agent, i'm coming off 8 years of truck/suv's, and i didn't buy my car to race. it's nice having that power, but i like the luxury aspect just as much.
but u know i own u, right?
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but u know i own u, right?
[This message has been edited by geoff (edited October 11, 2000).]
Agent Smith,
I hope you're not targeting me with this post. I didn't buy my car to race either but when I was just having some fun that day with the 540i....
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Eric...
I hope you're not targeting me with this post. I didn't buy my car to race either but when I was just having some fun that day with the 540i....
Eric...
1. u mean beat u by 1 second
2. i own j00 anyway
3. nice work on that solara thread there, bud
Well I bought mine for the fun drive and looks of the car. I am not a real racer, well except for that one race with the CL TYPE S that I kicked his ass!
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I bought it for daily commute w/luxury, unique, class, and alitle power to pass dos big iron suv taking the left lane and doing 70 gee I hate dos
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but won't backout on potencial preys: A4, 328, TL, CL, hondas ...
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yup, you hit it right on the head
on street tires, the S2K is fairly neutral, but if you push it, you can get it to spin - been there, done that, planted it into a cement wall on an offramp at 60 because of that (and my somewhat agressive driving style).
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on race tires, all hell breaks loose. you'll literally drive the car sideways, the back end comes around so much. you CAN drive the car smoothly but it ISN'T fast... so if you see someone driving on race tires and looking smooth, well, sorry guys, I can do that too, but I'd be three or four seconds behind AS times. The car behaves up to a point, then it laughs in your face.
Also, the car has a huge problem with inside wheel spin. The car will actually lift the inside rear wheel far enough off the ground to overpower the torsen - actually, it makes it pretty useless when there's no weight on the wheel. So you can't put power down. Really hard to drive fast this way. Patience, patience until that wheel comes back down.
Race shocks help with the oversteer, but you'll also need a HUGE front bar to get beyond the inside wheel spin problem. We've got the Mugen 32.4mm(?) bar, and that isn't anywhere near enough. That's with front shocks stiff and rear shocks very soft to counteract the oversteer.
On the other hand, the Type R is VERY neutral and will put up with so many inherently bad driving traits. That's also an amazingly fun car to autocross. Do anything even remotely abrupt in the Honda, and the S2K will laugh at you, then spin, spin, spin!
As for the RX7 - it's a great autocross car, but from what I hear you've got to work at keeping it in the power band. And the new Corvettes are really giving it a run for it's money...
As for the Mr2 - I've driven both a NA and a Turbo, and man, are those FUN cars!! But unfortunately it's somewhat outclassed by the Boxster and the S2K now - it's still THE CAR to have for Prosolo, though, man can them puppies LAUNCH! A well prepared Mr2 and a great driver can still do amazing things in that car - Andy McKee and Theresa Neidel are too examples.
well, gotta run
Annie
Y2K S2K
on street tires, the S2K is fairly neutral, but if you push it, you can get it to spin - been there, done that, planted it into a cement wall on an offramp at 60 because of that (and my somewhat agressive driving style).
on race tires, all hell breaks loose. you'll literally drive the car sideways, the back end comes around so much. you CAN drive the car smoothly but it ISN'T fast... so if you see someone driving on race tires and looking smooth, well, sorry guys, I can do that too, but I'd be three or four seconds behind AS times. The car behaves up to a point, then it laughs in your face.
Also, the car has a huge problem with inside wheel spin. The car will actually lift the inside rear wheel far enough off the ground to overpower the torsen - actually, it makes it pretty useless when there's no weight on the wheel. So you can't put power down. Really hard to drive fast this way. Patience, patience until that wheel comes back down.
Race shocks help with the oversteer, but you'll also need a HUGE front bar to get beyond the inside wheel spin problem. We've got the Mugen 32.4mm(?) bar, and that isn't anywhere near enough. That's with front shocks stiff and rear shocks very soft to counteract the oversteer.
On the other hand, the Type R is VERY neutral and will put up with so many inherently bad driving traits. That's also an amazingly fun car to autocross. Do anything even remotely abrupt in the Honda, and the S2K will laugh at you, then spin, spin, spin!
As for the RX7 - it's a great autocross car, but from what I hear you've got to work at keeping it in the power band. And the new Corvettes are really giving it a run for it's money...
As for the Mr2 - I've driven both a NA and a Turbo, and man, are those FUN cars!! But unfortunately it's somewhat outclassed by the Boxster and the S2K now - it's still THE CAR to have for Prosolo, though, man can them puppies LAUNCH! A well prepared Mr2 and a great driver can still do amazing things in that car - Andy McKee and Theresa Neidel are too examples.
well, gotta run
Annie
Y2K S2K
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