Paul bro, I don't think anybody cares how deep peoples pockets are and nobody has any financial interest in any vehicle other than Tuffty's (for comedy value). This is still a great thread, and both you and Prawn have epic cars regardless of who did what or how much it didn't cost.
FWD VS RWD VS AWD. Time and time again people come back with all this rubbish, I've spent years arguing it, Prawn has spent years arguing it, Coatboy has spent years arguing it and still everybody comes back with a theoretical debate.
The
facts are that not a single Haldex powered car on here has ever passed Prawn on the track, ever posed a threat to him with a lap time else where or a video from Youtube, no Haldex car from this forum has lapped the ring anywhere near his time and all the same can be said for Bills FWD Ibiza. Both Prawn and Bill have offered it up, and openly displayed track days and events they will be at, and doubtlessly they would love a bit of internal competition; but unfortunately it never turns up. Westy has done the best so far in bringing it to the plate, and a ****ing good job he's done too. But my statements still stand, they've never been beaten.
Lest we forget the total annihilation that happened at ADI when Prawn had 190bhp and ebay coilovers, pretty certain he lapped the entire field within 4 laps and tore Bumble a new one with half the power. Not to mention myself rinsing all the S3's (shush Jojo, just give me this one for arguments sake) in a lard **** A3 with a full leather interior and passenger on the same day. Even my girlfriend on her first time on the track finished middle of the field ahead of a certain members TQS.
Until I see these amazing S3/TQS cars I call custard on all of it, historically it has never happened and there is a reason for that. Either the cars aren't up to it, and the minority on here are wrong, or you're just terrible drivers and don't do your cars justice.
Go watch some Touge Battles or Hot International, it's full of amazing close racing and you often see tiny little 200bhp Civics and CRX's smashing 340bhp NSX's and S2000's.
Not to mention that in closed testing a FWD Renault Megane is 6 seconds a full lap quicker round the ring than an M3, Honda NSX-R, Audi RS4, Dodge Viper GTS, BMW 1M etc.
FWD isn't as flawed as people think, maybe it is in the traffic light Formula 1 but on the track where there are no excuses it punches far more than it's supposed weight.