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America might be "above" us like you said, but Americans rank among the lousiest drivers (*). The last US boys who gave it a try in F1 (Cheever, Sullivan, Michael Andretti) got humiliated. When they got back to the US they were very successful again and went on to win races. On the other hand, many mediocre euro drivers who couldn't even get a job in F1 (Luyendyk, Bräck, Bourdais, Franchitti) were highly successful in IndyCar/Champcar. (*) on four wheels. US MotoGP riders Roberts, Lawson, Spencer, Rainey and Schwantz are obviously true legends.
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I am a man of positions, and my position is that the OP is either prone to poor decision making for buying a car which didn't have the characteristics he prefers, dead on the inside because he is so apathetic that he needs to blog about, or just used words poorly - in which case he should learn that the words we use are important. Especially the adjectives.
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It's called throttle modulation. You control wheel spin and grip with your right foot.
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Rob, agreed 100%. My position on that is that most just cannot do that well in most situations. You, as a track guy-perhaps. However, I don't think you would ever argue that your RWD GT3 puts down power far better than the M5. Different cars yes but a point of reference.
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On the other hand, I don't know if he was actually saying that he was indifferent. Truthfully, I don't like the word "meh" either but I don't think it makes him a fool. He'll have to answer as to indifference. Personally, i went from "Love it" to "not crazy about it" and a lot of it had to do with tiring of the wheel spin. Quote:
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@coldlist - hopefully this will lead people to say meh less. However I will continue to wage my war on the use of that word.
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However the cars you mention are lighter with better aero.
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Clarity should prob be made that I personally am not saying that AWD is the sole answer. Thus the reason I made the GT3 reference to Rob earlier. IT would be a good possible solution for the M5 IF people wanted to have more control of the power delivery..
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Hahahahahahaha!
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Exactly.
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