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Ther
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Post by Ther »

payaya wrote:
Ther wrote:I agree about the "pointless speeding" but its always a bit of fun seeing the face of the other driver when their big piece of tin gets killed by my FTO...like the ford GT-P driver i took the other morning.... :twisted:
you beat the driver not the car :lol:
well cars don't drive themselves... and i know iknow the argument..equal drivers blah blah blah....
In the end you actually beat both...the car belongs to the driver u raced hence you beat the car....i think its quite pointless arguing that you "beat the driver not the car" cos in the end i was racing that driver not Michael Schumaher and to quote myself "like the ford GT-P driver i took the other morning".... :)
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Post by ruchi »

I think it pointless being embarassed that other cars can beat the FTO. Seriously it really isn't that important :roll:

The FTO is now 10 years old, its engine capacity is 2L, it's normally aspirated (non-turbo) and it achieves its maximum power near the end of the rev-range. Newer cars, cars with bigger engines, turbo cars and cars which reach their power-band sooner should be able to beat the FTO.

If you've got "size issues" over the fact that other cars are faster, either get over it or get a different car. Those other cars might be faster, but which car turns more heads? :wink:
Last edited by ruchi on Mon Sep 13, 2004 11:02 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Post by MADFTO »

*laughs* so if I dragged a F50 off the lights and beat them because they didn't race (Ie. the driver half arsed it) am I beating the car, or the driver? =PPP

Extreme borderline cases always test rules the best =) Yes, I know that's a stupid arguement, but it is valid nevertheless =)
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if the driver didn't try i'd say you didn't beat anything lol
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Post by Ther »

i agree everything is valid...
but the driver has to try otherwise there was no contest to begin with...
And Ruchi i agree....FTO is not about performance or size...its the whole package that is so appealing... :P
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