[Jason Lee Nye]

I am sorry if I took the groupie comment wrong. I just pictured a bunch of mindless women owning Factory 5’s with wet tank tops on and ….ok I will stop there. As far as FFR being par, are you referring to the values? If so, that is a given and I wouldn’t be the first to admit that they will always be valued on the lower end. Are you talking performance and reliability I think action speaks louder than opinions? I think there are track times and races that document this and prove they are equal or better performing. I will be moving closer to Bob Bondurant's and will have to make my trip there and take a hot lap in a Factory 5 Spec Racer. Have you seen the latest footage of Bob taking one of these cars around the track? Quite cool.

We all own real cars. Some of us own real Shelby’s and very few own genuine Cobras from the 60’s. Apparently it is important to you and impresses you to have the Shelby name stamped on the car. And that is fine. But to others the only thing that impresses us is the one from the 60’s and anything else is just a copy regardless of the badge stamped on it. One has to have justification for spending the money they do and there is nothing wrong with that, but it shouldn’t involve lowering another to do so.

Factory 5’s are affordable to build but that does not mean they are junk. To base performance and quality on price is quite foolish in my eyes. Money does not equal intelligence. However it does equal more choices vs one with less money.