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Originally posted by joe p
123 cars are cool but lousy highway cars, 617 powered cars in general fall into this area. Wound too tight, too noisey, a bit jumpy in turbulance and in general unhappy in that enviroment. Around town, short hops, commuters, absolutly wonderful little cars.
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I must respectfully disagree here.
Granted my 123 is an '85 so it has the "special" differential, but my biggest complaint about highway traveling is that I have difficulty keeping the car at 65mph. This isn't due to a lack of power; it's due to the fact that the car just keeps wanting to go faster and faster! I'll be driving, and look at the speedo and see that I've crept up to 75 or 80mph, then I have to let back on the throttle.
I'll admit to not having driven a 126 or any 603-powered car (the power sounds nice, but I like my cylinder heads being made out of cast iron, thank you very much
), but I can honestly say that my 123 is the most highway-happy car I've ever owned by a
long shot, and one of the most highway-happy cars I've driven. It's as happy as my mom's '90's Pontiac Grand Prix was, and is bounds and leaps better than the '00 Honda my mom currently owns.
Just my $.02...good luck with whatever you decide