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To an extent, yes. But that’s because you can’t use the car for its intended purpose at a stoplight or grid of roads. I guarantee you when that driver takes his car to the curvy mountain roads he is grinning ear to ear, or having a hell of a time at the very least.

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Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨51⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago
Initially yes, and they were probably grinning ear to ear when they first bought it, just like we were all grinning ear to ear when we first drove by ourselves, but once the novelty and excitement wear off it goes back to the meh face.

It’s like skiing/snowboarding, the first couple times you go down a run your having a great time, but once it doesn’t become a challenge then it loses its excitement and fun. With skiing though theres a lot more elements of variation (trees, bumps, jumps, narrow trails, grade variations, snow conditions …) to keep things interesting whereas driving roads can only vary with curves and grades, both of which are in a much narrower band of variation for safety reasons.

There’s a reason tons of people spend tons of money every year going skiing but not too many people are renting super cars to go and drive around the hills.

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- Vupware@lemmy.zip ⁨20⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago
  Perhaps you’re right. Anecdotally, though, I loved every second of the two years I spent in my coupe.
  
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Psionicsickness@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Yeah, this dude has never spent time behind the wheel of a nice sports car. Shit is sooooo fun.

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- Vupware@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago
  Even a shitty sports car is a blast. I had a lot of fun in my manual BRZ.
  
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  - brucethemoose@lemmy.world ⁨59⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago
    A manual BRZ is far from a shitty sports car. Hell, it’s more agile than a lot of $100K+ ones.
    
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    Vupware@lemmy.zip ⁨23⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago
    Oh I drove a Saturn sky and wrecked it. That car was fun but I was to young to properly gauge its quality.
    
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- CallMeAnAI@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Between 250-400bhp depending on weight is the sweet spot IMO. I’ve got an old 996 and it’s so much fun away from traffic.
  
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- harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  I have an older 911 and that is just fun to drive. It’s just a fancy go-kart. My little Grom is also a blast to ride.
  
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GraniteM@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago
I was deeply confused to see a bunch of Ferraris outside of some huge institution in the middle of Providence, Rhode Island. Take a high performance vehicle and put it in the most tightly packed, narrow, curvy-street urban area in America with the possible exception of Boston. Why don’t you go ahead and take a snowmobile to Hawaii, while you’re at it.

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