Leadfoot
April 8th, 2006, 00:14
Everyone including me is going horsepower crazy, why?
Gone are the days when you could have fun on the roads. God I remember when you could powerslide at 50 or 60mph. In the cars we drive today eg. RS4, M3, Porsche etc there is too much grip and too much power. You give them a boot down a twisty road and in no time your doing 100-120mph and the brown stuff is running down your legs. And it's not because you have lost control and are now just along for the ride.
The reasons for this are
1: They cost a bomb to repair if you hit them.
2: Get caught and there is your license, your job and maybe even a spell in jail.
3: Insurance costs and what claims can do to them.
Need I go on. Who remembers driving something with less than 100bhp and having a race with something the same, if the truth be told you had more fun.
Sad to say it, but the only place now to enjoy our cars are the to few trackdays there are. And even this only does a way with reason 2.
Gone are the days when you could have fun on the roads. God I remember when you could powerslide at 50 or 60mph. In the cars we drive today eg. RS4, M3, Porsche etc there is too much grip and too much power. You give them a boot down a twisty road and in no time your doing 100-120mph and the brown stuff is running down your legs. And it's not because you have lost control and are now just along for the ride.
The reasons for this are
1: They cost a bomb to repair if you hit them.
2: Get caught and there is your license, your job and maybe even a spell in jail.
3: Insurance costs and what claims can do to them.
Need I go on. Who remembers driving something with less than 100bhp and having a race with something the same, if the truth be told you had more fun.
Sad to say it, but the only place now to enjoy our cars are the to few trackdays there are. And even this only does a way with reason 2.