Sobering that both would get shown a clean pair of heels in a drag race by a modern Hyundai Accent! As my friend Duane says "old is old".Both list around 10 second 0-60 numbers.
Sobering that both would get shown a clean pair of heels in a drag race by a modern Hyundai Accent! As my friend Duane says "old is old".Both list around 10 second 0-60 numbers.
Plymouth Mom wagon
Tail happy?You're right, the hardtop version of the Spitfire. Just as unreliable, and even more tail happy with those stupid swing axles!
Yes, also known as "trailing throttle oversteer". If you went into a turn too hot and lifted the throttle, forces would jack up the swing axles, and raise the car's center of gravity at a most inopportune time. Many a VW Beetle, and even a Porsche or two overturned due to it, or went off the road tail first.Tail happy?
Yikes! And thank you for the explanation.Yes, also known as "trailing throttle oversteer". If you went into a turn too hot and lifted the throttle, forces would jack up the swing axles, and raise the car's center of gravity at a most inopportune time. Many a VW Beetle, and even a Porsche or two overturned due to it, or went off the road tail first.
That's what locking differentials are for. The Super Coupe (and lots of muscle cars) had one so it would always burn rubber in nice straight lines.In general, "tail happy" can be summarized as the back of the car doing what it wants and not what you want.
It's also why GM for sure (and likely Ford and Chrysler too) designed their chassis with a deliberate bias to understeer, or not want to turn in too tightly: Most people going into a corner too fast will lift off the throttle, inducing the rear end to lose traction and come out, forcing the front end to come in and helping cure the problem, hopefully before the car went off the road.Yikes! And thank you for the explanation.
A neighbor just around the corner has one just like this, and in true Wankel fashion, it sounds a lot like a 6hp outboard when she drives by!These came out in late '92 and I still think they're one of the most gorgeous cars ever built. I still lust after one. But they suffered from the same drawbacks as the Thunderbird SC:
And unlike my beloved first-gen RX-7's, there's not really enough room to curl up back there for a nap, in a pinch.
But I think I could learn to live wih that.
and I'm curious if this is "the rule"... I like a moderated forum, but is talk limited to just Guild stuff?
One of our mods was cranky?The rules are deliberately flexible and one moderator was more cranky than usual. That has passed, so carry on.
I could learn to live with that.
Perhaps the best M3 ever. I've owned three BMWs ('87 325i. '98 528i) the overall best one being my current '09 535i 6 speed, but I've gotten off their bandwagon now that they all have run flat tires and awful electric power steering. Can't get manual transmissions in anything but the M cars now, either.
And then there're the "Medusas". You know, the ones that turn you into stone if you look at 'em for too long;That old Nash Rambler Wagon makes me swoon!!! From back in the days where you just had to glimpse and knew what car it was vs. today when you have to scan for a name badge because they all look mostly alike.