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09-11-2003, 08:15 PM | #1 |
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'Japanese Animated Car'
OK, here are some things I have NOT heard people point out, and that those interested in deciding might want to know.
1-The brake calipers have bleeders on the top OUTSIDE, so you could/can bleed brakes from outside the rims without removing the wheels - Is that a racing thing? (Paul/Apex know???) 2-The turbo sounds like a frikkin 727 on takeoff (and I'm not past break in so Revs are still under 4K). Not loud, just "turbiney" and different. Fiance says it is cool sounding. 3-DCCD DOES WORK, I was on a messy gravel road and didn't like how rear torque bias was throwing gravel up in the wheelwells (without sound deadening, it is LOUD!). Went manual and brought the DCCD more forward but not locked. Steering felt more quick to respond in the slop, and gravel noise subsided noticeably. I suspect snow will reveal a lot of hitherto unmentioned benefits. 4-The guages are SOOOOOOOOOOOOO cool. (OK, everone has already said that a zillion times. But they are.) 5-This "vibration" in the rear wing is nowhere as dramatic as suggested, at least at up to 100 MPH (~4K in 6th). 6-The rear wing (or magic elves?) keeps the car tight on the pavement at 90 MPH in a pouring rainstorm. 7-The car (exhaust) is unobtrusively quiet at normal commuting revs (unlike the 2002 GM F-body I had which got annoying after a while.) Overall, I see the car is the automotive equivalent of Kaneda's motorcycle in Akira. If you don't know what I mean, oh well. Honda S-2000 are cool for a track but gosh dang you gotta keep revs so ridiculously high (and god forbit the pavement gets wet...)Regarding BMWs (I will make an exception for M-Coupes and Alpinas) and Corvettes, IMHO they are designed for demonstrating social position or picking up waitresses with implants, respectively, neither of which activity I much care for. But then again, it's a free country.
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09-11-2003, 08:18 PM | #2 | |
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09-11-2003, 08:21 PM | #3 | |
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09-11-2003, 08:22 PM | #4 |
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RafalW, thanks man, I'd have been like
Well, folks out there, you have a lot o brakes, at least... Last edited by 92SVXLSi; 09-11-2003 at 08:34 PM. |
09-12-2003, 12:37 AM | #5 |
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As to item #2 on the list...I too love that 'turbine' sound.
I'm in love with it actually. But its not like a 727 at all. Its just like though a Bell 'Jet Ranger' helicopter engine. But I do agree that boy does it take off!!! - Janq |
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