do all 240's turn on a dime?

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92FstBKDriver
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i doubt i have hicas but.. my s13hatch can park like a dream. lol i know it sounds funny but my friends got a 01 cougar he just bought n i drove it.. cant turn 4 spit.. neither can my buddy's teg.. so i mean if u have like phenomenal handling does it mean u have hicas or is this just all 240's?

hmmm.... :Werd


Timeless240
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if u have SUPER HICAS it usually says so on your car.

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I have a S14 and yes it does park like a dream... It has a very tight cornering. I can usually make a u-turn on a avg sized street w/o doing a 3point turn

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yea they hey a short turing radious;)

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ILikeMy240sx wrote:I have a S14 and yes it does park like a dream... It has a very tight cornering. I can usually make a u-turn on a avg sized street w/o doing a 3point turn


I have an S13, and sometimes I'm too lazy to do a 3-point turn so I start my u-turn, and then just break the rear wheels free to get my car facing in the right direction:ylsuper

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^we've all done it a few times I believe

ILikeMy240sx
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^ Add another one to that list :)

92FstBKDriver
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that says it..... 240s pwn... :werd

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that was the first comment about my car that one of my friends said the day we took it for a test drive

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If I am not mistaken the 240 has a tighter turning radius than the 4ws preludes and that is without s-hicus.

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It's one of the tightest turning vehicles I've ever driven. The only thing I've driven that turned tighter was a jeep cj5. Although with the correct use of throttle the 240 will turn shorter than that.

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CRXs have a smaller turning radiius ;)

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I get lazy...My friend told me to turn around and go back and look at a hot gurl...so I get over to the right and cut it left...pull the e-brake and get it perfectly in that lane...and by then it's in 2nd and I can get it to spin and I take off... :D I love impressing people in the 240.

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my car neither turns nor parks on a dime.

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Aries wrote:my car neither turns nor parks on a dime.


could be that lt1 under the hood....

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My S14 seems like it has a fairly tight turning radius, but NOTHING beats older volvo station wagons (1986 Volvo 740 turbo). That thing NEVER needs a multiple point-turn to put it in the right direction :)

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i have tein tie rods with the spacers in. so... i have a super turning radius. woohoo

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what's defined as a point in a turn....lol I thought I had it but I now know I'm clueless

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Timeless240 wrote:I have an S13, and sometimes I'm too lazy to do a 3-point turn so I start my u-turn, and then just break the rear wheels free to get my car facing in the right direction:ylsuper


Hell yeah, thats how I like my U-Turns...:ylsuper

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it all depends on how u drive, i've cause my 240sx to understeer before (its easy, just constantly change ur pivot point) but i've learn to correct that (though i dont think its wise since i'm burning too much ruber) and i've made accord oversteer too, its not that hard when u understand the physics of the cars, with front wheel drive car instead of slowing down, let the momentum takes u through the turn then accelerate at the exit (that's what u suppose to do with RWD car to prevent drifting) u slow down yank the steering wheel hard then get on the gas right away to get ur car pulled through the turn (same thing as if u r tryin to drift with RWD car), though at the end of the day, frontwheel drive car still have larger turning radius, but the steering wheel is A LOT lighter then the steering wheel on our 240sx

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my g/f sunfire has a small turning radius too, (now remember i live ina trailor park) well these guys were moving out a trailer, so the guy the has this huge truck (one of the ones that has 4 wheels in the back) and a trailor attached to the back, well i wanted to leave and he wasnt moving, so i started backin up, cut the wheel all the way to the right, and went, ****er went from my driveway, parked very nicely next to the curb, about 3 inches away from the curb, it was like i made a slightly rounded L with her car.... the guy driving the truck gave me the finger cuz i got out..... he was like the reason i parked here was so u would wait till we got the trailor out, i was like **** off mother ****er, i gotta goto work

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You seriously live ina trailer park?

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92FstBKDriver wrote:i doubt i have hicas but.. my s13hatch can park like a dream. lol i know it sounds funny but my friends got a 01 cougar he just bought n i drove it.. cant turn 4 spit.. neither can my buddy's teg.. so i mean if u have like phenomenal handling does it mean u have hicas or is this just all 240's?

hmmm.... :Werd


FYI, HICAS is not exactly $ wheel steering. And at low speeds, it doen't do anything. Frankly, I consider it more of an active rear toe control. The range of movement is no more than a couple of degrees. The design and operation of Hicas is to take advantage of how the rear toe settings affect a car's handling. It simulated toe-out upon turn-in to provide better turn in. Then it simulates toe-in to improve promote stability once you settle into the turn. Some people think it's too intrusive, but I'll bet those who adapt to it can really take advantage of it. Realistically, I'd say it's more in people's minds anyway. The system shouldn't feel that drastic at all.

But yes, 240's do have a very tight turning radius. My G35C turns pretty tight, but I do need to make 3 point turns now.

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C-Kwik wrote:But yes, 240's do have a very tight turning radius. My G35C turns pretty tight, but I do need to make 3 point turns now.


No you need to hammer the go fast pedal...

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geo prizm turning radius ownz


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