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Originally Posted by jsimon7777
SV,
I put down the cars, not the people. You put down the people for their opinions.
When I rented a Corolla, I expected awful handling and numb steering. I got loose handling that was still lots of fun in the twisties. When I test drove the Golf R, I expected nothing and got a great car with a great interior and fun handling. Too bad the price is too high, the fuel economy is too low, and the electronics make track days unfun. The Focus ST has great suspension and a solid engine, but every criticism I had is dead on. The Mustang was just miserable. I passed on the 135i because it's too heavy with too high maintenance costs, and despite fixed fuel pumps and injectors, I don't trust the 35i engine line at all. Too many dead turbos. I would have loved to turn up that boost though. 400+hp is dead easy on those. Little more than intake, exhaust, a chip, and e85. Then there's the RX8. So much cheaper used and handles like an FRS. It even shifts better and makes getting in thbe back seat easier. However, the fuel economy when sucks and the engines have all sorts of issues, from broken apex seals to hard starting. I don't want the headaches.
So before you go insulting people, which you seem to do often, start paying attention to the facts.
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Find me a direct insult. Find me one post where I called either you or the other poster any sort of insult and I'll go ahead and deactivate my account. I don't throw around personal insults and you haven't listed any facts you've stated your opinion and impression of the vehicle. All I said was that's YOUR opinion and before you go putting down a car in general you need to state that in your opinion the car isn't worthwhile, because what you find not to your liking might be perfect for someone else.
Do me a favor and don't put words in my mouth. I do my best not to insult other posters especially for their opinions. An argument is one thing, stating that fanboys need to see beyond a badge is one thing (Unless you feel like you qualify as a fanboy then it doesn't apply to you. Obviously you must if you take it as a personal affront. As far as I'm concerned you've made it obvious you don't like the mustang and the focus, which doesn't make you a fanboy it means clearly the vehicles aren't to your personal tastes.), to outright insult someone is totally different and I have yet to do that.
Boead I've owned a mustang in the past but I'm not talking about the mustangs of yesteryear the discussion is about the current and upcoming mustang. One of which is one hell of a buy according to many reviews and the other has yet to come out.
I already said it, if you don't like the car you don't like the car. Fine, that's your personal tastes/opinion and you're entitled to it. Just don't go speaking as if your word is law. What happens is people without as much automotive knowledge hear/read what people like yourself say and take it as absolute fact which helps perpetuate an old stereotype for a company that's been improving for years. In other words you're helping not give them a chance.