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Those tail-lights
Are they supposed to look like the reactor in "Back to the Future", or is that just a happy accident?
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By: ThomasM : December 6th, 2011-19:22
until I get a chance to catch my breath. I think Top Gear picked the Aventador as their COTY; I'm sure they won't be the last. An amazing car... (the M-B SLS Roadster and the Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale are pretty damned close on its heels, though, a...
Nanny?
By: BDLJ : December 8th, 2011-15:48
...Doesn't your Gallardo (and this Aventador) have ABS, stability control, a brake differential system, 'leccy suspension adjustment; not to mention 4WD, throttle-by- wire and paddles instead of a pedal and lever? If it weren't for the performance...how m...
um, BDLJ...
By: ThomasM : December 8th, 2011-16:22
the DIABLO VT did have a primitive form of traction control and admittedly had power steering, grudgingly...but if you've ever driven one, you would be hard pressed to think of it in this regard in the same context of modern cars of any sort, from the mos...
But I wasn't talking....
By: BDLJ : December 8th, 2011-16:59
..Diablos. My point was around modern supercars (worst appellation ever, but eh, that's another windmill) and for that matter, modern cars. At what stage do driver aids (and I count the humble brake booster as an aid) become 'nannies'? Is it wisdom on the...
bloody hell...
By: ThomasM : December 8th, 2011-20:30
I had a short but long reply keyed in, and hit send, then find out my net access timed out and lost everything. :-( Something about even 500hp in a straight line without traction control...and 911's with decades of suspension and chassis development, with...
Based on the...
By: BDLJ : December 12th, 2011-14:30
...shreds of your ideas that remain....some responses to your thought starters... 500hp in a straight line: Not much experience of this. Drove an RS6 (in both straight and not-so-straight lines), strangely a bit of a snore. Drove a very hot '69 Camaro (no...
Nanny , BDLJ ?
By: dreamer8 : December 8th, 2011-23:19
First of all we live in a " Nanny state " LOL coined by Mark Webber. Roads over policed , speed cameras etc . I agree with you about being a true purist with cars. We had a all too brief conversation at the GTG about cars which were lightweight , nimble a...
On the topic...
By: BDLJ : December 12th, 2011-21:59
....of how much you can take out of a car, gearshifts, lightness, etc. I just (literally 30 min ago) had a go in a nice red MG PA. Reverse gate gearchange, about 2inches of clutch travel, rod brakes...totally impure with it's new-fangled indicator add-ons...
Sport +
By: AndrewD : December 8th, 2011-20:01
"It's so good, it actually doesn't feel as quick and fast as it is!" Not in the same league, but a recent squirt in the current 911 Carrera made me think of the same thing. I thought the rear end was still a little more skittish than I expected from a mod...
It's been fun...
By: ThomasM : December 8th, 2011-16:49
Had a chance to take it up to some pretty decent speeds on two tracks - you could still feel the weight transfers, but the grip was always there. Brakes were reliable and pretty unexciting, the way I like it. If anything, I thought it was too soft for the...