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Accumulator · 04-18-09, 04:33

cheeba- Eh...I might be out to lunch here, or just putting too much weight on my own experiences and what I *think* I've inferred about Hey, Moe! based on his posts here. I could be *way* off-base

On the stock/not...I have a fair amount of serious experience in both, and IMO most good cars already handle a lot better than most drivers can readily exploit without intense and on-going training, especially on the street. At Tony Scotti's Vehicle Dynamics Institute most well-trained people work *very* hard to use at least 80% (min. threshold for certification).

Don't get me wrong, a lot (most?) of my vehicles have been modified, with suspensions/brakes usually happening first; like you, I prefer *very* neutral handling that wouldn't be right for most folks (my first M3 went off to Ray Korman as soon as I got it). Heh heh, I actually think that you and I might be of *VERY* similar opinion on this stuff. I'm just being kinda a wet blanket here in an attempt to keep this on-track for Hey, Moe!.

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Accumulator Practical Perfectionist Accumulator is offline Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: NE Ohio Posts: 24,898	Re: Comments appreciated--128 vs. GTI cheeba- Eh...I might be out to lunch here, or just putting too much weight on my own experiences and what I think I've inferred about Hey, Moe! based on his posts here. I could be way off-base On the stock/not...I have a fair amount of serious experience in both, and IMO most good cars already handle a lot better than most drivers can readily exploit without intense and on-going training, especially on the street. At Tony Scotti's Vehicle Dynamics Institute most well-trained people work very hard to use at least 80% (min. threshold for certification). Don't get me wrong, a lot (most?) of my vehicles have been modified, with suspensions/brakes usually happening first; like you, I prefer very neutral handling that wouldn't be right for most folks (my first M3 went off to Ray Korman as soon as I got it). Heh heh, I actually think that you and I might be of VERY similar opinion on this stuff. I'm just being kinda a wet blanket here in an attempt to keep this on-track for Hey, Moe!.