986 Boxster S or Z4 as first car?
May 1, 2012 | 06:32 PM
#42
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no
the Mustang,BMW Z4 are quick and fun to drive but there are certain attributes of a proper sports car that they lack
but everybody has a different perception of what a "real" sports car is to him so let`s just leave it at that
not even threads here on TS with countless pages could give a definition of a sportscar everybody agrees with
May 1, 2012 | 08:29 PM
#44
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A maybach is a large 4 door luxury sedan. On the most basic level, the Mustang was one of the original sports cars. Whether or not you thinks its a "worthy" sports car is obviously your opinion, and while I don't agree, I respect it.
IMO a sports car is a 2 door performance-centric auto. power and handling must be the focus with everything else coming secondary. So something like a phantom coupe, which is quite fast, wouldn't be a sports car because its luxury centric. While the mustang is focused on power and handling.
You're from Germany though. You're not expected to understand the superiority of American muscle.
IMO a sports car is a 2 door performance-centric auto. power and handling must be the focus with everything else coming secondary. So something like a phantom coupe, which is quite fast, wouldn't be a sports car because its luxury centric. While the mustang is focused on power and handling.
You're from Germany though. You're not expected to understand the superiority of American muscle.
May 1, 2012 | 10:38 PM
#45
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I always believed that sports cars were lightweight, handled great, on the smaller side and were quick. A mustang is a muscle car, always has been, sure it handles way better now than its predecessors but its still a big, bad ass muscle car. A Boxster S would more accurately represent my view of a sports car.
May 1, 2012 | 11:49 PM
#46
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Porsche....hands down.
(in my MeanMachine voice LOL) - then lower it, spacers, clear corners, fabspeed exhaust, powdercoat the wheels and do some cool interior bits (red belts, lloyds mats, etc) and you will have yourself a cool/special car!!!
(in my MeanMachine voice LOL) - then lower it, spacers, clear corners, fabspeed exhaust, powdercoat the wheels and do some cool interior bits (red belts, lloyds mats, etc) and you will have yourself a cool/special car!!!
May 2, 2012 | 02:41 AM
#47
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I suppose Ferrari, Alfa Romeo, Maserati, Bentley, Jaguar, Bugatti and a whole bunch of others didn't know what they were doing before Ford set them straight in 1964?
May 2, 2012 | 08:44 AM
#48
Dafuq?? Why is there a Llama?
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I said one of the originals, not the original. Blue blazes point about muscle cars vs sports cars is a good point and made me think, but I think all muscle cars are sports cars.
This would have made a good thread in and of itself
This would have made a good thread in and of itself
May 2, 2012 | 10:36 AM
#49
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I always believed that sports cars were lightweight, handled great, on the smaller side and were quick. A mustang is a muscle car, always has been, sure it handles way better now than its predecessors but its still a big, bad ass muscle car. A Boxster S would more accurately represent my view of a sports car.
If one thinks the handling,suspension feedback,steering precision and feedback and weight distribution of a Mustang (stock) is up to par with the one of a sports car then there obviously is a lot left to experience for you
just take a ride in a Pcar like a Cayman S and then come back