Drove An Fd Today
10-13-2003, 11:24 AM
#21
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You can get into a whle heap of trouble in a FD. My dad decided to punch it in a turn and ended up in a ditch. Luckily for him the only thing damaged was his ego.
I have driven my dads FD quite a bit - enought to know its handling characteristics. I took it down a stretch of curvy road that I take my FC on a lot. The FD scared me at high speed the rear end seemed to come unsettled during high speed cornering.
Now I understand my FC has a full racing suspension on it but it actually feels better at high speeds whereas my dads FD is a dream at lower speed.
I have heard this statement once andI think its really true.
FCs are really great street cars that make good track cars, FDs are really great track cars that make good street cars.
I have driven my dads FD quite a bit - enought to know its handling characteristics. I took it down a stretch of curvy road that I take my FC on a lot. The FD scared me at high speed the rear end seemed to come unsettled during high speed cornering.
Now I understand my FC has a full racing suspension on it but it actually feels better at high speeds whereas my dads FD is a dream at lower speed.
I have heard this statement once andI think its really true.
FCs are really great street cars that make good track cars, FDs are really great track cars that make good street cars.
10-13-2003, 11:32 AM
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hmm, so i shouldnt make the jump from FB to FD then, huh? specially if im gonna try and drive it daily in new jersey winter(s).
mike, how would you compare the rides between the FD and the GSLSE?(I know they are nothing alike, but your expertise on how u like em, since u own both) cause the more i think about getting or even looking at an FD, i think ill miss the GSLSE way too much.
mike, how would you compare the rides between the FD and the GSLSE?(I know they are nothing alike, but your expertise on how u like em, since u own both) cause the more i think about getting or even looking at an FD, i think ill miss the GSLSE way too much.
10-13-2003, 11:56 AM
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I had a 1985 GS, and I would say it was one of the best cars to drive
as a daily, even a FC is a easy daily driver, a FD I dont know if I could drive one everyday. Maybe if you lived where there was no snow and ice, or you dont drive alot.
as a daily, even a FC is a easy daily driver, a FD I dont know if I could drive one everyday. Maybe if you lived where there was no snow and ice, or you dont drive alot.
10-13-2003, 12:01 PM
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ive driven both FD and 91 MR2 and the FD is most definatly bigger only thing i can think of is maybe the t-tops can make the interior look decievingly bigger. anyway im obvioulsy all for FD but i have very little driving time in FC's so i have a biased opinion...
94 montero>FD
94 montero>FD
10-13-2003, 12:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Rob x-7' date='Oct 13 2003, 01:09 PM
fd is bigger then a MR2, where did that one come from?
...from what I remember, the FD had more space than the MKII, and the MKI had the least.
10-13-2003, 12:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Rob x-7' date='Oct 13 2003, 12:56 PM
I had a 1985 GS, and I would say it was one of the best cars to drive
as a daily, even a FC is a easy daily driver, a FD I dont know if I could drive one everyday. Maybe if you lived where there was no snow and ice, or you dont drive alot.
as a daily, even a FC is a easy daily driver, a FD I dont know if I could drive one everyday. Maybe if you lived where there was no snow and ice, or you dont drive alot.
10-13-2003, 12:21 PM
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Originally Posted by treceb' date='Oct 13 2003, 08:32 AM
hmm, so i shouldnt make the jump from FB to FD then, huh? specially if im gonna try and drive it daily in new jersey winter(s).
mike, how would you compare the rides between the FD and the GSLSE?(I know they are nothing alike, but your expertise on how u like em, since u own both) cause the more i think about getting or even looking at an FD, i think ill miss the GSLSE way too much.
mike, how would you compare the rides between the FD and the GSLSE?(I know they are nothing alike, but your expertise on how u like em, since u own both) cause the more i think about getting or even looking at an FD, i think ill miss the GSLSE way too much.
not to rail on the fd's but when we go to the track i love to sit and watch the fd guys compare intake and coolant temps after each run, and reattach the intake pipes.
i like the way the 1st gens feel, the fd always feels weird, like its gonna fall off the road. the fd is fun but the gsl-se is more fun, its really hard to explain why exactly.
mike