because the funniest butthurt was the guy in 0-100 forum, who posted that he will sue mitsu/proton for butthurting his feeling after his beloved GTS bought recently going to be a base for inspira. according to him, it is less than a year, so he has been butthurted max. but hey, that might not be the same case for you, unless you too, had just bought yr ride within this 2 year.
anyway, i'd still ask the same question to those who fit in the category of lancer owners within this 2009/2010 year purchase. If you never bothered to read, why bothered to butthurt now?
if your ride has been with you since 2007 (year launch), then you already enjoyed yr lancer 3 years ahead of others. u might feel the salt abit now but, that's too bad for u. i would understand the feeling of those early buyers, but definately not recent ones. as i've pointed out, the guy who was going to sue mitsu/proton is a recent buyer. so what's the thing about maturity? i don't think that's matured. its like the singaporean who wanted to sue the casino for his lost in gambling. it's stupid & senseless.
if you had asked more politely asking that people to stop making fun of lancer, maybe they can feel you better. but yr bolded sentence tells me, YES, you are another butthurt like the guy who is going to sue proton. IT IS NOT TRYING TO BE A LANCER, BUT IF YOU INSIST THAT IT IS TRYING TO BE LANCER, THEN YES, YOU HAVE BEEN BUTTHURT. it's called a rebadge, what do you expect?
even maz2 and fiesta looks almost the same, and they share only the underpinning. do you see maz2 owners getting butthurt now that fiesta is cheaper? duh.
there are always cases of different car maker trying to make their car look like others, (avante > altis) (sonata nf > accord) (forte>civic) etc etc. but if every owner cared as much as lancer owners, damn, lyn forum would be filled with haters.
just my thought on all these butthurt.
but bro according to the forumer of the lancer owner he thought we are the one who is causing the butthurt and rubbing it into their faces....BUT IT IS NOT US