Well, first...sitting in the FD feels like you in a cockpit, in command. In the Supra, I feel like I am in an old school...late '80 Supra..the dash is too large for me...I feel like I am looking a wall.

The cornering feeling of an FD seems to be more flat...the Supra feels like it will want to throw you off.....but if when you push it through a turn..it will respond.

On acceleration, the FD moves very swift and very quickly. The Supra make you feel that it wants to punch a hold in the air, pow!

 

Nice.

 

that's it? nice?

how about a few specifics please? how does the lowly FD stack up? obviously the Z06 is a better car in many ways...but how much better in the twisties?

I guess it's been awhile since your drove your FD anyway

 

It's nice.

Rides well. Handles very well. Accelerates very well. Gets good gas mileage... there's not a lot I can say about it that the press hasn't already.

 

What the hell Jim?! You're usually Mr. wordy
We all think that you know what you are talking about so we ( at least I ) respect your opinion.
I am starting to think about a Z06 as well or a used viper gts, I love the 7 but I don't have a lot of time or money to work on it all the time.
I could just send in the monthly payments for the other cars and be done.
I wonder how a 01' (cheaper that 02') with a few basic mods would stack up?
I really want a black 02' Z06 but that just isn't in the cards right now. dang it.

 

It's nice.

Rides well. Handles very well. Accelerates very well. Gets good gas mileage... there's not a lot I can say about it that the press hasn't already.

yeah, but is it so refined and "nice" that it lacks character, kind of driving a really fast appliance?

you can say all you want (not you personally) about the lowly FD, but she has character, you have to admit that...people love it when I let off the guess after a full throttle run and fart a big flame out the back, ha...now THAT is character baby....sometimes a few rough edges ain't a bad thing....just like a really hot girl with a bubble brain and no personality....heaven knows this world is full of those

 

I just don't feel like bragging up the car.

But I now have some confirmation that it's as strong as it feels...

https://www.rx7club.com/forum/showth...threadid=44861

And it's got plenty of character. It may not fart fire, but that only constitutes "character" in some circles.

 

Really the only bad thing I can say about the Z06 is the interior...seats are fine...but the dash is well....typical american and looks like ***...

but everything else about it...rocks...for the money you cant buy more car performance..right out of the box

 

why not the triple rotor? Damn I hate to think about a v8 in a fd. How are you going to control the balance and weight etc...?

 

the Z06 is pretty amazing...performance wise. the only reason i dont like the Z06 is because it looks too much like your average C5, and they are a dime a dozen.

 

Why a 3 rotor? Its allready been done a bunch of times. I'm waiting for the first person to stuff a 4 rotor in a FD. Before you laugh, Rob at Pineapple Racing builds 4 rotors, that are shorter than the 787s factory 4 rotor. Even stuffing a V8 into a FD/FC/FB is getting old. No offense to anyone..i'm not starting a flame war. I'm just waiting for someone with some $$ to step up and have a 800hp daily driven FD/4 rotor. Now that would be unique, and orginal. CJ

 

the Z06 is a great ride, no doubt about that....tremendous bang for the buck

Jim, with your seemingly bottomless pit of cabbage, did you ever consider, say, a 911 TT or something along those lines? just curious....