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ourmaninthenorth - Member
Brother in laws missus has a new MX5, It's not so much the weight but the mid engine design
Eh? I think you might want to check that. Start at the front. 😀
At risk of being a ****, but a ferrari 599 is strictly speaking mid-engined, rather like the MX-5. The engine is in front half of the car, but its mainly behind the front axle line, so its mid-engined.
Bad car for snow? anything with tyres wider than about 195 profile.
Our neighbour has a Toyota MR2, that thing is dreadful! I reckon she's parked into hedges backwards about 4 times this last two years she's owned it.
Not sure what year you're on about but the early two models of the MR2 are stunning machines to drive and very well balanced, but a little tail happy (especially the turbo variants) - it's not that they're bad, just that people appear to be almost universally incapable of driving them properly - in the right hands they're very fast, very agile and brilliant handling, in the wrong hands they swap ends readily.
Most inappropriate car I have seen this week was a Ferrari F430 that drive past me in the snow (I was parked). He seemed to be getting along just fine on the un-gritted road.
I have been having no problems at all in a BMW 320d. Very pleased I only have standard 205 tyres on it though. I am getting much better at 10mph power slides though! 😀
Based on evidence this week - any BMW
I know 3 people with BMW 1 series all of whom are planning trips to the car dealers before next winter but on an n=2 basis the BMW 3 series cabriolet seems to have a narrow disadvantage on all the others. Saw one that coudn't get over a kerb to get into a drive and one that couldn't get up the camber of the road to turn right. Mind you the driving may have had something to do with it.
On the other hand, in these days of front wheel drive almost everything, somebody else's rear whell drive BMW may well be the perfect car for the
Scandinavian flick
Learnt many years ago on a rally school's mark 2 escort.
A) approach corner too fast
B) flick steering in opposite direction to corner while hitting brakes and changing down the gears and then wait for rear end to start to slide so car pointing in completely the wrong direction for the corner
C) try not to panic and remember that it ain't your car
D) at last, turn steering wheel in direction of corner and press accelerator and feel relieved as rear end starts to slide other way and corner comes back into view.
E) when car pointing in roughly the right direction steer into the skid, back of the accelerator so grip returns somewhat and travel off at unabated speed to the scene of the next accident.
Don't try this at home unless you have a skid pan the size of Wembley
I know 3 people with BMW 1 series all of whom are planning trips to the car dealers before next winter
Given stereotypes about 1 series owners, presumably to get one of the silly 4x4 posemobiles with wide tyres which doesn't actually work very well in snow either!
At risk of being a ****, but a ferrari 599 is strictly speaking mid-engined, rather like the MX-5. The engine is in front half of the car, but its mainly behind the front axle line, so its mid-engined.
On that basis, so is a Renault 5 (an ordinary one, not just the rally specials). Though I'm sure that doesn't suit your argument quite as well as the Ferrari.
presumably to get one of the silly 4x4 posemobiles
Not sure. On the positive side they are all good Yorkshire Lasses, either born or adopted, on the other hand they did buy 1 series in the first place.
Not an easy one to call.
My MGB GT, by a country mile.
not a chance, my midget has......
No roof, therefore colder, wetter and more dangerous
Less weight
A rear axel held in place by two great big rubber bands, put your foot down in 1st or 2nd and it fishtails like crazy even in the dry