I know you attempted to justify your "bullshit" call by saying it was aimed at the media, but the fact remains that your post only looks at cars in a very focussed manner. Personal shoppers will not be fooled when reading claims you've only aimed at the media with comments like... "These things are all about straight line. Want something that turns, buy an evo", or... "All this bullshit about better package my backside".
People have many varied requirements in their purchase, which inevitably leads to compromise by the manufacturer to cover varied tastes. If all you care about if comparing d!ck lengths, buy the fastest car to 100 or over the quarter. If you want a track weapon, buy a car that is usually VERY uncomfortable as a daily drive. If you want a car that is comfortable on a daily basis, don't expect race car handling abilities. The list goes on.
Note the word COMPROMISE. All cars are a compromise. Just because it's not built as a gun on a track or isn't the fastest car over a quarter doesn't mean the owner wont give it a crack around their favourite local hills and so forth and come back smiling.
So, some "compromised" cars have more power but less comfortable driving positions and come standard with lesser performance brakes, or others might have less power but handle better than their immediate competitors and have more intimate driving positions that add to the "feel" of being as one with the car. It may not be an A grade weapon against the clock, but if it feels that way to the customer, they have ticked one of the boxes for wanting to own that car. Start comparing cars like an FPV or an HSV to an EVO, a GTR, a Porsche etc, and you start comparing VERY compromised cars. They are heavily focussed in one direction. The old apples and oranges comparison in other words...
The "package" IS an important part of the buying decision in this type of car, and what suits one type of buyer (like yourself) may not suit others. You could have owned 10 different performance cars, but if your priorities are very different to other buyers, then your opinion is just another opinion. Just as my opinion is just an opinion if my priorities are very different to other potential buyers. Some people value the "package" very highly, even if you don't. Straight line performance is just one small factor in the car buying decision. If straight line performance is the be all and end all, well, they might grow up one day hey, but it's not unreasonable to expect "pretty good" handling with your performance, even if it doesn't threaten a focussed track car. They aren't mutually exclusive.
Something to consider when making big statements, that's all. Currently we have two excellent packages available from FPV and HSV. One may go a bit harder but tends to receive comments that it's handling and driving position were a little behind the competition (plus looking too much like the donor car), whereas the other is a little slower in a straight line but is regarded as being the better handler and has a better driving position, even if it looks a bit OTT for some. We've never had it better in this country if you look at it in a half glass full kind of way. The "package" in either has plenty on offer within the available compromises.
Originally Posted by LJCHSV
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