Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 beta 3/9/83; site pertec.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!mgnetp!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!sdcrdcf!sdcsvax!bmcg!felix!pertec!kitten From: kitten@pertec.UUCP Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: '84 Corvette, Ride too Rough? Message-ID: <151@pertec.UUCP> Date: Sat, 16-Jun-84 22:07:33 EDT Article-I.D.: pertec.151 Posted: Sat Jun 16 22:07:33 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 22-Jun-84 05:43:49 EDT References: <1191@qubix.UUCP> Organization: Pertec Computer Corp., Irvine, CA Lines: 28 I have to defend Peter on this one, Jeff. Handling is made up of more qualities than just cornering force. It involves the suspension and chassis, as well as the brakes (which have so far been neglected in this discussion). I read the article, too, and though I don't have it with me, I recall the tests including skid pad, race track lap times, high speed braking, and a subjective "twisty mountain road" test. The first three items were for the purpose of finding the cars' limits, whereas the last was a more "what it's like to drive every day and live with" test. "Handling" can be defined as a combination of cornering force, suspension performance (returning the tire to the road ASAP without rebound), chassis flexibility, steering control, and driver input/car output (read 'feel'). What Peter was trying to say was that if the suspension was transfering shock (bumps) through the steering wheel and/or the chassis (therefore to the driver's seat) excessively, and if chassis 'twitchiness' required lots of driver input and attention, it can greatly detract from the FTD (Fun To Drive) Quotiant. It was by this very deduction that C & D decided that the Camero Z28 out-handled the Corvette, the practicalness won out. Driver fatigue is too much of a price to pay in the real world for the majority of the fun-loving driving public. You KNOW C & D LOVES the Corvette, read the artical they had on it when it first came out. They even commended that...uh...OTHER car rag for making it their Car of the Year (I subscribe to both 'rags', btw). I know you love your cars, I can be just as obsessive (NOT a derogatory comment :-) ) about mine. But don't take it so personally, okay? kitten~