tonigmr2 wrote:
You are making the luthor1 comparison there, LOL. Because you could beat one then automatically your car is better in some way? Or just as good perhaps?? Or perhaps more rewarding because it isn't as good but you still managed to keep up?
None are great reasons to prefer a poorer car over a better one though really are they? I'd suggest that if I were in the M3 or a Porsche or any supercar in that situation, I'd still be thinking I want the car I'm in rather than the one that was 'beating' me. But then I am not competitive on the road like that.
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Actually Toni you have compeltely missed the point. I have not in anyway stated that my car is better. I have simply stated that to me it is more satisfying on the road to take an "inferior" car and use it to outperform a "superior" car than the other way round. If you know you have the better handling and straight line speed then you have nothing to test yourself against. Ont he road in question, we pulled onto an A road afterwards and he came past and left me for dust, but down the backroad I kept my car within the white lines at 60mph and he could not keep up with me. Had I been in a Porsche I would have felt no sense of satisfaction as I would have been disappointed if he had been kept up. The fact that my 15 year older car was putting distance between myself and him made me feel good about the car I was driving. I did not think that my car was better. Conversely, the guy in the BMW may have left me for dust on a straight road, but there must have been a moment when he was thinking what had he paid for. And before anyone starts, he was definately trying otherwise he would not have cut the corners in the manner he did - there was no need to cut the corners and it was a risk on visibility to do so. My point is that if you are an underdog you feel a greater satisfaction when you do well against a newer / more expensive vehicle.