Thanks lujabe - I understand what you mean
I don't expect the Trailhawk to beat all comers - was just surprised by just how outright poor it handled
And yeah, my Falcon is similar situation - the car handles better than the seats are able to hold and when it does slide its beautifully progressive and balanced. I wouldn't even have tried to push the TH except we had a couple of cars in turn end up bit more than tailgating (clearly showing attitude) so I tried to get a wriggle on to not hold em up so much until I could pull over - no thought of trying to race or beat them - I just wanted better gap. That felt so ugly very quickly that I instead slowed down a bit so their (very near) distance was safer for the speed - and got off as soon as I could to let them go. If the dickheads had just stayed further back - and I mean they were STUPIDLY close (common thing in FNQ tho) - I'd have stayed at my original slightly higher pace.
The first believe it or not looked very much like an EL GT so i wasn't bothered by that one, but the second was a bloody beat up ute of some sort with fibreglass back canopy on it and elderly durry chompin hillbilly lookin guy driving - ie. hilux or triton type thing - older model. THAT stung a bit...
It also didn't occur to me to try selecting either snow mode to put drive thru all 4 wheels or sport mode to give rear wheel drive bias and see if that felt better.