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Originally Posted by 100_Percent_Juice
I would rather have an 08' Shelby GT500 stang.
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Still trying to figure out how Ford managed to screw up 605hp. Read the article in Road and Track about the Mustang GT500 Super Snake; it should be a lot faster than it is with that much HP. 0-60 4.4 seconds... my Evo would come in 100th under that stock. 1/4 mile in 12.5... pretty good, but with 605 hp? Should be in the 11's... so maybe they geared it for speed... no... 150mph (elec. limited)
http://www.roadandtrack.com/assets/d...helbyGT500.pdf
And all for $80,000 + GT-R looks a little better eh?
Atomic you sound a little bitter man... just because you can't afford one doesn't mean it's a steaming pile of poop. Have you ever driven anything exotic? Your idea of a perfect sports car is of the strictest since of the term; you think it means that priority needs to be put on making the car as light as possible with as much HP and Torque available as possible. The Evo and the STi fall into this category somewhat well. Are they refined? Are they quite at speed? Are they nice? Are they exclusive? No... STi's are rattle traps, accoding to the dealer that is normal, they are also loud at speed and you hear ever sound like you would in a race car, the doors seals leak water, the paint sucks, the suspension is lazy but yet still bumpy and not supple on city streets; but... the car will haul the mail, it's fast and quick at the sake of refinement. If all your concerned with is strictly performance then they are perfect for you. I went through that faze.. it was fun. But then I would go for a ride in an exotic car and they had the best of both worlds. Great performace, along with comfort, refinement, quiteness. It was nice... not so harsh an environment to be in.
If you ever get the chance, drive a Modena or a 430. It's an absolutely mind blowing experience. And not just because it's a Ferrari. They are the best of both worlds. They have stock, with no mods, what a maxed out tuner car can only hope to have as far as performance. Yet, they feel very well made; they're solid, they're quite at speed, and the suspension setup is almost too good to be true. You can drive one around on crappy bumpy roads and it eats up the roughness like a Cadilac, but yet has no body roll, and perfect dampening at high speeds too. It's just a higher quality product that also happens to have a gorgeous form..and sound! Granted, it's out of the cost range of a lot of people, but that doesn't mean that they're useless. It just sucks for the true auto enthusiast that would truely enjoy it. Instead, like happens often unfortunetly, some guy buys one just because of what it is, and has no idea what it was designed and or capable of doing. Hence why you always see older 55+ men putting around in Z06's and Porsches.
My neighbor's dad bought a Z06 and brought it over, he went inside and I was talking to my neighbor about what a shame it is that the car would never even get to stretch it's legs and that it was destined to live it's life at 85 mph with the ever so occasional run up to maybe 120mph. We went inside and I asked his dad, "Tom, what's the fastest you've gotten that thing up to?" ... " I got'er up to around 120 before I let off, but she was going strong" I just looked at my neighbor and said "See what I mean?" he laughed...