12-28-2011, 11:17 AM
|
#11 (permalink)
|
|
A True Z Fanatic
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: NY
Age: 36
Posts: 9,192
Drives: Z32TT & 335xi Coupe
Rep Power: 38
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Pharmacist
so if you had a viper srt 10 to drive year round, you'd just put snow tires and continue as usual?  never driven a mid engine car, but i drove a few front midship cars and actually i felt they were very stable under braking. And braking less is not always an option on the street. What if a guy cuts you off? Or a bus unexpectedly pulls out of the bus bay? Or a pedestrian decides to jaywalk across the street right in front of you? |
no matter how well a car handles, it can't make up for poor judgement. If you are speeding down a school zone in a lotus or an escalade, its stupid. In the lotus you can stop more quickly and change direction more easily, but its still stupid
Quote:
Originally Posted by Pharmacist
true, except you're wrong in one thing. Even if you go 100% full throttle in a corolla, you're still delivering less power and torque to the wheel than the viper engine does to its wheels even at idle at 0% throttle  |
really? i didn't realize cars delivered power to the wheels when the car is in neutral.
|
|
|
Similar Threads
Threaded Mode
