"Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2" (pompei426)
11/12/2013 at 19:31 • Filed to: None
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"Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2" (pompei426)
11/12/2013 at 19:31 • Filed to: None | 3
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I ask of thee, which is truly better? Hopefully this video will work. Also, $kay bait.
offroadkarter
> Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/12/2013 at 19:34 |
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Asking which is better is like saying "whats a better game system, NES or N64"
The answer is shut the hell up and enjoy both
Jonathan Harper
> offroadkarter
11/12/2013 at 19:36 |
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I came to say that it's beyond apples and oranges, but you summed it up best.
$kaycog
> Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/12/2013 at 19:37 |
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Yes and yes. What a great video! Those sounds! I'm all tingly now.
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Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
> Jonathan Harper
11/12/2013 at 19:46 |
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I have to be quite honest, the question was just to see if people had an strong opinion favoring one over the other (i.e. Jeremy Clarkson and the gang). Personally, I love both, but the original is a little better IMO.
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offroadkarter
> Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/12/2013 at 19:47 |
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on that note, its just like the movies
is the revamped version EVER as good, or better, than the original?
davedave1111
> offroadkarter
11/12/2013 at 19:51 |
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That would be true, except it's more like asking whether an N64 is better than a cheap knockoff N64 produced ten years later - and yes, those existed. It's not like the new one is anything better than a tribute band compared to the original.
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davedave1111
> Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/12/2013 at 19:52 |
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Is there any real comparison? It's like comparing a Monte Carlo Rally winning sixties Mini to a modern BMW Mini-knockoff with the 1.6 diesel.
The original is a great car, whereas the tribute is a much cheaper car made to look like the old one.
BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion
> davedave1111
11/12/2013 at 20:06 |
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I dunno man, I always thought the modern GT was a great car in its own right, so much so that it actually had a racing career in... well, GT racing.
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davedave1111
> BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion
11/12/2013 at 20:18 |
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How much resemblance does a street car bear to the race version, though?
At the end of the day, it was a ~$100k car. It's in a similar price-bracket to the contemporary 911, and arguably didn't beat that. The GT40 was in a different league, pricewise. Although saying that, I can't find what they actually sold for back then. They were Le Mans cars for the road, though, not ordinary sports cars.
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BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion
> davedave1111
11/12/2013 at 20:19 |
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Good point, I really hadn't thought about that.
Tony Montana
> Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/12/2013 at 21:07 |
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I love both cars to death, and while the Mark IV GT40 will always hold a place in my heart as the most beautiful car I have ever seen...
If I had to have one, it'd be the modern GT, and not because of "practicality" or "every-day driveability" crap.
It's that I'd never be able to drive it, out of some fear of becoming the dick who crashed the world's first hypercar.
So while I absolutely adore both, I only really lust after the GT because, unlike the GT40, it's a car that can be thrashed the way it was meant to be without you becoming Public Enemy No. 1.
Also, quite frankly, I find that only the Mk.IV GT40 is prettier than the new GT. *covers self preparing for shitstorm*
Agrajag
> offroadkarter
11/12/2013 at 21:33 |
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I don't like your analogy, but I get what you're saying.
NES is better.
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offroadkarter
> davedave1111
11/13/2013 at 01:28 |
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And unlike the 911, the prices have gone UP for used cars, not down...
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davedave1111
> offroadkarter
11/13/2013 at 07:41 |
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That's weird. They sell in the UK for maybe £50-60k - but there are almost none to be had, and a quick look at Ebay US shows why, because you're quite right, they go for ridiculous money over your side.
I assume it's because they built relatively few GTs - something like 4k - compared to the 100k+ 911s sold in the same period.
Anyway, my point wasn't really to get into a debate about whether a Ford GT is better or worse than a 911 - they both have their strengths and weaknesses. It's that no car in that ballpark is comparable to a GT40, any more than an 'ordinary' Ferrari can stand comparison to a 250 GTO.
Monty Totten
> Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/14/2013 at 16:41 |
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This makes me miss the Robertson racing Ford GTs in the ALMS so much.
And now I'm missing the ALMS, altogether...