Fast cars
05-04-2009, 10:33 AM
#41
Originally Posted by Hypersonik,May 4 2009, 05:35 PM
I don't agree with that.
5th and 6th on a B road is totally exhillerating
5th and 6th on a B road is totally exhillerating
Yet the S2000 isn't a fast car, apparently.
It IS exciting, though. If rather tiring...
05-04-2009, 10:41 AM
#42
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Originally Posted by Nick Graves,May 4 2009, 07:33 PM
Yet the S2000 isn't a fast car, apparently.
It IS exciting, though. If rather tiring...
I was speaking about this with my Dad only yesterday.
We were talking tyres and I mentioned about overheating etc, but that on the road it would never happen.
Purely because his car (Mk2 Escort Harrier) and the S take serious concentration to drive quickly
10 minutes of maximum attack down a dark b-road is utterly exhausting in the S.
If it wasn't, it wouldn't be exciting!
Price i'm willing to pay though
05-04-2009, 10:42 AM
#43
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Originally Posted by Hypersonik,May 4 2009, 05:35 PM
I don't agree with that.
5th and 6th on a B road is totally exhillerating
5th and 6th on a B road is totally exhillerating
05-04-2009, 10:57 AM
#44
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Originally Posted by gaddafi,May 4 2009, 07:42 PM
so you DO have to be travelling fast to feel as if you are?
And for the benefit of everyone who didn't know that Pete's question was rhetorical:
Of course. I have tried doing crude experiments regarding this.
Personally, the more I push it, the faster I go, the more the adrenaline hits, and the slower it feels.
This is based on listening to dance music tracks before/after a drive and despite being played on the same device, the after sounds a lot slower.
It's a proper 'Fight or Flight' stimulus and is highly addictive
05-04-2009, 11:20 AM
#45
Going truly fast in a car with amazing composure can be quite breathtaking; although V12 Jaguars and the like still somehow had a sense of occasion, in spite of the refinement.
But it's not what Ron is describing and it gets very tedious after a while. Or incarcerating...
But it's not what Ron is describing and it gets very tedious after a while. Or incarcerating...
05-04-2009, 11:27 AM
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To answer the OP - yes there is a need for a car to be fast.
I can make fast progress when I choose to.
It's nice to have the choice - which, when you break anything down, is what life is all about.
I can make fast progress when I choose to.
It's nice to have the choice - which, when you break anything down, is what life is all about.
05-04-2009, 03:45 PM
#49
Not much fun on a motorway (although the refinement was superb for its day) but as I remember, great everywhere else!
I wonder how it would fare today? Hardly as useable as a 147, but more thrilling at 65!
I wonder how it would fare today? Hardly as useable as a 147, but more thrilling at 65!
05-05-2009, 01:57 AM
#50
for me it's not just about speed although fast cornering is a big part of it.. straight line flat out just doesn't do it for me
i love acceleration, i love cornering, i love the feeling of being in touch with the road, i dont want a car which drives itself.. one of these things they say 'is great a to b' but has no feel.
and i think he's just old. i've got a clean licence and i dont spare the horses in the appropriate circumstances (that doesnt mean "when there's no speed camera")
i love acceleration, i love cornering, i love the feeling of being in touch with the road, i dont want a car which drives itself.. one of these things they say 'is great a to b' but has no feel.
and i think he's just old. i've got a clean licence and i dont spare the horses in the appropriate circumstances (that doesnt mean "when there's no speed camera")