[V8] Sometimes wish we had fewer wet blankets

[Steve B]

I struggled with whether or not to post this, especially from my phone ...

It seems so odd to see people on this forum who consider it worthwhile to take an AT V8Q and swap in a MT, and yet when there's the real deal available for a song we immediately see posts verbosely describing why it is a waste of time.  

The other recent observation is that on the marketplace it is possible to pick up what appears to be a well-kept 5-speed for less than one-quarter of what someone else is asking for a fixed up 200Q/20V.  I have BTDT (almost hate to use the term) when I drove my stock V8 and two different 200Q/20Vs, at least one of them mod'ed, and didn't feel either of them would beat my car in acceleration or off the line grunt.

For some reason the V8 never got the cult following of the 200, and if the V8 list can't be enthusiastic, I guess it never will.

Steve Buchholz