17-08-2012, 11:32 AM
It's true though, a stock car will NEVER feel as alive and responsive to every input as a stripped one...
I just used to love the way my DT with the SLIGHTEST throttle input would pick up - you put a passenger or an interior in, you don't feel it - it's all numbed, it's just not as alive as a stripped out one... For all I care stripping it could make it SLOWER, kill the planet, cost me more etc... I'd still do it if it made it feel like it does.
Anyone who disagrees hasn't driven a stripped car that drives well...
Surely my car is the ultimate in arse about faceness - it's a stripped diesel 306 which is good for cruising with it's VNT, doesn't really like revving, does 55mpg - yet it's got bucket seats, tough engine mounts, an offensive exhaust and red wheels and breaks down a lot... Yet it somehow just works for me and I love it the way it is... the best part is I have a GTi6 for a "comfortable reliable daily"... Yes I do like things a bit backwards... Same as my sexuality I suppose?
I just used to love the way my DT with the SLIGHTEST throttle input would pick up - you put a passenger or an interior in, you don't feel it - it's all numbed, it's just not as alive as a stripped out one... For all I care stripping it could make it SLOWER, kill the planet, cost me more etc... I'd still do it if it made it feel like it does.
Anyone who disagrees hasn't driven a stripped car that drives well...
Surely my car is the ultimate in arse about faceness - it's a stripped diesel 306 which is good for cruising with it's VNT, doesn't really like revving, does 55mpg - yet it's got bucket seats, tough engine mounts, an offensive exhaust and red wheels and breaks down a lot... Yet it somehow just works for me and I love it the way it is... the best part is I have a GTi6 for a "comfortable reliable daily"... Yes I do like things a bit backwards... Same as my sexuality I suppose?
