Winding Road review

[Emeye]

I tried to read this - is it just me or is it annoying and trying too hard to be smart? Or is it just typical American Journalism which I have little experience of?

http://www.windingroad.com/articles/reviews/driven...

[kieranjholland]

I may just be impatient... got bored.

[LuS1fer]

Grasshopper attention spans. I blame the education system.

[ManOpener]

I love some of the readers comments- including comparing it to a 5.0 Mustang.
Ahh, the United States- where the Mustang is the yard-stick and your mother's your sister.

[Motorrad]

ManOpener said:

I love some of the readers comments- including comparing it to a 5.0 Mustang.
Ahh, the United States- where the Mustang is the yard-stick and your mother's your sister.

The comments on that website are almost as obtuse as those coming from you.

[ManOpener]

Motorrad said:

ManOpener said:

I love some of the readers comments- including comparing it to a 5.0 Mustang.
Ahh, the United States- where the Mustang is the yard-stick and your mother's your sister.

The comments on that website are almost as obtuse as those coming from you.

I was being ironic.

[Motorrad]

ManOpener said:

I was being ironic.

Not as ironic as me

[Wattsie]

Motorrad said:

ManOpener said:

I love some of the readers comments- including comparing it to a 5.0 Mustang.
Ahh, the United States- where the Mustang is the yard-stick and your mother's your sister.

The comments on that website are almost as obtuse as those coming from you.

Actually, I believe he was being acute.

[Motorrad]

Wattsie said:

Actually, I believe he was being acute.

I didn't see much cuteness there but either way we need to make our POV's blindingly obvious to cut through the crap on here......

[Steve_W]

What the fruit does this mean?

"copious body English needed"

Surely they aren't suggesting we're all fat? Perhaps it's a suggestion to have a proper breakfast when out on a hoon?

Or perhaps the writer has read too much Troy Queef?

[LuS1fer]

ManOpener said:

I love some of the readers comments- including comparing it to a 5.0 Mustang.
Ahh, the United States- where the Mustang is the yard-stick and your mother's your sister.

Given the recent near draw between the 5.0 Mustang and the M3 on track, I don't see the problem.What makes you think this will be somehow better?

[ManOpener]

LuS1fer said:

ManOpener said:

I love some of the readers comments- including comparing it to a 5.0 Mustang.
Ahh, the United States- where the Mustang is the yard-stick and your mother's your sister.

Given the recent near draw between the 5.0 Mustang and the M3 on track, I don't see the problem.What makes you think this will be somehow better?

The fact they're totally different kinds of car, at totally different price ranges, so don't actually compete?
One is a large-engined, semi-retro styled, US built muscle car that happens to go around corners reasonably well, and one is a European sports coupe based on a RWD hatchback, with a totally different style of engine.

I'm not saying the Mustang isn't a good car, just that it shouldn't be used as a benchmark against other vehicles that are completely fking different.

What next? "Mustang versus Maserati Grandsport- The Autocar Definitive Test". What utter bullst.

Edited by ManOpener on Thursday 21st October 13:54

[GadgeS3C]

Steve_W said:

What the fruit does this mean?

"copious body English needed"

It means you need to apply some muscle, but I have no idea why I know that! Must have read it somewhere...

[GadgeS3C]

Steve_W said:

What the fruit does this mean?

"copious body English needed"

It means you need to apply some muscle, but I have no idea why I know that! Must have read it somewhere...

[LuS1fer]

ManOpener said:

LuS1fer said:

ManOpener said:

I love some of the readers comments- including comparing it to a 5.0 Mustang.
Ahh, the United States- where the Mustang is the yard-stick and your mother's your sister.

Given the recent near draw between the 5.0 Mustang and the M3 on track, I don't see the problem.What makes you think this will be somehow better?

The fact they're totally different kinds of car, at totally different price ranges, so don't actually compete?
One is a large-engined, semi-retro styled, US built muscle car that happens to go around corners reasonably well, and one is a European sports coupe based on a RWD hatchback, with a totally different style of engine.

I'm not saying the Mustang isn't a good car, just that it shouldn't be used as a benchmark against other vehicles that are completely fking different.

What next? "Mustang versus Maserati Grandsport- The Autocar Definitive Test". What utter bullst.

I don't see they are that different. The fact you can buy two Mustang GTs in the US and still have $6000 change from a 135i will of course ensure they do compete in entirely different monetary strata but they pretty much do the same thing in every major aspect. The Maserati is a bit different as it has a cachet, a style, an interior and a Ferrari engine that might make the premium well worth it but come on, the BMW is nowhere near that league, it's a volume production car.

[LuS1fer]

Anyway, it's no worse than comparing it to the original M3 - the 1 is still a lardbucket.