http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIgIeAV1yew

awesome clip. I am always under the impression that the Europeans seems to like the x more than americans.

awesome clip. I am always under the impression that the Europeans seems to like the x more than americans.


The footage was from Australia :bowlol::bowlol::dancebanana:

4:00 is why I have my doubts about the Evo.

All those people talk funny.

4:00 is why I have my doubts about the Evo.

That guy is just regurgitating buzzwords from top gear, were clarkson talks about the evo's and GTR's computers sorting everything out when you get sideways or out of control. Believe me, the computers are not obtrusive. Further evidence of that lies in the way they were driving in the vid (sideways in every turn). They most likely had traction control off thereby taking the computers further out of the equation.

That guy is just regurgitating buzzwords from top gear, were clarkson talks about the evo's and GTR's computers sorting everything out when you get sideways or out of control. Believe me, the computers are not obtrusive. Further evidence of that lies in the way they were driving in the vid (sideways in every turn). They most likely had traction control off thereby taking the computers further out of the equation.

Agreed. Yeah, the car will help you recover if you push it past its limits, but it takes a lot of throttle modulation and steering input to take corners sideways like that. Somebody who's driving the X for the first time definitely couldn't pull that off consistently.

Agreed. Yeah, the car will help you recover if you push it past its limits, but it takes a lot of throttle modulation and steering input to take corners sideways like that. Somebody who's driving the X for the first time definitely couldn't pull that off consistently.

It's the throttle modulation that I'm still learning, after two years. I'm pretty decent but it was ugly at first. "ON" or "OFF" (caps intended). There was so little btwn the two extremes. Steering input has been, always will be, one of the more 'active driving experiences' I have ever known.

I almost didn't buy the X because it was honestly a lot harder to drive than the STI or WRX's that I test drove. Those cars almost drove themselves, they were so easy. But "easy" wasn't what I thought I wanted, I went with my heart. So happy about that, but it's a handful on steering input because of both the nature of rubber grip, plus the drive by wire feature. Basically, as I understand this video (part 4), the R differential shifts power L/R based on your angle of your steering wheel. HOW COOL IS THAT?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RoxR6eZbgg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JX6Z3hSF7hQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeMwC_Cu094

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lxYU7Ds4b4

Oh, yeah, "throttle steering" is pretty hard in this baby. But WOW, it sure can do that. Ne'er had anything that could do it like this thing. Too fun!

awesome clip. I am always under the impression that the Europeans seems to like the x more than americans.


Probably because of the FQ series and Top Gear =)

I think Europeans like all cars more than Americans. While Europe was loving Opels, Renault's and Bimmer 2002's, the US produced the PACER, Gremlin, Pinto and Vega. They are a couple decades ahead of us still. (Fairmont, Chevette were next gen... we fired all the experienced engineers in the mid 70's with the oil crisis and had to rebuild the whole knowledge base back up from scratch).