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Old 02-04-2016, 08:06 PM   #1
ryanstev
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Default Going from a Legacy to a Falcon

For the last few weeks I've been thinking about selling my 1999 Subaru Legacy B4, which is a JDM import, 265hp, AWD.

I love the car so much, it's twin turbo, the primary turbo gives you full boost at around 2,500 rpm, so it's an absolute rocket.
With AWD I've never spun the wheels, I can be stopped up hill, turning hard right onto another road in the rain and I can floor it and just go.
The car only weighs 1450kg, light compared to a Falcon.

Although the Falcon has a big torquey straight 6, it was down 21hp and weighs about 170kg extra.
I worked out the power to weight ratio at the wheel 2 weeks ago, 0.102 for the Falcon, 0.126 for the Legacy and decided that I loved my Legacy too much, so would keep it.

Well, last Thursday I left home at 7:30pm to go to the supermarket, I came home at 8:00pm turned onto my road and thunked straight into a trench that Fulton Hogan dug into the road.
A 30cm drop at 10-15kph or so and damn near wrote my Legacy off.

Today I bought a BA Futura, MkII and wow, it just goes to show that paper stats don't compare to the real world.

It suits my driving style perfectly, which is not revving the crap everywhere, just letting the low down power/torque handle it, obviously I've floored it and although my Legacy is supposed to do 0-60mph in 5.8s and the Falcon does 0-100kph in 7.1s, I couldn't tell the difference.
The ESC is awesome, I can floor it, without spinning the real wheels. I won't test that in the rain and going around a corner though.

But most surprising is the handling. I'm sure it won't handle anywhere near as well as my Legacy on a race track, but I remember when I upgraded from my old 1994 Skyline to my Legacy and I was honestly blown away by the handling difference.
Well even with an extra 170kg of weight, my Falcon seems to handle as well as my Legacy around corners and roundabouts, etc.

2005 Ford Falcon Futura Mk2, dark blue.
331k on the clock (my Legacy had 238k, maybe it was tired, especially being turbo) cost me $3,600, which is cheap for NZ.

EDIT: Oh and half the insurance!
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