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Posted: 5/31/2003 4:44:28 PM EDT
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Jeez, can you narrow it down a bit or give us a hint?? [:/] |
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Posted: 5/31/2003 4:46:05 PM EDT
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1968 Ford GT40
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Posted: 5/31/2003 4:46:45 PM EDT
[#3]
Buy:
Car & Driver Motor Trend Automobile magazine. This has been done. Real testing, not anecdotal evidence. |
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Posted: 5/31/2003 4:48:06 PM EDT
[#4]
C-5 Corvette.
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Posted: 5/31/2003 4:52:22 PM EDT
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4 door car?
m5 txl 2 door? new porsche 911 carrera4 |
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Posted: 5/31/2003 4:53:17 PM EDT
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Quoted: Buy: Car & Driver Motor Trend Automobile magazine. This has been done. Real testing, not anecdotal evidence. This is for conversational purposes only. No one will be handing out awards or offering mass publicity to the "winner". I read the car rags fairly regularly and I don't remember anyone ever claiming to have found the best handling car EVER. |
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Posted: 5/31/2003 5:39:22 PM EDT
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I read somewhere that the Acura NSX held that distinction, best handling car. Not the fastest or quickest, but awesome handling.
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Posted: 5/31/2003 5:56:17 PM EDT
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1984 C4 Corvette with the Z51 suspension turned in the best skidpad rating ever recorded by R&T at the time.Something close to 1G from the factory........But the ride was so bone jarring that they had soften it up and make the Z51 something alittle different the next model year.
Thats if skidpad testing is your definition of"handling". Probably even better from the "factory",and certainly better in slalom and track times/speeds would be the Mclaren F1($1,000,000) and the new Saleen S7(designed much like the Mclaren,but powered by an all aluminum 427 Ford big block). Both these are street legal cars,that are basically ready to race from the factory. The Vette you can buy a nice example for under $10,000 and corner with absolutly anything![:D] |
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Posted: 5/31/2003 5:57:24 PM EDT
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McLaren F1? 959? F50? How would I know? I drive a Subaru [:)]
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Posted: 5/31/2003 6:00:52 PM EDT
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Quoted: 1968 Ford GT40 Not even close. Don't get me wrong, its an awesome car and one of my all time favorites, but nothing from the 60's could hang the curves with modern cars. I believe it would have to be the AWD 911 turbos. |
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Posted: 5/31/2003 6:31:18 PM EDT
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It has to be a tossup between the Yugo or the Lada.
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Posted: 5/31/2003 6:32:53 PM EDT
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I hear the Jeep Grand Cherokee Up-Country kicks ass in the handling depratment.
[BD] |
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Posted: 5/31/2003 6:38:02 PM EDT
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any 70's Lotus Europa.
I did the Woodside to Cupertino corkscrews (many hilly 180's and 270's) in one back in the early 80's. Nothing else I've driven since has touched it |
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Posted: 5/31/2003 6:39:55 PM EDT
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I believe that from everything I have read the McLaren F1, Saleen S7, Porsche 959-or GT3, and Ferrari F40/F50 have all gotten equally high praise as the best ever.
Anything, that comes almost ready to run at LeMans (i.e. McLaren & Saleen) will do it. I think anything that is unable to sustain 1g turns or make sub 4 second 0-60 sprints or not able to (outside governor limits--I think the Saleen has a limiter at 180mph) reach at least 200mph should not even be considered. |
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Posted: 5/31/2003 6:43:07 PM EDT
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i beleive that the crown went to the mclaren F1 GT, its basically a formula one car with a body on it, it has ground effects under the car to increase downforce for cornering.
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Posted: 5/31/2003 7:06:22 PM EDT
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Quoted: i beleive that the crown went to the mclaren F1 GT, its basically a formula one car with a body on it, it has ground effects under the car to increase downforce for cornering. That's quite common on Euro exotics now a days. Just FYI. |
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Posted: 5/31/2003 7:06:27 PM EDT
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Enzo
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Posted: 5/31/2003 7:16:58 PM EDT
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Production cars are getting trick these days.
I remember reading about the Ford Probe(the GTP prototype, not the front wheel drive POS)back in the early 80's,and they talked about how the underboby was smoothed out and created downforce(I'm sure it was around long before that). I just thought that was amazing. Anyhow,I think I just read that the new Z car,if you buy the track model,comes with an under body diffuser. Pretty neat! |
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Posted: 5/31/2003 7:33:24 PM EDT
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Quoted: I hear the Jeep Grand Cherokee Up-Country kicks ass in the handling depratment. You beat me to it!! DrMark |
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Posted: 5/31/2003 8:00:58 PM EDT
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[b]Austin Mini Cooper![/b] Everything else sucks [:D]
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Posted: 5/31/2003 8:03:42 PM EDT
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Nissan Skyline
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Posted: 5/31/2003 8:08:32 PM EDT
[#22]
Boxster S.
Will whip the crap out of just about everything else, including my beloved AWD Carrera 4. |
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Posted: 5/31/2003 8:42:37 PM EDT
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I was driving a 2000 Carerra 996 today for an hour or so. I pushed that tight little bitch harder and harder into turns and felt no body roll at all. It wrapped its thighs around my hips and begged for more.
If it had had tits, I never would have brought it back. |
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Posted: 5/31/2003 8:44:31 PM EDT
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Quoted: Boxster S. Will whip the crap out of just about everything else, including my beloved AWD Carrera 4. even a Z06 ???? |
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Posted: 5/31/2003 8:49:42 PM EDT
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Yep. It's got unreal balance and stick.
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Posted: 5/31/2003 8:50:13 PM EDT
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my vote goes to the puke green AMC gremlin [:D]
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Posted: 5/31/2003 8:50:13 PM EDT
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The legendary Acura NSX. (When referring to a regular production, street legal automobile produced for general sale, not a specialized race-only machine like an F1 or something.)
CJ |
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Posted: 5/31/2003 8:51:12 PM EDT
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Quoted: i beleive that the crown went to the mclaren F1 GT, its basically a formula one car with a body on it, it has ground effects under the car to increase downforce for cornering. Saying that it's basically a formula one car with a body is a little bit misleading. The engine Formula One 3L V10. McLaren 6L V12. Pneumatic valvetrain vs normal DOHC 4/valve/cylinder, 800+hp@18,000RPM vs 627HP@7400RPM. Weighs 1340lbs vs 2840lbs. The McLaren F1 rally isn't a hightech tricked out car at all. The fanciest gizmos on it that I can think of are the small rear flap that deploys on hard braking to increase traction on the rear wheels (there is no ABS), and the modem jack so that you can connect to BMW in Germany for real time engine analysis. Gold plated foil in the engine bay to protect the bodywork from heat generated by the catalysts and mufflers. A cd player that will handle 1.5gs easily with out skipping. Before I die I want to hear one of these babies blast by at full throttle. [img]http://pic5.picturetrail.com/VOL77/858902/2188824/26425702.jpg[/img] It is however very close to being a world class beating racecar as designed. The summer of '95; seven GTR's enter the formidable Le Mans 24 hour race. It was the greatest Le Mans debut ever, 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 13th overall and 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th in the GT class. [img]http://www.plus4.freeserve.co.uk/macf1/mac034.jpg[/img] *pictures come from a wonderful website by Tim Cottingham |
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Posted: 5/31/2003 8:56:49 PM EDT
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Quoted: The legendary Acura NSX. (When referring to a regular production, street legal automobile produced for general sale, not a specialized race-only machine like an F1 or something.) CJ The McLaren F1 is a street legal car as designed and imported to the US. There are some modifications that have to be made to meet the important requirements though. Those mods involve removal of the two passanger seats because there are no side airbags or other passive restraints for them, US legal bumpers, and headlights. (Reinstalling the seats, headlights, and removing the bumper add-ons is something the owner is free to do afterwards though). |
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Posted: 5/31/2003 9:06:29 PM EDT
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[url]http://www.mulsannescorner.com/chaparral2j-1.html[/url]
Chaparral 2J Snowmobile engine sucked it down tight. |
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Posted: 5/31/2003 9:10:56 PM EDT
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Quoted: I hear the Jeep Grand Cherokee Up-Country kicks ass in the handling depratment. [BD] like a sports car |
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Posted: 5/31/2003 9:11:17 PM EDT
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I would have to say the German Ruf CTR, twin turbo, I don't have the specs with me right now, but I beleive the skidpad was 1.7xgravitational force. It is basically the Porsche 911 with an aluminium? engine block, and a better suspension.
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Posted: 5/31/2003 11:10:04 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: I hear the Jeep Grand Cherokee Up-Country kicks ass in the handling depratment. [BD] like a sports car Good to see that one hasn't yet been forgotten. I still shake my head and chuckle when I think about it. |
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Posted: 6/1/2003 12:43:51 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: I hear the Jeep Grand Cherokee Up-Country kicks ass in the handling depratment. [BD] like a sports car I too have heard these jeeps will handle just like a sports car.[rolleyes] |
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