Originally Posted by MrHorspwer
Originally Posted by gathermewool
Originally Posted by MrHorspwer
Originally Posted by gathermewool
About as far away from the base Civic as an STI is from an Impreza, as a Golf R is from a Golf, as a Focus RS was from a Focus, as an Evo was from a Lancer. What about the price of THIS heavily modified, tarted-up econobox surprises you?
Golf [FWD] --> Golf R [AWD]
Focus [FWD] --> Focus RS [AWD]
Lancer [FWD] --> Evolution [AWD]
Impreza [AWD] --> WRX STI [AWD]
Civic [FWD] --> Civic Type R [FWD]
Subaru notwithstanding, it seems your money is buying an entirely new powertrain layout when you step up to the performance variant, not just more power in the same configuration.
What an overly simplistic way to compare drivetrains!
Are you saying that the regular Civic and CTR have the same drivetrain???
I didn't says drivetrain. I said powertrain layout. You literally quoted me on it.
And, yes, a CTR does have the same powertrain layout: Front engine, front wheel drive.
When you buy a Golf R, it is changing from a front engine, front wheel drive layout to front engine, all wheel drive.
It is that simple.
This is purely an exercise in justifying the cost of a tarted-up econobox, which was the post I was responding to, not what is best.
When you're trying to explain to your grandpa why you spent $37,000 on a car that fundamentally starts at $21,000, it's a lot easier to explain when the car you bought has a super-trick AWD system with a magic transfer case and rear axle that can transfer 100% of power to any wheel and has crazy software with a setting called "Drift Mode" than it is to just say it has everything a regular Civic has, a turbo, a manual transmission, a suspension, and so on, but the one in your car is special and better.
What!? What does my grandpa have to do with any of my decisions in car buying? He's been dead since I was in college. Besides, and again, what do you really think between a base Civic and a CTR is the same? Google is truly your friend, my friend.