# My how times have changed...

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**Created:** [November 17, 2006, 9:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-how-times-have-changed/20323 "2006-11-17T09:09:55Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 6:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-how-times-have-changed/20323/14 "2006-11-18T06:23:57Z")

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> [@FuzzyFish](#):
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> Technically that could be considered true, consider how old Ferrari’s, and Porsches put down 200HP or less. Had you told someone back in the 50s that you could easily buy a car that out handled a Ferrari, and was faster and had more features and was made by the Japanese on top of that they would have said you were insane.
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> Ex.  
> 1950 Ferrari 166  
> V12-2.0L @ 140HP
> 
> Vs.
> 
> 2007 Honda Civic  
> I4-1.8L @ 140HP
> 
> Yet here we are. It doesn’t move as fast as electronics do. But it does slowly trickle down.

and what was the price on the ferrari back then compared to the civic today.

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