Pro vs Con Re: CSX and Superformance/ERA

[Tutosnake]

Gee, back when I first joined this forum, I was led to believe that this was a group of well intentioned, tough skin, sunna of guns that could handle pretty much anything you threw their way... why are we talking about insulting anybody?
Here's what I see.
A lot of people talk about a CSX6000 not being a genuine Shelby, yada, yada... Right in this thread, we see how some of you still criticize the guy who spent more money on a CSX only because of the "lose" relationship to the Shelby name. Further yet, a replica cannot be the best replica unless it is aluminum, for starters. It makes more sense to some to buy another brand and/or build the car themselves, rather than waste the extra money for just a glass bodied CSX number, and a fancy paper MSO automatically signed by a dead guy... besides, these other brands of replicas are even better quality than the cSX product, and that is a no brainer. Wow, do yo think a CSX4000/6000/7000/9000 owner does not find it "insulting" when people talk like that? Well, I am a CSX replica owner and I DO NOT. For all I know, you guys are right all the way.

However, the OP wanted to know why one replica may be a better choice than the others. This is, as posted by more than a few sensible guys here, a very SUBJECTIVE matter. There is no right answer. Only the perception of an owner/driver can be reported here, as an absolute statement in essentially impossible in these matters of the heart.

I wrote about why I thought my CSX car is a better choice. When someone is about to read another person's opinion on why their car is a better choice, that someone needs to buckle up and expect to hear (read) an opinion that will most likely rub him/her the wrong way... unless the two own the same car LOL. Just because you don't agree with what you read, it does not mean you can automatically label it "an insult". Especially, when you label it an insult on behalf of third persons!

I called these cars cheap. I made a mistake. I should have said they SHOULD be cheap. Including mine!! Who are we guys kidding? Even the best Kirkham, ERA and CSX car is a joke when it comes to fit and finish. Who has perfect fitting panels? Who got heavy duty, sturdy wipers and mirrors? Who got perfect, smooth adjusting, sleek sports seats? Who got swift, quiet, hardware? Who's car is smooth and non rattling? Who's car here has smooth, exact, always reliable instruments? Which car CSX, ERA, Kirkham, or else has it all? These car are cheap. And the buyer should know that from the beginning! Wether you buy a roller from Las Vegas, or you build it in your backyard, these cars will never have the craftmanship of a Mercedes, Jaguar, Aston, Porsche, and YES, even Ferraris of the same era... that is the plain truth.

I will post this and continue...