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steve auvache says...

13/60 Herald Covertible for me, it was lovely when the sun shone.

 

CT says...

Pah.

I used to do that kind of thing for a living, it soon gets mind-
numbingly boring.

 

It wasn't exactly expensive, about 14 grand of your 'pounds', IIRC.

Heh.

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Must have been the driver then.

Nice reasoned argument there - I make a comparison based on personal
experience[1] and you rubbish it. Well done sir.


[1] I mean, I didn't actually race the things, but with three[2] track
sessions and about 6k miles in the 206 I think I'm in a better
position to know my own mind than you are.
[2] Might have been just two after the 'intro' day, but it was ~20
years ago, and my memory's almost as bad as yours.

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It's the directness of steering, brake and throttle control, together
with the huge tyre area/weight ratio, that is similar. Of course, the
FF can easily be made to drift in a corner, but you're _way_ off mark
talking about torque steer on the 206 - I won't say it can't be
induced, but in real world driving, it's simply not an issue. It
really is _so_ much better than any other front drive I've driven.

Then again, I don't claim to be the world's expert on four-wheeled
stuff, so I'll bow to your awesome experience on the subject if it
makes you happy ;-)

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'night.
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Bear says...

I told you I was a destructive fucker in that job. That Saab was a pile
of fucking shit. It was a huge grass bank that I stuffed it into, but
there is some dented armco nearby.

 

Bear says...

Mercs are nice cars to be driven in, but BMW are more of a driver's
car.

 

And you call that debate? where's the 'ner ner ne ner ner'?

 

Pah - I've just said that I'd have an S-class if I had a Caterham as
well. So I wouldn't need it to be a driver's car.

 

I'm chasing a Herald at the moment.

 

It's possible that the UK models only come with the 185/55 tyres,
which are standard on the GTi. Driving in this morning I was once
again impressed by the lack of torque steer, even when really trying
to induce it. I can only put it down to the tyres.

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Ben Blaney says...

Just keep jogging along, it's sure to break down soon.

 

Lozzo scribbled on the back of a napkin:

Alternatively, wait at a sharp bend and hope that the trunnions have
seized.

 

Funnily enough, there's a thread on the Herald Yahoogroup about that
today.

 

No I don't. They're not nearly as nice. Trust me on this: I know
Heralds.

 

Ben Blaney wrote

Trike project?

 

car project.

 

The infamous Triumph Trunnions, eh? Something Scim owners know a thing
or two about.

More likely though, the rear supension simply dumps the car off the
road.