First of all - I am a real racer
OK. As I admitted (now for the 30th time) I know nothing of racing, nor do I intend to learn. GT3 is a fun game to play. My opinion are solely based on my personal experiences in knowing owners of many car types, seeing who drives what here in my portion of the U.S. and my own personal bias. I never hid any of these facts.
Real life racing (as a spectator) is so boring it's like watching flys ****. Sorry, personal tastes. I loved Baseball when I played (20 years worth) but I find it incredibly boring to watch. However, it is very cool that you are a racer/pit crewmember. I am glad it makes you happy.
Second - the Corolla is an................They stopped importing them to the states in 88 (at least the nice, sport, RWD ones), so I wouldn't expect someone like you to know what exactly your making fun of................If you have ever driven or rode in one, you would know why they have such a larger fan base both in America, Europe and in Japan. I have done both.
Ok, where to start here. I am more than old enough to remember 1988, and these cars have lasted a number of years beyond that (to their credit). However, my opinion stands that they are some of the ugliest cars in the world. How I "insult myself" by not liking a cars visuals, I don't know. I suppose that means if I don't agree with others I am a fool. Ok. I'm a fool. No argument there.
Oh, and I have ridden in one before. Didn't find it terribly exciting.
I don't know about you, but I see a lot more Civics on the road than a lot of other cars, including your beloved American cars.
Not here in Washington D.C. you don't.
Also - you're car choices are not bad, but the cars you mention are not sports car.
Well, the marketing I see here in D.C. has the Intrepid R/T (SXT now in 2003 DOH!) and the Monte being advertised as sports sedans. I've seen the Taurus advertised the same way before too, although I never saw it that way.
Corolla's are not for immigrants -
Again, not here in D.C. While I certainly understand your anger if you felt I was being racist, I wasn't. I am simply responding based on my personal observations. In D.C., the vast majority of older (Trueno look-alike) Toyotas, Honda's and other Japanese cars are driven by those of Spanish/Mexican/Central American decent. I didn't make it happen. I just see it happen. While it shows something that these cars are still around (you don't see any 1989 Ford Escorts anymore), the fact of who drives them is what it is. These cars are available at very low prices (good for those just arriving here) and run almost forever, also good. So I don't see the problem.
Civics however are driven here almost exclusively by high school wanna-be's who put HUGE exhaust pipes and Spoilers on them and paint them in Fast & Furious schemes. Again, just an observation.
It's you're view - you seem unwilling to open your eyes to imported products and cars - and you my friend are the reason Acura, Lexus and Infiniti we're invented - pig headed Americans rejecting otherwise VERY solid cars because they're unwilling to accept stuff from another country.
Uh, No. I am not an American actually. While I have lived here for some time, I am a citizen of the United Kingdom. And as I said, my GF is a Toyota devotee. If I hated Japanese cars so much, wouldn't I demand that she drive American?? I don't.....
Oh, and any American with half a brain knows that Lexus, Acura and Infiniti are not truly American cars. However the social climbers here in D.C. just can't drive a Toyota, the have to have a Lexus cause it makes them look cooler. Yuppie schmucks.
I don't despise you for your opinions, I despise you for what you say and the way you act, speaking without foreknowledge and making an idiot of yourself.
Well you prove many of my points with this line. You despise me because I disagree with you (based on my personal observations and experience) about cars from a video game and in the real world. OK, no problem. I am aware that my opinion is not popular, especially someplace like here, where Japanese cars are adored. But to despise someone for that shows how much anger and bias there is against Americans (which you all though I was).
otherwise immature and anti-foreign actions/beliefs
Immature and Anti-Foreign to present an opinion on a car's looks and usual driver in my area based on observation, experience and (for looks) personal taste? Ok, if you say so.
What hole? THIS IS A CHATBOARD FOR GOD'S SAKE. Other than the enjoyment I get from seeing how angry you all have gotten over my (initial) desire for more American cars in GT4, there is absolutely nothing important about any of your opinions of me or of my feelings on cars.
I keep ending my posts hoping to let things go (since it is rather silly for this to go on, I'm not changing my opinion and clearly neither are any of you). But no, people keep coming back and slamming me (worthwhile to them I'm sure). I find all this rather funny, honestly.
Oh, by the way, since you find spelling so important, I found the following errors in your post.
Thier (should have been their)
alot (should have been a lot, two words)
bodykit (should be either Body-kit or body kit)
critize (should be criticize)
Wether (should be Whether)
anyones (should be anyone's)
Sorry to point out such simplistic and easy to correct errors, but since you felt it important to point out my error, I felt it was only right to do the same for you. No need to thank me.
Since discussing cars with you all has grown rather tiring I will end with this:
Cars from Japan are just fine. They are reliable, sporty (when designed to be) and some look damn good (I personally like the 3000GT, 350Z and 300ZX myself) . However, to my eyes, some are just plain ugly (Lancer, Miata, Trueno). However, just because I like American (and UK) cars, doesn't mean that these are all good. The PT Cruiser is disgusting and the Viper is not very nice (to me) either.
My only desire is to see some of the more sporty American full size "sports-sedans" in GT4. Since it isn't up to anyone on this forum if this will happen or not, I don't see any reason to continue.
Please, try to have a nice day....seriously.
