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Re: AE86 Sprinter handling: good or bad?	Fri, 23 January 2004 05:20

I reckon ae86s are VERY VERY good handling cars. I am in no way a driving or handling specialist, but from what I can tell, this is what I reckon. The ae86 is an awesome handling car, one of the best. But because of the profile and design, an AE86 with mild suspension mods, has got a lower 'boderline ego' than other thoroughbred performance cars. BUT THIS IS NOT A BAD THING!! Racing Geniuses such as Schumaker can drive their car at the 'boderline ego' threshold all the time. This is what makes him a great driver. This is what makes him fast. Not many people can do this as well as he can. The ae86 is awesome because of this. Because the FEEDBACK is sooo nice, the lightness, and ease, you can really feel when you are driving at this borderline ego. When you go past this ego, the ae86 is still predictable and can still be controlled, that is why it's good for drift. A skilled driver who can incorperate these 2 will kick the butt off any fat ass muscle car around some tight bends. The muscle car will not get anywhere near it's limits. And I fully AGREE with Simon, the ae86 is way more fun to drive. That's because you can drive like crazy on smaller roads. And because of this boderline ego, and ability to control it beyond, it makes it a whoppingly fast car around bends. BOTTOM LINE, toyota didn't intend to build a thoroughbred sports car with the ae86. They wanted to build a commemorative final RWD corolla model, and they wanted it to have sports emulation. And they did an AWESOME job. The car handling is good. And on lower speed applications such as tight corners, drift, mountains, bends, and moderate track work, it's because of these attributes that makes them a better contender than bigger sports machines. It will clearly be hard to outmaneuver this car. On high speed applications (such as the laguna circuit racing for example), Obviously the car won't compare to other sports car here. you all have to agree on that one. That is why the sprinter is not even in the same class. However, the other sports car will behave like the ae86 does at lower speeds. This reflects well on the ae86 as being an awesome handling car. So in conclusion.. Is the AE86 a good handling CAR? HELL YES, MOST DEFINITELY YES. With the right mods.. It will be capable of heaps more... (this will be costly though). and AMEN to Simon RX7. One again, I am not a driving specialist.. so I coudl be wrong on this one rock on. [Report message to a moderator]

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