which is the best handling rear wheel drive ?
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01 October 2003, 07:38 PM
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That is such a difficult question that people will nevr aggree on.
For example Autocar rate the MX5 as this years best handling car!!
A fine little intro to a well balanced RWD it might be, but better than the awesome Noble and better than the precision offered by a Caterham superlight or the hard edged thrills of a porker GT3 I just can't agree with.
I personnaly love the pork 968CS for its feel/predictability/ease of driving very hard for those not equipped with professional racing drivers reflexes.
However how can I say its a better handling car than say a Ferrari Enzo, the new Ford GT40 or the new Carrera GT or even the purity of something like an Atom, having never driven any of them.
So in summary I dunno, but I bet this years Ferrari F1 car must be in with a shout- can I have a play in one to make my mind up
For example Autocar rate the MX5 as this years best handling car!!
A fine little intro to a well balanced RWD it might be, but better than the awesome Noble and better than the precision offered by a Caterham superlight or the hard edged thrills of a porker GT3 I just can't agree with.
I personnaly love the pork 968CS for its feel/predictability/ease of driving very hard for those not equipped with professional racing drivers reflexes.
However how can I say its a better handling car than say a Ferrari Enzo, the new Ford GT40 or the new Carrera GT or even the purity of something like an Atom, having never driven any of them.
So in summary I dunno, but I bet this years Ferrari F1 car must be in with a shout- can I have a play in one to make my mind up
01 October 2003, 07:45 PM
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Funnily enough I reckon most [all] of us would find the Ferrari F1 car would handle like crap! We would never be able to drive it hard enough to make it work properly, let alone warm the tyres up!
02 October 2003, 12:04 PM
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Its not a Supra
but its not that bad either, for how heavy it is I think you'd be amazed at how well handles, a few passengers in mine have even said so - some scooby drivers
02 October 2003, 10:48 PM
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Si,
your damn straight there have been!
I've got the RLTC on but even that can't help the tyres which are worse than ZZ1's 
They're coming off next week for Eagles......
your damn straight there have been!
I've got the RLTC on but even that can't help the tyres which are worse than ZZ1's They're coming off next week for Eagles......
03 October 2003, 07:16 AM
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lol Jap rubber LURVLY is it? a dealer mentioned he didnt think Jap rubber was as bad as everyone made on & wasnt sure if it kud also be carp alignment etc.........
Either way i'm guna stick sum proxes on my freshly purchased rice rocket ASAP even if it means killing them straight away doing an airfield day thing
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a dealer mentioned he didnt think Jap rubber was as bad as everyone made on & wasnt sure if it kud also be carp alignment etc.........Either way i'm guna stick sum proxes on my freshly purchased rice rocket ASAP even if it means killing them straight away doing an airfield day thing
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03 October 2003, 10:00 AM
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Nah mate - the place I bought it from replaced the Jap rubber with this cr4p no-one has ever heard of. Was speaking to a chappy who works in the tyre industry the other day and he said they were ultra budget, not at all suited to high performance use, and he would never recommend them...... Ultra hard compound so not much grip at all, and almost impossible to wear out!
Hence sticking the eagles on!
Ultra hard compound so not much grip at all, and almost impossible to wear out!Hence sticking the eagles on!
03 October 2003, 10:29 AM
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Matt your biased lol
So wots our definaition of best handling? Sounds simple enough but how about how far u can drift it while still able to recover?
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lolSo wots our definaition of best handling? Sounds simple enough but how about how far u can drift it while still able to recover?
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03 October 2003, 09:42 PM
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XTR2 is pretty good
Loved the Caterham Superlight too.
Not got too much experience of any more.
Off to spend some time in a lotus at bruntingthorpe tomorrow - not really driven one before so should be fun.
I would say dingys mk2 escort was a good handling car - have you ever seen dingy get out of it without him grinning
Need more RWD experiences.
Loved the Caterham Superlight too.
Not got too much experience of any more.
Off to spend some time in a lotus at bruntingthorpe tomorrow - not really driven one before so should be fun.
I would say dingys mk2 escort was a good handling car - have you ever seen dingy get out of it without him grinning
Need more RWD experiences.