JHZR2
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Originally Posted By: hattaresguy
I'm still in shock someone would compare it to a Honda.
Im not really comparing it to a Honda. Im not one for the uppity "if you don't like/get/appreciate _____ then you obviously aren't ______" that some of the "connoisseurs" of some of this kind of stuff spit out, so I was making a point based upon specifications and capabilities.
All I was getting at was that an accord would probably shift smoother than the unsynchronized gearbox present in there, do 0-60 faster than the eight seconds of the SSJ models, have a higher top speed, stop faster, be safer, and perhaps be quieter and smoother on the road. That's the marvel of modern technology.
That's not saying that one is equal to the other, or even in any sort of the same class. One is made by robots, the other by hand. There is obviously much to the dusenberg even far beyond craftsmanship that makes it a wonderful machine.
But its just like the muscle car guys who say that their XYZ ci V8 was so powerful and wonderful, and then you look at the numbers and they just dont perform like modern cars.
There is nothing wrong with mechanical and technical progress making things better in every way in far "lesser" vehicles. That's engineering and progress and human spirit and everything good that these vehicles, top in their day, stood for.
I'm still in shock someone would compare it to a Honda.
Im not really comparing it to a Honda. Im not one for the uppity "if you don't like/get/appreciate _____ then you obviously aren't ______" that some of the "connoisseurs" of some of this kind of stuff spit out, so I was making a point based upon specifications and capabilities.
All I was getting at was that an accord would probably shift smoother than the unsynchronized gearbox present in there, do 0-60 faster than the eight seconds of the SSJ models, have a higher top speed, stop faster, be safer, and perhaps be quieter and smoother on the road. That's the marvel of modern technology.
That's not saying that one is equal to the other, or even in any sort of the same class. One is made by robots, the other by hand. There is obviously much to the dusenberg even far beyond craftsmanship that makes it a wonderful machine.
But its just like the muscle car guys who say that their XYZ ci V8 was so powerful and wonderful, and then you look at the numbers and they just dont perform like modern cars.
There is nothing wrong with mechanical and technical progress making things better in every way in far "lesser" vehicles. That's engineering and progress and human spirit and everything good that these vehicles, top in their day, stood for.
