What's the fastest 'feeling' car you've been in?
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Two cars for me, that stuck in my mind.. First is the Cerb, I have been in significantly more powerful cars, but these just have the right dynamics to feel fast as a passenger. The second was an RS2, as I thought it was a boggo Audi Estate at the time and the acceleration took me by surprise..
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yonex said:
It got to the point it felt 'normal', which was exactly the right time to walk away from it for a few weeks 
probably a wise choice...and not too different from the adage coined by early airmail pilot, E. Hamilton Lee: "There are old pilots and bold pilots, but no old, bold pilots."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Bold_Pilots_Asso...
Clearly my old Caterham R500D, full bore either elicited silence, screams or involuntary giggles from passengers.
Weirdest driving experience of my life was returning from a blat in the Caterham to then drive my wife's classic 1972 Fiat 500 over for an MOT - not sure I could find a more disparate pair of RWD cars!
Weirdest driving experience of my life was returning from a blat in the Caterham to then drive my wife's classic 1972 Fiat 500 over for an MOT - not sure I could find a more disparate pair of RWD cars!
Lotus 22 ..............road car
400kg with 160hp Kawasaki tuned race bike engine , 6 speed sequential gears quaife dif
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXyvwaLCtOM
400kg with 160hp Kawasaki tuned race bike engine , 6 speed sequential gears quaife dif
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXyvwaLCtOM
Old Merc said:
In 2005 I had a flat out passenger ride around Castle Combe race track in Richard Burns Subaru Impreza WRC driven by Colin McRae. The sensation from a standing start made me feel faint,I thought I was going to throw up in my helmet. Luckily I came back to life under braking for the first corner. That was an experience I will never forget.
You are a very very lucky man! Edited by Old Merc on Thursday 7th November 16:14
i had a test drive in a Tesla Model S P100d at Goodwood FOS last year.
by far the quickest I have been (and probably ever will) go to 60mph, I cant even imagine having that under my right foot for every day driving. Completely brutal acceleration, dimmed a little by no noise.
I have an E63s now and while this car in standard form scares most of my passengers, I still think that Tesla was a completely different level of brutal. Still wouldn't have one though
by far the quickest I have been (and probably ever will) go to 60mph, I cant even imagine having that under my right foot for every day driving. Completely brutal acceleration, dimmed a little by no noise.
I have an E63s now and while this car in standard form scares most of my passengers, I still think that Tesla was a completely different level of brutal. Still wouldn't have one though
DBSV8 said:
Lotus 22 ..............road car
400kg with 160hp Kawasaki tuned race bike engine , 6 speed sequential gears quaife dif
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXyvwaLCtOM
Wow, was it hard to get on the road?400kg with 160hp Kawasaki tuned race bike engine , 6 speed sequential gears quaife dif
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXyvwaLCtOM
How old was the car?
Lotus Esprit my BIL had. No sure what engine unfortunately. I felt like I couldn't breathe for a few seconds. Funnily I had a run in a Lamborghini Gallardo? possibly. (Sorry they all look quite similar to me in the last 10 years) It was brand new in 2009 or so. Anyway I was disappointing as it did't feel nearly as fast as the Esprit.
I was privileged that on a private test day that a racing friend let me have a go in their Aston Martin AMR1. I was there testing our Mustang and Elan, so to step up to a Group C car was quite something! They have about 600bhp and weigh just over 900kg.
Even sitting in the car is hugely intimidating - it is such a wide car; you're sat down low and all the controls are really weighty. The steering is heavy, the clutch is heavy, and the gearshift gate finicky like a formula car. Of course, there is the small matter of knowing the car's value too!
You then have this huge V8 engine behind you didn't seem to care what gear it was. Oh, and of course the slicks were fairly old and not up to temperature.
Being a race car, there is no sound deadening. You hear everything, and that really exaggerates the sense of speed (that and your arse is on the floor).
After a few laps I got used to the feeling and realised how forgiving it was, with the huge aero sucking the thing to the ground. It felt like a big Elise - genuinely. However, it always remained physical, and I can't imagine the effort to drive it for a stint at Le Mans in period.
Even sitting in the car is hugely intimidating - it is such a wide car; you're sat down low and all the controls are really weighty. The steering is heavy, the clutch is heavy, and the gearshift gate finicky like a formula car. Of course, there is the small matter of knowing the car's value too!
You then have this huge V8 engine behind you didn't seem to care what gear it was. Oh, and of course the slicks were fairly old and not up to temperature.
Being a race car, there is no sound deadening. You hear everything, and that really exaggerates the sense of speed (that and your arse is on the floor).
After a few laps I got used to the feeling and realised how forgiving it was, with the huge aero sucking the thing to the ground. It felt like a big Elise - genuinely. However, it always remained physical, and I can't imagine the effort to drive it for a stint at Le Mans in period.
Caddyshack said:
DBSV8 said:
Lotus 22 ..............road car
400kg with 160hp Kawasaki tuned race bike engine , 6 speed sequential gears quaife dif
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXyvwaLCtOM
Wow, was it hard to get on the road?400kg with 160hp Kawasaki tuned race bike engine , 6 speed sequential gears quaife dif
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXyvwaLCtOM
How old was the car?
lots of fun , on the road , video was in France hence wrong side of the road ,
after several years languishing in a French barn , i brought her back to restore , here's my 5 year old son using it as a pedal car
R34 GTR which oddly enough belonged to the guy that does maintenance for my landlord. Can't remember exactly what had been done but he told me it was putting out about 450bhp with a fair amount of weight reduction. Properly pinned you to the back of the seat holding on for dear life.
Back in the day when Alfa 156 was available for a test drive. It was in middle of the winter here in Finland. I happily coasted along and then suddenly I had to do emergency breaking. Didn't even notice that I was speeding (about 150-160) while others were doing about 60-70. (Two lane highway and I didn't see them because of the curve)
Alfa156 with 2.5 motor. Brilliant, brilliant car
Alfa156 with 2.5 motor. Brilliant, brilliant car
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