Originally posted by svt4stv:
i would have definitely agreed with this statement until i caught an episode of Top Gear last week in which a built Evo easily kept up with a murcielago on a track, and then passed it.

especially if youre talking about someone who has tons of time in their own car when going against someone who is new to their vehicle, like Rara said this guy apparently was.



Good point(s). I remember that Top Gear bit...Clarkson really birddogged that Lambo, and the guy driving it wasn't just some joe off the street.

Of course, the off-boost acceleration bit with the Evo going up against a generic family compact was pretty funny.

So, a Mazdaspeed being flogged by its owner would probably do a decent job of running from a guy playing around in a loaner GT, I think we can agree on that.

"Think of it, if you like, as a librarian with a G-string under the tweed." Clarkson on the Mondeo.