R>IN>DR>SA>GA>DO>The NSX is merely the most acclaimed..
DR>IN>DR>SA>GA>Yes it is, and has been for the whole decade.  And why do you th
DR>IN>DR>SA>GA>so acclaimed?  Because it's turn signal flasher emits a more sat
DR>IN>DR>SA>GA>sounding click than the Corvette's?  IN>DR>SA>GA>like everyone else here too!>  At least part of you would seriou
DR>IN>DR>SA>GA>answer "yes", so in advance, I'll say "guess again".  It's becau
DR>IN>DR>SA>GA>the best of the best, regardless of numbers.  If you think natio
DR>IN>DR>SA>GA>has anything to do with it, then another example would be the 30
DR>IN>DR>SA>GA>Turbo, which also had the slowest numbers and was the oldest des
DR>IN>DR>SA>GA>stayed king of Japanese sports cars, after VR-4, after RX-7, aft
DR>IN>DR>SA>GA>Turbo.  Nothing could touch it, much less the C4.
DR>IN>DR>SA>GA>The 97 Corvette is just as acclaimed as the NSX anyway.  But a b
DR>IN>DR>SA>GA>of that hype comes from sympathy, because the old one was so muc
DR>IN>DR>SA>GA>Granted, it's a good, true sports car now, but everyone's been p
DR>IN>DR>SA>GA>it for how much it has improved, even though all it's done is ca
DR>IN>DR>SA>GA>The hype is starting to fade already.  I'm sure you got the late
DR>IN>DR>SA>GA>of C&D.  Read that whole 1/4th of a page on how they talk about 
DR>IN>DR>SA>GA>its handling sucks.
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DR>IN>DR>SA>GA>Sent via MailLink, 05-JUL-97, 14:04:32, from:
DR>IN>DR>SA>GA>(URB)Urbanite BBS - 415-528-6602
DR>IN>DR>SA>GA>Los Altos, Ca. U.S.A
DR>IN>DR>SA>"Ther best of the best" should read "My o[[inion, drawn soley from
DR>IN>DR>SA>magazines, is that it is the best."
DR>IN>DR>SA>I'm sorry, in my books, the Dodge Viper with better numbers all aro
DR>IN>DR>SA>is the best of the best.  *I* happen toi think it looks better than
DR>IN>DR>SA>NSX, and as proven, it out performs it in every category.  The only
DR>IN>DR>SA>thing you can say for the NSX is "people say it 'drives' better."
DR>IN>DR>SA>Nonsense.
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DR>IN>DR>SA>Sent via MailLink, 07-JUL-97, 10:05:52, from:
DR>IN>DR>SA>(DTR)Digital Rain - (604) 543-3000
DR>IN>DR>SA>(Vancouver, BC digital-rain.com)
DR>IN>DR>I would go with the Viper if your talking road cars that cost less tha
DR>IN>DR>$100k.  I realize that it's a bit out of your price range but Ferrari'
DR>IN>DR>have every sports car beat to a pulp.  In the May issue or Motor Trend
DR>IN>DR>they compared 7 of the tope sports cars, includeing the Viper, Porche
DR>IN>DR>911, Toyota Supra, Mitsu. 3000 GT, the NEW Corvette, another one i can
DR>IN>DR>remember, and a Ferrari.  Not just any Ferrari, but one of the cheapes
DR>IN>DR>slowest, suckiest Ferrari's.  Throughout all of the Testing that Ferra
DR>IN>DR>was usually in the uppermiddle of the rankings, averaging third place
DR>IN>DR>right behind the Viper and Porche.  I think it says something when you
DR>IN>DR>compare your worst to someone elses best and end up just a little
DR>IN>DR>behind.  Which brings me to another subject, engines.  I find it funny
DR>IN>DR>how consistently throughout history American engineers have needed to 
DR>IN>DR>use an engine about twice the size of their compeditors in order to be
DR>IN>DR>little better/faster.  Go back a few decades to the f-50.  They were
DR>IN>DR>made with a three or four liter engine with 12!! cylindars, and they
DR>IN>DR>blew everybody's doors off.  Then Shelby got tired of it and built the
DR>IN>DR>Shelby Colbra.   He had to use an engine that was either quite a bit
DR>IN>DR>more or just a little bit less then twice the size of the Ferrari
DR>IN>DR>engine(depending of which one you compare it too) in order to be bette
DR>IN>DR> I bet if either Ferrari or Porche decided to DOUBLE it's engine size
DR>IN>DR>they wouldn't even be touched by anything americans could make.
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DR>IN>DR>Sent via MailLink, 16-JUL-97, 22:43:40, from:
DR>IN>DR>(DKM)Dragon Keep * Home of Game Net ][ - (904) 375-3500 * dkeep.com
DR>IN>DR>Gainesville, FL  Gator Country USA
DR>IN>Ferraris come with a one year warranty I believe, just like diablos.
DR>IN>Wonder why.
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DR>IN>Sent via MailLink, 17-JUL-97, 11:28:20, from:
DR>IN>(WCC)Dreamscape BBS - dsoe.com
DR>IN>Vancouver, BC
DR>Because they make their cars so well that if it breaks and is the
DR>companies fault it'll be within a year.  Also the people who buy
DR>Ferrari's and Diablos have so much money they don't care about waranty
DR>because they know that if they break it,it's probably because they
DR>abused it(which some do because they can afford it.) Another reason is
DR>because of driving habits.  I changed the oil in a Ferrari Daytona; it
DR>was the first time it had an oil change in ten years, not because he
DR>neglects it but because he neverdrives it.  You can't put a warranty on
DR>a car that is sold to people who have such different driving habits
DR>ranging from almost never to driving down to the races every weekend,
DR>and wining.  If you bought a new Corvette, or Viper or whatever, and
DR>drove it down to the races, or raced it when your not supposed to, and
DR>the dealer found out, do you honestly think they would continue to
DR>warranty it?  I think they would put it under severe, absusive driving.
DR>Admitably the Dealer might try to hide your habits under the covers but
DR>if the factory found out they would refuse to refund the dealer and they
DR>wouldn't like that.
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DR>Sent via MailLink, 17-JUL-97, 21:53:52, from:
DR>(DKM)Dragon Keep * Home of Game Net ][ - (904) 375-3500 * dkeep.com
DR>Gainesville, FL  Gator Country USA
Oh ya, so if they last so long why don't they put a longer warranty on.
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