Clarkie must have been hit with a stroke of genius when he explained the difference between a Jaguar D-Type and a PorscheCarrera GT.
He wrote in his weekly column in Times Online while reviewing the Renault Megane CC
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I’ve driven any number of modern supercars but none is quite so thrilling as a D-type. Let me put it this way. In, say, a Porsche Carrera GT, it feels like you’re on a rollercoaster, sitting there soaking up the vivid acceleration and absorbing the g forces. In a D-type it feels exactly the same, except you have to do the steering. Using your own skill, you have to keep it on the rails.
You have no electronic driver aids, no traction control and no antilock brakes. The first indication that man and machine were no longer singing in harmony would come when the skinny crossply tyres started their descant screech. Followed in short order by a million-pound Prokofiev discord as you hit the hedge.
I didn’t care, though. ....
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Full column of Clarkie can be read here:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...4653_1,00.html
Personally I think that powersteering and antilock brakes are all that you need. All other (electronic) drivers aids should be thrown right out of the window. These gadgets make you a worse driver and kill al the fun and pleasure of motoring.