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Old 10-25-2013, 12:37 AM   #96
chrisl
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One more thing -- I see many commenters say "I test drove one and it's underpowered"?

So are dealerships letting people redline new cars off the lot? Or they are being good and following the 1000mi break-in schedule.. in which case it IS a slow gutless car.
My local Subaru dealer let me take out a WRX and a BRZ without even coming along, and the same was true of the BMW dealer with a 128, 328, and 335. The Porsche salesman came along when I drove the Cayman, but he not only let me rev it to near redline, he egged me on (as did the Ford salesman with the Mustang GT). Honestly, if I can't drive a sporty car in a way to actually experience the "sportiness" of the car, then what's the point of the test drive in the first place? I'm not test driving it to see if I like the air conditioning, I'm test driving it to see if I like the way the car drives, and to determine that, I have to be able to push it at least a little bit.
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