[s-cars] PocketRice nac

[Steve Marinello]

The thing is, we all can enjoy driving a C6.  The Sky Redline provided 
no enjoyment at all either time I took it out.  On Houston roads and 
highways, loaded with traffic as they are, the visibility and 
disconnected nature of the car's response was more frustrating than 
anything else.  The second time, out on more rural roads, I still felt 
confined by the structure, top up or down, and the front end rotating 
out there in front of you felt like a drive by wire version of the V12 
XKE.  The sales person couldn't believe that I wasn't impressed with 
it.  SHows there's still an issue with car salesmen wherever you go.

Steve

Taka Mizutani wrote:
> I'd wait and see if Mazda offers a Mazdaspeed MX-5 in '09, no way 
> would I get a Solstice/Sky. For the price of a Sky Redline, you can 
> get a nice '05 C6 Corvette.
>
> Taka
>
>
> On Dec 7, 2007 4:48 PM, Steve Marinello <smarinello at entouch.net 
> <mailto:smarinello at entouch.net>> wrote:
>
>     Looks great, drives like a cross between an old truck and an XKE
>     V12 and
>     has the worst visibility of any car I've driven in decades...
>
>     Just thought you'd want to know.
>
>     Steve
>
>     Taka Mizutani wrote:
>     > Sub $40k?!? That's a bit steep, don't you think?
>     >
>     > I don't know if the US spec version will have it, but the
>     Japanese version
>     > has torque split going all the way to 25F/75R.
>     >
>     > The interior is a lot nicer, that's for sure.
>     >
>     > As for Paulie's comments, it's not like the old one was pretty!
>     >
>     > I'm not trading my car in for the new one, at least not just
>     yet. The 5-door
>     > is a lot more practical, though- on my car you can't really fit
>     anything
>     > into the back seat because the doors are so small and the trunk
>     lacks a pass
>     > through or any folding seats.
>     >
>     > If I wanted pretty, I'd look at a Saturn Sky Redline- totally
>     impractical
>     > and the rest of the car is kind of meh to me, but it looks great.
>     >
>     > Taka
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > On Dec 7, 2007 11:26 AM, bill mahoney <airbil at gmail.com
>     <mailto:airbil at gmail.com>> wrote:
>     >
>     >
>     >> Old dead sti horses revisited
>     >> What I read so far
>     >> Soooo the neu Sti due out soon for just sub $40k for I think 300hp,
>     >> 0-60 4.9so they claim and all kindz of cockpit adjustable tuning.
>     >> 15 psi, supposedly more refined, alcantara interior.
>     >>
>     >>
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