I seem to remember a quote from somewhere:
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Originally Posted by Somewhere
Most drivers, when given the ultimatum between a .4G turn or a tree, choose the latter.
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The average driver can't handle the stock suspension. Upgrading is normally a giganti-mongo-super-duper-silly-googolplexical waste of money.
Frankly, my F150 with me behind the wheel (and bad front wheel bearings, I'm finding out...) handles better than the average entry-level sport sedan on the road today with it's driver.
On a skid pad, this is obviously not the case... but on real roads, under real driving conditions, I can stick-to-it at speeds that most people can't even begin to feel comfortable at. In fact, I often find it amusing that people will get right up on my tail on straights, but the second we get into the twisties, I start pulling away from them quickly.
Also, I treat the road as though the entire lane had the straightest possible route painted in it, and follow that line. I'm sure I appear drunk to most unsuspecting drivers, but I've also proven on a couple occasions that distance traveled is shorter (and slightly faster at the same speeds) using my method. Compared to driving the same route (following the speed limit and slowing through curves like normal) versus my driving style, there's no contest. I drive a shorter line between two points, and I do it faster, while still retaining legality.
Learning skills such as this will yield a much faster ROI than investing in suspension mods that just raise a bar you don't have the skill to reach.