i drove the mirada on the street that weekend before i tore up the engine at the track, for the first time in a while...i was used to driving the truck, the stratus, and the ramcharger...and driving a few miles in the mirada was unreal. even with GOOD drag radials, the tires will spin if you ease into it fast going around a turn...and rolling out of a stop sign and hammering it, im up over 60 quicker than i can think about it...driving in the rain? forget about it. driving on the highway, if you try to accelerate much over about 50, the tires spin...then you backoff, and cars are running over you...ease back into it, the tires spin..back out, people run over you. that was with a performance tire with tread, but not really intended for rain use.

amanda drove it once, on the return road at a dragstrip, and she launched it hard, and it threw her back so hard that the seat readjusted to my distance..so she couldnt reach the pedals. she said that she knew that it would be alot stronger than the truck or stratus, but she was still surprised at how hard it rips off the line...and the mirada makes almost as much power as an M5.