Captain_Ron said:
I have a 88 Fiero (with a 3800 Supercharged) aka FAST. No options.
Air Conditioning I almost never use - Canada
ABS - Only for brainless people, I think quality tires for the right season are more important.
I think for $16,125 it is a AWESOME deal with 150hp.
First of all, since when was the 88 Fiero available with a Supercharged 3800? (No need to answer; that was a rhetorical question. There was NO S/C 3800 available, even as an extra cost option. In order to have one, you had to spend buku dollars modifying the car, and not just the drivetrain. So, in other words, you spent a lot of money to modify your car... do you really want to open up to second-guessing from others on whether or not it was money well-spent?) I'll congratulate you on doing something special with your car but, as to whether or not it was what I would do (or whether or not you'll ever get a fraction of your money back, since resale was one of your points of contention with the GX vs. GT), I'll hesitate to comment because, frankly, I don't believe it's cool to critique someone else on their choice (especially since your choices are demonstrably so far out of the realm of mainstream)...
Secondly, A/C is a key element in defroster performance and, though you can do without it, the fact is that a car in Canada will defrost it's windows in the dead of winter MUCH quicker. I'd take A/C-equipped cars, even (maybe ESPECIALLY) in the frozen tundra in which I now live...
ABS... again, this is a GOOD thing, definitely not a brainless add-on that even an expert driver in bad weather would never benefit from; to suggest that it's just for "brainless" people is, at best, a pretty insulting way to refer to the vast majority of people who benefit from this equipment (assuming that the minority of people who might not benefit- and I believe that number to exclude expert drivers like Schumacher- might include you) and, at worst, a pretty "brainless" thing to say. I'll take my ABS-equipped car and out-brake a non-ABS-equipped version of the same car into the first corner every time...
Finally, the GX is a great deal at it's pricepoint... and the GT, even with the premium over the GX, is also a great deal. There are very few cars that offer this comprehensive a list of equipment in this segment and, to my knowledge, none at this pricepoint. (Even if there was another car in this segment with this equipment level at this pricepoint, I would not assume that the GT is not a good deal.)
Bottom-line: You have a right to your opinion but to insult anybody (arguably, most everybody else) is really not a good way to make your points. In fact, I think the responses are unanimously against you... and, I'd wager it's because of HOW you said it more than WHAT you said (though some of your points are pretty dubious). Take care, man... BTW: Is your S/C 3800 mated to an A/T or an M/T (and, if M/T, where'd you get the M/T?)
