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04-25-2012, 01:48 PM | #15 | |
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I guess I should be used to it by now, but it never ceases to amaze me when people post something like that. A good car is a good car regardless of which wheels the power is delivered to.
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Just FYI, I bought my 2010 Cobalt SS brand new. It's been great, but the overall quality of the vehicle and the people who work at the service department is what kills it for me. I've only owned it for 2 years and and I'm ready to get rid of it. The performance is great, and the car, for the most part, is awesome. I guess I just had bad luck. I can't wait to get rid of it though for an FR-S. |
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That's how it is for me. I've driven FWD cars, and I really don't enjoy the dynamics. So for me, FWD is an immediate deal breaker. I'm sure the Cobalt SS, Mini, and Focus ST are great cars to drive. And I'm sure I might even enjoy a lap or two in them. Hell, we have a base model Sonic here at work for deliveries and it's an entertaining little thing that feels like it could pivot on the inside front tire. But I don't want to drive a FWD car every day. |
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Trust me, it does get old driving a FWD car. Especially when you're trying to merge into traffic in the morning and you floor it and the wheel starts going left and right (torque steer). I'm still working on driving under pressure, but some times, it's just too early for me.
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But when someone says - But if you don't mind FWD, there's no reason to be interested in the FT86 (and thus no reason to be on this forum). They are not talking about personal preference. They are talking nonsense :-)
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I was in same boat last week. After test driving FR-S in the skidpad, autox, & track, I didn't want to get out of the car. Me & Moto-san was saying, "Forget going back to hotel, let's go for some trip! We'll comeback w 10k on the odo lol"
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First I've read that they're planning to make the car more practical:
"Scion spokesman Craig Taguchi says an all-season tire will arrive at a later date." |
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Not saying you're doing this, but I don't understand why some users hang out at a forum for a lightweight RWD car and then bench race it against FWD cars or heavier RWD cars. Every car is a compromise. Last edited by Deslock; 04-26-2012 at 11:14 PM. |
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I have loads of fun in my auto 08 Fit. Maybe I have some different perspective. When I hear another 100 hp at the cost of a curb weight equivalent to having my fat friend in the Fit with me, I get excited.
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At 60k, you can get a GT500. A mustang that somehow does 200+MPH. That's far more balls to drive that too, up to 200mph or on a closed track as I'm sure the fine line of overpowering turns is easy enough as well, and at damn near any speed. And, driving a Prius on a back road, pushing it's limits I can say first-hand takes "balls" because it handles like trash and isn't meant to, thus it's scary. People really need to just "be happy" with what it is. Don't try comparing it to other cars that out class it. Don't get into "price segment wars" neither, as soon as you breach that $30k mark, this car gets trounced on the track "numbers wise". "Fun" is something that's up to someone's own perspective, and no one can say something's fun definitively until they experience it themselves. Just like I say this car is probably fun to drive, most likely, until I get to drive it "soon" now. Just be happy with your decision from your money. If someone doesn't like something, no need to get defensive. There's valid criticisms out there, and if people point something out WITH validity and thought behind it, then so be it. Different strokes and all that. |
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