2021 Ford Bronco

mich800 wrote:

time2roll wrote:

ShinerBock wrote:
There is an old saying that I didn't know it was true until I drove a friends Miata. "It is more fun to drive a slow car fast than a fast car slow." I had more fun driving that thing than I did my Vette that I had at the time. Of course I missed my Vette at the stop lights, but that Miata was like a little go cart on the road.

Naw, I don't buy that. Or why do so many opt for the big diesel turbo?

Slow cars are just that, slow.

I think that may have been in jest. But that is not an absolute rule. At least with some of the tight tracks around here. A ton of HP just gets in the way and the lighter, better balanced cars are faster around the circuit.

If you just want to have fun that can be true as long as the car feels fast. I remember driving a friends MG around 1982. The top was down and my rear felt like it was dragging the ground as I pulled out onto the road. I wound out first and second to the redline, slammed third, the engine was screaming, the wind was howling, my hair was getting tossed around and it felt like I was almost flying. I looked down at the speedometer at showed 45mph. It occurred to me that if I was in my Impala I would probably be doing about 60 and more concerned about what was on the radio than how fast I was going.

That day I learned that the sensation of speed is more about the sensation than the speed. If you don't believe go take a gocart ride. If you are trying to get somewhere then a slow car can be really frustrating. Then again, if you are having a lot of fun on a public road you are probably driving dangerously.