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Old 12-18-2007, 01:36 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Easy guys, let's not allow this to get confrontational. We have a new MR2 owner with questions and the goal is to find out whatever we can about his car. We have plenty of other people on this forum we can harass if that's what you're in the mood for...

pissonlotus: The stories you are telling are not in keeping with what we know about the performance of 99.44% of all naturally aspirated MkI MR2s on the world. I don't know about anybody else, but my interest in seeing your engine bay is to see whether there is anything special under the hood that makes your car faster than expected. You don't have any reason (nor obligation) to prove to us that you own the car.

But you're right, lots of kids (and some adults) do get on the internet and spout stories that just don't add up. Obviously we're going to be skeptical until we either a) understand what makes your car fast, or b) learn what made the other cars slow. If neither of those possibilities are supported, most of us will probably remain skeptical.

On my local Craigslist right now, there's a '73 Gran Torino with a 351C, asking $1100 and the owner claims "this car was running 11s in the 1/4 mile!" Riiight. For some people, making up lies is just a way of life. We may all just be extra cynical due to overexposure to habitual liars.
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