What's the fastest 'feeling' car you've been in?
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Jag_NE said:
Oddly...I remember a Lexus Soarer Turbo (Jap Import) feeling pretty fast!
No car comes close to the feeling of a fast bike though. In terms of 0-60 the very fastest cars can be close but the noise/wind/exposure makes the bike feel faster for sure.
Nowadays the fastest cars are actually quite a bit faster. My bike (R1200GS) is huge fun, but never feels as fast to me as my cars.No car comes close to the feeling of a fast bike though. In terms of 0-60 the very fastest cars can be close but the noise/wind/exposure makes the bike feel faster for sure.
Even an S1000RR would struggle against a high-end car nowadays until the speeds got silly.
Kent Border Kenny said:
Nowadays the fastest cars are actually quite a bit faster. My bike (R1200GS) is huge fun, but never feels as fast to me as my cars.
Even an S1000RR would struggle against a high-end car nowadays until the speeds got silly.
Without steering this thread off topic too much, surely it's the car which struggles until the speeds get silly??Even an S1000RR would struggle against a high-end car nowadays until the speeds got silly.
Once off the line and rolling, the bikes main strength is its acceleration until the car starts to claw it back through raw power at higher speeds?
An old vid here from autocar with a P1, 918 and a Ducati 1199 seems to demonstrate this?
https://youtu.be/bfLqa4vlmFI
Edited by DuncsGTi on Wednesday 6th November 23:08
I had a Toyota Corolla AE86 running a 270bhp CA18DET engine. The car was pretty light so the power to weight ratio was decent but that's only gives you half the feeling. It was a total assault on your senses when you floored it, the power delivery was violent, there was a vibration through the floor where the exhaust would rub on full load, it was loud, you would get some fumes inside the cabin, the gearing was very low so you were constantly changing gear when flat out and predictably the back end was very lively. I'd have a 10 minute drive around the block and get out feeling goosed, headache from fumes/noise, legs like jelly but a smile from ear to ear.
I had a run agaisnt an E93 M3 and it matched it performance wise so it was very fast for an AE86 but not that quick in the scheme of things. The driving experience between the 2 cars couldn't be more different, the AE86 felt very much like a car that had more power than it should of. I was intimidated by it, it was wild and I felt like a crash was on the cards so sold it while it was in one piece.
I guess for a car to feel really fast it needs to feel a bit dangerous?
I had a run agaisnt an E93 M3 and it matched it performance wise so it was very fast for an AE86 but not that quick in the scheme of things. The driving experience between the 2 cars couldn't be more different, the AE86 felt very much like a car that had more power than it should of. I was intimidated by it, it was wild and I felt like a crash was on the cards so sold it while it was in one piece.
I guess for a car to feel really fast it needs to feel a bit dangerous?
I got a few laps as a passenger in a touring car for charity ages ago.
It was only a Toyota 2 litre or something but the way it took the corners of Snetterton made me realise that I had no idea.
Given my car experience up to that point, I fully expected us to roll over at the first fast corner
It was only a Toyota 2 litre or something but the way it took the corners of Snetterton made me realise that I had no idea.
Given my car experience up to that point, I fully expected us to roll over at the first fast corner
As a passenger, a pals red, mildly tweaked, 69 427cu Big Block Stingray, in 1995.
It's Torque was simply unreal. Scary tbh, as everytime he booted it, the thing slewed sideways on its "tired"
suspension.
And as a driver, my "tweaked" Griff 500. 300 hp and just over 1,000kgs, makes for a shatteringly quick car to 100.
It's Torque was simply unreal. Scary tbh, as everytime he booted it, the thing slewed sideways on its "tired"
suspension.
And as a driver, my "tweaked" Griff 500. 300 hp and just over 1,000kgs, makes for a shatteringly quick car to 100.
Porsche Cayman S PDK.
The first time I drove it, got to motorway doing about 45 and stamped the pedal to see what it could do. It dropped many cogs at once and went absolutely f
king mental down the road.
Scared the st out of me, as I clinged on for dear life but I loved it! Didn't do it again mind, felt far too wild for a public road. 
The first time I drove it, got to motorway doing about 45 and stamped the pedal to see what it could do. It dropped many cogs at once and went absolutely f
king mental down the road.Scared the s
t out of me, as I clinged on for dear life but I loved it! Didn't do it again mind, felt far too wild for a public road. 
A passenger ride in a Caterham with a tuned Vauxhall red-top at Donnington on a Club 89 track day felt ballistic driven by someone capable! My crash helmet hit the roll bar every time it changed gear. 
But a passenger ride in a rented Volvo Turbo on another Club 89 day driven by Jan Lammers around Silverstone demonstrating a "qualifying lap" was the most memorable!
As for what I've driven myself I'm torn between the Maserati Quattroporte I drove at Millbrook and the BMW Z4M I drove on Tuesday that just felt brutal.
But a passenger ride in a rented Volvo Turbo on another Club 89 day driven by Jan Lammers around Silverstone demonstrating a "qualifying lap" was the most memorable!
As for what I've driven myself I'm torn between the Maserati Quattroporte I drove at Millbrook and the BMW Z4M I drove on Tuesday that just felt brutal.
Bikes spoiled fast feeling for me. The fastest car I’ve driven was a panamera v8 non turbo. Felt biblically slow after regular riding of a busa powered naked bike.
Having said that. The fastest feeling bike I had was my gsr 600 when I picked it up from the dealership after passing my test.
Passed my test on a cb500 and I shat myself doing 50mph.
Bought the 600 and pinned it on a triple carriage way.
I remember screaming “wwooooooooooh and I crossed 80mph (lol)
It felt like a rocket ship at the time
Having said that. The fastest feeling bike I had was my gsr 600 when I picked it up from the dealership after passing my test.
Passed my test on a cb500 and I shat myself doing 50mph.
Bought the 600 and pinned it on a triple carriage way.
I remember screaming “wwooooooooooh and I crossed 80mph (lol)
It felt like a rocket ship at the time
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