Are You a Handling or Acceleration Person?

[Biggoggs]

Originally Posted by 4.9 EF Futura

If anyone here is sincere about handling being of greater importance than brute power, surely these would the focus/festiva owners amoungst us. Please dont get me wrong - anyone with a falcon can surely appreciate a nice handling car - but if you were that serious about handling, you wouldnt have bought an 1800kg family edan.

I don't believe that's true. Not everyone can live with an MR-S, MR2, S2000, MX-5 [etc], they're small two-seaters with the storage space of a golf cart. Besides, it's relative, an 1800kg family sedan can still go around corners fast, just not as fast as a two-door sportscar.
Even if between your house and wherever you wanted to go was a curvy mountain road, many people still need to carry people & stuff around in a bit more comfort and safety than a golf-cart.

[SVR73]

I've owned a forte AU and now have the XR6 VCT with full kit and difference is chalk and cheese
Sure there are euro and jap cars that would handle better but for an aussie built car at 1600kg, it's brilliant
some of the speeds that are capable through corners with 20-40 km/h recommended speed signs and sweeping bends is amazing and it never ever pushes or has body roll

I am serious about handling but am a sedan man
Big 4 door sedans and 2 door coupe's just do it for me
Little 4 potters do not





Little

[GRNKPR]

as XBGS351 knows my race car has heaps of power but it would all be a waste if the barge didnt handle well

it now has nearly double the power it had last year but handleing lets you drive it to its full potential

[HOON69]

what he said ^^^^

[zetec]

I'll go a chassis Focus anyday... my Ford Focus is a great chassis focus Love it to bits even though it's not exactly a drag beast. It's pure sex on wheels through the twisties and shames roundabouts with pride.

[brenx]

Acceleration for me. A 30+yo car will never out handle my other two cars anyway. When I'm in the XB I usually just cruise at my own speed anyway. If I want excitement? I push the pedal harder but on the street theres no real point. I need my license for work.

[zetec]

Originally Posted by Rollin

$50 says i have more fun on roundabouts than you do....

Another $50 says mine is legal

[Falcon Coupe]

Acceleration for me, a good handling car will be way over the speed limit to enjoy on a twistie road, but a 60ft launch at lights is enjoyable (up to the speed limit of course).

[Lagom]

Originally Posted by Falcon Coupe

Acceleration for me, a good handling car will be way over the speed limit to enjoy on a twistie road

Not true at all, there a good few roads in Victoria where you can have a hellava lot of fun and still be below the speed limit (100km/h) - often out in the Yarra Valley & surroundings. Lots of nice tight corners - great for a nimble car, a bit of a challenge for a barge

[Falcon Coupe]

It depends on what you define a good handling car as, im thinking Porsche 911, Lotus elise, etc......

[Lagom]

Originally Posted by Falcon Coupe

It depends on what you define a good handling car as, im thinking Porsche 911, Lotus elise, etc......

Peugeot 205 GTi, RenaultSport Clio would be two pocket rockets that would come to mind

I might add, small doesn't mean slow in a straight line either!

[buickman]

I would go handling & braking 1st for safety reasons on public roads. But quick accelaration in a car besides bragging rights can be a safety thing for people that have judgment overtaking a convey of large prime movers on the h/ways. I define good handling as roadworthy tyres, brakes , steering componets plus good judgement on high speeds & surroundings

[BA GT-HO]

Handling.

Anyone can go fast in a straight line, plus accleration bores me after a while.

[MYV8]

Straight line in the ute, twisties on the bike.
Can't beat the Aust Superbike School courses for a rush on wheels.....

[brenx]

Originally Posted by BA GT-HO

Anyone can go fast in a straight line, plus accleration bores me after a while.

Have you tried? If not then you really have no idea on how hard it actually is. It's about consistancy. Consistancy is very difficult. How do I know? Tens of thousands of $ and 5 years of attending the strip.

[SpoolMan]

be good to have both, had to choose one so its straight line Acceleration for 400 meters..

[Ruger]

yer those people that say acceleration gets boring should take a ride in a 10 second car or something :\ quite poop stirring

[red_hotxr6]

Honestly i think that 99.9% of factory made cars can accelerate and corner very well for the speed posted signs that the dept of transport have put up on our roads.

[chevypower]

Well I prefer driving V8 cruisers than Celicas - so i think that answers the question, but both is good.

[Homer1]

I'm for both. Any car that combines handling with acceleration gets my nod.

[BA GT-HO]

Originally Posted by brenx

Have you tried? If not then you really have no idea on how hard it actually is. It's about consistancy. Consistancy is very difficult. How do I know? Tens of thousands of $ and 5 years of attending the strip.

Yes I have tried and it is great fun trying to find one tenth of a second more, but in terms of real world (as in the street) you can only accelerate to about 60km/h, so going for a drive in the hills is far more exciting.

[Falcon Coupe]

Not if your driving Brenx's car it aint, that thing is scary in a straight line, but any car that pulls 124mph in just over 10 seconds is.

[Redrum]

Both.

[Feathers]

Well I got to take my workmate's R32 GT-R for a spin today.
He needed to pick up his wife's new Lancer, and I brought his car back to work.
Was pretty fun, especially in the wet, though I wouldn't give up my Ford for one.

[I bleed ford]

It's hard to chose because really they both go hand in hand. I voted for acceleration because i like smoking rubber but for a real performance car they are as important as each other. That being said i realise two car with same power but better handlin on one will ИИИИ on the other. Good to see the pole was split pretty evenly though.

cheers

[ThoR_]

mate stuff this handeling krap...the hole point of having a old car with 351 that doesnt turn and handles like krpa is so when it aint turning you can kick the *** end out smoke it and then it turns!!! hence why they dont turn so u can put your foot down! like old XY`s....Good on ya Ford!!!!! :eclipsee_ :

[Ringo]

Both.

There is nothing like driving a car with serious power. It makes my fingers tingle ( I drove a GTP ....quickly...... last year...fwoooaahhh)

Circuit racing is where my heart and head is. The challenge of driving a circuit faster and faster requires thought, application of theroy and lots of practice to do it well.

Unfortunatley Greg Murphy has proven that it is possible to be able to do this and still be a d*ckhead.

[red_hotxr6]

Originally Posted by ThoR_

mate stuff this handeling krap...the hole point of having a old car with 351 that doesnt turn and handles like krpa is so when it aint turning you can kick the *** end out smoke it and then it turns!!! hence why they dont turn so u can put your foot down! like old XY`s....Good on ya Ford!!!!! :eclipsee_ :

Not being rude crude or disgusting but even straight roads come to an end, how are you even going to turn around and get back where you started from.lol.Any way to my way of thinking you have got to have power for the straight and handling for those corners.Hey who wants to stop.lol

[Stav]

While its nice to have great handling I have never seen any car do a right turn at 110 kmph . I think for me there is nothing like being pinned in your seat while the scenery flies past. Gforces and acceleration are great fun.