Fastest feeling slow car
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What's everyones fastest feeling slow car?
Although on paper dog slow, my first car (1.2 Nova) used to feel pretty sprightly and felt like you where covering ground like a missile (even my mum thought it felt fast at the time). Had a similar experience with a 70ps mk1 ford Ka, feeling genuinely decent on anything but a motorway. Of course, in reality both where dog-slow.
As someone used to barges any hot-hatch feels swift until I look at the speedo.
Must be something to do with size?
Although on paper dog slow, my first car (1.2 Nova) used to feel pretty sprightly and felt like you where covering ground like a missile (even my mum thought it felt fast at the time). Had a similar experience with a 70ps mk1 ford Ka, feeling genuinely decent on anything but a motorway. Of course, in reality both where dog-slow.
As someone used to barges any hot-hatch feels swift until I look at the speedo.
Must be something to do with size?
The answer has to be everyones favourite first car. A Mini 1000. KOF 991P. I had one as a first car. I put a scoop on the front, took out the air filter and turned the inlet pipe away from the manifold. So now sounded fast too; it never really was though. The engine then broke with indeterminate (to me) problems and the cheapest fix was to bang in another A Series. So it ended up with an 1100. If anything it was even slower after.
It was fast around corners though. How fast I have no idea and after 23 years I wonder what I would think now.
It was fast around corners though. How fast I have no idea and after 23 years I wonder what I would think now.
Mk1 Ka rental cars seem to fly along, an old mate and I got stuck with one for a short business trip. Moaned about it, resigned to it, started it, showed it zero mercy from stone-cold, revved it till it stopped pulling 1st, 2nd, 3rd "this is actually pretty good fun" slid around some bends - floored it again until it screamed "Bloody hell, what are we doing???" shouted my Mate "forty, forty one".
I had a 1.2 Nova as my first car. Fastest thing on the road http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/imgs/11.gif
my newer 1.25 Fiesta felt fast too, until I drove an almighty 1.8 mk1 focus
my newer 1.25 Fiesta felt fast too, until I drove an almighty 1.8 mk1 focus
When I was 17/18, anything felt quick, even the 1.3 CDTI Corsa I learnt to drive in. Very narrow power band, but a decent feeling shove within it. My 1.6 Focus felt like a beast which needed to be tamed when I first drove it, just before I sold it, having moved to a car with almost double the power, it felt pretty glacial. Lots of noise, not much movement 
aarondbs said:
The answer has to be everyones favourite first car. A Mini 1000. KOF 991P. I had one as a first car. I put a scoop on the front, took out the air filter and turned the inlet pipe away from the manifold. So now sounded fast too; it never really was though. The engine then broke with indeterminate (to me) problems and the cheapest fix was to bang in another A Series. So it ended up with an 1100. If anything it was even slower after.
It was fast around corners though. How fast I have no idea and after 23 years I wonder what I would think now.
This sound very familiar. Only, after my second engine died in a haze of oil smoke, I built a 1380cc do drop in it. It was fast around corners though. How fast I have no idea and after 23 years I wonder what I would think now.
Now that felt faast, especially until i replaced the drums on the front with Cooper S discs
I tell you, nothing feels as fast as trying to get 100mph out of a £300 20 year old Mini!
crosseyedlion said:
What's everyones fastest feeling slow car?
Although on paper dog slow, my first car (1.2 Nova) used to feel pretty sprightly and felt like you where covering ground like a missile (even my mum thought it felt fast at the time). Had a similar experience with a 70ps mk1 ford Ka, feeling genuinely decent on anything but a motorway. Of course, in reality both where dog-slow.
As someone used to barges any hot-hatch feels swift until I look at the speedo.
Must be something to do with size?
No, it's to do with youth and lack of experience. I felt the same about a 1.6L Maestro.Although on paper dog slow, my first car (1.2 Nova) used to feel pretty sprightly and felt like you where covering ground like a missile (even my mum thought it felt fast at the time). Had a similar experience with a 70ps mk1 ford Ka, feeling genuinely decent on anything but a motorway. Of course, in reality both where dog-slow.
As someone used to barges any hot-hatch feels swift until I look at the speedo.
Must be something to do with size?
crosseyedlion said:
What's everyones fastest feeling slow car?
Although on paper dog slow, my first car (1.2 Nova) used to feel pretty sprightly and felt like you where covering ground like a missile (even my mum thought it felt fast at the time). Had a similar experience with a 70ps mk1 ford Ka, feeling genuinely decent on anything but a motorway. Of course, in reality both where dog-slow.
As someone used to barges any hot-hatch feels swift until I look at the speedo.
Must be something to do with size?
My brother had a 1.2 Nova it felt SLOW SLOW SLOW all the time. Gutless engine and just a rather crappy car with a crappier interior. Did not feel fast ever.Although on paper dog slow, my first car (1.2 Nova) used to feel pretty sprightly and felt like you where covering ground like a missile (even my mum thought it felt fast at the time). Had a similar experience with a 70ps mk1 ford Ka, feeling genuinely decent on anything but a motorway. Of course, in reality both where dog-slow.
As someone used to barges any hot-hatch feels swift until I look at the speedo.
Must be something to do with size?
Zod said:
No, it's to do with youth and lack of experience. I felt the same about a 1.6L Maestro.
Not entirely, I still get the occasional surprise now. I'm sure It can be to do with years of slow-feeling swift cars too.Its not about feeling like you're trying to tame a wild stallion, more feeling like you're making progress and looking at the speedo and thinking 'fwuck me am I only doing 45?!'
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