Okay this is bothering me a bit… The Camry, Accord, Altima are nice and pretty quick but they aren’t in the same league when you look at performance from an overall standpoint. This really can’t be debated as the #’s (Skip pad, slalom, braking, acceleration, etc) speak from themselves, yes the #’s for the MS3 are all over the place because the car is sort of tricky to drive (launching, shift points, etc) I guarantee you these same cars (Camry, Accord, Altima) would also get thoroughly whipped by a MS3 on virtually any race track. Does this mean the MS3 is the world’s greatest sports car? Hell no, but to compare it to a Camry, Accord, and Altima and what have you is just plain ignorant unless we’re talking about V6 accord vs. MS3 on the drag strip perhaps and even then the outcome would be MS3’s favor all things being equal.
I was just pointing out some problems using just numerical data as a reference point for this particular discussion. I am not arguing about track times, drag strips, etc. I was just using one commonly used aspect of a car's performance (0-60) to point out a flaw in your logic.
I actually agree with your last statement:
For the record I look at it as sports compact / tuner car but don’t see a problem in considering it sort of a budget sports car either as it's processes sports car credentials
There are enough qualifiers in here to make it palatable. Afterall, the MS3 surprised me the other night when an IS300 wasn't able to keep up. I bet it surprised him more though....
We both love our cars. That much is obvious.
(drinks)
