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Posted by Uncle Pete (89 SE) on August 30, 2002 at 16:36:27:
In Reply to: OT: Wow 2003 Honda S2K "R"...... posted by DA-MAX on August 30, 2002 at 01:33:13:
Also reliability could still be questionable. I trust Honda to get it right, but whilst the article quoted Henry Ford, I'll quote the late great Colin Chapman's (the Lotus god) design philosophy. "If it never breaks, it's too heavy".
It looks great, and I've been a passenger in the regular base car which was astonishingly quick when the engine wound up. What I'd be worried about here is that with such a phenomenal power to weight ratio we will see the same problems as with a Porsche 911 - you actually have to have some skill to drive the bloody thing! A lot of people don't seem to realise that unlike offerings from Mercedes, and even recent Porches, these stripped back super light racers WILL bite back, and if you screw up the entry into a corner it WILL NOT forgive you. That's why I expect to see a few in the gutter.