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- From: shantanu@oakhill.sps.mot.com (Shantanu Ganguly)
- Subject: Re: G20 vs. Altima, Fast vs. Slow
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.192837.7711@oakhill.sps.mot.com>
- Organization: Motorola Inc., Austin Tx.
- References: <Nov16.195822.21482@engr.washington.edu> <1992Nov17.082314.29660@leland.Stanford.EDU> <Nov17.091859.12108@engr.washington.edu>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 19:28:37 GMT
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- In article <Nov17.091859.12108@engr.washington.edu> eliot@lanmola.engr.washington.edu (eliot) writes:
- >In article <1992Nov17.082314.29660@leland.Stanford.EDU> tedebear@leland.Stanford.EDU (Theodore Chen) writes:
-
- >>i've said this before, but i don't think the integra's handling is
- >>as absymal as you say it is.
- >
- >i personally can't remember having driven anything worse. even some
- >el-cheapo econoboxes can serve up better damping than the integra.
- >the term "bad handling" is relative of course, which is why i
- >contrasted the integra's handling with the g20's. night and day.
- >even a sentra se-r will put the integra to shame with its long travel
- >and firmly damped suspension. i am outspoken about the integra
- >because:
-
- >2) the way it understeers given such generous rubber. the subaru
- >legacy with skinny 175/70 tires will outcorner it handily. so will
- >any vw; fox, golf, jetta.. you name it.
-
- While I haven't driven the G20, I have driven a Legacy for a week, and its
- handling simply does not compare with an Integra. With the exception of
- a GTI, I doubt if any of the above VWs will outcorner an Integra either.
- Heck, I can blow away Jettas and Foxes in my civic, leave alone an Integra.
-
- >4) the unfulfilled hype about "double-wishbone" suspension. by right
- >you should be getting pretty good grip, given the above and 195
- >section tires. the truth is, most humdrum cars with humble struts and
- >175 tires will easily beat it, not to mention a g20 or anything more
- >special.
-
- The integra does have pretty good grip. I've had an integra for about
- 1.5 years now, imo the biggest shortcoming of the car is the Michelins.
- With a good set of tires, it should handle even better than it does.
-
- The Civic/Integra chassis is quite good, try driving a previous generation
- Civic Si some time. While its suspension travel is not as much as it could
- be, its handling is quite tenacious. With most hondas that I have driven,
- raw numbers may not be tremendous, but most of the grip is usable, and
- the transient behavior of the car at the limit is very predictable.
-
- Shantanu Ganguly
- Somerset (Motorola)
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