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    How do I delete myself from this site?

    Thanks Lud. Please lock the account and delete my email address at your earliest convenience.
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    Au Revoire

    As an official supporter of NSXPO '03, I hope you all have a great time there. Alas, I won't be able to make it. Adios...
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    How do I delete myself from this site?

    Hi Lud, could you please nix my user account "Number9?" In particular, I can't change my email address which I no longer wish to make available. Thanks.
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    Site Update: NSX vs Viper comparison

    The Skip Barber advanced car control clinic uses Dodge Viper GTS ACRs for instruction. I autoXed one and can confirm that the car is a fantastic driver's car. If you skip the bad ergo, the Viper handles great and has torque that most NSXs only dream about. No, it's not civilized or reliable...
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    How many of are ultra hi fi addicts?

    That's easy! My Zanardi's engine with single pane glass between it and the passenger compartment (passes through more engine sound) is one of the best custom automobile sound systems! :D
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    How many of are ultra hi fi addicts?

    Agreed but with this qualification: speakers that measure terribly in, e.g., frequency response or distortion always sound terrible. Speakers that measure well however, don't always sound great. So perhaps there is some work yet to be done in pschoacoustic metrics but I'm pretty happy to use...
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    Has anyone polished the CTSC?

    Good point. I thought about it briefly, but Mike's email address is already "in the wild" on the regional site. But I suppose there's no harm in editing it out now that it's served its purpose.
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    Looking for JIM POWELL

    I believe he used to be a moderator on bimmerforums.com and may still be a supporting vendor there. Using google, I found this web page: http://www.apexcone.com/JimPowellHomepage/index2.html In the page about the mirrors, he does note that he is swamped and backordered...
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    F355 vs. BBSC NSX

    I've already made that choice when I bought and then supercharged the Zanardi. I like the 355 - it's just that there are several other cars I like better. There's a huge subjective component here which we've both acknowledged - no problem in agreeing to disagree.
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    F355 vs. BBSC NSX

    Sort of, but not really if we equate performance + ergo = fun-to-drive. I actually think the 355 is one of the best in the looks parameter, but after having driven one, it's clearly not the equal of a stock Zanardi, let alone a modified one in the fun-to-drive metric. I wasn't kidding about...
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    F355 vs. BBSC NSX

    I don't get these remarks at all. Sports cars are, for the most part, luxury items. I think in most cases, the purchase decision parameters (ruling out the economic constraint per your remark) are: Looks (subjective) Performance (objective) Status (more-or-less objective) Downtime (or...
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    NOT going to Disneyland.........

    I take exception to your implication that science isn't a complex field. Read the literature on Bell's Theorem and it'll blow your mind. But to answer your question, Occam's Razor is a powerful empirical law that is generally applicable. Eric5273, I see you've posted something, but...
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    F355 vs. BBSC NSX

    Stock 355s run about 300 RWHP while stock 3.2L NSXs run about 260 or so, hence assuming similar drag coefficients and frontal areas (probably a sane assumption), stock-for-stock, the 355 will walk the NSX at triple digit speeds.
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    NOT going to Disneyland.........

    Ock·ham's razor also Oc·cam's razor ( P ) Pronunciation Key (kmz) n. A rule in science and philosophy stating that entities should not be multiplied needlessly. This rule is interpreted to mean that the simplest of two or more competing theories is preferable and that an explanation for...
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    How many of are ultra hi fi addicts?

    Effer, that latter quote isn't mine! Otherwise, I agree with you that blind listening tests are useful and also have season tickets to the symphony to calibrate my ears. That said, my ears happen to agree with the measured data and I find that speakers are the single most critical component...
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