best handling car you've ridden in or drove?

[swynx]

I'm talking about really getting into the corner. Pinned inside the car thinking your gonna fly off the road but not even a chirp from the tires kind of action.

I posted this because I remember being young(er) driving around town with a friend and him (being a dumb ass ) doing 100 MPH on a paved back road where the speed limit was 35. Some pile of crap Kia with bald tires. I thought for sure we were going to die.

Also my Saturn corners very well. And I've seen some guys in newer Corvette around here take a right hand turn going well over the speed limit.

Plus I know there are gear heads here who have stories and alot of you own mustangs.

 

[bocefas]

That's a loaded question there bud...the driver makes all the difference in the world...any meathead can hop in a new corvette/camaro/challenger/mustang/whatever and carve up a canyon highway with the computer making all the little adjustments necessary to keep from dumping it into a ditch. What I'm saying is most (sane) folks will run out of nerve before they run out of car...now for me, back in the day I had an IROC-Z that I could flick around so quickly I literally could make people soil themselves, but that was hardly the best "handling" car out there...I just had it set up the way I liked it and was young and fearless...

 

[MastuhWaffles]

During my junior year of high school my dad got a 2012 mitsubishi eclipse, at the time I was driving a kia rio but sometimes he let me drive it to school. That thing was so low and with FWD it had amazing handling, you could take corners like nothing else, and even drift it with the handbrake.

 

[Hammermechanic]

The Caldwell D-13 Formula Vee I used to own and drive in the SCCA. 150 mph. Open Wheels. Open Cockpit. Yer A$$ 3" off the pavement while in a lying down position.

 

[adsm08]

Of all the cars I have actually driven I am sure my choice does not top the list, but most of the cars I drive get taken around a lazy little 1.5 mile loop near the dealership just to make sure the brakes work and they steer.

But I am not interested in the cars I have driven, just the ones I have put through the paces.

1978 Olds Omega, 3.8L V6, 2-barrel Rochester, 350 3-speed, helper springs and new leaves in the back, Viper GT tires.

It dog-tracked something awful because I could never get the rear axle back in straight, and the extra lift of the helpers made it scary on wet roads. You could flip it end over end just by tapping the brakes if it was raining, but boy on a dry road you could take corners at 60.

 

[swynx]

A retard in a Elise and a retard in a Corvette which do you think will corner better? Yes the driver does have a lot to do with it but its also the car.

As far as your ass being 3 inches from the ground. That's kind of scary.

 

[UrbanRedneckKid]

I've had some good times cornering in a 79 Fiat 2000 Spyder. Not fast by any means, but handles way better than you'd think on 185mm wide tires.

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[Hagan]

I dd a Miata. Hands down the best car I've owned or driven. For being a stock car it is a kick in the ass.

 

[exbass94]

Best handling/most nimble car I drove was a 1st gen, 2 door Dodge Neon. I drove it when I delivered parts for Napa. We had an odd bunch of delivery vehicles. I would be on the highway on-ramp, get to the sharp curve, and not touch the brake. Just kept accelerating and yanked thne steering wheel over. Wouldn't even chirp the tires.

 

[ab_slack]

A tough call. My guess would be Toyota Supra circa 1984. Pretty decent and held turns nice and solid. I only drove it a few times tho.

As far as one I had lots of time in that probably be an 94 Infiniti Q45 was the fastest/most powerful car I drove that held the road pretty decent...but it was also heavy so would slide and roll. I expect the 89 Mitsubishi Mirage or even the 81 Ford Escort I drove would corner better just cause they were lower to the ground and much lighter, but they weren't particularly fun to drive.

Perhaps the most unlikely, yet fun to push around corners was a 72 Dodge Dart Swinger with 225 slant 6.

 

[97RangerXLT]

My 2004 Nissan Maxima. For a family sedan it hauls down the road and corners like it is on rails

Do you really care where this was sent from?

 

[adsm08]

As far as your ass being 3 inches from the ground. That's kind of scary.

Dude, my ass isn't even that close to my floor pan.

 

[Dune Runner]

Two come to mind. A 98 Mustang GT lowered with wider rims and tires. It felt glued to the road in the corners. And then my old 74 Mercury Capri. It was also lowered with wider tires and had bigger sway bars. I used to drive it over 120mph on a daily commute. I drove a long back road to work at midnight at the time. The car handled perfect. In the corners the Dunlop GTs would break loose just a little but I always felt in control and had a smile on my face.

 

[SenorNoob]

In my case it'd be a toss up between a '94 Mustang I had that was lowered too far and my mom's stock '97 Altima. I think I'd give the edge to the Mustang though. The Altima does have some roll.

Can't do much in the Altima my mom's always there. The Mustang I could take an almost flat right turn at 60mph.

 

[tmcalavy]

Any large land yacht made by Buick/Olds from 54 to about 62...plus the Riviera from like 65 or 66. Can you say drift at 135?