The Most and Least Expensive Cars to Maintain

Re:The Most and Least Expensive Cars to Maintain by bitL on Friday June 10, 2016 @06:59PM (#11880809)

Ahh, the ones that were oversteering unexpectedly ;-) Yes, 911 nowadays is different, as you said pedestrian. For old-skool oversteering and difficult driving you have Porsche Carrera GT now ;-) 911 is IMO much easier to drive than most US muscle cars. Lambo with its changing aerodynamics and stiff suspension literally feels like butter at very high speeds and is a terrible shaker when driving slow.

Here in Germany a Hausfrau returning from shopping drives 120mph+ easily so people here are used to a higher default speed level than in the US where you are allowed 65mph. Often when overtaking on Autobahns you drive 130mph and some nervous Porsche/AMG etc. drivers blink at you to leave the fast lane so that they can pass.

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Re:The Most and Least Expensive Cars to Maintain by busterarm on Friday June 10, 2016 @07:04PM (#11880838)

It's not even so much about higher default level of speed to me. I'm used to driving quite fast.

I'm worried about physics. ΔV will kill you.

I try as much as possible to eliminate the compounding effects of things-gone-wrong. ΔV is a multiplier in an accident.

Edit/Aside: The ultimate oversteering screaming death car is the Omni GLHS. Man is that thing a hoot. But yeah, even if you don't hit them, I think that you should be able to see where the limits of a car may lie. I don't get that sense driving some of the modern "accessible" sportscars and that feeling actually makes me more nervous to drive them.

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Re:The Most and Least Expensive Cars to Maintain by bitL on Friday June 10, 2016 @07:23PM (#11880953)

Ariel Atom and K1 Attack might be in that category as well ;-)

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