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Originally Posted by KeepGuessing
Lol WOW, this board came a LOOOONG way since my last trip here. Last time I was here the "solid numbers" were just starting to surface and the doubts started to rise. I mentioned my skepticism and was met with a torrent of bull headed blindness, was called a troll etc etc so i left. I come back now that the numbers ARE here and people ARE coming to grasp the d fact that this car is anything but the second coming of Christ and really IS just "Another option in this price bracket with no REAL strong motivator behind it and a muuuch darker place.
But let me touc base here with some posts..
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Sorry but TL;DR, after a few paragraphs I got the jist of your speech and skimmed the rest. The difference between you and me is when they attacked me with bullheaded blindness and called me a troll. I stuck it out. I wanted
less HP in exchange for a cheaper, lighter, and better handling car. I was bashed and flamed for it. I still maintain that opinion, but now that the engine was designed, the HP announced, there isn't much point on me beating my drum. Instead I'm looking at other options, like test driving, the possibility of the lowest spec coming over at a later date, etc.
The whole "admiration" accusation for this car is as overblown as much as the lack of HP. This is one of the few cars that is outright advertised as sports car yet don't have the supercar levels of acceleration people have come to expect from muscle cars and supercars alike. A car that sacrifices speed and acceleration, for agility and communication. Even if you don't like it, you should at least learn enough to appreciate it and move on. This is not a car you can get away with unwarranted hate/praise without at least driving it.
We've got people that like the car as is and we've got people who are waiting it out for a high power version. We've also got people like me who shouldn't/wouldn't spend $25k on this car. But we're still here and even if we come across as hating everything about this car, we're still here watching and talking about it and waiting until we can test drive it and decide whether to buy it.