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[Jordanwolf]

Originally Posted by AnalogMan

A lot of my own personal weight is also 'down low' in my fat ass, but that doesn't give me good handling around the curves.

I enjoy women with a lower centre of gravity.

[Ernest72]

I am rethinking handling. This weekend I went mountain biking. On the way back I took some mountain twisties in my WRX and I was behind a fire truck going to a fire call. He was hammering those blind curves. That thing handled way better than I thought it would.

[Jordanwolf]

Originally Posted by Ernest72

I am rethinking handling. This weekend I went mountain biking. On the way back I took some mountain twisties in my WRX and I was behind a fire truck going to a fire call. He was hammering those blind curves. That thing handled way better than I thought it would.

Driver mod.

[AnalogMan]

Originally Posted by Jordanwolf

I enjoy women with a lower centre of gravity.

It’s too bad most women don’t enjoy men with a low center of gravity…

[Jordanwolf]

Originally Posted by AnalogMan

It’s too bad most women don’t enjoy men with a low center of gravity…

Just do a handstand.

[StE92ve]

Originally Posted by Ernest72

I am rethinking handling. This weekend I went mountain biking. On the way back I took some mountain twisties in my WRX and I was behind a fire truck going to a fire call. He was hammering those blind curves. That thing handled way better than I thought it would.

Rear steering?

[shiumai]

Originally Posted by Jordanwolf

Driver mod.

This. I've driven behind fire/emergency trucks up and down Angeles Crest Hwy and they know their vehicles and the roads intimately.

[Ernest72]

Originally Posted by StE92ve

Rear steering?

Maybe, but it seriously was flying on a twisty road.

[Sasquachulator]

Originally Posted by Ernest72

I am rethinking handling. This weekend I went mountain biking. On the way back I took some mountain twisties in my WRX and I was behind a fire truck going to a fire call. He was hammering those blind curves. That thing handled way better than I thought it would.

Must have been Takumi driving it.
And he must have had 2 jobs, firefighter, and still working at his fathers Tofu shop.

And thus he had to do both at the same time because he was late on his tofu delivery and it overlapped with his firefighting shift.

That or the firetruck driver had the Eurobeat blasting

[AnalogMan]

Originally Posted by Jordanwolf

Just do a handstand.

Yeah, that would be a beautiful sight, putting my fat hairy ass up in the air for a better look!

[Jordanwolf]

Originally Posted by AnalogMan

Yeah, that would be a beautiful sight, putting my fat hairy ass up in the air for a better look!

It's called weight transfer. Good drivers know how to take advantage.

[AnalogMan]

Originally Posted by Jordanwolf

It's called weight transfer. Good drivers know how to take advantage.

LOL!! “Weight transfer”! I love it!!

[RZNT4R]

Originally Posted by Ernest72

I am rethinking handling. This weekend I went mountain biking. On the way back I took some mountain twisties in my WRX and I was behind a fire truck going to a fire call. He was hammering those blind curves. That thing handled way better than I thought it would.

Reminds me of the time I was driving up to the Manic 5 power station. It's 200+km of nothing but twists and turns that's paved all the way to the dam and then continues on through the wilderness all the way to Labrador City. It was my first time on that road and I was going at a sporting -but safe- speed and a few loaded work pickups and chevy savanas weren't exactly slowing me down. They were probably regulars hauling ass to labrador, I would NOT trust a plumber van with a loaded roof to do that. All the gear and mats in the back were probably a mess when it got to where it was going, because the ice box I had on the passenger side floor sure was moving around.

On the way back down I had a firmer grasp on the road so I was going at a brisker pace, I left the dam to a deserted road and ate up the first straightish bits in the 140-160km/h range. Once I hit the more twisty bits I still kept a good pace, way faster than when going up, but still with safety margin in place, staying in my lane, not eating up the double yellow, etc.

I soon got caught up by a toyota highlander, which passed me on a double yellow and vanished after a few corners.

WTF

some time later, another highlander (slightly newer) caught up and passed me, again on a double yellow between blind corners. I thought I'd keep up this time and see what the locals were doing. The first thing I learned is, there is no double yellow, it's racing line all the way going edge to edge of the pavement, low visibility or not. I was keeping up with the highlander going track mode while staying in my lane with safety margin.

Then a Corolla, 2005~ish body, showed up in my mirror and soon passed us both on the double yellow between blind corners, and again, soon vanished after a handful of corners.

At that point I thought screw this, who needs handling when you've got stupid :lol

[Transport3r]

Handling is not strictly about performance. Top gear did a ‘best handling car ever’ thing a long time ago. 1st place was the Ferrari 575, 2nd place was the Peugeot 106. Handling is about how the car makes you feel when cornering, not necessarily how fast it can take that corner.