I traded a 2003 Mustang GT for my box a few months ago. I have an 06 RS and I added a rear anti-roll bar.

I didn't want to spend lots of cash on tires (Mustang cost $1000 per year for tires) so I opted for the stock tires on aluminum rims.

Now for the fun part:

There's this one turn on the way to my house.... 90 degrees to the left onto a narrow street. In the GT, I would confortably hit this at 35-40MPH. In the Xb, I'm starting to notice I can get thru it at 42MPH very easily.

I start the turn under throtttle at about 4000 RPM's. At the apex, I chop (come off) the throttle (5-speed BTW) and the back end gets a bit loose. Almost immediately, I get back on the gas hard to pull me thru and stop the drift.

Turn done....on cheap, skinny tires.


That's cool..........

 

Add some sticky tires and start smiling more

 

Cool, but now we know why it costs $1000/yr for tires.

 

i tend to slide around in a 25 mph turn while doing 35 its kind of fun to do

but thats when the road is wet and slickery

 

Kumho MX - 205/50/15 ... 72 bucks each. I'll get a set of these in the spring. You can get three sets of these for less than a grand.

 

I have a 2004 Kia Sorrento that drives way better than my XB. My 05 XB is the car that I love but I have had a few cars that drive a lot better than the XB.

 

When done right the xB will out handle most other cars because of the low center of gravity. I love taking those 25 mph cloverleafs at 50 plus. Also watching other cars try to keep up with me in the twisties. I always loose them.