Fred,
Make that semi-rigid. Compared to my Miata and a Honda S2000 the Roadsters
are flexiflyers.
The Roadster is still better than the Tbird, as that car is a boulevard
cruiser. Every article I read mentions the same problem regarding the
handling, or more precisely the lack of it. Typical American car.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: <Fred_Katz@ci.sf.ca.us>
To: <SLBESQ@aol.com>
Cc: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 6:13 PM
Subject: Re[2]: The Winner
> On 8/24/2001 SLBESQ@aol.com wrote:
>
> >In a message dated 08/23/2001 1:49:11 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> >svgkm@halley.ca.essd.northgrum.com writes:
> >
> >> The part I love is " ...the frame is made from two rugged steel
> >pipes... " > Colin Chapman,
> >>
> >
> >note the strut tower brace for added torsional rigidity
>
> Yesterday, I read this article on the new Thunderbird roadster. Lots
> of lavish praise about that car. In a way, it sort of looks like our
> Datsun roadsters. Then the article mentioned that the car had some
> handling problems with twisting and flexing on the road. And then it
> mentioned that the car design was based on another hardtop car, that
> they cut the roof off to make it a convertible roadster. One big plus
> about our Datsuns is our rigid frame.
>
> Fred - So.SF
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