The Dog's Dangly Bits Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 2 minutes ago, finlo said: The handling of which surpasses most so called super cars. Eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 3 hours ago, TheTeapot said: Still 'pushing on' up the mountain This looked like it might once have been a vehicle with sporting designs... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dog's Dangly Bits Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 Hmmmmm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finlo Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 6 minutes ago, The Dog's Dangly Bits said: Eh? Their road manners goes way beyond the sum of their parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeliX Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 35 minutes ago, Non-Believer said: This looked like it might once have been a vehicle with sporting designs... Looks like a Fiesta ST. They handle great and aren't absurdly powerful. Bad driving is bad driving though. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 5 minutes ago, HeliX said: Looks like a Fiesta ST. They handle great and aren't absurdly powerful. But no good at say, 80mph though...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesultanofsheight Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 24 minutes ago, HeliX said: Looks like a Fiesta ST. Hopefully he didn’t rip his tracksuit bottoms. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 Does it class as an unsuitable shitheap? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dog's Dangly Bits Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 It does now. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeliX Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Non-Believer said: But no good at say, 80mph though...? Plenty good at 80mph. You know that's standard motorway speed right? It's only really econoboxes that are crap handling at 80mph these days. EDIT: To caveat slightly, the best handling car is only as good as the rubber you put on it. Put a budget enough set of ditch-finders on any car and you'll get in trouble at significantly lower speed than the car would ordinarily handle comfortably. Edited October 17, 2020 by HeliX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeliX Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 The Fiesta ST is a very well sorted vehicle in terms of chassis & suspension. Bit gutless once you're above 60mph or so, but it's only a 1.6L so that's to be expected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 22 minutes ago, HeliX said: Plenty good at 80mph. You know that's standard motorway speed right? I don't doubt it. But one or two on these boards would seek to cast doubt, please read back through the posts.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeliX Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 2 minutes ago, Non-Believer said: I don't doubt it. But one or two on these boards would seek to cast doubt, please read back through the posts.... Whoops, missed that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dog's Dangly Bits Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 Do we think a speed limit, of say 60, stops yesterday's accident? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wright Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 4 minutes ago, The Dog's Dangly Bits said: Do we think a speed limit, of say 60, stops yesterday's accident? Not on its own. We need a raft of interlocking measures. Speed may not cause many accidents, it’s mainly poor driving, often combined with speed. But speed exacerbates outcome and seriousness of injury. A speed limit on its own solves nothing. Its got to be reasonable, assessed for the road. It’s got to be enforced. Drivers have to be better educated. Vehicles have got to be subject to technical exception. There’s no need on IoM for any speed over 60, many roads 40, and residential roads 20. With average speed cameras and ANPR. The time difference on most journeys won’t affect anyone. We should have driver education and awareness testing every licence renewal. Im not sure that Government will ever do that. But I suspect that within 10 years our insurers will. You’ll have a black box in your car and premiums will be related to where you drive, how fast, time of day, braking, all sorts. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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