Having given this considerable thought over multiple cabernets, I can now unequivocally state my opinion with no reservation.
While Warp Drive clearly has superior acceleration it lacks the soul and emotion of rocket propulsion.
How can one doubt the superiority of being pushed almost through your seat as each stage of the rocket comes on line, then the forward thrust as it exhausts itself only then to be slammed back into your seat?
Do I even have to raise the issues of sound smoke and fury?
This is not a Lexus we are talking about here, there is no insulation from these visceral events.
Near whiplash is something to be cherished the same as vaulting a stream on a fast paced horse.
Does it get any better than that?
Light years, schmite years, if it does not feel fast, is it really fast?
I think not.
If your heart is not beating at 130 plus and there is no tremor in your bones, or sweat on your brow with hair standing up, then what is the point of speed?
Banging my knuckles into the ashtray while shifting from 2nd to third in a Mopar was an event to be remembered.
How can that compare to giving a command of " warp 9 now?"
I am an avowed Dino.
Marty