Handling?
i believe it. mostly because "better handling" is subjective.
for the most part, even it seemed like wherever i looked, everyone was saying camaros handled better than mustangs (at least back in the early 2000's), i liked the way stock base model mustangs felt at the limit better than stock base model fbodies.
my ss did handle OK in stock form with the fatter (stock) sway bars compared to the previous camaro i had - those hollow sway bars made a pretty big difference. at 42k miles, the decarbon shocks were doing as well as they ever could, but were definitely the weak link when trying to push the car.
for the most part, even it seemed like wherever i looked, everyone was saying camaros handled better than mustangs (at least back in the early 2000's), i liked the way stock base model mustangs felt at the limit better than stock base model fbodies.
my ss did handle OK in stock form with the fatter (stock) sway bars compared to the previous camaro i had - those hollow sway bars made a pretty big difference. at 42k miles, the decarbon shocks were doing as well as they ever could, but were definitely the weak link when trying to push the car.
Personally, I've always just been into straight-line acceleration. Call me oldschool, but its never really been my thing to haul *** around a bend. I suppose it might be different if I had a car that was built to do so...
Maybe if it was 1k lbs lighter and handled like it was on rails...
Maybe if it was 1k lbs lighter and handled like it was on rails...
Ever driven one? I have and I agree with his statement. Very poor handling cars. Sloppy is more like it. Sad, but nothing to compete with so it didn't need to.
Any and every car has its pro's and con's. My TA when I got it had just over 70k on it and it was still good. I have upgraded since then and now it is amazing! Well...except the worn rod ends....
Any and every car has its pro's and con's. My TA when I got it had just over 70k on it and it was still good. I have upgraded since then and now it is amazing! Well...except the worn rod ends....
I realize this is somewhat subjective but I would like to see some slalom times and and skidpad #'s for each car....
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Seriously, I can take exit 36 at 72-74 mph with the rear end kicking out (oversteer) in my firebird and can't even take the same corner at 65 in my camaro without a little understeer. I feel like I'm ganna run into the wall.
BUT, I have put over 60k miles on my firebird and less than 2k miles on my camaro. So I'm a hell of a lot more comfortable in my firebird than I am in my camaro.
