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Originally Posted by redpoint5
Define "sports car". Define "economy car". Please.
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I'm 100% with you on this. There are a surprising number of rich kids with McLarens or Audi R8s (and at least two Ferrari 488 GTOs) in this college town who use the cars for nothing more than to commute back and forth to school from their ugly high-rise apartments that have sprung up like weeds in the past 5 years--essentially functioning as economy cars. Meanwhile, the fastest driver in the local autocross club races his bone-stock Mazda3 sedan.
However, I can appreciate that for most people, a car is "defined," essentially, by its looks. Big wheels, thin tires, and a fastback = sports car. Tallback, small wheels, frumpy = economy car. And never the twain shall meet.
I've plastered my Prius with decals, including the Watkins Glen short course outline, now that it's officially a race car and has driven further on a track than all the European exotics in this town combined. And I happily tell people that when they ask.