09-26-2007, 03:49 PM
...because of their lineup choices. In my neverending quest not to get stuck with my S4 forever I'm constantly noticing cars I really wouldn't mind driving. I like the looks of the IS250 but like the A3, I don't like the configuration options availble.
If I want AWD, I have to get an auto.
If I want manual, I can get RWD.
Oh but wait, the IS250 only has 204hp.
If I want mo' powa I can get the IS350.
It's only RWD, which is fine, but oh wait... it's an auto.
Yes I know I don't need more than 204hp to drive 8 miles round trip. Conceptually I just have a problem having the same amount of horsepower as the '98 Prelude I had in college. Does that make me a snob? Probably... but I don't care.
Maybe I'm just not the target market for these sort of cars?
If I want AWD, I have to get an auto.
If I want manual, I can get RWD.
Oh but wait, the IS250 only has 204hp.
If I want mo' powa I can get the IS350.
It's only RWD, which is fine, but oh wait... it's an auto.
Yes I know I don't need more than 204hp to drive 8 miles round trip. Conceptually I just have a problem having the same amount of horsepower as the '98 Prelude I had in college. Does that make me a snob? Probably... but I don't care.
Maybe I'm just not the target market for these sort of cars?
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"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth
"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth