On the sheep-wolf continuum, I was tending toward wolf today -- and so it was that I found myself on California Highway 33 in a 2007 Nissan Versa. For non-Californianized readers, this secondary road runs up the center of the state, and the southern section, which cuts through the Los Padres National Forest, is twisty. Very popular with sport bikes...
It went about as you'd expect it to go. Lots of body roll. Lots of audible protest from the Continental tires, which is actually helpful since you can't get much of a read on them from the steering. And if you're up for a bit of excitement, a dab of the brakes is enough to get the back end moving around. But without much power and without much communication between driver and chassis, there's really little incentive to provoke the Versa this way... Although, maybe it deserves some credit for the fact that I was heel-toeing it while wearing slides (you know, girl shoes).
Give it some credit for being comfortable, too. I was in the driver seat for three hours and the cushioning held up just fine.
Erin Riches, Senior Content Editor @ about 10,300 miles
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