[DeTomaso] C6 vs Pantera?

adin at frontier.net adin at frontier.net
Sun Oct 19 16:01:05 EDT 2008


I was once told: "Remember, you are better than you think you are and  
not as good as you say you are . . . " (but not about my driving hahaha)

I've driven some "ugly" handling cars, and in "ugly" conditions; and  
caught some horrendous baubles.  But I've never (for instance) driven  
through the kink at Road America without lifting (it should be flat in  
high gear) lap after lap after lap.

Its about who's paying the bills, and of course, the "attachments"  
[1]. and some skill.

a good set-up will help.

IMO.



[1] heuvos, goonads, or balls.



The vastly overpowered racer was designed to be
> 'neutral'
> but he adjusted the chassis for a bit of understeer: "At the speeds this
> thing is running, I want to know the front will always break away before the
> rear...." which seem sensible since its far easier to catch a front   
> slide than a
> rear one.   Another driver (Dan Gurney, perhaps) with a different style might
> reverse this setting and go even faster. Its all about driver   
> confidence within
> the capabilities of the whole car/driver/tires package. FWIW- J Deryke





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