What defines a fast car in 2020?

Nasher · 30 Mar 2021 at 18:52

BTW can we change the forum so that the ignored posters are completely invisible?

Simon · 30 Mar 2021 at 18:53

Most drag cars actually lift the front wheels. So why would they need the weight of 4wd?

Simon · 30 Mar 2021 at 18:54

Nasher said:
BTW can we change the forum so that the ignored posters are completely invisible?

Can’t we just change the rules to automatically delete invented ‘facts’. Someone has to correct your factorrets

then you get upset when challenged. Are you called Donald ?

Jonnycoupe · 30 Mar 2021 at 19:35

Nasher said:
BTW can we change the forum so that the ignored posters are completely invisible?

In your world, perfectly fine, i imagine you don't even have a reflection when looking in the mirror.

Utterly idle threat as you will reply to this anyway. #vampire

Akagi · 30 Mar 2021 at 19:39

Simon said:
Can’t we just change the rules to automatically delete invented ‘facts’.

You sure you want a load of your posts deleted?

Jonnycoupe · 30 Mar 2021 at 19:40

I find the flirting uncomfortable. :cry:

turbot1984 · 30 Mar 2021 at 19:45

My mates homemade Dutton with an RS2000 engine in was rapid. Scariest car I have set foot in, 30 odd years ago. Mind you, he could never get it to start ......

theone8181 · 30 Mar 2021 at 19:59

Simon said:
Most drag cars actually lift the front wheels. So why would they need the weight of 4wd?

To weigh the front down

. Why would 4wd struggle at speed? Isn't the veyron 4wd?

SkodaMart · 30 Mar 2021 at 20:00

More fun in something like that real world than there is a super car IMO.

Simon · 30 Mar 2021 at 20:06

theone8181 said:
To weigh the front down. Why would 4wd struggle at speed? Isn't the veyron 4wd?

I did think that as i posted it

Nasher · 30 Mar 2021 at 20:15

SkodaMart said:
More fun in something like that real world than there is a super car IMO.

You'll learn a lot more about car control

SkodaMart · 30 Mar 2021 at 20:16

Nasher said:
You'll learn a lot more about car control

Not a wise buy those though (IMO) better with a genuine car, shouldn’t loose money.

Nasher · 30 Mar 2021 at 20:23

SkodaMart said:
Not a wise buy those though (IMO) better with a genuine car, shouldn’t loose money.

I'd still rather buy one of those as a fun car than a Golf R etc though. Anyone can drive a Golf R fast, everyone on the street who ends sentences with "innit bruv" is doing it.

Housey · 30 Mar 2021 at 20:25

turbot1984 said:
My mates homemade Dutton with an RS2000 engine in was rapid. Scariest car I have set foot in, 30 odd years ago. Mind you, he could never get it to start ......

My mates RS200 (now sold) was the scariest thing I sat in, not so much for the power, more for the Ford parts bin interior and the feeling that if you touched anything it would end in flames....glorious Group B flames.

SkodaMart · 30 Mar 2021 at 20:28

Nasher said:
I'd still rather buy one of those as a fun car than a Golf R etc though. Anyone can drive a Golf R fast, everyone on the street who ends sentences with "innit bruv" is doing it.

Scary really when you think about it.
These cars are getting more and more affordable as they age.

turbot1984 · 30 Mar 2021 at 21:35

Housey said:
My mates RS200 (now sold) was the scariest thing I sat in, not so much for the power, more for the Ford parts bin interior and the feeling that if you touched anything it would end in flames....glorious Group B flames.

With you on that! An RS200 nearly took me out in the New Forest, a good 6 inches to spare, but never done a rally stage since :eek:

Nasher · 30 Mar 2021 at 22:48

Scariest car I've ever been in was a mk3 Escort cabriolet, which had a cosworth V8 installed in and converted to RWD. I don't know what happened to the guy, probably dead.

stuman · 31 Mar 2021 at 00:08

less than 1 tonne, more than 100hp.

SkodaMart · 31 Mar 2021 at 06:09

stuman said:
less than 1 tonne, more than 100hp.

I remember doing a twisty section of road in my totally standard MK1 XR2 in the Lake District.
I was literally catapulted through the corners couldn’t quite believe it.
You just don’t experience things like this in a modern car it was like walking in bare feet.
The original mini has to be driven to be believed in a twisty road too.

(Yes I realise it isn’t actually ‘fast’ it just feels fast, but that’s all you need. You are cosseted from the experience in modern cars)

SSO · 5 May 2021 at 16:40

jellybeard999 said:
But that's my point - straight line speed isn't everything. Particularly in a car you are going to drive on the roads. It maybe makes sense if you actually go drag racing, but that's about it.

Its how much speed you can carry though the corners that really counts.