Darren wrote:Gareth, you gonna stand for that?
vonhosen wrote:Getting more & more difficult with some modern cars. A lot of "Safety" systems aren't fully disabled by switching them off at the button.
Police_Driver wrote:Hence why I love cars like the afore mentioned VX220 (has to be the turbo though)
Police_Driver wrote:In my opinion, straight line speed wins over handling.
rlmr wrote:Power is useful / fun and it's nice to have some in reserve, but without handling it cannot be used
Perhaps its just that I am blessed with nice (twisty) roads in my part of the world
rlmr wrote:
Perhaps its just that I am blessed with nice (twisty) roads in my part of the world .
Rennie
rlmr wrote:Police_Driver wrote:I am a modern man,and classics, as much as I respect their place in modern day motoring heritage, do nothing for me. As for driving without interference I would find the lack of performance of classic car's (in most, but not all cases ,I know) an interference to my driving!
An interesting post...
I would have thought a chap with your pedigree would prefer the challenge of a real car (without: traction control, power assisted steering, paddle-shift gears, ABS, computer controlled suspension etc. etc.) .
Rennie
TripleS wrote:Rennie - perhaps what you mean is these modern youngsters need feather bedding all the time. A 3.8 Mark 2 Jaguar, for example, would surely be too much like hard work.
...just a thought!!
rlmr wrote:Hi Dave,TripleS wrote:Rennie - perhaps what you mean is these modern youngsters need feather bedding all the time. A 3.8 Mark 2 Jaguar, for example, would surely be too much like hard work.
...just a thought!!
Looks like we are both on the same wavelength .
Rennie
TripleS wrote:The 3.8 Jaguar that I owned between 1968 and 1999 was a bit of a brute by modern standards. I enjoyed it immensely but it did feel like hard work and I never felt able to exploit it fully. Never mind though, I had some good times in it and kept out of trouble, so I count that as a fair result.
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