[DML] Re: Lowering, handling, etc

[Shannon Larratt <toys@xxxx>]

rAt 06/03/2000 05:12 PM -0600, you wrote:
>2) Stock Deloreans with decent tires handle at least as well as an Audi TT, which is the subject of a recall because of its habit of turning over. Whatever be the Delorean's shortcomings, they do not include rolling. 
>3) A Delorean , fitted with the available Delorean Motor Company custom springs and Yokohama AVS Intermediate tires, will run a TT ragged on the track. 

Oh, come on!

First of all, the TT's "habit of turning over" is largely driver error and mythology generated by the media. When you look at the accident rates on the TT they're quite low. Second, the TT is, according to CAR magazine, as well as many others, the best handling car of 2000, and one of the best handling cars EVER. I love my Delorean, but trying to claim that it's a world-class handling sportscar is downright delusional.

Like I said, don't get me wrong, the Delorean is one of my all-time favorite cars, but I'm not about to mislead myself as to its capabilities. If the Delorean is so great, where are the articles? Where are the stats? Where are the track/rally wins? The Delorean is a brilliantly designed car, on both an engineering and aesthetic level. But it's no TT.

Shannon


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