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Old 03-08-2011, 11:14 PM   #55
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Originally Posted by zigzagz94 View Post
Different taste for different people I guess.

I don't want any of those "luxuries" anywhere near my back-to-basics lightweight sportscar.

Save the money on that crap and give it to Yamaha so they can work their magic on this subie flat four and make it rev to 9k with 250hp NA.
I could also do without some of those features as well. Hell, I've been looking for months for a clean E30 325is and if the FT86 isn't what I'm hoping for then I'll probably buy a used Elise and and a junker to use as a DD.

Unfortunately though, I'm a realist and I know that the average car buyer won't shell out $25k for a car that has less features than a $17k Hyundai no matter how well it handles. 90% of drivers in the US can't drive a stick and half of them don't know whether the car they already own is front or rear wheel drive. While people like you and I may be the most passionate automobile fans out there, we don't represent a large enough group of people to make Toyota listen to us.

In the end we are all rooting for the same thing, I was merely commenting that what I've been reading isn't reassuring me that we are going to get it.
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