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Old 01-22-2013, 08:29 PM   #34
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Originally Posted by MmmDieselFumes View Post
I don't understand why I keep seeing that kind of comment. Does turning off the nannies really just make the car squirrely and unpredictable or what? Granted, I haven't turned mine off yet (haven't hit 1k miles yet) so I don't know from first hand knowledge of how it acts with them off. But I mean come on, I've power-slid and gotten sideways in stupid fast trucks with welded rears and spools around those "15mph" +90º turns (only out in the country, never too stupidly. lol). And that's in front heavy, top heavy, more power than anyone needs kind of trucks. I'm just curious because this is the best balanced road-hugging'est car on rails I've ever owned...
The car is fine. It just happens to be a well balanced RWD car. All some people have ever driven are understeering pigs like front end heavy V-8 coupes with RWD or worse yet FWD cars of any sort. A proper RWD car with close to half its weight in the rear (such as the FR-S) can be driven aggressively without any computers, as has been done with decent sports cars for ages.
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