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Originally posted by HeLLVieW96
the ricer losers only complain cause their cars suck compared to REAL, hotrod american cars.
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I assume by ricer you mean any import driver. Most muscle car fans do.
Actually, those of us with a clue can appreciate both kinds of cars, and think that people who call us losers just because we drive a japanese car are idiots. Just because you choose not to have something doesn't mean you don't appreciate its good points.
Of course, we don't complain much either. And we're not dumb enough (remember, I'm talking about the import drivers with a clue here) to compare 1990's import technology to 1960's American technology.
Comparing a 1990's economically-minded sporty import to a 1960's muscle car built in an era when good fuel economy was anything over 1 digit is insanely stupid. First off, even if the imports wanted to build a classic muscle car, they couldn't. Emissions laws and CAFE fuel economy requirements would prohibit it.
But as long as you're insisting on comparing old American with new import, let's not forget that General Motors actually called the corvair a super fast sports car in its ads, and that they did this in response to the imports gaining more and more of a foothold with American buyers. Ever driven a corvair? I have, and a sports car it's not.
The Japanese established a track record of building reliable cars that didn't guzzle gas, and that were affordable. They're continuing that tradition today.
American cars established a reputation of building cars that lost their paint and started falling apart before the car mags could get through a 30,000 mile test.
Whether they're doing so right now, today, is something we won't know until a few years from now when we can look at the average reliability, but the damage has been done.
As far as 4 cylinder motors are concerned. . .Well, there are lots of 4 cylinder cars out there that will beat the holy hell out of a muscle car in just about everything but straight line acceleration (and I'll put a turbo MR2 or an S2000 up against a muscle car in any category and they'll come out on top more often than not).
The bottom line should be what YOU like to drive. What's the point of bashing others because they don't drive the same kind of car as you? That's one of the dumbest things I've ever heard.