Re: used 911 or tuned MX5 ?
Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2017 10:26 pm
I will admit publicly that I name my cars. But lately, I have been struggling to find a name for this one. Being an mx5, one might be forgiven for thinking that "pocket rocket" would be appropriate but no, it's not that simple. Let me explain: on A and B roads, this particular mx5 is effectively performing an act which is closer to complete and utter 'road domination' than anything else this side of 911 Turbo.
On the one hand, It will easily overtake wider but theoretically faster modern cars such as Audi R8 v10s, Jags, Astons and most recent Porsches thanks to its small footprint. But on the other hand, it will also imprint a sensation of speed on its pilot which is tenfold what could be achieved in the aforementioned cars because,...well...it's just that raw. I went out for a drive today and the only guy that I came across and whom I thought was experiencing something similar to my ordeal was driving a small Peugeot 205 rally car. In a nutshell, I will admit to being properly scared by the performance at times.
And that is not something I have experienced in any other cars, or supercars for that matter, until now. Again, I need to be very specific: there are cars out there which have a ludicrous amount of power, that is, too much for their chassis, their tires, and consequently their owners may be scared of such cars but in reality, that power cannot deployed in most situations without resulting in an accident or jail time. Here though, I am referring to a different kind of fear. It requires a lot of skill but in truth, the power of my little mx5 can almost always legally and safely be put to the road, but I will chicken out well before using most of it just as often.
However last night, I finally came across a fitting designation, an adequate way to convey the extent to which this car is an education to all involved when driven properly. I have decided to call it: The Collective.
This may be a puzzling and obscure choice to most. Nevertheless, I already have ample evidence that those who have driven it, who have experienced what it can do with their own senses, will instinctively understand what I mean: such ferocious intensity can only have originated in another realm.
On the one hand, It will easily overtake wider but theoretically faster modern cars such as Audi R8 v10s, Jags, Astons and most recent Porsches thanks to its small footprint. But on the other hand, it will also imprint a sensation of speed on its pilot which is tenfold what could be achieved in the aforementioned cars because,...well...it's just that raw. I went out for a drive today and the only guy that I came across and whom I thought was experiencing something similar to my ordeal was driving a small Peugeot 205 rally car. In a nutshell, I will admit to being properly scared by the performance at times.
And that is not something I have experienced in any other cars, or supercars for that matter, until now. Again, I need to be very specific: there are cars out there which have a ludicrous amount of power, that is, too much for their chassis, their tires, and consequently their owners may be scared of such cars but in reality, that power cannot deployed in most situations without resulting in an accident or jail time. Here though, I am referring to a different kind of fear. It requires a lot of skill but in truth, the power of my little mx5 can almost always legally and safely be put to the road, but I will chicken out well before using most of it just as often.
However last night, I finally came across a fitting designation, an adequate way to convey the extent to which this car is an education to all involved when driven properly. I have decided to call it: The Collective.
This may be a puzzling and obscure choice to most. Nevertheless, I already have ample evidence that those who have driven it, who have experienced what it can do with their own senses, will instinctively understand what I mean: such ferocious intensity can only have originated in another realm.