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M5Power
I make that exact comparison
. Up until a little while ago my outlook on muscle cars ad imports was very different. When the fast and the furious was first released and further back still when the 'import revolution' just began i would see cars with wings and they would turn my head. But after i bought my first car which just so happened to be some form of american muscle (mixed opinions) an 86 Camaro Z28, my outlook did a 180. The rumble of the throaty v8 approaching 5000RPM was the most beautiiful sound i had ever heard. A lot of my friends would also tell me to take on some of the civics and such and i would just take that as an insult. While i stil had my car the most personally satisfying opponent i ever had was a '92 Lexus SC400. And no it wasnt a street race it was on a long deserted strip by the dock/train station meeting point. Anywasy, all good things come to an end. I had just equipped my Camaro with a new set of headers when i got an offer for the camaro and i couldnt refuse. I sold it the very next day. This is around the time when i first started talking to cano over here and he started preaching on about the legendary muscle cars. Now, I was just beginning to get comfortable into my early 80's late 70's era of car when cano comes around and slaps me with the 60's. After this...scuffle....my interest for these cars has grown not to mention my dad's liking into the cars that he was driving around regularly when he first hit Canada.
On to the topic. Ever since I've been at gtp there has been some sort of slandering one side to the other about imports vs. american, ricers, v8's. Personally, if the vehicle performs good, looks good (to an extent) its fine for me. What i just said is bound to be inferred by others in VERY different ways. My idead of nice may be an extravagent body kit or a earth-shaking 4 inch tip (i do perfer the second). This is going to go on for a very long time. Me having owned not 1 but 3 camaro's hasnt changed my outlook on imports to an extreme. I have driven a couple WRX's and i must admit i would own one of those over the Camaro IF I COULD AFFORD ONE. This brings me to my next point.
When i bought that first 86 z28, i bought it for 4000CDN. With about a grand i spruced it up a bit and had it running great. Added another grand and had it running borderline 300HP. Now i am unsure but i believe the WRX runs a 220 Turbo charged. Although i was being SCHOOLED through the gears by these WRX's, i could still keep up and to me that was an achievment on its own for 6000$. Being able to take on a 30000$+ car. To me my vehicle was beautiful but then again almost any true nut of a driver would consider THEIR vehicle beautiful.
To me it did not matter what others thought of my car. My car was egged 3 times and one time they slipped a piece of cardboard reading get your ****ing american ****box out of here. Funny thing is the guy who put it there drove his mom's jag....which was powered by a rebuilt ford motor
. To end it off, IGNORANCE is probably the largest factor in all these arguments. Ignorance BOTH ways.
My two cents.
. The STi would just be the more intelligent route of action.
) and comparing a 4 cylinder honda civic to a V8 mustang or vette is beyond stupid. Neither side is going to give in so whats the point? Who cares where it came from, how many cylinders it has, how buch better it is at something than another car, in the end they are all basically the same thing. I mean sure we all have favorites but why cant you all just enjoy them without getting your panties in a knot.
As for that comment, I was up way to late last night and misread his post, all I read was 5 and cylinder lol, so I thouhgt he messed up, my bad 
