Cupra Vs Type R JDM

[PaulDH]

Isn't there nearly £4k difference in price though? £4k spent on the Cupra would surely get you something special.

I had a Scooby and a mate with an Evo so I know what performance you get from both. We are taking the track results of arguably higher skilled drivers than most of us on this forum. Being honest, how many of you guys who do track days put in consistantly timed 'Stig' like laps? I bet if I did 6 laps in a Cupra and 6 in an FD2, 3 would be quicker in the Cupra and 3 would be slower!

Although the FD2 would be a rare head-turner over here I would rather have the remapped Cupra for everyday ownership and save a few £k. Besides, how many of us can say we regularly similate track-style driving out on the roads?

 

[nobba]

It has to be seriously quick if its beating an evo round the track. Lucky for me our lass paid for one of those driving experience days for my birthday. I got to drive an evo 8 and ferrari 360. The ferrari was awesome to drive but the evo was far more fun to drive round the track. It was so much faster round the corners I was passing TVR's, Lambo's etcjust out of bends. I couldnt see a cupra being able to match that.

Dont you find that not many people want to 'play' when your out on your bike tho as opposed to in the car! I only remember about 3 occasions its happened to me.

 

[PaulDH]

'Playing' with bikes has never really interested me to be honest. We all know that a crotch rocket is gonna out accelerate 99.9% of road cars so there is not a great deal to play with

Don't get me wrong, I love watching any form of bike racing but give me £8k to have fun with and I'd import a 4 wheeled toy

 

[nobba]

But for £8k of car your not going to get something that goes 0-60 in 3 seconds

 

[STEVEO@CYMRU]

Damn the honda looks good , imagine it with a bolt on supercharger
and as for the bikes i recently had a go on my mates r6 and my good what an experience. but if you crash fast you are brown bread ,

 

[PaulDH]

I accept that you wont get a car that does 0-60 in 3 secs - I guess it's not all about a 0-60 time. I would probably go for an MR2 GTS Turbo with all the Jap' performance bits still on it, remap it and have some rear wheel fun

Horses for courses I guess.