I really don't understand why the 3000 GT has such a rabid following. See, there are reasons why there aren't a lot of front wheel drive sports cars. The biggest reason is that they handle like crap.
Let's take, for example, hitting a corner too fast. In a Subaru, you just kind of slide - you can either use the gas or brake to help control the slide. No oversteer, no understeer, it just goes. In a Corvette, you let off the gas to help pull out of the slide, or push the accelerator to push the car down into the corner.
A GT doesn't react so well. When it starts to slide, you have to push the gas and hope it'll pull you out of the corner. If you tap the brakes, you slide more because _all_ of the weight has been pulled off the rear wheels. You have to keep on the gas and just kind of ride it out.
The only upside of this is that this characteristic of a FWD sports car has almost gotten me out of my car loan a few times.
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