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I have 'gotten used' to the Speedster's handling on the highway, but as Ed notes, it's very different from modern cars.

For me, the freeway is just a 'transit zone' to and from the roads I really want to be driving on. I drone along at 70 in the right lane, and it's pretty stable on a smooth surface, but you need to stay awake. I originally had one shim on each side, but we removed one to correct for a pull in the steering to one side. (This is probably due to a problem with setting up the steering box, but that's a whole other discussion.) I don't notice any tendency to actually bump steer, but see below.

On rough, secondary roads, I need to stay really focused on the road surface. Ruts and potholes are not your friends. This suspension seems more easily deflected by them than in modern cars. It just feels like less grip than we're used to.

If you watch any old footage of these cars being raced in the '50s and '60s, you'll see drivers wildly sawing away through the corners as the rear alternately grips and slides and they try to keep up. Much less smooth than today.

These be wild and wooly machines.

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Last edited by Sacto Mitch
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