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Christ · 05-12-2011, 02:07 PM

I find that handling has more to do with driver skill/confidence than anything else, at least in every day situations.

I read once a digression that "Faced with the decision between a .6g curve, or a tree, most drivers trend to chose the latter...". "Most drivers" are pretty bad at critical decision making, it appears.

Personal digression: Driven a she-tonne of cars in my life, and haven't seen too many that actually HAD to follow precautionary speeds for curves. Heck, even my 78 Volare handled "40mph" curves at 55+...

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Christ Moderate your Moderation. Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Troy, Pa. Posts: 8,919 Pasta - '96 Volkswagen Passat TDi 90 day: 45.22 mpg (US) Thanks: 1,369 Thanked 430 Times in 353 Posts	I find that handling has more to do with driver skill/confidence than anything else, at least in every day situations. I read once a digression that "Faced with the decision between a .6g curve, or a tree, most drivers trend to chose the latter...". "Most drivers" are pretty bad at critical decision making, it appears. Personal digression: Driven a she-tonne of cars in my life, and haven't seen too many that actually HAD to follow precautionary speeds for curves. Heck, even my 78 Volare handled "40mph" curves at 55+... __________________ "¿ʞɐǝɹɟ ɐ ǝɹ,noʎ uǝɥʍ 'ʇı ʇ,usı 'ʎlǝuol s,ʇı"