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Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy
Totally agreed Matteo. Many of the Japanese budget supercars can show their tail-lights to the best the world has to offer, but they just don't have the same soul. They may be able to go faster, but they won't be having as much fun.
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I referred to my RX7 at the beginning of this thread and in all honesty I have as much fun if not more fun in it than I do my 911. Getting out of one and jumping into the other to compare them has always been a lot of fun to me. But, to be honest with you, there are many times I am in the 911 and think, man, this would be way more fun in my RX7.
The "soul" of my RX7 is the Rotary engine, no one else has one on the road, yeah, you could say a 911 is unique because its, air cooler, rear engined, etc.. but when you boil it all down its just another boinger car.
I alluded to it earlier as well, my RX7 is lightweight, 2400 lbs in track trim with A/C, a stereo including a bazooka tube, and full interior, it used to put 400 to the wheels and with the new turbo and fuel we are expecting closer to 500 to the wheels. The car will flat out make you crap your pants at full throttle.
I brakes like it threw an anchor and corners like it is on rails. Its a total blast to drive, it does not matter if I am carving up a mountain road, setting FTD at a local AX or shocking 100K+ car owners at a open track day, its a total blast.
The best part about it is no one expects it at all. The snickers and silly grins in the paddock before a track session usually end up being visits and a million questions after.