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- Sat Feb 28, 2009 4:47 pm
- Forum: Tranny Talk
- Topic: Where does your car redline?
- Replies: 172
- Views: 24232
Re: Where does your car redline?
8000 rpm. Max HP is at 7900 rpm so I have to rev it up to get any sort of power. There's absolutely nothing under 2000 rpm which is sort of annoying when I roll through a yield sign in 2nd at 1000 rpm.
- Sat Feb 28, 2009 12:05 am
- Forum: Tranny Talk
- Topic: Do you look inside cars to see if its stick?
- Replies: 171
- Views: 26833
Re: Do you look inside cars to see if its stick?
I usually won't go looking to see if a car has a manual transmission. However, if I'm going to check out a really nice car that's parked I definitely check. A couple of months ago I was checking out a Porsche Cayman S and was disappointed when I saw the tiptronic transmission.
- Wed May 30, 2007 10:03 am
- Forum: U.S. Northeast
- Topic: Clarks summit/scranton/wilkes barree ect....
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4801
- Thu May 17, 2007 6:54 pm
- Forum: Tranny Talk
- Topic: Escort 9500i
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1575
don't know about that detector but i highly recommend the Valentine 1 I'm about to go buy a Valentine 1. I've heard it's the best one on the market and the arrows are indispensable. The only concern I really have is parking my car somewhere and having the Valentine 1 in plain sight. I've read that ...
- Fri May 04, 2007 10:43 pm
- Forum: Manual Driving Tips
- Topic: Heel Toe Experience
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2839
Heel Toe Experience
So I've been practising my heel toe downshifts and I've been getting pretty good at it. My pedal setup uses a floor mounted throttle (DBW) that's a fair distance below the brake pedal. I'm using the sides of my right foot instead of the traditional heel and toe which seems to work better. I executed...
- Mon Apr 09, 2007 9:41 am
- Forum: U.S. Northeast
- Topic: Up for a meet?
- Replies: 46
- Views: 15599
Anybody near Ohio up for a meet? I might be up for a meet. I'll admit I'm fairly jealous of the Orlando meet. They must have had a great time. I'm about 200 miles east of the OH-PA border so it shouldn't be too bad of a drive. A friend lives in Akron so maybe I could visit him too. I can't drive ou...
- Sat Dec 16, 2006 6:03 pm
- Forum: Rants and Raves
- Topic: Fun night of driving a BMW 330ci
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2739
Re: Fun night of driving a BMW 330ci
So everywhere we went I got to drive it. It was awesome. You can rev it to 7k with out even noticing it, except for the speed. Everything is so smooth in the car and it handles like a dream. Hey, nice car you got to drive there. :D That redline sure does come quick in that car (though I think the Z...
- Tue Dec 12, 2006 8:34 pm
- Forum: Comments and Suggestions about Standardshift
- Topic: IRC Channel?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 4467
This has been a topic of discussion in the past. The reasoning for not setting up a SS.com-based IRC or other chat medium is because it would detract from individuals posting in the forums. That's true, hadn't thought about that. If there was a Java based client available on the site it'd be easy f...
- Tue Dec 12, 2006 10:54 am
- Forum: Rants and Raves
- Topic: Helping the world with my stick skills lol
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3127
yeah i remember that, only problem is that the car was an auto :shock: later in the movie you can see and hear him (or her, not sure which was driving) throw the PRNDL lever on the dash into park. :roll: I guess I was hoping that was a column mounted shifter instead of a PRNDL lever. Couldn't reall...
- Tue Dec 12, 2006 10:42 am
- Forum: Rants and Raves
- Topic: Helping the world with my stick skills lol
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3127
I actually just watched the movie Firewall where there's a scene of them bump starting a car. Harrison Ford's character is pushing this car down an alley yelling to the driver 'Pop the clutch! Pop the clutch!'. Throughout the rest of the movie he keeps reminding the driver to keep the motor running....
- Sun Dec 03, 2006 5:15 pm
- Forum: Tranny Talk
- Topic: Short trips
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1436
- Sun Dec 03, 2006 3:45 pm
- Forum: Tranny Talk
- Topic: Short trips
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1436
as long as you aren't blasting down the street, you're fine. It doesn't really warm up much if you leave it at idle, but if you drive for about 5 minutes, your car should be up to operating temp, and then you can have fun with your Bimmer. 8) I drive through mostly residential neighbourhoods so the...
- Sun Dec 03, 2006 3:37 pm
- Forum: Tranny Talk
- Topic: Short trips
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1436
Short trips
Is there any harm in making a short trip without letting the car warm up fully? My commute to work is about a mile and I'm sure with the colder tempatures during the winter season my car will not be even close to warmed up when I get to work.
Or should I let it warm up / drive around a bit?
Ian
Or should I let it warm up / drive around a bit?
Ian
- Fri Dec 01, 2006 11:44 pm
- Forum: Rants and Raves
- Topic: What is your current ride?
- Replies: 103
- Views: 13830
- Fri Dec 01, 2006 11:39 pm
- Forum: Tranny Talk
- Topic: I bought a new car
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2763
Thanks for the kind words. Is the car fast? It's decently fast. Certainly much faster than my previous car. More than double the horsepower and torque. That 330 is just one model short of an M3. But the M3 is a completely different machine. I'm almost scared to go test drive one for fear of trading ...