Thread: looking for RWD
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Old 03-15-2004, 02:19 AM   #6 (permalink)
irseg
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Location: Florida
RWD cars I own/have owned:

'93 Mercury Cougar: Mine had the underpowered and very unreliable 3.8 V6. Excellent car otherwise, and the light engine (its only good attribute) combined with the excellent suspension made it handle superbly, especially for being a 3500 pound car that looks like it was made for Grandma to drive to church. It was very well balanced too, I enjoyed drifting it around corners in rain.

'88 Ford Thunderbird: Weird car. Basically a combination of Mustang and Lincoln chassis parts, with a turbo 4-banger and manual tranny. Has tons of little electrical/engine sensor glitches but the basic drivetrain is bulletproof. It sticks to the road quite well, but it feels squirrely and doesn't give much feedback, so it's not much fun on twisty back roads. The manual is nice, and the car will really move once the turbo spools up (which doesn't take long).

'93 Lincoln Mark VIII: Just had this one for a week so I don't have as much experience with it yet. It's on the same platform as the Cougar so it drives similarly, but doesn't feel quite as tossable because of the DOHC V8 weighing down the nose. It is very smooth and refined, and can really haul ass especially past 30 mph or so.

Yeah, you could say I'm a fan of the big 2-door Fords.

I've also driven my dad's '80 Triumph TR7 convertible quite a bit. It's VERY unique and fun to drive--it feels like a go-kart. It's highly underpowered by today's standards though, but that is commonly remedied by dropping in a GM 3.8 V6. There was also a V8 version (the TR8) but those are quite hard to come by.
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