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Originally Posted by Guff
What did he feel when he first drove the first prototype? The first one with this chassis and this engine. What did he say or think at that moment when he realized what he had created? I want emotional stuff!
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I like the idea of "Aha!" moments
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Originally Posted by JonnyRocket
Everyone that's asking what he would change, what he left out, or how the car will be updated is out to lunch. C'mon guys, this car is barely 6 months old. He's not going to answer questions like this, even if there are aspects he would change. It'd be counterproductive for him. Both from a business and a personal perspective. I really hope this thread produces some better questions for him, he deserves it.
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While this car is only 6 months old, some of the questions pertaining to what his perfect version may be, may not even include performance addons or anything of that sort that could impact the impression of this car. We aren't asking "what is coming from the factory next year?" We certainly aren't trying to have him point out things toyota removed due to costs, or anything like that.
We all have things we would like for this car to have, these questions are merely attempting to pick the brain of the man who has had the most to do with this car. Trying to get closer to someone who has just as much love, if not more for these cars.
I think he understands that we come to him from this perspective and not to mine for information and no doubt would appreciate them just as much as a fun, high level engineering question such as what he had the most fun adjusting or testing and changing through the development process and his reasons for doing so. Could be anything from choice on the suspension design, to whatever. Though I remember the development video covering some of the decisions for the suspension, so who knows.
We all have those stories from huge projects, that one thing that kicked our ass but we knew we were so close to it that we could taste it and when we finally nailed it, it was the best feeling in the world.