Car rivalries

[niky]

The B13 Sentra Super Saloon is no slouch, we had a '93 SE Saloon before, I loved driving it on the old SLEX racing it against the GLI, ESI of the same vintage. One thing I loved about the Sentra is that you didn't have to downshift when you get the sudden urge to speed up even when you're on the top gear, just step on the gas and go!

The old B13 was a good car... easily a match for the Civics of the time. And it had a sophisticated rear multi-link, unlike the Sentras that followed.

Interestingly, the coupe version of this, sold in the US, was a rival of the Integra. if you can believe it. Similar performance (Integra's B18 had more top-end power, but the light weight of the B13 SE-R and the extra torque of the SR20 meant that it was faster off the line) and similar size.

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Car rivalries? Actually cared about that back in the day, when I was young and stupid. Nobody was as fast down C5 as me and my little old Sentra FE. In the corners that is. On the straights, I'd get passed by bone stock 1.6s...

Nowadays, nobody much bothers me. The only people going at the same speeds all have more power (Porsches, Evos, etcetera... ) and no way am I dumb enough to challenge those guys... :hysterical: