Are modern cars too fast for fun?

[LongQ]

GregE240 said:

Take my mother. She's contented with a Citroen something-or-other, little car. Great for the shops. Cramped inside. I suggested the other day she replace it with a Range Rover. I might as well have been talking to myself.

Are you sure you weren't?

[crankedup]

Agree with V8thunder, its one of the reasons I'm selling my Griff' and buying a oldie car.

Modern stuff is fantastic in engineering terms but just like motorbikes you have to be pushing on to really start to enjoy them

[e21Mark]

Excuse the elderly thread bump but it's a question I was thinking about this morning. I don't really do modern cars anyway, but a few months with V8 BMW M3 showed me what I'd been missing. If honest, on the street anyway, it was probably more than my mediocre driving ability could cope with. I know we're all supposed to be driving gods on PH but I've sat with enough pro drivers to know my limits are quite a way beneath theirs and day dreaming about race wins is far safer! I prefer the styling of older cars and there's also the nostalgia element, especially owning a car I listed after in my youth, but the performance is just far more usable and fun! I like the look of a 911 GT3 but can I have as much fun on the street when it'll hit 70+ in 2nd gear? Hyper cars have taken the speeds even higher but isn't it just bragging rights?