700 feels more like the 757 all around. But, those who call it a "sports car" have never flown a 757 (or they consider a Toyota Corolla with the Sport package a "Sports Sedan" ) As ACL said, the 757 and 767 should be the gold standard by which all other aircraft (and some women) are judged.

You know where your Captains flew before by hearing their comments about the -700.

• If it "sucks," then they were L1011 guys until the very end
• If they think it is marginally OK, slow, but "all right," then they came from the 767-400 or 777
• If they think it is marginal, noisy, but has really neat avionics (and they even eat while looking through the HUD) then they have a 757 background. This type likes to look at all the clouds and tell you if you're going to top them, or by how many degrees you're missing them.
• If they think was a gift from the gods, overpowered with a great wing, and a very intelligent design. Incredibly reliable, easy to land, great brakes, comfortable, straight forward and by golly they just love flying it and they want to buy you beer every where you go ... they just came off a decade of flying a Douglas product.

... and that's one thing I liked about the MD88 community. Anyone else noticed the guys with four kids in college and a daughter getting married think getting a $5 footlong at Subway is splurging on an overnight?