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Originally Posted by WhiteFRS69
(Post 2349597)
IMO with todays car crowd, if it doesnt have a turbo/supercharger, the car is a POS, its slow, its not worthy of there time,
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26 and I got into cars because, fresh out of college and unemployed in 2011, I let my parents convince me it was better to spend $17k on a new Mazda3 than focus on paying off student loans.
Once I woke up a year later, I sold it to put a chunky deposit in. Knowing I should buy a beater with what was left, I instead decided on an equally priced "drivable" Mk3 Supra Turbo and immediately set to learning how to fix it.
After undoing the electrical rats nest the previous owner had cultured, I learned sports cars go fast: I thought nothing could match the fun I had pushing that thing WOT in a straight line... I'd hear the hood rattle in my dreams at night.
But then I got sick of boat-parking it, sold it, and took a risk on a NA 240sx. Once refreshed and ready, I drove it hard as was reasonable-ish through a mountainside switchback of 15mph curves going near 40mph. Not really that fast at all, but 1) I live near enough The Dragon that plenty of roads around here are similar and 2) pretty sure the weight of that supra would've flung me off a cliff at equal speed. I was tense as all hell, but good god, until you've done it, you've got no idea how fun driving a slow car fast can be.
Those experiences taught me that sports cars don't have to go "fast", just fast enough in certain contexts to scare the crap out of you and/or a passenger without being
too unsafe.
That as my definition, the question in OP doesn't even exist.
(Now, I'm sure In 3-5 years, I'm gonna slap a tight little turbo in, but it won't be because of anything like "it's not fast enough". I just love the sound and feel of a turbo and it'll stop me from making the stupid decision to buy anything else.)
Tl;dr kids these days are spoiled. They don't know anything anyhow :P
