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02-03-2012 10:06 AM |
Wait...so you mean the car with a solid rear axle and little bitty tires might not be as good as a car with IRS and some real tires when it comes to the road bending and bumping?
We already knew how this would go. GM knows how to actually put a suspension and some tire under a car. Ford knows how to perfect the SRA, but they have yet to figure IRS out, unless you count the Ford GT, which was recalled for breaking all 6 control arms, and turned VERY poor lap-times at every track it was tested on, given its power/weight, or the previous generation IRS Cobra's that constantly broke half-shafts and wheel-hopped all over the place in the process.
Ford and their obsession with the outdated SRA remind me of a virgin that can't stop telling all the porn-stars in the room of how consummate his skill at beating off is. Great. The rest have moved on while Ford is still sitting there with their meat in their hand wondering why noone is impressed.
I think the mustang is a great car, but can Ford PLEASE! stop shafting its customers with it's SRA. Put an IRS under the car, bolt on some real rims/tires, and it might just do what it should have been doing all along!
Until then, it's a killer pony-car, but lets evolve it already!
*rant/off*
ETA:
This test wasn't just about lap-times. It was about comparing the two cars personalities and how they handle different situations. The mustang was obviously lacking in the suspension department, and the Camaro, although heavier, hit the corners harder and came out of them faster, and was far more controlled on uneven surfaces. There was no "loss" for the Camaro here, just a resounding reminder that even though Charlton Heston's chariot had a solid rear-axle and he had a load of fun in it, history has moved on. Will Ford please rejoin the rest of the group.
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