good it is with just a tire change.
Great handling is impossible to really see in your typical 10-min test drive, which is why I thought the Scion first-drive autocross events were brilliant marketing. Scion should run the event again actually. Bring along some FWD hot hatches and let people see the difference for themselves.
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Maybe potential is difficult to see (I honestly can't imagine how good this car could be on a track) but you can immediately tell chassis characteristics with a couple freeway on-ramps in my opinion. |
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That doesn't change your point though, since neither an A4 nor a 328i is going to be much faster in a straight line than an FR-S/BRZ (and if you go up to an S4/335i/A6 3.0, you start spending quite a bit more than the $39k you mentioned). |
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Of course you might just be going on some wild test-drives the likes of which I have never seen
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Hah, completely agree about pushing to the limit on the track and comparing potentials. I must admit I scared the Fiat guy a bit but I was pretty tame with the Mustang and FRS. I think the most telling thing about a car is how it handles a pothole or rough patch on the street, does it glide or hug? How does the chassis react, can I feel the sensation from each corner? I was glad to be driving over some rough and abused roads on my test drives.
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I would daily the shit out of a brand new c class and tint windows call it a day. and I would most definitely lease
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Actually a C250 is kinda quicker than a FRS. A C250 Automatic ran 6.4 seconds 0-60 and the only FRS that can pull that off is a manual version. But if you compare auto vs auto the difference is around 1.1-1.3 seconds. Also I bet the C250 has a more useable amount of torque for a DD.
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I worked at BMW for years just bored with them. The BMW would be dinner to drive so your right about that
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C63s are very fun to drive, but maintenance and repairs are a constant headache.
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