And the hate goes on!!

[Auto-Hauss]

If you're trying to fight on Facebook battles do the unthinkable... be grammatically correct. You lacked this in your argument. Proof read next time.

[fatoni]

Originally Posted by Gen

Stock for stock, a Vette will definitely out handle an FR-S. You know what's better than owning a vette though? Owning a house outright in California. I love the people that own $45k-75k cars but have to park in spot 103 under a pergola in their apartment complex with three roommates. They're idiots that will always be poor.

I'll keep saving my money.

the guy was talking about getting a used one for the same money and even if he wasnt, little bit of a slippery slope dont you think? why spend 27k on a car when you can spend 3k on an na miata? id rather save my money. at any price point there are going to be people out of their price range. im confident there are more people out of their price range with the frs than there are with corvettes

[Gen]

Originally Posted by fatoni

the guy was talking about getting a used one for the same money and even if he wasnt, little bit of a slippery slope dont you think? why spend 27k on a car when you can spend 3k on an na miata? id rather save my money. at any price point there are going to be people out of their price range. im confident there are more people out of their price range with the frs than there are with corvettes

Cheapest corvette around here is 30k, has 50k miles and is 6 years old. That's just a base corvette. Doesn't seem like a valid comparison. Regardless, you'll spend significantly more on insurance and consumables for what is a used car.

[track_warrior]

Originally Posted by ExiledLakai

If you're trying to fight on Facebook battles do the unthinkable... be grammatically correct. You lacked this in your argument. Proof read next time.

Huh? Cant seem to find a mistake except i put remeber instead of remember just a typo. I did not capitalize and other minor stuff. Dont know what u are complaining about grammar cop. English is my second language btw.

Btw its proofread not proof read!! I can play this game too if you want.

[Asterisked Accolade]

Originally Posted by pcasso87

I just hate living in a City full of drag idiots who judge car by how much power it puts down!! Im thinking of moving my business to Austin that way i have 3 racetracks near by no more 40+ minute drives. Its funny i took a friend who is into drag racing to my local track and got him in as a guest, i gave him a ride in my car first and he was acting all tough saying man this is easy why do you say its hard blah blah blah. Next we did a lead follow and i was constantly having to slow down so his high powered evo could catch up since the thing had so much lag after that he said he could have easily passed me, i told him to go ahead of me and i would follow him now trying to stay on his rear bumper....... Next thing you know he over speeds into a corner having massive understeer then he punches the gas and as soon as his turbo kicked in he was in the dirt. I just laughed and laughed and repeated the same lemma over and over "Straight lines are for fast cars, corners are for fast drivers" lol. ( This was in a c63 btw i was not in the fr-s.)

Psychologically speaking, i often find it humorous when other men turn cars into a kind of pro forma d*ck-measuring contest. When i hear guys talking about their billion-horsepower machines, condescending to anyone with less than a nuclear reactor under their hoods, i tend to think, "Mm, you're right-- i am pathetic-- if only i'd had your unmet childhood emotional needs i would've seen it sooner; I guess it's too bad my father loved me."

[fatoni]

Originally Posted by Gen

Cheapest corvette around here is 30k, has 50k miles and is 6 years old. That's just a base corvette. Doesn't seem like a valid comparison. Regardless, you'll spend significantly more on insurance and consumables for what is a used car.

you will spend less insuring a corvette while consumables will be expensive but your same exact argument could be made for my miata over your frs. and for the record, a base vette is still better than the frs

[track_warrior]

Originally Posted by fatoni

you will spend less insuring a corvette while consumables will be expensive but your same exact argument could be made for my miata over your frs. and for the record, a base vette is still better than the frs

For some reason i am biased to light weight and i hate american cars so i would rather not comment on why i think the FR-S is a better car all around. I guess different strokes for different folks?

[whtchocla7e]

Originally Posted by fatoni

and for the record, a base vette is still better than the frs

"better" is very subjective term
for the record..

[jarviz]

No matter what car a person buys, they're are gonna be haters.... unless it's the same car they have.

[wallace03]

"minus well" nothing else needs to be said.

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by whtchocla7e

"better" is very subjective term
for the record..

Agreed, although I do like just about any Corvette. Closest thing to a "supercar" I would ever put my hard money down on.

[Climbing on soapbox]
All that said, I'm just happy that at some point in my life I managed to grow past all this petty crap about who's car is better/worse than mine. I always just respond to this kind of thing with "if I had wanted a <name item here> that's what I would have bought. Enjoy yours."

I think that's why I don't race, even though I know I enjoy it (my Dad was a dirt track stock car guy and I had my chances). To me its all about how the car makes me feel and how we "bond". Nothing else matters.
[/Climbing off soapbox]

[fatoni]

Originally Posted by whtchocla7e

"better" is very subjective term
for the record..

i know but i dont think the frs is old enough to give it enough weight to compete yet. i would say that the biggest argument the car can make is reliability but it cant make that statement yet as its only a couple months old

[registered4this]

I just checked autotrader, and 27K will get you an LS3 vette with about 65k+ miles. Definitely good bang for your buck, and the closest thing to a supercar for the price, but it's a bit past what I'd consider lightly used. Also, does anybody buying an 86 actually think they're getting a supercar? It seems like the detractors are misinterpreting excitement.

Compared to a used vette, I'd say it's fair to give reliability to the 86 since it's on warranty. Used car loans also have higher interest rates.

[track_warrior]

Originally Posted by registered4this

I just checked autotrader, and 27K will get you an LS3 vette with about 65k+ miles. Definitely good bang for your buck, and the closest thing to a supercar for the price, but it's a bit past what I'd consider lightly used. Also, does anybody buying an 86 actually think they're getting a supercar? It seems like the detractors are misinterpreting excitement.

Compared to a used vette, I'd say it's fair to give reliability to the 86 since it's on warranty. Used car loans also have higher interest rates.

And thats 27k plus taxes!!