RE: [DMCForum] Top Gear...

["timnagin" <timnagin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>But you can go for a Pagani Zonda or McLaren Merc SLR for twice the 
>price again, but is it twice as good?


I am not sure if I understand the question, but would say that no, twice the
price does not necessarily mean twice as good.  I just checked and with the
exchange rate, if I bought a Corvette over there it would cost me about
$92,000 USD.  Here, the same car would be about $52,000 USD.

One of the Top Gear episodes pitting the Ferrari 360 CS against the Porsche
911 GT3 RS is a very good example of paying more doesn't get you more.

http://www.topgear.com/content/timetoburn/sections/videos/

The Mercedes SLR, however, is faster-acting than Viagra. :)


>Well the Exige and the Elise are really easy to work on yourself, and 
>will be quite familiar to a DeLorean owner in general construction 
>(everything bonded or bolted and Lotus' pathalogical love for rivnuts), 
>and the Elise is about as simple as you can get and very reliable.


I was thinking more along the lines of the car still being in warranty, and
voiding that if I worked on it myself.  If I purchased one out of warranty
then it wouldn't be an issue.


>I bet you won't see the reviews of the american cars - they're rather 
>rude about them!


That doesn't bother me; I would like to see it!  That show is very
refreshing I think.  They weren't very nice about the Maserati Quattroporte
of the Rolls-Royce Phantom, either. :)


>http://www.koenigsegg.com/
>
>Oh yes, that hit the ground running, didn't it? I love the doors but for 
>one blinding design flaw..... you can't park next to a kerb as the doors 
>swing down to a mere 2" from the floor!!! If I remember that show 
>correctly, it's about 3 series' ago and the Koenigsegg got the top time 
>around the track? It's since been beaten by the Murcelago (can't be 
>bothered to spell that) and a few more, some quite surprising.


Yep, that's it.  On the test track, which was an airplane runway, they kept
running out of road before they ran out of throttle.  To quote Clarkson,
"it's absolutely brutal!"  It also has an American Ford V-8. :)

http://www.topgear.com/drives/X0/A0/new/


>I'll finish off with a nice piccy of an R34 Godzilla for you (although 
>thi sis a mere GTS and not a GTR, but they' look pretty much the same)
>
>http://www.skylinegts.co.uk/DDave.htm


I wonder if the same body design was ever used in the US market?  The Nissan
240SX, maybe?

Here is the Infiniti G-35.

http://www.infiniti.com/content/0,,cid-75219_sctid-12001,00.html

Here is the 350Z.

http://www.nissanusa.com/content/0,,action-SeeAllNissans,00.html

Greg

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