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Java Junky · 01-20-2007, 01:28 PM

Right up front, this is strictly personal opinion n' relies on all kind'za variables (which is a disclaimer of sorts that lets me off the hook should this come across wrong to anyone), but . .
with no net r' anything besides my butt in the seat, I'm thinkin' that the balance of Stewie was brought to what the folks a mother Honda thought was the optimum for aggressive street n' track use for those drivers among us and those of us who want to become drivers.
That translates (unfortunately for the unwary) into a balance that is very sensitive to loading and the grip available to each wheel at any given time and especially, as many of us have found, to changing the attitude of the car in the corner by unplanned-for braking, or, simply getting off the gas.
So does Stewie sometimes have the desire to have it's butt fight it's nose for the lead? Damn straight! But, without hamstringing us with the "benefits" of traction control, it's the price that's demanded for the results desired.
N', done right . . those results feel damned good when ya gedditt right. Don't they?
But, I godda admit, I like 'em both (AP1 n' AP2). If I had the ability to bop back n' forth between the two, I'd be spendin' the majority of my time pickin' shrubbery out'a my teeth.
Be well.
Java

01-20-2007, 01:28 PM	#19 (permalink)
Java Junky Resident Curmudgeon Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Joisey Posts: 5,463	Right up front, this is strictly personal opinion n' relies on all kind'za variables (which is a disclaimer of sorts that lets me off the hook should this come across wrong to anyone), but . . with no net r' anything besides my butt in the seat, I'm thinkin' that the balance of Stewie was brought to what the folks a mother Honda thought was the optimum for aggressive street n' track use for those drivers among us and those of us who want to become drivers. That translates (unfortunately for the unwary) into a balance that is very sensitive to loading and the grip available to each wheel at any given time *and especially,* as many of us have found, to changing the attitude of the car in the corner by unplanned-for braking, or, simply getting off the gas. So does Stewie sometimes have the desire to have it's butt fight it's nose for the lead? Damn straight! But, without hamstringing us with the "benefits" of traction control, it's the price that's demanded for the results desired. N', done right . . those results feel damned good when ya gedditt right. Don't they? But, I godda admit, I like 'em both (AP1 n' AP2). If I had the ability to bop back n' forth between the two, I'd be spendin' the majority of my time pickin' shrubbery out'a my teeth. Be well. Java __________________ In life-long pursuit of that most mythic of beasts: the ever-elusive perfect corner. Well . . . that, r' at least a whole lodda clear spin-out room.