First off, I better quote myself:
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whether anyone could cite an American car of the era
Now, I'll quote PackardV8:
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PackardV8 wrote:
I've found that my 56 Executive handles very well on curvy roads eve nat speeds close to 70 mph. There is some understeer comming up out of a curve at speeds over 45 mph but i doubt that TL has anything to do with that.
Most people that ride with me will comment about how smooth and comfortable the ride is.
Nose dive on hard or even moderate braking is another issue. But the handling on curvy roads at speeds above 45 mph and well above that is very good to remarkable. I always enjoy driving the car.
That's what I'm talking about. Not whether John Q. Public appreciated the heck out of T/L, or whether the leveling feature was just the bee's knees, but exactly what the two quotes I posted said: It was a helluva advancement over any American cars, and I'll venture to guess, any mass produced passenger cars from overseas, in ride and HANDLING and SAFETY (road control). It makes not a whit of difference in estimating the Packard Motor Car Company or its engineers whether the average driver noticed WHY he'd made it through that corner going way too fast-- just that he MADE it.
As PackardV8 notes on his personal experience, I have personally experienced the road characteristics of the T/L suspension, sometimes at OBSCENE speeds on TERRIBLE gravel roads, going into 4-wheel drifts and coming out of them with the assurance of a stock car racer when I was barely starting to drive.
I can't believe no one else has had these kind of experiences, but maybe y'all just started driving T/L Packards after they had become "investments."
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