Originally posted by Slow_Rolla
Well when i consider how they handle (having been in one), and the power of it, i think a training road course definately defines it as a sports car since its decent amount more (how do you say, "oompf") than your average inline-6. And to say that its not a sports car, when all of BMW's cars that are raced are run under M technology, i find it hard to believe that you can't see it as a sports car. And also considering that most sports cars reach 0-60 in 6 secs or under, i think its kinda fucked up, that Honda gives out times that dont reflect what that car actually does. Unless ive been misinformed, which im pretty sure i havent, you have to dump the clutch at 8G'z just to get a 0-60 time under 6 seconds. Thats not a sports car to me, that's money thrown down the drain. Would i take an S2000, sure. Would i purchase one, hell no.
Like i said, your opinion is well noted, but at this time, im going to have to find anything else you say irrelevant, because your opinions make no logical sense to me, or for anyone else for that matter.
As for the topic at hand, read the first post.
Christ almighty! ! at least Reuter makes sence. Because I have to dump the clutch at 8 grand makes my car NOT a sports car? NO genius, it makes it NOT a muscle car. I understand the point you are trying to make but you just don't know enough about cars in general yet to make it. For the record, there are two cars I am not going to argue over anymore. The M3 and the Vette, simply because in my opinion both of those cars are very close to being a full on sports car, and it's simply a matter of text book definition to me to say they aren't. I will say however that BMWs racing effort has nothing to do with making the street M3 considered a sports car. People race Nissan Sentras and that doesn't make a road going Sentra a sports car.