It's kind of like my current situation...I have a lot of power (about 1100 hp), but my car is a tank (3900 lbs). Everyone seems to love the fact that my car still has all the factory interior, factory body except for the hood, etc., but when I lose to a car making 200 less horsepower than I have, no one cares. I can always say yeah, my car is 800 or 1000 lbs heavier than that one, but I lost and that's all that matters.

Having an 8 sec, nearly two ton car sounds awesome when talking about it on the internet, but getting outrun at the track by guys w/ a lot less power in 1/2 the car is all anyone sees.