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Originally Posted by Summerwolf
What did I just read? 
This car is a great car. It handles well. It is by no means a top performer or "one of the fastest cars produced in the last 30 years."
Let's not make this thing out to be what it isn't.
Also, every car is a momentum car. If you don't think like that you're being lazy. |
Agreed!
When I said it is "faster than many" I was referring to the bulk of the vehicles on the road that are merely appliances. There are probably thousands of cars on a highway at any given time that are slower but there are also hundreds that are faster. I would firmly place these at the very, very bottom of the "fast" car list. To say it is one of the fastest is way off base.
As far as the cornering ability goes when talking daily driver I will use the same statement I use when people say it needs at least 300 HP to be any good. Were the hell do you guys do your daily driving? While doing my own daily driving I have never been in a position where I needed more power any more than I was able to take a corner at much more than 6/10s of the car's ability. The OP was asking about DD and the fact that the Twins can take a turn on a track better than many cars (not all by any stretch) really doesn't play into the equation. Even looking at track abilities the latest gen Camaro and Mustang can make those same turns just as well and then smoke the Twins in the straights. I know I will get flamed to death for that but it is reality.
When looking at these purely as a DD the "lack" of power is overplayed but so is the handling only in the other direction. They are an inexpensive sports coupe that are more than capable of performing well above the average car when street driven as a DD but that does not put them in super car territory all of a sudden.