Which car intimidates you on the road?
12-18-2006, 01:03 PM
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another story, intimidation does come to mind! :
Along with envy 
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another story, intimidation does come to mind! :
Along with envy !
12-18-2006, 01:15 PM
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Originally Posted by 550isport' post='368700' date='Dec 18 2006, 08:52 PM
Basically any exotic is intimidating. The grumble of the engine, a roofline so low that it barely makes it into your rearview and headlights a mile apart from each other. But we are in sedans. The only sedans/coupes that intimidate me are M cars and AMG cars because I know that no matter how good I am in judging traffic patterns, stopping distances and available traction, they are always going to toast me on an open stretch of road. And they go so fast, so easily that even grandpa in his xx55 will punch it up to 125+ for a second or two.
Not to hijack the post, but I'll tell you which BMW competitior intimidates me the least: Audi. They push the quattro mystique so hard that many Audi people really believe that in any inclement weather, any Audi dominates every rear drive BMW. Quattro is better in snow than X drive (at the cost of dry weather handling), and of course any all wheel drive car will put power the ground more sucessfully in slippery conditions, but what the quattro fans can't appreciate is the confidence in your car to push it to 9 or 10/10th even in the wet. I feel that way in sport package BMWs. The summer tires and the 50/50 weight balance combined with a sports chassis that really talks to you allows you to round corners faster in slippery conditions (especially with the safety net of DSC). I love whipping audis on back roads in the rain...if for nothing more than the looks on the drivers' faces, like their thinking "is the quattro feature not on"?
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Not to hijack the post, but I'll tell you which BMW competitior intimidates me the least: Audi. They push the quattro mystique so hard that many Audi people really believe that in any inclement weather, any Audi dominates every rear drive BMW. Quattro is better in snow than X drive (at the cost of dry weather handling), and of course any all wheel drive car will put power the ground more sucessfully in slippery conditions, but what the quattro fans can't appreciate is the confidence in your car to push it to 9 or 10/10th even in the wet. I feel that way in sport package BMWs. The summer tires and the 50/50 weight balance combined with a sports chassis that really talks to you allows you to round corners faster in slippery conditions (especially with the safety net of DSC). I love whipping audis on back roads in the rain...if for nothing more than the looks on the drivers' faces, like their thinking "is the quattro feature not on"?
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100% agree.Another car that i find veeeeery intimidating (along with the other bunch of exotics) is the Carrera GT. For whatever reason it's intimidating (but i think it's because of the sound) even if i picture myself at the wheel. Plus i saw what it did to the Stig on TG. Hehehe
12-18-2006, 01:23 PM
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Originally Posted by aybeesea' post='368726' date='Dec 18 2006, 06:14 PM
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Originally Posted by 700700' post='369067' date='Dec 19 2006, 05:17 PM
feck amg 
... i got killed by a brabus SV12 and later by a tuned up brabus CLS55 ... now they are scary
... i got killed by a brabus SV12 and later by a tuned up brabus CLS55 ... now they are scary
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Originally Posted by aybeesea' post='368815' date='Dec 18 2006, 02:25 PM
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