I was going to say the same thing, except to take it further, I suggest hooning it up a bit in that parking lot. Not only will it be fun as hell, but you'll get some experience in what a skid feels like and get used to how to react to it.
Not in order of preference or anything, but...
1) Subaru Impreza WRX STi 22b
2) Nissan Skyline GT-R R34 V-Spec II Nur
3) 2004 Mazdaspeed Miata w/ light tuning (maybe 40-50 more HP and some suspension/tire/wheel upgrades)
4) Audi R8
5) Mazda RX-7 Turbo (FD)
6) Lotus Exige S
7) BMW M3 CSL...
Zalman VF1000 installed w/ Arctic Silver 5 thermal paste! Load temps tested running ATITool, but didn't run for an obscenely long time, just ran for long enough that I didn't see temperatures go any higher for a few minutes
Old idle: ~53 C
Old load: ~90 C
New idle: ~38 C
New load...
So how about some Nurburging times then? Max g's and slalom speeds don't tell the whole story, now, do they?
In any case, technology that makes a car easier to drive at the limit is a good thing, not a bad one. Most of you muscleheads can't drive worth shit anyway either way.
Woops! I was looking at Wikipedia and it was quoting numbers from an older Elise model. You're right, the current Elise runs 0-60 in less than 5 seconds. I think the Exige S is like 3.9 seconds.
Notice how the above musclehead ignores the entire length of my post only to reply with one thing: a 0-60 time. That's because for said musclehead, any measure of performance of his favorite car that doesn't involve straight-line acceleration is just embarassing.
Oh and speaking of Cobras and on-ramps...this funny story from a friend of mine comes to mind. He drives an '05 STi (stock - he has coilovers now but didn't when this happened.) He's leaving base (Air Force) and the whole time some asshat in a Cobra is riding his tail, revving on him, etc...
There's a twisty mountain road not 30 minutes away from where I live. I go up there on weekends to let off some steam. No amount of pure acceleration will ever match the level of excitement that comes from letting a fast car do its thing on a twisty backroad.
But either way, the Lotus isn't...
And the first time one of these overweight Challengers tries to keep up with a tiny Lotus in the corners, they'll see why your choice makes more sense. ;)
It will be a very very long time before a ricer gets their hands on one of these. Just because you're a moron who has decided to associate every performance Japanese import with rice doesn't mean that this isn't essentially a supercar. The GT-R is THE pinnacle of Japanese automotive engineering.
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