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From: klein@ucbcad.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: '84 vs '85 Corvette handling
Message-ID: <204@ucbcad.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 26-Apr-85 10:37:06 EDT
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Posted: Fri Apr 26 10:37:06 1985
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> ...  I said that we would just have to wait to see the
> skidpad numbers in the car mags...

> <many numbers .8 to .9 related to "handling">

Let's be realistic here.  A skidpad number DOES NOT TELL YOU HOW
THE CAR HANDLES.  It tells you when it starts to slip on a skid pad.
A soft suspension can turn in great skid pad numbers.  But put that
same soft suspension out on a real road with bumps, and see what happens.

Real corners are not like skid pads.  So to tell how a car handles,
there's only one thing you can do: drive it hard, drive it fast, and
see where it is that YOU start to chicken out.
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		-Mike Klein
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