[Sternjaeger II]

Originally Posted by ATAG_Bliss

The assumption you make is that my cars won't handle. That's a typical stereotype from the European crowd who doesn't know what a real wide road is. We street race here. We do it all the time. It's also as if you assume that we build some sort of high end race motor and the suspension and chassis is what came on a factory build. As I said, I've raced in mini sprints and had an SCCA car. I know well enough about cornering. I wouldn't have the slightest worry about any junk euro supercar on the streets in the US. And me being a speck on the windshield? LOL..

yeah I'm sure you're the new Andretti
What's your ride anyway?

The engineering thing is pretty laughable as well. I'm sure the engineering feats in being able to corner or power/weight ratio etc., surely out weigh being able to take 7500HP, and make it go 330mph in just over 3 seconds. RIIiiight!

we have jets for that, that's not driving, it's being ballast.

As far as the ability to drive, you sound like someone that has never driven a fast or well performing car.

I have, but obviously we have a different understanding and concept of "well performing car". To me a well performing car is something that has been researched on, tuned and designed to be versatile (and it's not just with euro cars, I find the Nissan GTR the most remarkable car one can buy at the moment); to you a well performing car doesn't even necessarily need a steering wheel..

It's, as I would call it "BORING AS SHIT" to drive something like an M5, CLK600 etc. I mean seriously, I would rather poke my eye balls out than drive such a travesty of absolute blah.

you didn't pick particularly nice cars, but do yourself a favour and try an Audi R8 or a Carrera GT. I would suggest you get a chance to try a Ferrari 599 XX Evo and then come back to this thread, but normally the Fezzas you get in the States are the hairdresser models, not the real deal. Uh or a Ferrari FXX.

I'm pretty sure unless you've tried to tame a 2000HP street car your silly little 200-400hp car that can only go around corners is like the equivalent to riding a bicycle to a guy like me. Please never say something as stupid as "you learn how to drive" by driving a car that corners better. You learn how to REALLY drive while driving a car that can bite you in the ass with the littlest of mistakes.

how would you know? Admittedly you only drive on a straight line with your 2000hp bathtub..
Wrestling a 2000hp car around a bend doesn't mean you're good, it means you're driving a badly balanced car conceived to do something else designed by monkeys who follow the laughable American standards of "quality" and "performance".. and talking of American standards, shall we talk about the quality of materials and finish on American cars? We'd better not..

As usual on this forum, a guy that probably doesn't even own a car let alone has ever probably had a car worth racing - your 4 cylinder golf gti doesn't count, is trying to tell a gear head, a guy that drives cars with 2500hp on the street, how to drive. Please. Your little shitboxes make me laugh.

I don't think I can teach you to drive on a straight line any better than what you already do. You see, the problem boils down to the "performance anxiety" you lot seem to suffer: you're too afraid of competing on equal levels, so you need to shelter yourself behind a "better at something" car.

I have no pretence of being good on drag racing on a 2500hp dragsters (which seems to increase in power every minute according to your descriptions) cos I've never done it, but you said you have racing experience, then I wonder how well you would perform if we raced with the same car, say that little silly Golf GTI you mentioned...








...you know how to use a manual gearbox, right?