 How's Our Cars Handling? |
 Apr 23, 2011 - 11:20 PM
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Since my accident with my GT4, I've been a little scared of driving faster that 60mph on the highway and taking sharp corners...How much can this car handle in corners without losing control?
I also drive a Mazdaspeed protege as daily car and I take sharp corners no problem, it's really only with the GT4 that I am scared... |
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Apr 26, 2011 - 3:50 PM
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40-50kph sounds like alot, but you gotta remember, a gt4 finishes 2nd gear really fast and hit 3rd gear off the apex of a sharp corner that would generally have you riding 2nd gear 60kph 4000rpm waiting for the opening to come up to "bwaaaaaaaarrr" for a minute before even getting past 80kph, but its that point before the apex where you would get understeer, it would be a split second between the gt4 riding 80kph and hitting 100 at the limiter and changing gear.
So you're right in a way too that it is more like 20kph, but in saying that, i haven't found the limits of the gt4 because i'm not a race driver and i dont intend to drive the car at levels which i dont know that im safe at. Whereas in the FWD, theres not a whole lot you can do, you either go round the corner, or you understeer off the road, but the best you can do is put your foot down and hope for the best. -------------------- Mike W
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TheChildOfTheSea How's Our Cars Handling? Apr 23, 2011 - 11:20 PM
mkernz22 near me there's this one corner that ends one ... Apr 23, 2011 - 11:48 PM delusionz It takes a while to get used to driving the GT4 at... Apr 24, 2011 - 1:17 AM 808celica Hit a mountain, hit a gaurdrail, hit a chicken....... Apr 24, 2011 - 3:37 AM azian_advanced our cars' handling would be better if we had s... Apr 24, 2011 - 7:18 AM richee3 There's only one way to test your car's ha... Apr 24, 2011 - 8:24 AM
TheChildOfTheSea QUOTE (richee3 @ Apr 24, 2011 - 9:24... Apr 24, 2011 - 7:19 PM yungazzdriver QUOTE (808celica @ Apr 24, 2011 - 4... Apr 24, 2011 - 8:02 PM Euphoria Get some good tyres! make sure your shocks are... Apr 24, 2011 - 10:11 PM SwissFerdi Well, I think, compared to other vehicles of the s... Apr 24, 2011 - 10:16 PM cax_11 Takes time to learn the way the GT-Four handles th... Apr 24, 2011 - 10:22 PM azn87 personaly i would get ur self into some autocross ... Apr 25, 2011 - 12:22 AM BonzaiCelica I just installed my Helical LSD Transmission and s... Apr 25, 2011 - 1:00 AM delusionz QUOTE (BonzaiCelica @ Apr 25, 2011 - 6... Apr 25, 2011 - 1:21 AM delusionz If you give it the right inputs, you could potenti... Apr 25, 2011 - 1:17 AM delusionz The difference between Superstrut & LSD vs not... Apr 25, 2011 - 1:25 AM BonzaiCelica well ya your right the topic was started by a memb... Apr 25, 2011 - 2:21 AM Euphoria 40-50kph faster is a BIG difference, especially on... Apr 25, 2011 - 9:20 PM delusionz you have to have something more between your legs ... Apr 25, 2011 - 9:51 PM TheChildOfTheSea Thank you delusion! this is really helping I... Apr 25, 2011 - 10:36 PM whatthe RE001 are porn, you should never cheap out on tyre... Apr 25, 2011 - 11:14 PM TheChildOfTheSea Aye no worries! not pushing her too much, I do... Apr 25, 2011 - 11:22 PM delusionz Bridgestone Potenza RE001 is awesome, best tyre fo... Apr 26, 2011 - 1:21 AM TheChildOfTheSea Aye I've heard lots of good things about the p... Apr 26, 2011 - 2:03 AM whatthe R1R, cmon ;p Apr 26, 2011 - 2:05 AM TheChildOfTheSea QUOTE (whatthe @ Apr 26, 2011 - 3:05... Apr 26, 2011 - 2:32 AM delusionz R1R, RE001 are we comparing apples to oranges?
lo... Apr 26, 2011 - 2:39 AM delusionz T1R is Toyo's ultra high performance tyre in t... Apr 26, 2011 - 2:48 AM delusionz Lower than that range is the Touring type tyres, T... Apr 26, 2011 - 2:52 AM Euphoria Those Firestones are pretty average compared to RE... Apr 26, 2011 - 4:25 AM delusionz its the cars capability were discussing, not drive... Apr 26, 2011 - 3:54 PM TheChildOfTheSea What I'm doing right now is I always take the ... Apr 27, 2011 - 12:55 PM |
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