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Yea there's really not much worth talking about anymore. Most of the track events I go to I see rich guys in fast, expensive "pure sports cars" spinning out, over-steering into the infield, etc. They have these wonderful cars but can't drive them for $hit. And in terms of a "budget sports car", wouldn't the GT-R be in that category as well? Relatively speaking, 85 grand for one of the best production cars ever made that competes (and beats) cars that cost three times as much seems like a "budget car". My point is that price isn't really relevent when you consider the fact that you need to be a professional level driver to experience what powerful, exotic rwd cars can do on a track. And lets face it, the majority of those cars are purchased for all the wrong reasons. My parents live near Missy Elliot and I got one of my old cars tinted at a place that was installing a stereo system in her powder blue gallardo. Is she taking that car on a track to test out the stock brakes and cooling system? Except in rare instances I have found that driving ability, and "enthusiast rating" is inversely proportional to the price of the automobile. There are exceptions of course, but the enxt track day you go to check out the skill in the exotics. Last NASA event I was at all the driving instructors had race prepped vettes. Definitely a budget car by industry standards, but a hell of a car.

But yea, I'll agree that the Z is not the purest form of a sports car. But I would also not want a "super duper pure" sports car for a DD. I've been in a GT3, it's hellish unless you have smooth roads. I can't imagine an RS.

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