A sportscar shouldn’t have...
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blueg33 said:
1430 said:
A sports car shouldn't have a driver that is old and overweight. Nobody on pistonheads should own one because you're negativly affecting the power to weight ratio and your reflexs are slow.
Hmm - I am younger than Derek Bell, let me think for a second who could drive a sports car faster and better than me..................Also I can spell negatively and reflexes
If you are old enough.
1430 said:
A sports car shouldn't have a driver that is old and overweight. Nobody on pistonheads should own one because you're negativly affecting the power to weight ratio and your reflexs are slow.
On the positive side, at least we can spell. As far as weight goes - it depends which car you are driving. The combined weight of a 25 stone man in a Caterham, will be less than that of a 10 stone man in a Mazda MX5........ assuming you can lever a 25 stone man into a Caterham in the first place.
DoubleD said:
blueg33 said:
Fiammetta said:
Fuel injection .
ABS
Any ECU ,s
Power steering .
So a Triumph TR6 isn’t a sports car?ABS
Any ECU ,s
Power steering .
Can’t agree with that.
Personally I prefer carburettors ideally one barrel per cylinder ,with each just sat on top of the inlet valve with no inlet manifold either .Catching carbs when starting and thinking about them adds to the driving experience imho .
yonex said:
Anyone who needs cruise control to adhere to speed limits shouldn’t be driving. Similarly any automatic makes any car less involving, and has no place in a sports car.
Cruise control is handy however for when one might be treading the fine line between not adhering to speed limits and not being done for speeding!When doing that for an hour or three cruise control is a massive benefit - less fatigue means better observation.
braddo said:
Cruise control is handy however for when one might be treading the fine line between not adhering to speed limits and not being done for speeding!
When doing that for an hour or three cruise control is a massive benefit - less fatigue means better observation.
Said nobody in a Caterham ever When doing that for an hour or three cruise control is a massive benefit - less fatigue means better observation.
braddo said:
yonex said:
Anyone who needs cruise control to adhere to speed limits shouldn’t be driving. Similarly any automatic makes any car less involving, and has no place in a sports car.
Cruise control is handy however for when one might be treading the fine line between not adhering to speed limits and not being done for speeding!When doing that for an hour or three cruise control is a massive benefit - less fatigue means better observation.
Having driven an MG (it's a sportscar) on many continental road trips over the years where I would be sat at 62-lots of mph on an auto<bahn/ceste/route/(e)strada/pista/magistrala/eroticasphyxiation>, I used to hanker for cruise control and almost got round to installing an old vacuum-based set-up to make those bits more bearable. I can appreciate why those who don't have sportscars (or use them only to drive 3 miles from home to a pub and back in fine weather) have particular views against it (and other comforts), but for those who are stretching the legs and doing the miles to drive in some very nice locations, these are nice things to have.
Yes, yes, someone will say "ah, well you should have bought a GT because it's sort-of comfy and sort-of good at corners" but that's like saying "You want to sunbathe on a beach in the French Riviera do ya? Well, you better don a pair of speedos, cover yourself in goosefat and swim there!". I want to enjoy the roads once I get to where I'm going, and whilst a GT will get you there in comfort, who wants to be a 2-tonne blob in Speedos, covered in goosefat once there's supermodels sat round you? No-one, that's who.
yonex said:
braddo said:
Cruise control is handy however for when one might be treading the fine line between not adhering to speed limits and not being done for speeding!
When doing that for an hour or three cruise control is a massive benefit - less fatigue means better observation.
Said nobody in a Caterham ever When doing that for an hour or three cruise control is a massive benefit - less fatigue means better observation.
You're just a sadist, aren't you!
yonex said:
braddo said:
Cruise control is handy however for when one might be treading the fine line between not adhering to speed limits and not being done for speeding!
When doing that for an hour or three cruise control is a massive benefit - less fatigue means better observation.
Said nobody in a Caterham ever When doing that for an hour or three cruise control is a massive benefit - less fatigue means better observation.
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