"Best handling" car(or truck) you have owned????
#46
Of the vehicles I currently own..
2013 4Runner
2009 4Runner
2003 4Runner
1998 4Runner
19874Runner
1999 RX 300
I would have to say the RX is the most fun and comfortable to drive. All of the 4runners are highly modified lending to the lesser handling. I love having the car like (except the horrible turning radius of the RX) handling.
Best handling car I have ever owned...
1991 BMW 325iX. It amazed me time and time again.
2013 4Runner
2009 4Runner
2003 4Runner
1998 4Runner
19874Runner
1999 RX 300
I would have to say the RX is the most fun and comfortable to drive. All of the 4runners are highly modified lending to the lesser handling. I love having the car like (except the horrible turning radius of the RX) handling.
Best handling car I have ever owned...
1991 BMW 325iX. It amazed me time and time again.
#47
Mitsubishi Evo 8 - will keep this forever
Porsche 911SC- fun, light weight with adjustable height suspension from factory. Awesomeness.
BMW E36 M3 - miss thar chassis but not the non adjustable steering wheel
BMW E36 M Coupe - a fun little tail happy effer. Totaled this one
Lotus Esprit S4 - missing the car. Not a week goes without thinking to get another one but my ***** arent hard enough to dribble the maintenance costs
Honorable mentions:
Porsche 997 Carrera S - great but still a bit nervous when accidentally lift the gas mid corner because this model is noticeably heavier than 911 SC
Lexus 4G GS 350, especially F Sport. Quite impressive for the sport sedan category . People just wont believe it when I say this is the perfect BMW E39 5er.
Great ones I drove but never own:
Lotus Elise/Exige - almost bought one,already left a deposit. The on the 2nd test drive I stopped behind a Ford Explored at a traffic light and stared right at its rear bumper at my eye level. Didnt feel like a good idea at that time.
Porsche Cayman S - a great balances chassis but hating the potential IMS problem and cheap plastic buttons inside.
Toyobaru FT86 - a pretty fun chassis. Engine is not as bad as some people say : they just need to send the car from factory with a shorter gearing and lighter flywheel. Maybe a better clutch adjustment,too. Will probably pick one used when the price is at low-mid teens than install what I mentioned earlier.
Porsche 911SC- fun, light weight with adjustable height suspension from factory. Awesomeness.
BMW E36 M3 - miss thar chassis but not the non adjustable steering wheel
BMW E36 M Coupe - a fun little tail happy effer. Totaled this one
Lotus Esprit S4 - missing the car. Not a week goes without thinking to get another one but my ***** arent hard enough to dribble the maintenance costs
Honorable mentions:
Porsche 997 Carrera S - great but still a bit nervous when accidentally lift the gas mid corner because this model is noticeably heavier than 911 SC
Lexus 4G GS 350, especially F Sport. Quite impressive for the sport sedan category . People just wont believe it when I say this is the perfect BMW E39 5er.
Great ones I drove but never own:
Lotus Elise/Exige - almost bought one,already left a deposit. The on the 2nd test drive I stopped behind a Ford Explored at a traffic light and stared right at its rear bumper at my eye level. Didnt feel like a good idea at that time.
Porsche Cayman S - a great balances chassis but hating the potential IMS problem and cheap plastic buttons inside.
Toyobaru FT86 - a pretty fun chassis. Engine is not as bad as some people say : they just need to send the car from factory with a shorter gearing and lighter flywheel. Maybe a better clutch adjustment,too. Will probably pick one used when the price is at low-mid teens than install what I mentioned earlier.
#48
i knew when i drove someone's 911 turbo one time on public roads that i had no interest in owning one. it's so fast and capable, you can only use 1/10th of the car's capabilities on public roads unless you want to endanger your own life and others. like any enthusiast i've not been a 'model' driver all my life or anything, but i've realized when a vehicle is just too much for public roads, and like many, i find driving a more mundane vehicle more spiritedly is way more fun!
Hard to believe something as mundane as a 911 can be way too much for a public road.
#49
Lexus Fanatic
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I went with my friend to check out the cayman for him and the dealer saw my Lotus and tried to get me in a 997 turbo. That car--like you said, is too much of a monster for the road. The way it picks up speed is so unbelievable. The only way you can tell you are accelerating like mad is the blurry vision and scenery zipping by. And I was only in 2nd gear.
Hard to believe something as mundane as a 911 can be way too much for a public road.
Hard to believe something as mundane as a 911 can be way too much for a public road.
#50
Nice to see people mention the 300zx... so I'll just mention it again. The best handling car I've owned is my 90 300zx followed by the 14 IS350 and then the 11 IS350 ( both F-Sports).
#51
Lexus Fanatic
True, the Evo's handling is superlative by sedan standards, but at a major cost.....the rock-hard suspension, like on the original Lexus IS-F, simply beats you to death on rough roads. I could never have a car like that as my daily-driver.
#52
Lexus Fanatic
this was in england. i drove it for 2 weeks (rental). skoda is nothing like the (crap) brand of old, having been transformed in quality and image by vw. skodas are actually respectable now still, the one i drove, while entertaining, was loud on the highway (mostly road/engine noise), and very slow, but it's always fun to 'wind out' a slow car with a stick shift on twisty roads!
Also, it must feel strange to temporarily drive a right-hand-drive vehicle for two weeks when you are used to American left-hand-drive specs. I remember, when I was a pilot, there was a big difference in feel/perception in the cockpit between the left seat and the right. More or less the same as the time when I got to sample an old 50s-spec, right-hand-drive Rolls Royce some years ago (here in the U.S). It belonged to the owner of a limo firm that an old friend of mine drove for.
Last edited by mmarshall; 01-01-14 at 01:20 PM.
#53
Driver School Candidate
2000 Bmw 323ci
1990 240sx
1989 240sx
1992 240sx
1998 gs300
The best handling car I had was the last 240 I had as it had the most suspension and work done on it. As a stock car the BMW was really awesome to drive.
1990 240sx
1989 240sx
1992 240sx
1998 gs300
The best handling car I had was the last 240 I had as it had the most suspension and work done on it. As a stock car the BMW was really awesome to drive.
#55
Lexus Fanatic
Do you find the MR2 somewhat twitchy and hard to keep pointed straight on a long freeway stretch? My experience with mid-engine cars in general (and the MR2 in particular), is that they're great on a winding road, where the mid-to-rear weight bias keeps the load off the front end and the two front steering wheels responsive. But that same mid-rear weight bias also means that the two front tires don't have a lot of bite to them on a straight road, lose the stabilizing gyroscopic effect, and tend to (slightly) wander left and right, even with proper wheel alignment. That can require a lot of small, annoying steering corrections to stay in your lane properly.
I also noticed that MR2s can run hot (particularly the turbo model, which creates even more engine heat), because, even with the air cooling-slots built into the rear side-panels, the engine still doesn't get as much cooling air across it as it does from a normal front-location under the hood where air comes in from the front.
I also noticed that MR2s can run hot (particularly the turbo model, which creates even more engine heat), because, even with the air cooling-slots built into the rear side-panels, the engine still doesn't get as much cooling air across it as it does from a normal front-location under the hood where air comes in from the front.
#56
Lexus Champion
#57
Pole Position
ive have 2 86mr2's over the years and i havent had any issues with the car staying on track on the highway,mine stays straight as a arrow.doesnt run hot either.if i open the engine bay after a drive it is pretty hot,if thats what you mean.
last week i was at lowes and the manager stops me to ask if i would sell my mr2 and i said i was offered $6k for it and i declined so he says i will offer you $7500 for it and i said no thank you.so i drive to ruby tuesday and a employee asks is your car for sale and my wife is giggling and i told her i get people asking me to sell my mr2 a lot.
last week i was at lowes and the manager stops me to ask if i would sell my mr2 and i said i was offered $6k for it and i declined so he says i will offer you $7500 for it and i said no thank you.so i drive to ruby tuesday and a employee asks is your car for sale and my wife is giggling and i told her i get people asking me to sell my mr2 a lot.
Last edited by jimbosr1; 01-06-14 at 02:11 PM.
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