Originally Posted by
fastforward
.I like it. Pretty cool. The styling is sharp. But I'd like to see a return to roots. Why does EVERYTHING have to be managed by a computer on this car? I mean, the computer systems are there to compensate for suspension systems and a drive-train that can't operate effectively without it. Right? To me its a handicap if it "needs" these computer controlled devices just to perform. I'm not talking about engine management so much as I am talking about traction and suspension systems.
Like the F-117 stealth fighter, without computers to manage its flight systems the thing can't fly at all! I'll take a WWII P-51 Mustang over a stealth fighter any day, The P-51's shear mechanical design principals are what makes it so much more amazing to me, far more amazing than a modern state of the art, but computer dependent F-117.
Same with cars, if it needs to have brains controlling everything, than its sort of lame.
thats my 2 cents.
Okay I'm babbling now, sorry.
Interesting choice on choosing the F117, the AF knows it was a hunk of junk, hence the retirement while it was still young.
But I think it's kinda hard to compare cars equiped to the "T" with electronics/cars that are actually controlled via the driver with the aircraft of yesteryear/today because the two are entirely different animals. Pit a P51 against an F15/16/22 (all inferior due to their dependance on electronics based on your argument) and see who wins
