Slightly OT: what is the last best analog sports car with hydraulic power steering |
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Slightly OT: what is the last best analog sports car with hydraulic power steering |
Tdskip |
Jan 19 2020, 12:37 PM
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Just as a thought exercise – if you had to pick a new – modern sports car that had proper hydraulic, rather than electric, power steering what would it be?
Just walked past about a 7 year old Audi R8, hence the question. I’m sure the last generation Cayman would have be on the short list... |
horizontally-opposed |
Jan 26 2020, 05:21 PM
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This used to be a hard question to answer. "Best for what?" I'd mumble as an out.
Then I spent 1,200~ miles on great roads in a Carrera GT. Once enough of the intimidation factor wore off (it took about 200-300 miles), it was like a bigger 914. With a Judd V10. On acid. 66,000-mile CGT video, with great sounds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtJmt5q67rk Black CGT drifted up a mountain pass in Europe; too bad about the talking over the audio... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajqSQ1NyQ_4 And in case you forgot the Judd, or never heard one in a sport car… (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lYrjKQqOfs Back down in the realm of reality, the 986/996 had very sweet steering (better, I thought than the much-lauded E36 M3 steering) with the 987/997 being very similar though no longer 1:1. |
Maltese Falcon |
Jan 26 2020, 05:46 PM
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This used to be a hard question to answer. "Best for what?" I'd mumble as an out. Then I spent 1,200~ miles in a Carrera GT (took about 200-300 miles for the intimidation factor to wear off) after limited seat time on two tracks. Out on a good road, it's like a bigger 914, with a Judd V10. On acid. 66,000-mile CGT video, with great sounds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtJmt5q67rk Black CGT drifted up a mountain pass in Europe; too bad about the talking over the audio... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajqSQ1NyQ_4 And in case you forgot the Judd, or never heard one in a sport car… (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lYrjKQqOfs Back down in the realm of reality, the 986/996 had very sweet steering (better, I thought than the much-lauded E36 M3 steering) with the 987/997 being very similar though no longer 1:1. CGT...I would just install a Fuel Safe (brand) fuel cell & an OMP sourced fire suppression sys Perfect Driver ! |
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