Garrison wrote:TheInsanity1234 wrote:The perfect solution to the ever-decreasing speed limits is to purchase a car which is underpowered that you have to work hard to get it up to 40.
Therefore, the solution is a Fiat Panda 1.0.
Who knew OAP transport was indeed the holy grail of driving at 35 and having fun!
And skinny, low-grip tyres. I was stunned when I first drove a Toyota GT86 that how little grip there is on country roads against my 1995 MR2. Of course, not everyone like to slide their cars on every journey.
But seriously, if you have very low grip, then it's a lot more fun as you're reaching the limits of the car at quite low speeds, which are probably well within NSL limits!
I reckon that's why lots of people are now buying more powerful cars to try and have fun, because the amount of grip available has shot sky high even on typical white-goods motoring cars. I'm sure a Kia Picanto from now would have more grip than a 6 series BMW from the 80's.
Consequently, people put in more power into cars so they can get back some sense of risk, blah blah blah.
So person drives faster because they're trying to invoke some excitement from a grippy and powerful car, overcooks it massively, boom, major crash.
However, in a Fiat Panda, or a car with low grip and low power, you drive along, and overcook it while doing 45 mph. It's okay, as you can easily coast to a halt without hitting the scenery
But this has been touched upon by James May in one of his columns, that to have fun, you need a low power, low grip set of tyres.