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just wondering is it just me or do import drivers tend to have a slight respect for domestics for their raw power, but when it goes the other way around domestics think that imports are a complete waste of sheetmetal for their sheer lack of big engines...? at least that is the feeling i get from several people in my area. i know only a few muscle car drivers that will give props to imports for their ability to get lots of power from an engine 1/4 the size...
You're right about domestic drivers not liking import cars. I usually get the "I can fit your Civic in the back of my Ford F150 because its a go-cart". So I'm like "If I wanted a large, unresponsive, gas-gussling, crappy-handling, low-rpm vechile that will depreaciate 80% within the first year, I would have purchased that Ford, but I didn't. I bought a sweet car."
Me wonders why the Honda Ciivic is Canada's best selling car again this year. I don't think it has anything to due with being very reliable, fun to drive, awesome on gas, handles like it a dream, and retains its $$value$$. Nah, it can't be.
This reminds me a bit of the prototypical NASCAR fan mentality... [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/IMG]
They revel in these large, outdated, overweight, large displacement cars running endlessly around a boring oval... just because its the last true American car racing series. People should open their minds to everything. Who knows, they may even find WRC or F-1 entertaining...
I have a cool friend that drives a Porsche and an AMG Mercedes. Yet, ask him about a Mustang, Corvette, or Camaro and he'd still be excited to take one out for a spin! I respect that.
So are you saying NASCAR fans suck? [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/IMG] Actually I enjoy watching all types of racing and I've owned both domestic and import cars. Both have their good points and their strengths are completely different. Cars are like humans, each has it's own personality - you just need to like a broad range to like it all [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/IMG]
Maybe its just the way I look at it, but is it really any better for us to say "imports are POS low-efficiency worthless uses of an engine" than it is for a hardcore domestic fan to say "imports are just slow rice burners." If you think you're so much better than someone who knocks you for "rice" then don't stoop down to their level. Just take it in stride and use that money you save on gas for a good cause.
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[hr]Originally posted by: xian
You're right about domestic drivers not liking import cars. I usually get the "I can fit your Civic in the back of my Ford F150 because its a go-cart". So I'm like "If I wanted a large, unresponsive, gas-gussling, crappy-handling, low-rpm vechile that will depreaciate 80% within the first year, I would have purchased that Ford, but I didn't. I bought a sweet car."
Me wonders why the Honda Ciivic is Canada's best selling car again this year. I don't think it has anything to due with being very reliable, fun to drive, awesome on gas, handles like it a dream, and retains its $$value$$. Nah, it can't be.[hr]
I agree. Too many domestic owners are like..."My 20,000 dollar van is better than your vic...." lol
But on the inside, theyre saying....why the hell did i buy this piece, when i could be driving a car that goes Whoomph when you shut the door, instead of BANG.
A. Never mind that hp/liter is pretty irrelevant in the grand scheme of things, whether you like imports or domestics. Hp/liter doesn't make you go, power to weight does.
B. But there are plenty of people who seem to firmly embrace the "my (type of) car rules and everyone else's sucks" attitude. <--a lot of people here as well as people i know in real life have this complex.
"Import Killer - 780 hp from 7.4 liters!". Ok in a sense this is true...wait no it is true. to use a cliche, "there is no replacement for displacement"
