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Yes, where I drove was more like a curve than a corner.
But it doesn't change the fact that I was able to take that curve in my '76 Limousine at well over the speed limit.
The problem is that ANY car could take THAT curve at well over the speed limit.
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Also, the roads in those first 4 photos, I doubt a car could take a curve on those at very high speeds.
That's because you've never been in a car that could. I have. The ones I posted could. Do you even know what 1+ g laterally feels like?
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BTW, here is a photo of one of those "terrible handling old cars" taking a curve at 90 mph (a 1957 Plymouth Fury).
2 things, 1) it's leaning like a mofo, with the front suspension all out of shape. And 2) there is no picture of the corner, it could be a slight curve and we can't tell from the picture. What 1957 considered good handling in a sedan we'd consider a wallowy pig of a joke, today. Seriously, Fleet. Your cars are cool cruisers but don't start believing they can handle worth a crap.
2 things, 1) it's leaning like a mofo, with the front suspension all out of shape. And 2) there is no picture of the corner, it could be a slight curve and we can't tell from the picture. What 1957 considered good handling in a sedan we'd consider a wallowy pig of a joke, today. Seriously, Fleet. Your cars are cool cruisers but don't start believing they can handle worth a crap.
he's stuck in that era and hasnt realized how cars have evolved, or either just fails to admit that cars are superior today than they were back then.
I'm a male in my late-20's, and even though many of my peers are into the "ricing" scene, I simply cannot see the appeal. What makes ricing a car so desirable? Was ricing popular even before Fast & the Furious (circa 2001)?
Most riced-up cars look classless with the super high spoilers, crazy paint colors, angled wheels, etc.
Correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think women dig riced-up cars.
Let's be honest - a 1996 Civic still looks outdated, even if it is riced up.
Even nicer, newer cars that are riced up (e.g. a blacked out Acura TSX or Nissan Maxima)
I'd assume riced cars are targeted by cops.
I apologize for the stereotype, but ricers tend to be pretty obnoxious on the road (e.g. constant tail-gating) and the drivers look low-life'ish.
Don't get me wrong - to each their own. However, I never understood the culture.
When I was in high school, I thought cars of the 1960s-early 1980s that were jacked up with air shocks to accommodate rear tires that stuck out of the fenderwells and had things like traction/ladder bars and hood scoops that they didn't really need plus tinted windows (usually with air bubbles in them) and performance stickers in the windows looked pretty cool.
I don't like the "ricer" look myself; but I can't help but wonder if I feel any different about them than a mature adult would have felt about the cars I thought were so cool back in the day.
When I was in high school, I thought cars of the 1960s-early 1980s that were jacked up with air shocks to accommodate rear tires that stuck out of the fenderwells and had things like traction/ladder bars and hood scoops that they didn't really need plus tinted windows (usually with air bubbles in them) and performance stickers in the windows looked pretty cool.
I don't like the "ricer" look myself; but I can't help but wonder if I feel any different about them than a mature adult would have felt about the cars I thought were so cool back in the day.
It has more to do with how the car is modified, not the era. A car of any era can be tastefully modded and can also be hacked up.
I drove one as a delivery car years ago and would love to own one. For driving in traffic or on a winding road I'd take it over my '66 Galaxie, Bel Air, or Impala, my '67 Fury, or any other full-size RWD car I've owned any day of the week.
It has more to do with how the car is modified, not the era. A car of any era can be tastefully modded and can also be hacked up.
That's what I'm saying. A lot of the people who **** and moan about the obnoxious, superficial "ricer" mods were guilty of making their own obnoxious, superficial mods when they were young. The only difference is the type of raw material that's available to work with.
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How do you know you can go that fast on that street with your Saturn? You would have to actually drive on it first. Also, your Saturn does not weigh 6,000 lbs or is 21 feet long! But be careful if you drive on that street... someone else also thought he could drive fast on it and ended up losing control and crashing into the curb and a tree.
I will also point out that many times I am well ahead of other cars when driving down that street.
Well actually those types are a dime a dozen where I live. so just maybe I have had a little bit of practice and there are also no signs posted that there are curves ahead so that stretch of road is not a curve in your vid.
I am thankful the Saturn doesn't weigh 6,000 lbs and is not 21' long so I have no worries about smashing into a curb and tree. Must have been a floaty car.
Your last sentence deserves honor for the laugh of the day.
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