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finch1750 · 01-30-2019, 03:41 PM

I think weight isn't much of an issue for a few reasons (beyond most people liking things like sound deadening)

1) "heavy" cars can be made to handle extremely well, like the Zx6 chassis so you don't feel the weight as much.

2) most people have not driven a light car. Until I got my MR2 Spyder I didn't really know what light felt like. It's can't be replicated, but at the same time I prefer my FRS. Maybe once the MR2 gets modded I'll like it more since the low weight makes for a cool driving experience.

A big thing also is powerband and gearing. The MR2 has a worse power to weight but doesn't feel like it due to super short gears/it's loud (and it is so small everything seems to go faster anyway). Or how the 2017 Zx6 has the shorter final drive.

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finch1750 Undisputed El Presidente Join Date: Jun 2012 Drives: Zenki 37J ZN6 Location: Stockton, CA Posts: 11,593 Thanks: 9,403 Thanked 9,411 Times in 5,270 Posts Mentioned: 374 Post(s) Tagged: 33 Thread(s)	I think weight isn't much of an issue for a few reasons (beyond most people liking things like sound deadening) 1) "heavy" cars can be made to handle extremely well, like the Zx6 chassis so you don't feel the weight as much. 2) most people have not driven a light car. Until I got my MR2 Spyder I didn't really know what light felt like. It's can't be replicated, but at the same time I prefer my FRS. Maybe once the MR2 gets modded I'll like it more since the low weight makes for a cool driving experience. A big thing also is powerband and gearing. The MR2 has a worse power to weight but doesn't feel like it due to super short gears/it's loud (and it is so small everything seems to go faster anyway). Or how the 2017 Zx6 has the shorter final drive. __________________ "Just like how a strut bar somehow enables you to corner 20MPH faster around a cloverleaf on-ramp, when the reality is, you can do it already but you just don't have to balls to do it." - CSG David Last edited by finch1750; 01-30-2019 at 06:18 PM.