Who prefers city or country rides with the Twins?

[Bluefire98]

Ok I can kinda see where Miller's coming from. I live in Eugene so traffic never gets too hectic but having a car that can change direction so quickly makes going through the city pretty fun. BUT, I will always take a good empty backroad if I'm looking for some reasonable fun on public roads. More fun and less risk to others. And of course track/autocross course is the place to really stretch out the car's legs

[DarkSunrise]

Originally Posted by Bluefire98

And of course track/autocross course is the place to really stretch out the car's legs

This is the issue I've been encountering lately. Having done a lot of track days with the car, anytime I drive it on the street (even canyons) feels frustrating because I'm always having to hold back. The cornering limits are simply too high to push safely on public roads. I'm tempted to get the least-grippy set of tires I can for street use just to lower the limits and make them more accessible on a daily basis.

[Will BRZ]

Either ones fine. Just happy to drive the car. Like REALLY happy. I’ve never been on any back road or twisty road unfortunately. Nothing but highways here and that’s fine with me. Traffic doesn’t bother me much and road trips have been fantastic. It’s really a phenomenal car for whatever you use it for. Whether you beat the shit out of it or not, you’ll have a great time and truly enjoy yourself

[korhun]

I prefer country roads not only with the Twins but with any car.

[extrashaky]

Originally Posted by MillerFRS

Car doesn't get hot, even in summer heat, to bother it.

You realize the "gauge" in the dash is a dummy gauge, right? The needle locks into the center position over a range of 40° or 50° F. It doesn't move again until there's a danger of overheating. You could be right at the edge of overheating and never know it.

[Spuds]

Who in their right mind likes to drive in a city!?!?

[extrashaky]

Originally Posted by Spuds

Who in their right mind likes to drive in a city!?!?

I sometimes got a perverse pleasure out of driving my '74 Cadillac hearse around in NYC. It was like doing battle, except I was driving a tank against people in Hondas.

[Cole]

Originally Posted by MillerFRS

I get a couple chances every nite to work, in the dark, with traction off and get onto a 2 lane expressway. Enter hard right from a stop, Peel out - uphill straight into 2nd, downhill and medium right turn at 80 to the light one km away. I can have more fun safely, flat out and drifting under 60 km/h than a new Stingray... I had ridden Ninjas to work in Toronto and Montreal, in the dark at night for almost 20 years. The rides home 80 km away in the morning against the flow of traffic on the super-bike were GP Race quick at times. Commuting in the FR-S is as close as I've ever felt otherwise. I Don't feel the need to be going top speed anymore, I love jerking my twin around downtown in broad daylight with traffic all around, lol

What you’re describing here is not safe driving on public streets.”flat out” in these cars doesn’t stay under 60kmh for long, despite them being “slow”.

For what it’s worth, I’ve never had fun driving my twin in Toronto, unless Milton is now being included in that, since the Mohawk Raceway parking lot manages to fit some real fun autox courses in it.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by MillerFRS

I woke up today in Toronto around noon, coffee and drive the FR-S downtown 10km to score my Indica at the Hunny Pot. I'll zig-zag a couple streets for 6 miles through solid but moving traffic. Thrusting thru a herd of cars like an F1 race in first gear mostly. Car doesn't get hot, even in summer heat, to bother it. I try and remember the last time I drove up North...Who prefers city to country life with the Twins?

Well, I've never driven in Toronto, but, I have driven my MG, MX5 and FR-S in several cities. I never found that to be fun, in fact, I've been known, while traveling, to skirt waaay around large cities.

IMHO. zig-zagging around in city traffic is downright dangerous. Maybe not for the experienced driver, but for the old coots on the streets that can't see too well or hardly hear at all and their reflexes aren't what they think they are.

humfrz - the old coot has spoke

[p1l0t]

Yeah even though a good handling car is better in both situations I much rather the twists in the country. Although in downtown there is a pretty sweet highway on ramp that's fun at 2am when there is (basically) no traffic. It looks pretty straight on the map but with all the merging lanes it's actually quite the slalom. I won't hold my breath for F1 Hartford, however.

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[Spuds]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Well, I've never driven in Toronto, but, I have driven my MG, MX5 and FR-S in several cities. I never found that to be fun, in fact, I've been known, while traveling, to skirt waaay around large cities.

IMHO. zig-zagging around in city traffic is downright dangerous. Maybe not for the experienced driver, but for the old coots on the streets that can't see too well or hardly hear at all and their reflexes aren't what they think they are.

humfrz - the old coot has spoke

Yay! I'm not the only one!

[new2subaru]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Well, I've never driven in Toronto, but, I have driven my MG, MX5 and FR-S in several cities. I never found that to be fun, in fact, I've been known, while traveling, to skirt waaay around large cities.

IMHO. zig-zagging around in city traffic is downright dangerous. Maybe not for the experienced driver, but for the old coots on the streets that can't see too well or hardly hear at all and their reflexes aren't what they think they are.

humfrz - the old coot has spoke

The last trip the wife and I had in the US we went through 18 States. We only went through one major city and that was Dallas at 8am on a Saturday. We rarely use the Interstate.

[strat61caster]

Autox/Track Day > Public roads

[p1l0t]

Originally Posted by strat61caster

Autox/Track Day > Public roads

Thank you Captain Obvious.

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