Cars that beg you to drive them hard.....

[Eighteeteewhy]

.....and reward you for it!

I'm lucky enough to drive two cars, a M3 and MX-5(Eunos)

The M3 you can drive how you like. Slow, fast it's happy whatever. The Eunos though is a different story, it just wants to go quicker, always trying to hit that apex or get more corner speed and when you get it right it feels so good.

What other cars feel like this?

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[crosseyedlion]

My old Alfa 145 Cloverleaf.

Just begged to be wrung by the neck and thrown around. It was a combo of a ridiculously eager engine, great sound, fast steering and enough 'rawness'

Great car *siiigh* I miss it.

[Hudson]

Alfa GTV, the 4 pot one, despite its many faults was an absolute hoot to wring the st out of. Debated buying one for ages but i didn't have the money to run it.

Still, one day!

[All that jazz]

I struggle to use a gentle right foot in my Puma. It's one of those engines that wants you to wring its neck all the time.

[RobCrezz]

My evo is exactly like that. It just doesn't feel happy unless you give it some stick. Doesn't need 10/10 all the time, but everything about the car doesn't come alive until you begin to put your foot down a bit.

[odyssey2200]

V-Tec Hondas.

/thread

[PaulB81]

odyssey2200 said:

V-Tec Hondas.

/thread

This.

And toyota engined elises

[RobCrezz]

odyssey2200 said:

V-Tec Hondas.

/thread

Obviously they are at their best when driven hard, buy my old ctr was quite nice to drive even when not driving hard.

[LukeSi]

Panda 100HP, not a fast car by any means but you can just tell it is there like "Go on you know you want to go faster, don't worry no one will notice, Go on, Go on, Go on, just a bit faster no one will ever know, Go on you know you want to." Twisty roads are great fun in it.

[NelsonR32]

My old Accord Type R and my current E46 325i M Sport are good candidates.

Edited by NelsonR32 on Saturday 5th May 17:59

[LukeSi]

NelsonR32 said:

My old Accord Type R and my current E46 3225i M Sport are good candidates.

Bloody hell a 3225i must be quick.

[BrewsterBear]

968. They just love to be revved. A little flat lower down which suits if you're pootling, but a lovely zippy lump up the range. Not to mention handling that rewards the enthusiastic driver.

[vit4]

My OH's Fiesta 1.25 mk4 So chuckable, great engine that loves to be thrashed, and far more fun than any 13 year old shopping trolley has any right to be.

[NelsonR32]

LukeSi said:

NelsonR32 said:

My old Accord Type R and my current E46 3225i M Sport are good candidates.

Bloody hell a 3225i must be quick.

[snuffle]

PaulB81 said:

odyssey2200 said:

V-Tec Hondas.

/thread

This.

And toyota engined elises

OP said beg you to drive them hard, not break when you drive them hard.

[paulmoonraker]

Impreza STi's...

[PTE993]

The 993's I had really came alive the harder you drove them. Sedate and easy at low speeds but magical when on full chat which is where they were happiest and where they always seemed to want to take you. Added to which you had a real sense that the engine and drive train were unburstable and could take everything you could throw at them.

[Rollcage]

All that jazz said:

I struggle to use a gentle right foot in my Puma. It's one of those engines that wants you to wring its neck all the time.

I'd agree - the handling on these little shopping trolleys is just so sweet that every opportunity to string a few corners together sees me carefully judging apices and imaginary clipping points.

[crispyshark]

S2000 and Porsche caymen. Had both, they liked going fast!

[Toltec]

Smart Roadster, not fast but great fun to keep on the boil.