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If I am driving an auto with paddles I find I generally let the car do it's thing > there isn't much tactile enjoyment from flicking a paddle. caveat1: unless I am towing, and the car's decisions are generally inappropriate caveat2: unless Pete revsRus lets me look after his 600LT again - that's the...

GG. wrote: ↑Thu May 30, 2024 4:01 pm Also useful for knowing exactly when you are at 3800 revs at 3/4 throttle to make the engine do its "waaaaaah" noise. Obviously I'm not referring to the RR there...

Yes, we realised you meant the Smart

Prompted by the discussion on the new 992.2 and the switch from physicals dials to LCD (with only some of the view options including a rev-counter). (Note: I am using "auto" as a generic terms for non-manuel. Please don't get all excited about PDK vs torque converters etc etc). Obviously t...

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.