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04-07-2013, 12:52 AM | #26 | |
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Gee, you want a sports car, so you restore a sports car that was manufactured as a sports car. Wow. Big departure there, man. You really turned a fastback RWD sports car into... A RWD sports car. If there were a car on the market like I was looking for... I would already own it, or be making plans to purchase it. Let me just conjure up tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars in R&D, and construction to make a **one-off** car out of a completely DIFFERENT out of production car that is getting hard enough to support as-is. Instead of asking that car manufacturers, who DO THAT FOR A LIVING, to make something a bit more interesting than they currently do, and making thousands of them, and selling them for their profit. Something they have the capital to do, and are well capable of, relatively easily. The automotive industry has VERY high barriers to entry, as Fisker is the latest one to figure out, like DeLorean, and Tucker, and many others also have. If building cars were so easy, everybody would put theirs together like a 1:1 model kit, in a weekend, and then drive it reliably to work and back for 5-10 years, with no down-time. Sure.
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04-07-2013, 02:33 AM | #27 |
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So how 'bout them Lexus, huh?
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04-07-2013, 09:14 AM | #28 | |
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And yet you still ask them to build you a car day after day as if it were just like slapping legos together, since, 'they have all the parts already'. You are the embodiment of insane. Doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. Happy posting my friend. |
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04-07-2013, 10:48 AM | #29 |
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04-07-2013, 11:49 AM | #30 |
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I am more of a dutch spatula.
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04-07-2013, 11:53 AM | #31 |
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Both IS motors need replacement. They're both nice and smooth, but aging designs that are a little short on power and fuel economy. A Lexus 3.5L V6 should have closer to 350 horsepower, direct injection, and eek out a few more miles per gallon.
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04-07-2013, 07:20 PM | #32 |
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The 2GR-FSE already has DI and the 8AT in the '14 should help gas mileage. I think they just need to add a turbo 6 and turbo 4 to the lineup leaving the 2GR-FSE as the midrange engine. Some people (typical Lexus buyers) like N/A and that 3.5 is a great N/A engine.
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04-07-2013, 08:03 PM | #33 |
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I didn't read the diatribes above, but on the topic of 2-door CUV coupes has anyone brought up this yet?
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04-07-2013, 08:12 PM | #34 |
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04-08-2013, 11:54 AM | #35 | |
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When Paceman gets 250hp+, which isn't that high a bar for a 2.0T anymore... And more importantly, AWD that is permanently engaged, rather than 100% FWD, slip-reactive, and disabled entirely above 40mph... When it gets actual AWD, rather than Faux-wheel-drive, I would be happy to consider buying it. Stylistically, I like it OK, and better than Countryman by far. But Since Hammond reviewed Countryman as depressed-looking on Top Gear a little while back, I am not sure I could get this out of my head. |
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04-08-2013, 02:10 PM | #36 | |
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The AWD Paceman S is 543lbs (20.3%) heavier than the Cooper S and puts less power to the ground thanks to the extra losses through the AWD system. I don't get the appeal of the Countryman or Paceman .. they'd be awesome cars with appropriately upsized engines, IMO. |
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04-08-2013, 02:30 PM | #37 |
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Unless the front wheels spin, there are no extra losses, that is the point of faux-wheel-drive systems that are normally 100% FWD (or 100% RWD with front-wheel assist, but better inherent dynamics)
When the rear drivetrain is inactive, when the car is stationary or the rear wheels are rolling the same speed as the front wheels are pulling, the only drawback is vehicle weight. The system is designed for negligible drag losses in normal operation, to preserve MPGs. The tradeoff is that it is in no way pro-active in maintaining traction, and only activates after front traction is already lost. The rear wheels are not normally engaged, and only engage when viscous fluid heats up due to speed differential between the front transaxle an the rear differential either being still, or playing come-along. And really, there isn't much reason for Paceman and Countryman not to have a 2.0T. I guess I forgot, or didn't realize that the turbo engine was 1.6 liters, considering how ubiquitous 2.0 liter turbo 4s are becoming... it is like some sort of common confluence that everybody thinks 500ccs per cylinder with 4-cylinders is some sort of magic number now. At least Evoque has the 2.0T, and a more involved, but similarly laid-out AWD system. |
04-08-2013, 04:06 PM | #38 |
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04-08-2013, 04:47 PM | #39 |
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Yes, and it is on the consideration list, but the Range Rover bit makes it a little expensive for what it is. Well over 40K. Imagine what Subaru could do with a sleeked back, 3-door XV body shell, with design cues from the WRX Concept, with an FA20DIT engine, STI DCCD drivetrain, improved SI-Drive dynamics controls, and still keeping 7-8 inches of ground clearance. Evoque wouldn't stand a chance, performance-wise. |
04-08-2013, 05:29 PM | #40 |
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04-08-2013, 05:34 PM | #41 |
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nobody can agree on everything man... diversity is fun.
It gives us something to insult each other with.. HAHA Just so you know, I never take it personally. cough... EV such... cough.. |
04-09-2013, 01:10 PM | #42 | |
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Hip will get his H6 300HP AWD coupe, but it'll be the last standing remnant to utilize the modified 4EAT, created as a classic throwback model. Such is the way of the universe. My condolences to you gentlemen. |
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04-09-2013, 01:23 PM | #43 | |
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04-09-2013, 01:47 PM | #44 |
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Ah young one, the mere fact that it is an EV removes it from being the perfect vehicle.
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04-09-2013, 01:58 PM | #45 | |
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04-09-2013, 02:37 PM | #46 |
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04-09-2013, 02:49 PM | #47 | |
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Like the new Forester (Active AWD), the MINI system uses the car's VDC sensors to maintain an aggressive lock-up curve before slip should occur... and unlike Active AWD, the MINI can lock up individual rear axles from the rear diff (for some torque vectoring)... so while, yes.. it's still a faux-AWD, it's not necessarily crap. |
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04-09-2013, 03:21 PM | #48 |
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04-09-2013, 03:23 PM | #49 |
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Will it come with a aural soundtrack that sends goosebumps up my spine through the stereo. I think not my good man.
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04-09-2013, 03:34 PM | #50 |
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You know my dad is from the Netherlands, so that makes me half first generation, or something, but it's hard to call this in any way a derogatory comment making fun of the thrifty nature of Dutch people.
Cause I own one of these, as do all of my dutch relatives. but name one other way you can get all the ketchup out of the bottle???!!! I can't just clean out the bottle to keep for possible reuse at some point without getting every ounce of ketchup out of the bottle, that would be wasteful!!! I also remove nails from boards, straighten them back out and toss them in an old tin coffee can for later use. |
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