Top 10: dangerous cars
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Well he looks about 20 for a start, so I guess he does know it all.
He may realise one day that all cars are dangerous, just as all Lions are. You just learn to manage the risks. Lotus Carlton was 'attempted at being tamed in torrential rain,' 911 'violent lift off oversteer' Err dont do it then? And similar for the 1.9Gti 205 a car I used to own that never gave me a moments worry, one of the best handling cars I've owned.
Dan Trent. Current car: 1995 Subaru Impreza WRX “As a country lad I had to have the estate version so I like to think my choice is more green wellies than Reebok Classics, despite accusations I am simply indulging my inner chav.”
All time favourite car: Mercedes 300SL Gullwing. “A two-day drive from Germany to London in a freshly restored Gullwing remains one of the highlights of my career so far. I’m just one lottery win away from owning one of my own…” So despite it being the 2nd most dangerous, he still wants one...Journos!
He may realise one day that all cars are dangerous, just as all Lions are. You just learn to manage the risks. Lotus Carlton was 'attempted at being tamed in torrential rain,' 911 'violent lift off oversteer' Err dont do it then? And similar for the 1.9Gti 205 a car I used to own that never gave me a moments worry, one of the best handling cars I've owned.
Dan Trent. Current car: 1995 Subaru Impreza WRX “As a country lad I had to have the estate version so I like to think my choice is more green wellies than Reebok Classics, despite accusations I am simply indulging my inner chav.”
All time favourite car: Mercedes 300SL Gullwing. “A two-day drive from Germany to London in a freshly restored Gullwing remains one of the highlights of my career so far. I’m just one lottery win away from owning one of my own…” So despite it being the 2nd most dangerous, he still wants one...Journos!
Tusc_si said:
Ah, but generally these things are revealed in reverse order.So we're #1
Edited by Barreti on Friday 7th December 08:31
Bluebottle said:
5.0LTR said:
... And similar for the 1.9Gti 205 a car I used to own that never gave me a moments worry, one of the best handling cars I've owned...
I found the 205 to be one of the best handling/balanced FWD shopping trolley I've ever driven.I would defy anyone to have owned a more dangerous car than my first.
A 1973 Triumph Toledo 1.3 (wanted the dolomite but oculdn't afford it).
Good old BL holes in the bodywork, breaks that were absoletely non existent, I remember taking my test in it ( I couldn't afford lessons at the time) and trying the emergency stop abs twenty years before it was invented still passed the test though and makes the Tuscan and the chim before it seem liek pussy cats.....
A 1973 Triumph Toledo 1.3 (wanted the dolomite but oculdn't afford it).
Good old BL holes in the bodywork, breaks that were absoletely non existent, I remember taking my test in it ( I couldn't afford lessons at the time) and trying the emergency stop abs twenty years before it was invented still passed the test though and makes the Tuscan and the chim before it seem liek pussy cats.....
Los Angeles said:
Tusc_si said:
Only at number 10, what an outrage!
Earlier this year (or perhaps late last year - time flies) the annual Insurance Report on car accidents put TVR as the marque most likely to be in an accident without another car being involved. Of TVR accidents/claims reported in the previous three years 72% involved no other vehicle. Not all the drivers can have been idiots. And in my four year tenure as a PH surfer I recall one year when there were three deaths in Tuscans and a spate of crashes.
Los Angeles said:
Witty replies are always gratefully acknowledged! 
On other dangerous cars: my old Dax Cobra sure was. When out for a day's drive and about to take a slip road down off the dual carriageway, I was concious of a saloon driving too fast to overtake. As I turned my head I saw the driver and his passenger gawping at my car ... too late for him to notice his lane of traffic had stopped.
The repetitive crunch, smash and tinkle of glass reverberated a good few seconds beyond my departure from the scene and out of sight!
Has a similar experience in France.On other dangerous cars: my old Dax Cobra sure was. When out for a day's drive and about to take a slip road down off the dual carriageway, I was concious of a saloon driving too fast to overtake. As I turned my head I saw the driver and his passenger gawping at my car ... too late for him to notice his lane of traffic had stopped.
The repetitive crunch, smash and tinkle of glass reverberated a good few seconds beyond my departure from the scene and out of sight!
Bunch of us TVR drivers filling up with petrol in a small town .. few cars stop to take a look and then there was the one who did not .. whoops.
Missing from the list ar some of the hairiest cars ever. The late 60s and early 70s American muscle cars were soemthing else indeed. No pretence of cornering ability or braking for that matter, just out and out grunt. The tiny 5 litre cars like the Z28 and Boss 302 at least paid a little attention to handling, but the rest were pure dragsters.
The fact hat they were available to any kid with a part time job made the statistics that much more grim. The Hemi Cudas, Road Runners, Chargers, Super Bees, GTOs, Trans Ams, Challengers, SS396s, and the like were more common than the little hot hatches of recent years.
A McDonald''s carpark throbbed with more horsepower than many a racing grid.
They were powerful. They were fast. They did not handle or stop well. Pimply teenagers were at the wheels. Drum brakes, skinny bias ply tyres, and a hell of a lot of horsepower and torque were a recipe for disaster.
Stuff that list!
The fact hat they were available to any kid with a part time job made the statistics that much more grim. The Hemi Cudas, Road Runners, Chargers, Super Bees, GTOs, Trans Ams, Challengers, SS396s, and the like were more common than the little hot hatches of recent years.
A McDonald''s carpark throbbed with more horsepower than many a racing grid.
They were powerful. They were fast. They did not handle or stop well. Pimply teenagers were at the wheels. Drum brakes, skinny bias ply tyres, and a hell of a lot of horsepower and torque were a recipe for disaster.
Stuff that list!
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