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Originally Posted by mrg666
I'm also sensitive to pollution and efficiency. Twins are very efficient when driven normally even with supercharger. I'm glad we found some common ground  |
Yeah, we agree more than it is apparent. I read all of these posts about people who want to know whether this wide wheel fits or that wide wheel fits. It seems that many of these posts come from people who really have little knowledge about car performance and they seem to get encouragement from others without one word about whether it will be better from a performance perspective. It's one of my pet peeves from the internet -- people think everything they read, and want to believe, is true.
And yes, the twin is about the best balanced car on the market today -- and one of the most fun. In my mind, doing a lot of mods on this car -- unless it is raced -- makes me cringe. That said, I understand the sex appeal of modding a car like this with all of the Christmas goodies that are available. It's really hard, emotionally, to not mod this car. I still look through all of the modding posts and goodies from dedicated sources with the amazement of a child. I tried to justify getting new wheels, but at the end of the day, couldn't justify it on the basis of performance. I tried to justify lowering the car because it certainly looks better that way, but for a street car, it does not improve performance -- and in fact, reduces ride quality. I looked at getting a turbo and tried to justify that. However, I read the statement by the car's designer that adding hp would require a significant change in the car's structure to achieve a good balance. I did, however, buy better tires because of what virtually everybody here said about the Primacy HP's and the track tests run by Tirerack. At least there, I found some performance reasoning. Oh, well....