I'm an automotive enthusiast, and as such am highly critical of anything and everything most auto makers put out. I bench race cars I can only dream of smelling and promote cars for the most trivial reasons; so what a GTR cost less than a Porsche and is much faster, the Porsche is a much more quality car... it's painted better! Given all this headache, it make sense when it comes to my car I would drive something that is the best possible of whatever I can afford.
The problem with that is there just isn't a best, or anything well rounded enough for me to be satisfied. See, for every warm, sunny spring day there is that bratty little gnat the ends up wedged in my pupil and I spend half an hour trying to get out. This is why an enthusiast car ends up modified 9 time out of 10. I can't think of what the other 10th is, but it probably has something to do with a deep seated hatred of money and a masochistic joy of spending of something rapidly depeciable; which Chrome spell check says isn't a word.
A couple of issues with this though, and I'm about to make them up as I go:
1. Modification should be necessary, everything should work perfect from the factory(japan)/lab(germany)/shed(detroit/england)/lavish whore house(italy).
2. When modification is necessary, say the manufacturer decides to use a plastic pivot in it's shifter (BMW), the modification shouldn't cost more than other cars just because the car cost more from the factory.
3- ∞. Something else, I promise.
So what I've decided to do is start my own thought blurb about why things are right and why things are wrong with every car I get the honor of driving. I promise to be heavily biased and offer subjected opinion even if it's untrue. My goal is to find a car with the combination of all the right things that make a good enthusiast car. The finger is pointed at your girly Miata, garish Evo, and overhyped/priced/failing 3-series as extremist.
In my ranting I will take into account the times and also maybe possible a little about my life at the time. Currently the national average of gas(premium of course) is: $4.01. At this time I would like to say "HAHAHA, suck it!" to California, and "F*** YOU, I HATE YOU WITH THE PASSION OF HELL!" to South Carolina.
This will be something.
-Phillip
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