Hate the little Eclipses?

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Originally posted by MAXVELO
my car is capable of high 8's on race gas and slicks!

So is John Shepherd's 91 Eagle Talon - on street tires ( www.shepracing.com). If you'd like something in your own weight category with slicks, Dave Buschur's 2G Talon runs in high 7's ( www.buschurracing.com ). In both cases, the cars run the same tiny 4G63 2.0L 4-banger.

Originally posted by MAXVELO
WHO CARE ABOUT ICY ROADS? if I wanted to kick some ass on ice I certainly wouldnt do it in a Mitsawhatshi!

What car would you do it in? Obviously, too many rally drivers that actually do kick some ass in any conditions - including rain, ice and snow, have an extremely poor taste when it comes to vehicle choice.

Originally posted by MAXVELO
Of course we dont drive our cars in the winter or in rain! What planet are you from? Our cars are'nt $2K throwaways!

Are Volvos, BMWs or any car one can and actually does drive in the winter or in rain $2K throwaways too? What do you think Scandinavians or Germans drive in the winter? Hondas?
Just because one can drive a car in any road conditions and any time of the year (= something Cobras are not capable of) doesn't necessarily mean the car is a $2K throwaway - unless you want to throw away Hummers, Porsche C4s or literally all pickup trucks and SUVs.

Originally posted by MAXVELO
YOU CAR WILL NEVER HANG WITH THE LIKES OF US!!

If you bother to visit www.dsmtimes.org , you realize it already has. Unless you run faster than 7.8 in the 1/4 , the fastest DSM would blow your doors off. If you don't believe it, here's a video of Buschur's car trying to break into 7's (last year):
http://www.importevolution.com/video...rs_fastest.wmv
I'm pretty sure he could hang with most members of this board.

As for the video of the clown that blew the engine in the Eclipse his daddy bought him for graduation, he doesn't represent the entire DSM community. Just like you wouldn't like to be judged based on one single video of an idiot blowing an engine in his Cobra, take a look at the links to videos and websites I provided to form an opinion regarding true DSMers.
We're not happy seeing our cars being riced out by kids these days either - just like the domestic guys don't like to see the same trend infesting their cars, but disrespecting any car capable of single digits and over 800HP (especially if the performance comes from 2 liters of displacement) is simply narrow-minded - no matter if the car in question is 8-second DSM or 8-second Cobra.