CorsaDom
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You can have the best handling car around and still get beat, it is at the end of the day the driver that makes the difference
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DJMartin07
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Registered: 1st Feb 07
Location: Bedford/
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My mates VTS sticks to road like fuck, shame there French though.
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Matt L
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Registered: 17th Apr 06
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 @ this thread.
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marklawton
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Registered: 24th Apr 05
Location: Pensby, Wirral Drives:Golf mk4 GTI
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there like all cars, some are better than others and then you have the drivers.
my mates vtr is crap on the country lanes and i can beat him quite easily.
but my other mate has a vts and his handles completely different and i struggle to keep up with him.
all down to the car and the driver
[Edited on 20-06-2008 by marklawton]
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mattk
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Registered: 27th Feb 06
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My VTR wsnt particulaly good at handling bends, it dint feel very planted, very twitchey and bumpy
Id much rather be in mine
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Paul_J
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Registered: 6th Jun 02
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how do you know the driver didn't have aids?
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Paul_J
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quote:
Originally posted by mattk
My VTR wsnt particulaly good at handling bends, it dint feel very planted, very twitchey and bumpy
Id much rather be in mine
I was like that when I first got my gti... thought 'My corsa felt better than this' - but it's to do with the way you drive them, you have to be 100% committed i.e. keep on the throttle and never lift despite say the corner tightening or car feeling 'twitchy'
the reason they feel twitchy is because they'll oversteer more than understeer and thus will actually go around a corner, where as a corsa (I know you drive a punto though) feels stable, but you push too hard in the bend and it'll understeer out and then you'll be screwed.
As a result you put a badger in the VTS who isn't committed and is lifting off all the time and put a good driver in the corsa and it's no wonder the corsa was sitting on the VTS's arse through the twisties.
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Mobby
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quote:
Originally posted by Paul_J
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Originally posted by mattk
My VTR wsnt particulaly good at handling bends, it dint feel very planted, very twitchey and bumpy
Id much rather be in mine
I was like that when I first got my gti... thought 'My corsa felt better than this' - but it's to do with the way you drive them, you have to be 100% committed i.e. keep on the throttle and never lift despite say the corner tightening or car feeling 'twitchy'
the reason they feel twitchy is because they'll oversteer more than understeer and thus will actually go around a corner, where as a corsa (I know you drive a punto though) feels stable, but you push too hard in the bend and it'll understeer out and then you'll be screwed.
As a result you put a badger in the VTS who isn't committed and is lifting off all the time and put a good driver in the corsa and it's no wonder the corsa was sitting on the VTS's arse through the twisties.
agree there lose it in a corsa and your f****d, that post was actually worth reading and intresting
[Edited on 20-06-2008 by mobby]
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DJMartin07
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To me Corsa's can't make up there mind when it comes to corners, as if i'm 100% round a lets say a roundabout in the dry, my backend slides, but if it's wet and i'm off the throttle it goes straight on a roundabout, and I feel i'm gonna slide of the road. 
[Edited on 20-06-2008 by DJMartin07]
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BarnshaW
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can u do a tutorial on gettin a 1.2 8v's backend to slide please.
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DJMartin07
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I'm not quite sure how it does it, I know all the shocks were fucked, but i'm replacing them at the moment at college, just need to fix my engine til I put the rears on, but I don't think that would cause it, can anyone know how the fuck me Corsa has done it?
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csweatherston
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Registered: 16th Jan 06
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lol....
the cans been opened again 
my corsa is appauling, it understeers at the slightest sign of moisture on the road.
from my experience though, i found a standard Zetec-S (mk5) to be a lot better handling than any standard saxo/peugeot.
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JM_16v
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 agree with Paul J
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FruitBooTeR
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Registered: 18th Jan 07
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People just need to invest in a decent suspension setup
My corsa handles very good, never had it come out on me and it can take a corner quite quick, its not just the suspension either get some decent tyres.
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Mike GSi
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Registered: 3rd Jan 07
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My Clio 16v out handled my Quicksilver no problem, i have a pic of the rear wheel in the air somewhere 
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Nick-S
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quote:
Originally posted by FruitBooTeR
People just need to invest in a decent suspension setup
My corsa handles very good, never had it come out on me and it can take a corner quite quick, its not just the suspension either get some decent tyres.
he speak sence tbh 
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DJMartin07
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quote:
Originally posted by FruitBooTeR
People just need to invest in a decent suspension setup
My corsa handles very good, never had it come out on me and it can take a corner quite quick, its not just the suspension either get some decent tyres.
True, I agree there, suspension setup and the grip your tires can take, me I have Admiral (second brand name for Kumho tires) and they do not grip very well in the wet, and are good in the dry if i'm not pushing the car( that's the problem when you don't get much cash).
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Vaux Lad
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Registered: 15th Dec 04
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quote:
Originally posted by Paul_J
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Originally posted by mattk
My VTR wsnt particulaly good at handling bends, it dint feel very planted, very twitchey and bumpy
Id much rather be in mine
I was like that when I first got my gti... thought 'My corsa felt better than this' - but it's to do with the way you drive them, you have to be 100% committed i.e. keep on the throttle and never lift despite say the corner tightening or car feeling 'twitchy'
Aye, thats the thing to remember. Never lift off mid bend unless you want to change your view of the road
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CorsAsh
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Registered: 19th Apr 02
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quote:
Originally posted by Jenko_Sport
Sat behing one lastnight no trouble.
What? Were you just sitting in the road behind a parked Citroen? 
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