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From: Mike Hunter on 14 Feb 2010 12:02 (Cross posting deleted, automatically) "jim beam" <me(a)privacy.net> wrote in message news:zaadnVBEHaoyiuXWnZ2dnUVZ_qRi4p2d(a)speakeasy.net... > On 02/14/2010 07:14 AM, Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:
From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 14 Feb 2010 13:34 On Sun, 14 Feb 2010 07:47:11 -0500, Ed Pawlowski wrote: > > > "Hachiroku ハチロク" <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message >> One thing you have to give most European cars, they have handling down >> to a science. >> >> I had a new '78 Corolla econobox, and I couldn't take one corner too >> much over 45 mph. My roomate told me to take his '76 2002tii one day and >> I took the same corner at almost 75!!!!!!! >> >> > The generations ahead of us thought the European cars were rough riding. > They though cruising the highway should feel like sitting on a living room > sofa stuffed with marshmallow. A couple of years ago my rental car in > Las Vegas was a Mercury Grand Marquis. It took some effort to keep it in > a straight line and not just wallow along the road, but the Old Farts love > them and the soft ride. . My favorite car I have on the road right now is an '89 Subaru GL coupe. Wanna talk about driving by the seat of your pants? I LOVE it! I also had a Chrysler LHS that isolated you from the road a bit more, but not too much you couldn't feel it. I like that, since it gives you more of an idea of road conditions.
From: clare on 14 Feb 2010 19:13 On Sun, 14 Feb 2010 13:34:10 -0500, Hachiroku ???? <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote: >On Sun, 14 Feb 2010 07:47:11 -0500, Ed Pawlowski wrote: > >> >> >> "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message >>> One thing you have to give most European cars, they have handling down >>> to a science. >>> >>> I had a new '78 Corolla econobox, and I couldn't take one corner too >>> much over 45 mph. My roomate told me to take his '76 2002tii one day and >>> I took the same corner at almost 75!!!!!!! >>> >>> >> The generations ahead of us thought the European cars were rough riding. >> They though cruising the highway should feel like sitting on a living room >> sofa stuffed with marshmallow. A couple of years ago my rental car in >> Las Vegas was a Mercury Grand Marquis. It took some effort to keep it in >> a straight line and not just wallow along the road, but the Old Farts love >> them and the soft ride. . > >My favorite car I have on the road right now is an '89 Subaru GL coupe. >Wanna talk about driving by the seat of your pants? I LOVE it! > >I also had a Chrysler LHS that isolated you from the road a bit more, but >not too much you couldn't feel it. > >I like that, since it gives you more of an idea of road conditions. The wife's Mercury Mystique is a real road car i n the european model. Goes like stink and handles well. Almost as good as the 67? Rover 2000TC my brother used to own - a real 4 door sports car. It would not make a good rallye car though - not enough suspension travel or compliance - and not enough ground clearance. My old 88 New Yorker had a plush enough ride, but without the wallow of the BIG american iron like the GrandMarquis/Crown Vic or Lincoln or Caddy DeVille.
From: Mike Hunter on 15 Feb 2010 13:27
(Cross posting deleted, automatically) Apparently you have never tried to out run a cop driving a Crown Vic? LOL <clare(a)snyder.on.ca> wrote in message news:q64hn5h3r6rc1uehia3hbr3jkksao0699u(a)4ax.com... > On Sun, 14 Feb 2010 13:34:10 -0500, Hachiroku ???? <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> > wrote: > >>On Sun, 14 Feb 2010 07:47:11 -0500, Ed Pawlowski wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message >>>> One thing you have to give most European cars, they have handling down >>>> to a science. >>>> >>>> I had a new '78 Corolla econobox, and I couldn't take one corner too >>>> much over 45 mph. My roomate told me to take his '76 2002tii one day >>>> and >>>> I took the same corner at almost 75!!!!!!! >>>> >>>> >>> The generations ahead of us thought the European cars were rough riding. >>> They though cruising the highway should feel like sitting on a living >>> room >>> sofa stuffed with marshmallow. A couple of years ago my rental car in >>> Las Vegas was a Mercury Grand Marquis. It took some effort to keep it >>> in >>> a straight line and not just wallow along the road, but the Old Farts >>> love >>> them and the soft ride. . >> >>My favorite car I have on the road right now is an '89 Subaru GL coupe. >>Wanna talk about driving by the seat of your pants? I LOVE it! >> >>I also had a Chrysler LHS that isolated you from the road a bit more, but >>not too much you couldn't feel it. >> >>I like that, since it gives you more of an idea of road conditions. > > The wife's Mercury Mystique is a real road car i n the european > model. Goes like stink and handles well. > Almost as good as the 67? Rover 2000TC my brother used to own - a real > 4 door sports car. > It would not make a good rallye car though - not enough suspension > travel or compliance - and not enough ground clearance. > > My old 88 New Yorker had a plush enough ride, but without the wallow > of the BIG american iron like the GrandMarquis/Crown Vic or Lincoln or > Caddy DeVille. |