Originally Posted by ohnoesaz
Yes the terminator's engine did rape and pillage everything in its path. Until, of course, you put it on a road course where the true sports cars roam. Besides a few impressive moments on straightaways, I would take an RX-8, SRT-6, C6 (Im not even saying Z06), any day. In fact, on a tight enough road course, I'd bet on a Miata over the terminator. I know first hand how bad the new Mustang models handle, and I've read plenty about how much better they handle than the previous mustangs. And just like the current model gt500 vs the GT, the terminator had the same suspension but stiffer, and that extra stiffness does nothing for the road course.
My point was that you're NOT going to go to a Miata board, or an RX-8 board or even a Vette board and hear people dismissing a Cobra. Nobody is going to ask "Why a cobra!?!?". If you show a picture of a Terminator, everyone knows why you got it, and probably "high fives" you several times.
Originally Posted by ohnoesaz
If you offered me an '04 terminator for my srt-6 I would say no way. Doesn't do it for me. But if you offer me a new GT500 for my srt-6, I'd take the deal, because the positive attention it gets outweighs speed and handling combined.
The evil amounts of HP and resale value alone should be enough to take a Terminator over an SRT-6. 03/04 Cobras do not depreciate.
Originally Posted by ohnoesaz
And about your qoute on a breed of people driving automatic sports cars... its because those are faster than manual sports cars. Times have changed. automatics outshift manuals hands-down. And in the current Mustang generation a computer tuned auto tranny and even better a torque converter puts the manual tranny to shame. You're either very old or very stubborn to believe a manual tranny is better for performance. Maybe for fun? Maybe, but doubtful. But definately not for performance.
Autos are superior for drag racing, but I would disagree they are better for track/auto cross. Unless we're talking about a paddle shifter.
A "sports car" is all about fun. No true sports car should have an auto sitck. I agree that the type of people that would scoff at a Terminator, yet support an automatic sports car is a "breed" of their own. "Inbreed" to be exact.
Originally Posted by ohnoesaz
Then again if you're driving in a straight line I guess things can get boring so the manual tranny might spice things up.
Driving in a straight line with a Terminator would take a looooong time to get boring. 600hp and 600 tq with only a few mods.....boring?