Tipping point
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Cheers, Gad. NSXs look rather good in yellow, too.
I'm yet-to-be-convinced by the NC1 model; I appreciate that it squares the Golf Quattro/Supercar issue incredibly well. Thing is, it's as if one also needs a McLaren for the pure-sportscar thing as well in order to balance it. But of the too large/too fast 'super' cars, they are about the only two that interest me these days.
I find Lotus appeals more, pretty much for the reasons you state. And there's a new special edition every time they build a car. apparently, so there ought to be a version to suit. Being an eternal diplomat, both an Elise and an Evora would fix the raw vs usable quandary. Except when the Evora Roadster arrives, it will complicate matters only further.
My biggest issue therefore would be what to replace the Leg End with. Daft as it may sound, nobody actually sells a car like that in the UK any more, probably as a corollary of having to package an inline FWD transmission unit in a RHD car and the preference for compression-ignition engines in 'luxury' cars. It's really too damned good a drive to be considered an old smoker, especially on slippery roads.
I'm yet-to-be-convinced by the NC1 model; I appreciate that it squares the Golf Quattro/Supercar issue incredibly well. Thing is, it's as if one also needs a McLaren for the pure-sportscar thing as well in order to balance it. But of the too large/too fast 'super' cars, they are about the only two that interest me these days.
I find Lotus appeals more, pretty much for the reasons you state. And there's a new special edition every time they build a car. apparently, so there ought to be a version to suit. Being an eternal diplomat, both an Elise and an Evora would fix the raw vs usable quandary. Except when the Evora Roadster arrives, it will complicate matters only further.
My biggest issue therefore would be what to replace the Leg End with. Daft as it may sound, nobody actually sells a car like that in the UK any more, probably as a corollary of having to package an inline FWD transmission unit in a RHD car and the preference for compression-ignition engines in 'luxury' cars. It's really too damned good a drive to be considered an old smoker, especially on slippery roads.
Colin made a good point about Loti a while back in how get hooked on having the latest upgrade
That ought to be good for people like us who pick a car and hang on to it. It should also mean plenty of low mileage unabused cars feeding in to the market but I'm not sure if that's true.
IKWYM about the Legend. Sometimes you just bond with a car and realise that if you sold it you'd only be passing on a great car to someone else and leave yourself with a problem of replacement. I am the same with my STR - as marmite as the Legend, probably.
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Sorry - coffee hasn't yet reached fingers. I meant to type 'NC1 NSX', which is the new one. Mine's an NA2. I presume the NB chassis code was assigned to one of the stillborn ones, cancelled at the last minute.
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BTW - bonding does seem to happen; I occasionally dream that I find my old Prelude in a corner of the garage and it fires up.
I didn't regret selling it that much at the time, but clearly my unconcious mind has a different opinion.
I didn't regret selling it that much at the time, but clearly my unconcious mind has a different opinion.
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Bob Lutz is pretty pessimistic as far as us drivers go:
https://www.motorauthority.com/news/...the-automobile
So we can be just as annoying as Horse's Arses are today!
https://www.motorauthority.com/news/...the-automobile
So we can be just as annoying as Horse's Arses are today!