2018 Type R vs STI vs Z

markesc

I'm actually fine with all the Z hatred as hopefully it will nudge Nissan to build something better (even though I love mine, which I may add, was about to be traded until I put those PSS tires on it!).

Once it becomes the "car to have" then all the morons are all over it, it gets more attention from cops/etc/bad news. Maybe those wanting to sell it would benefit from praise, but for us enjoying being left alone and quietly destroying unsuspecting vehicles on mt passes, I'm fine with it being dismissed by the moronic ADHD masses that are willing to reward poor aesthetic design with their money.

Some of us have class, and would be embarrassed by the CTR, some of us lack class and want attention at every single second of the day, and those people gravitate towards the "LOOK AT ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" CTR and/or just doing LOOK AT ME modifications. That's fine, there's a type of person for that and a type of audience for that. Not me however. To me that's like the guy with a billion tats that rarely can fight, and is rarely the kind I'm going to have a meaningful conversation with.

Call it our current cultural crisis stuck in a bad youtube feedback loop that rewards narcissism, not classy restraint that was once a timeless and respectable design language. We've let the mouth breathing marketing majors transmit their stupidity over to the designers who plagiarize the next dumber ideas who are then being rewarded for being cowards.

At this point with all the fins/creases/bully grillz, we're in a full blown race to the bottom of "all show and no go" for about 99% of vehicles on the road with the exception of the CTR, which obviously has the track pedigree, but lacks class given the price point. Thank GOD it won't be mass produced.

Not all of us want the girl with a push-up bra, some of us want the real thing, but without the stupidity involved of just a one night stand, which the CTR is just that. Maybe fun, but not the one you're gonna wanna drive every day. The Z to me is a nice blend of fun enough for every day, and beautiful to look at as well. I've never owned a car that received so many compliments (mine is washed once a week you lazy excuse making bastards!) from every demographic.

So yeah, not on board with the "it's new, so it must be better" typical consumerism bs mindset. I'll give up a few seconds to not look stupid.