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Originally Posted by BrianL
I totally agree. This car absolutely blows away early vintage muscle cars in every way. I had a bad assed '69 428 Cobra Jet back in the day. While that was a great ride in it's day, it was a pig in corners & had drum brakes all around. But that was the state of the art in the day. Also got about 7 MPG with the 4.11 differential gearing I had. I thought muscle cars had died when all the smog laws kicked in & the gas shortages of that era doubled gas prices if it was available at all. But no, they figured it out & we saw a resurgence in performance in the '80's again...
It's a great time for us car enthusiasts. Awesome competition among the brands & supercar type performance unheard of just a few years ago.
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A good number of those old cars weren't that fast and, truthfully, lots of cars now are faster. However, the feeling was so visceral in those muscle cars... lack of sound insulation, lack of safety equipment, and lower weight made the drive exciting.