Last night I drove my friends new WRX. A lot of fun with a nice feel, but
does not have that sports car appeal I like. I would love to have one for
the family, but my wife will not drive a 5 speed. If the new Z is slower by
a tick I would still like it more. Remember HP is only part of the
performance story. Torque has a lot to do with it. The WRX was not much
fun until the turbo spooled and sometimes I got a bit flustrated waiting for
the power to come on. And I must admit - the new Z is growing on me also.
Phil
-----Original Message-----
From: Andy Klink [mailto:colonel_klink510@yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 1:52 PM
To: roadster List
Subject: Re: OT: 2003 350Z.
--- Chris Gray <grayc@rpi.edu> wrote:
>the Z is at least rear wheel drive and 280+ hp, its growing on me..
280+ projected hp and 6.0 0-60 times? Is this thing going to be extremely
fat or what? The WRX
is fat at over 3k lbs and only has 227hp that has to go to the front AND
back and it gets to 60 in
under 6 seconds when driven by a 10 year old.
Let's get it to under 5 seconds and maybe someone will buy it. But Nissan
won't sell 20k of them
in the first year like the WRX.
=====
Andy Klink
Gresham, OR
71 510 2dr
69 510 5dr
00 Scooby OBS
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