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Old 03-20-2016, 03:44 PM   #15
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Originally Posted by CelicaJoe View Post
Yeah I think I'm just going to have to drive a variety of cars to understand everyone's comparisons. My only concern is anyone I've talked to that owned a GTS and ended up pulling the trigger on an 86 says the difference is huge, which I believe, but I'm curious as to why they're so similar on paper but feel so different.
That is the danger of paper evaluations. The any car is greater (or lesser I suppose) then the paper stats. Number do not mean a lot when looking at the whole car and how all the parts interact. Numbers are theory and cars are application and the two do not always accurately reflect each other.
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