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Originally Posted by Shan2nu But whats the point of doing a comparison test on a bad road man? If i want to tackle bad roads at great speeds, i'l buy an SUV, why Getz? |
Shan! I won't argue with you on this. Kindly ask memo to take you to his farm, check the roads and you will know what I am talking about. Certain sections were bad, but we had some nice stretches as well where the cars could be pushed. Everyone here says don't talk about track alone, take real life conditions to account. When I do, you say this.
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The numbers guru is openly asking you to put your theory to the test on track with complete telemetry from a vbox.
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Theory? The Elantra clocked a 2:17 on the long loop on a Vbox. You yourself posted saying that NK clocked a 2:15 in a stock RS on the long loop. What more proof do you want? You don't have to believe my word for it, ask doomsday (someone who you trust and is a part of your group) about the authenticity of the timing. He was the one who handled the Vbox, not me. Its not something I have cooked up along with my friends.
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There is no better place than a race track to do it. It'l test every bit of the cars performance.
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I don't have to prove anything to anyone. But we are planning a track day soon so that some of the new comers to our gang can improve their driving skills and the Getz surely will be there. So do come and check it out if you like.
No offense, but I think I have done the most number of track days on this forum (except for Farhan, Sawan who live on track). I have driven a baleno, esteem, lancer, palio, siena, OHC, SX4, Cedia, Elantra, RS, swift, ikon, almost all the single seaters apart from the Rolon's to warrant a comment that the most uninspiring car I have driven on track is the Cedia, period.
I shall take up your challenge on track seriously, the day you get your OWN VTEC to track atleast once. You have been saying this for ages now but don't ever turn up with your car. And you are asking me to put my money where my mouth is? Shan, honestly tell me, how many cars have you driven on track? I know you are a brilliant driver, but I doubt you have driven anything apart from Wolf's Vtec, Grey's swift on track (do add if I have forgotten). And yes, the single seaters and the track esteems.
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What has braking in a straightline got to do with handling?
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You are right! But to me if a car handles good or is capable of doing high speeds it better have good brakes too. I have seen instances where your own friend nearly killed himself trying to brake on the Vtec. What good is handling, if you can't brake to stop yourself from getting killed?
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Do you own a OHC Vtec!! Or for that matter, have you had the opportunity of driving a bone stock vtec with stock new suspension? ( not stock vtecs which have clocked some 50-70k kms on our cr@ppy roads!
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No Shrey! But I have driven a VTEC quite a lot (everyday for 2yrs to be precise), used to belong to my best friend from PU days and I always used to drive to college as he didn't enjoy driving much. Anyways I don't think you guys will believe me on that (unless you have friends who studied in Joseph's during 01-03 batch).
If you are trying to tell me that a Vtec handles better than a esteem, palio, baleno, lancer, then only god save you all. A ain't the only one to say this. You can ask Ajmat, Sriram, Harrie, raj.barcode, iraghava, anush, v1p3r, jitu who all have owned a OHC at some point and have already mentioned how good a OHC handles at some point or the other on this very forum.
Shrey, just FYI, I have probably driven the fastest OHC Vtec in the country after Madhu's. The car was running 22psi of boost on a T3/T4 turbo. So you can imagine how it must have felt like redlining it in first 3 gears. I love the Vtec, but comeon you just cant neglect its minus points like they don't exist.
Honestly, we are way OT here. So I shall stop arguing with you guys on this.
The point of this thread was to figure out why certain cars like the Getz/Elantra didn't sell in the market and to find out why many members make statements against Hyundai like I posted in the first few posts. Some members figured the answer to the first question, as for the second part, all those members who posted some ridiculous comments didn't stand up for their comments made on other threads on this thread. They preferred keeping mum.