[Neutrino]

Originally Posted by drunken monkey

but how often are you really going to use that performance?
and are you really going to notice the difference between 4.5 and 4.1 when most things on the road can't even begin to compete with you going 'easy'.

and well, the civic thing is a bit of a skewed way of looking things and let's ignore that i'm pretty sure a civic can be made to perform better.
but that's not the point.

we are generally talking about a bunch of cars that are by themselves in terms of quality and work involved, a class above.

my point is with resepcts to when you are looking at cars, especially from the same maker and especially cars from the same line;
hence the question of choice
355, 360 or 430?

if you really like the 360 in terms of how it looks and how it goes, then why go for a car that you don't like the look of?
is it really because of the boast factor?
"hey, i've got the latest, fastest V8 Ferrari"

that's what i mean by shallow.
sure, performance does matter but does that over-ride personal preference?

again, if the next ferrari was pig ugly, would you choose it over a slightly slower one that you like more?

i said performace is one of the most important factor. Not the only one. In the case of the 430 Vs 360 I like the 360 a bit more but not enough to offset the perfomance advantage.

If the 430 would've been butt ugly then yeah i would've stayed with the 360.

Fore xample with the scaliegtti as much as I'm a Ferrari fan, and despite the fact that the italian is a better performer. i would take a Db9 over it(when they will finally bring that manual for it)

Bottom line there are many factors in choosing a car and perfomance is a big one but of course not the only one.