Quote Originally Posted by Sir C View Post
Driven hard, an MX5 is one of the most entertaining cars money can buy. Any money. The combination of relatively low power, lightness, proper old-fashioned rear wheel drive oversteer and skinny tyres makes the thing truly good fun at reasonably low speeds. But it looks like the conveyance of a steaming great pooftah.
Yes. But only people like you actually care about all that silly driving stuff. The rest of us are much more concerned about not looking like heemasexes. I'll bet there aren't any heemasexes with VW Passats. They're put off by its rugged manliness and clear heterosexuality.