by tut » Tue Apr 14, 2015 1:32 am
well, i have a few of them...
mostly surprised, well, the 2008 mazda 2 1.3. surprisingly good. for what it is.. a budget city car.. revs high enough and gets plenty of speeds, and handles like a madman. for a citycar.....
unpleasantly surprised, well, a dodge challenger... great fun for half an hour, chopping other cars and doing traffic light sprints, but once you actually have to drive one for more than 35 minutes, and you're built like me (tall ish) your back will hurt, and you won't have any good place to rest your elbow. also, i couldn't find an easy way to disable the ESP, so straight line skids were easy enough with the traction control disabled, but once you tried the circle work, it just went to shits...
also, a kia cee'd, well, if you drive one for over 1.5 hours, you (i) will have back issues for several days. and it's understeered like a mad person.
similarly with the chevrolet nubira.. drive it for 30 minutes, and i will have a blasting headache..
but the worst one was a holden commodore sv6. one of them new ones.... they look amazing, and stuff, but once i got behind the wheel of one, it just started annoying me, with all sorts of issues... not enough ground clearance for australian roads. the speedo plastic reflected the keychain, just where you need to see your speed, and the spoiler reflected the sun in the mirror straight into my eyes, and blinded me. from a driving point of view, well, apart from the "no-feel" steering, it wasn't too bad, but just the shitload of minor and little irritations bummed the shit out of me...
also, a holden/chevrolet cruze. it's too slow to get out of its own way, the floorpan is not at all waterproof, and it's an uncomfortable piece of crap....