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- From: keys@starchild.ncsl.nist.gov (Lawrence B. Keys)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos
- Subject: Re: G20 vs. Altima, Fast vs. Slow
- Message-ID: <6982@dove.nist.gov>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 13:53:26 GMT
- References: <1992Nov17.082314.29660@leland.Stanford.EDU> <Nov17.091859.12108@engr.washington.edu> <1992Nov17.192837.7711@oakhill.sps.mot.com>
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- In article <1992Nov17.192837.7711@oakhill.sps.mot.com> shantanu@oakhill.sps.mot.com (Shantanu Ganguly) writes:
- >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:
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- >>>i've said this before, but i don't think the integra's handling is
- >>>as absymal as you say it is.
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- >>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:
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- >>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.
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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- Hey, i've got a Jetta that i'd like to see your Civic "blow away". NOT!
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- That aside, i think that Eliot said "outcorner". A Civic sedan will not
- "outcorner" a Jetta or a Fox.
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- >Shantanu Ganguly
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