Albert Drive Therapy

Happy Monday! It's race weekend in a few days! Time to lock in at the new shop location! 😎

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If you have a good running 90s car, consider yourself blessed. Nothing drives like these!

Back then, companies like Honda were shoving F1 tech double wishbones and performace oriented variable valve lift into normal everyday cars.

BMW was making, proper, raw, naturally aspirated, 6 cylinder rear wheel drive machines.

A gripe I have with most modern cars is that electronics have mudded driving dynamics. I get it, it's all for safety. So it is a step forward. But you do feel it in the way the chassis and suspension were designed and setup. Cars these days are designed to handle with the electronic nannies in mind. They made it so that when the saftey and artificial controls kick in, the chassis balance won't be upset. Heck, some cars even handle better with stability control on than off! They've been baked in the handling!

A lot of cars today also have a very narrow range of usable suspension geometry. With better engineering, they can cut costs by making suspension components work a certain range only. This makes tuning them a bit more difficult.

The 90s vehicles pictured above can be lowered a fair amount and you can get away with it without altering suspension geometry! The safety part was designing proper suspension and the assumption that the driver can drive properly! Give the driver the control!

I mean I understand. If I want to go fast and win races, I'd get a newer car. You can't beat modern ABS and traction control. They're easier and safer to drive. The chassis are also stiffer in relation to their weight.

But if I want to drive, nothing beats the 90s!

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