Pmsl at all the banter.
In the real world (not cs world where vee's are a pile of crap lol) Having driven a standard 172 a lot of times & a standard vee (all be it a 230) There is no real comparison imo, the vee takes it all the time. The vee can & will launch off of the line soo much better than a 172/182 and when it does it'll be a good few car lengths in front already.
One thing I notice every time I do drive the 172 is that when taken above 5k the noise inside the car is awful, it sounds like you should have changed gear along time ago, not with more revs to go. I find the complete opposite when in the vee tbh.
The only part that the car (vee) isn't so good with, as mentioned is the corners (which is to be expected really) The 172/182 would catch up a bit there, but in no way when driving it do I think it's going to lose grip & put me in a barrier. As we all know the 'poor handling' tag (talking on a mk1)only came about by motoring journo's pushing it to complete limit then losing it (that and folk getting hold of them & just going for it no matter what)
In every day driving, you'd have to be a complete dick to push any car (let alone one where all the weight is in the back) so hard that you risk stacking it.
Just my thoughts, i'll probalby end up getting my coat
