Gran Turismo: Licence/B-1

[MrRegieRitmo]

I thought they were called 'Magic Roundabouts' and there was only 2, 1 in Swindon & 1 in Hemel Hempstead??

[pogweasel]

That one in Hemel is evil. I had to traverse it once in a 3-series with no wipers in the filthy rain. Terrified.

[pandamonium]

Sadlers Farm can be chaotic! I avoid it if at all possible. People in the left lane suddenly turning right is what winds me up. Get in the right lane to begin with you fools! lol

[reallyloud]

I'm of the opinion that braking at speed is one of its weak points - I reckon it has incredibly powerful brakes, even before I had them overhauled I thought they were very good. But there are problems with stability under braking, something to do with positive camber, so under prolonged braking you end up impersonating the intro to Playdays with the steering wheel going left and right. As a former owner, what do you reckon?

It took a lot of turns to get that lock, the gearing was far too low and comparable to the 70's/early 80's RWD Datsun Bluebirds I used to hack around in. Both cars have inprecise steering but in truth the Galant was a far superior car in every other respect. I considered fitting a smaller steering wheel to the Galant, to stop my lanky legs from getting in the way but the consequences would have been like driving a pretend car in a childrens playground. I was travelling along the infamous Reading to Oxford A4074 (13 bends of death) in the Galant a few winters back, I needed to make an emergency swerve to avoid an on-coming overtaking motorbike, the car hardly moved. Which is just as well as I would have piled the car into a tree. Might have been ok, as I would have created a dent to match the rear one.

[wuvvum]

I'm of the opinion that braking at speed is one of its weak points - I reckon it has incredibly powerful brakes, even before I had them overhauled I thought they were very good. But there are problems with stability under braking, something to do with positive camber, so under prolonged braking you end up impersonating the intro to Playdays with the steering wheel going left and right. As a former owner, what do you reckon?

It took a lot of turns to get that lock, the gearing was far too low and comparable to the 70's/early 80's RWD Datsun Bluebirds I used to hack around in.

I seem to remember the Sigma being like that - wnderfully light steering for a big 2-litre estate without PAS, but the trade-off was about 5 turns lock to lock, which would have made it CRAP 4 DRIFTIN.

[Mat.T]

Colchester. Although not officially called a gyratory system it pretty much is one.

Ah! Greenstead roundabout! what a marvelous thing 9 roundabout stuck together, then some more round-abouts stuck on to that. I did my part of my driving test round it!

[Guest]

It took a lot of turns to get that lock, the gearing was far too low and comparable to the 70's/early 80's RWD Datsun Bluebirds I used to hack around in. Both cars have inprecise steering but in truth the Galant was a far superior car in every other respect. I considered fitting a smaller steering wheel to the Galant, to stop my lanky legs from getting in the way but the consequences would have been like driving a pretend car in a childrens playground.

The Nardi Torino I fitted is a tad smaller, it makes it a bit better to steer at speed at the expense of heavy steering when parking up. I miss the original wheel though (in both function and style), I might see if it can be refurbished somehow. The only reason I took it off is because the vinyl had gone unpleasantly sticky and it was getting on my nerves.Quite surprised that you consider it superior in many aspects to the Bluebird though, I've never driven one so I can't really say. I do love the look of them though, would really like a nice brown 910 4-door to potter around in.Wuvvum, I bet your Sigma will have had the same steering setup, I think that was one of the things they left alone between the roundlamps and mine.

[MrRegieRitmo]

would really like a nice brown 910 4-door to potter around in.

I thought that too, that's why I was quite excited about that 'too good to be true advert' that was in PC mag recently. It was too good to be true

 

Wuvvum, I bet your Sigma will have had the same steering setup, I think that was one of the things they left alone between the roundlamps and mine.

Which was the Galant that was on sale at the time of the late 70s Sigma? Yours was the first gen of the 80s wasn't it Hirst?