What's the fastest 'feeling' car you've been in?
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For many years it was my first car, a Cosworth powered Lotus 7, even after owning faster cars many years later it was still the fastest feeling car I'd ever experienced. Then about ten years ago, a mate of mine who was a fecking useless driver and had no sense of driving to the conditions bought a Gallardo. There was no question it was fast, but the sense of imminent and horrible death when we were out in it made it seem truly the fastest thing I'd ever been in.. I still have bad dreams about it....
Driven a lot of fast stuff. GTR,911 turbo, Huracan, f458, etc etc
But for me.....
MP4-12c. Partly because just being RWD. Mate said don’t nail it in 1st or 2nd. Yeah yeah. Up a slip road 2nd gear. Felt the car go sideways and so glad the gizmos were on. Not as quick as some of the others but could really feel it.
Huracan felt solid even with the foot mashed until red line of 6th same as GTR
Not related to cars the fastest feeling acceleration would be sky diving 0-120mph in about 6 seconds. Never again.
But for me.....
MP4-12c. Partly because just being RWD. Mate said don’t nail it in 1st or 2nd. Yeah yeah. Up a slip road 2nd gear. Felt the car go sideways and so glad the gizmos were on. Not as quick as some of the others but could really feel it.
Huracan felt solid even with the foot mashed until red line of 6th same as GTR
Not related to cars the fastest feeling acceleration would be sky diving 0-120mph in about 6 seconds. Never again.
Edited by Aiminghigh123 on Wednesday 13th November 15:44
My supercharged Ariel Atom 3 - the rising intensity of the screaming supercharger next to your ear, the roar of the wind as it slices through the car, the strain on your neck as the helmet is pushed back, the sheer terror and exhilaration you feel as the world turns into a blur, right up to and beyond 130...
The previous owner replaced it with Huracan Performante - he said the Atom felt faster.
The previous owner replaced it with Huracan Performante - he said the Atom felt faster.
First stoopid fast "car" was a pal's 6 wheel kart with Triumph 650 Bonny engine/gearbox, Mini hydraulic brakes, Austin something diff/axle. Failed on a runway when the axle bent after about the 4th run.
Then 30 years of bikes. The world seems bloody quiet at 175mph on the autobahn - then, st I'm closing on that truck at 115!
Then my CLS55.
Then my CLS55 mapped to 520bhp and 770n/m. Back on the 'bahn last August and accelerating nicely through 170 when I find traffic.
I think what felt fastest was the kart and the bikes, not on the 'bahn but somewhere like the Schwarzwaldhochstrasse.
Happy days always.
Then 30 years of bikes. The world seems bloody quiet at 175mph on the autobahn - then, st I'm closing on that truck at 115!
Then my CLS55.
Then my CLS55 mapped to 520bhp and 770n/m. Back on the 'bahn last August and accelerating nicely through 170 when I find traffic.
I think what felt fastest was the kart and the bikes, not on the 'bahn but somewhere like the Schwarzwaldhochstrasse.
Happy days always.
Passenger ride in work colleague Ford, possibly a basic Escort. To prove his "skills" and that I really should get a car for winter rather than keep riding my YZF, said colleague drove like an utter utter utter utter bellend, genuine drove like he stole it, thought I was going die in that ropey stbox. Following that experience pretty much everything else is a bit meh.
An RS7 using launch control, light headed feeling for me & the passenger followed by spontaneous laughter. However a 420bhp 200SX Norris Designs demo felt ‘fast’ not only because of the acceleration but the phenomenal braking power of the uprated system - I was ghost braking in the passenger seat thinking I was going to be part of the scenery 😂
1995 Caterham JPE (Jonathan Palmer Evolution). 250hp Swindon tuned VX redtop on Webber Alpha throttle bodies as standard. An explosive road-going race car made in very limited numbers. Worthy of its world record 0-60 & 0-100-0 world records (before being knocked off the top spot in the Guiness book by the F40 & McL F1). The fastest feeling car I have ever driven, if you can find one, try it, its legendary and a triumph of British engineering.
KMCG1969 said:
However a 420bhp 200SX Norris Designs demo felt ‘fast’ not only because of the acceleration but the phenomenal braking power of the uprated system - I was ghost braking in the passenger seat thinking I was going to be part of the scenery ??
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