I think in my case, the 'hot rodders spirit' has always drivin me to want to have a car that was really fast first and foremost, mechanically awe inspiring, and stood out from the usual crowd.

When I was younger pretty much the baddest Mopar around was a 588 powered tube chassis demon that was a full tilt big dollar effort and ran in the mid to low 8's, and mike bedsworths 572 tube challenger which ran bottom 8's.

I loved those cars, but I think it's simply awesome that with a well designed turbo system, you can have all the creature comforts and streetability of the average 11 or 12 second car and pull off the same 8 second timeslips that took ridiculous money just 10 to 15 years ago.

It's hot rodding at it's finest. IMHO.