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Received an email from rocketeer, maybe I should make it as spam so that I don't receive any more temptation. This is cool af. https://www.rocketeercars.com/build-options/restomod https://www.evo.co.uk/mazda/mx-5/20122/rocketeer-mazda-mx-5-v6-review-big-engine-and-big-character-for-mazdas-small The...

Mito Man wrote: ↑Thu May 30, 2024 12:04 pmErm why?

Fur teh watches and teh likes presumably. As a full-time youtube kontent kreator.....

Hey, remember when that Gav food bloke off the tellybox used to post on the forum?

I see Rory (full time youtube sim racing "creator") is attempting a 200 lap race of the combined Nurburgring GP & Nordschleife track on GT7.

So that's around 30hrs non-stop. (without any driver changes etc obvs)

engine ingestion fatality - Schipol.

Not much info available at this point, but RIP.

edit: I am not hugely convinced by more conventional hybrids or PHEV's that alternate between power sources. The idea of driving 10 miles on purely electric, and the car brain then kicking in the ICE from cold in order to accelerate down a motorway slip-road makes me wince. I'm not sure why... Whil...

Jobbo wrote: ↑Wed May 29, 2024 12:22 pm Oh dear - I hope this was just a glitch in translation because I really don't think the battery is actually a flywheel:

Battery is reasonably heavy, so maybe in addition to holding electrical energy, it also spins at several thousand rpm.....

Judged on those merits it seems to make sense other that the removal of the rear seats which is clearly just to be able to say it is only 50kg more than the old one, rather than nearly 100kg. I skim watched the vid and missed this. So all 911's will be 2+0 as standard now with 2+2 as an option? End...

Judged on those merits it seems to make sense other that the removal of the rear seats which is clearly just to be able to say it is only 50kg more than the old one, rather than nearly 100kg. I skim watched the vid and missed this. So all 911's will be 2+0 as standard now with 2+2 as an option? End...

so it sounds like a pointless box-ticking exercise. Agree, but it's a direction they are being forced in. It's not a hybrid like other hybrids, but it allows them to tick the box with minimal weight gain - focussing on enhancing the driving experience. Quick google for regulations around % of EV sa...

Why has it gone "hybrid" when all the motor seems to do is provide more power? Regs & quotas. On one hand it's disappointing that it can't run in full electric mode, but on the other hand they have ticked the hybrid box and focussed on how they leverage the system to improve the drivi...

- it’s apparently a hybrid but the way they described it, it seems no more of a hybrid than my Audi - the electric turbocharger is familiar and I don’t think it can do more than coast on electricity alone . Watson said as much in a vid I watched over breakfast (his was the first one that popped up ...

Is this some kind of pyramid of tragic? Or accurate?

nuttinnew wrote: ↑Tue May 28, 2024 5:43 pm Question; how quickly (or at what distance) do they alter speed when the limit changes? Will they have slowed to the lower limit by the start of it or react to the change as they pass the sign?

E-Tron reads ahead so you are down to the limit as you enter it.

Our assumption is that the judge has looked at the large quantity of paperwork and assumed this is a complex case, rather than a yes/no to the question of "did you provide access to a surveyor?". The multi track also brings a bunch of pre-trial protocols that need to be addressed, startin...

Barry - the systems Shirley need to get better before this crap is introduced. There is a section of road that I travel sporadically that is a 20-limit. If I am in mrs-mik's E-Tron (which is generally very good at getting the limit right) I tend to use the cruise, but if I set it to 23, the car alw...

@GG. It sounds like it's starting on diesel. Flip the tap so it uses petrol for startup too.

DeskJockey wrote: ↑Tue May 28, 2024 8:42 am F1. I suspect that I won't fit in any of them anyway, so I'll take the pretty one.

Mr Murray is at the taller end of the scale at 6'4" (193cm). He was keen to ensure taller drivers fitted.