All right, I wasn't going to comment, but I think this is getting a bit out of hand.
Tercel. Congrats! I think anytime you're winning races with a car significantly below the class of cars the AI is driving is good. I certainly think it's better than getting one of the fastest cars in the game and just breezing through most of the races (which would get frustrating, I think, when you face the toughest races in the game). I might be less impressed if you tuned the Grand Sport to, say, over 600 some HP, though.
I think some of us who have gotten pretty far in the game forget how challenging the beginning and amateur races were at first. That's one of the cool things about it; you have to keep getting better at handling the cars and finding the best lines to progress through the game. At least that's the case if you play it right, I think.
OK, I'm done. I just don't like to see someone being proud of an accomplishment getting ripped on. I don't see the point.