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[AlwaysFSX]

49 minutes ago, vetali said:

makes me want coffee. 

Coffee sucks.

[warmmilk]

On 5/26/2017 at 11:18 AM, bcredeur97 said:

I drove an NC (2012 I think) Miata today with a 6 speed manual. 

 

The clutch was super light and it was waaaaay easier to shift smoothly than my NB.

 

and also you can tell the car is bigger and heavier and it feels completely different from my NB. While the NC is a better daily for sure(MUCH more comfortable) my NB is more fun. 

 

@warmmilk

Yeah, I love the clutch and shifter on my car, prolly my favorite feature. Although My clutch isnt exactly stock, it's a stock clutch with all the friction materials replaced by carbon.

 

I've never driven the different gens Miata's back to back or anytime even remotely close, so I've never felt the heavier thing... although a tight suspension setup will do a lot to make a car feel lighter...  bigger is definitely a though though, although mine feels cramped to me cause of my seat.  I can't imaging dailying a Miata though, any gen.. when I was younger it'd prolly be fun, but now I wouldn't me able to do it...it's just way to loud and unrefined. 

 

Speaking of miata, finally did a track day..  sorry for horrible camera angle, I was pretty much unprepared as one could be for this particular day and really set up my phone in a rush. Also kinda pissed that I'm about 1.5 seconds slower than I was in my rsx with crappy brakes at this track

Rsx lap for reference 

 

[chaozbandit]

[chaozbandit]

@Maybach123 sparky and a friend are up here

 

 

[GlassBomb]

 

[chaozbandit]

Track day bro

 

@MEC-777

 

 

[iDeFecZx]

8 minutes ago, chaozbandit said:

Track day bro

 

@MEC-777

 

 

 

pfft

[chaozbandit]

Me rn

 

 

[chaozbandit]

@Maybach123

[sonarctica]

Dunno how much Lexus gets love here but the new LC looks so good

 

Found the image on instagram: @Stickiebun

[bcredeur97]

4 hours ago, warmmilk said:

Yeah, I love the clutch and shifter on my car, prolly my favorite feature. Although My clutch isnt exactly stock, it's a stock clutch with all the friction materials replaced by carbon.

 

I've never driven the different gens Miata's back to back or anytime even remotely close, so I've never felt the heavier thing... although a tight suspension setup will do a lot to make a car feel lighter...  bigger is definitely a though though, although mine feels cramped to me cause of my seat.  I can't imaging dailying a Miata though, any gen.. when I was younger it'd prolly be fun, but now I wouldn't me able to do it...it's just way to loud and unrefined. 

 

Speaking of miata, finally did a track day..  sorry for horrible camera angle, I was pretty much unprepared as one could be for this particular day and really set up my phone in a rush. Also kinda pissed that I'm about 1.5 seconds slower than I was in my rsx with crappy brakes at this track

Rsx lap for reference 

-snip-

 

That track looks like so much fun compared to New Orleans haha!

 

 

Hmm you definitely have more grip than the RSX but the RSX was a bit faster in the straights. Do you think it's because your out of practice or that little extra power from the RSX gave you an edge?

 

what I don't understand is why when you're letting out the clutch is it so much easier in the NC to avoid that slight jolt... heavier flywheel perhaps? When I say my clutch is heavier too, it isn't much at all, only knew because I had driven mine (to the shop lol) the day before. But mines also about to get the excedy OE replacement clutch so that may be different or not idk)

 

As far as dailying a Miata goes... all I can say is you get used to it. You have to want to tho

[terrytek]

49 minutes ago, sonarctica said:

Dunno how much Lexus gets love here but the new LC looks so good

 

Found the image on instagram: @Stickiebun

this not yours i assume? but yours or not, it is seriuosly one beautiful looking car. and it's got some serious power for a grand tourer.

[MEC-777]

 

On 2017-5-27 at 0:21 AM, vetali said:

Increasing speed wouldn't suddenly make everyone travel at the same speed. There may be less speeders, but there will be much more slow drivers. That is more dangerous and disrupts the flow of traffic a lot more than a speeder especially if they are camping in the left lane. 

 

Faster speeds mean faster g-forces. Its pretty simple. A crash that may not be fatal at 50, may be at 70. I don't really feel comfortable with a speed limit at 70 either because of people's terrible driving skill, modern distractions with infotainment and phones, and lack of road-worthiness of some vehicles on the road. 

 

You seem like an impatient person if you really want to arrive at your destination 5-10 minutes faster at a higher risk and increased fuel consumed. Its funny seeing people speed past me on the highway into town where I live. Because there is a stop light right when you hit town thats red for about 1.5-3 minutes. A lot of the time I meet the person that sped past me at that light. Makes me warm and fuzzy inside when I smile at them. 

Before we discuss further, let's make sure we're on the same page. I'm in Canada and we go by kph, not mph. So when i say 20 over, I mean 100kph in an 80kph zone, for example. 80 is 50mph and 100 is 62mph. 20 over is the equivalent of 12 over in your country.  

 

Saying there would be more slow drivers after increasing the limit doesn't makes sense. Care to explain? IMO it would create a more unified flow because those who like to "stick to the limit" would now be travelling more closely to the same speed as everyone else who were already used to travelling +20 over the old limit on that particular road. 

 

Distracted driving is an entirely different issue altogether. The entire population should not have to be slowed down because a few people can't keep their eyes on the road. Yes, a crash at higher speed is more lethal, HOWEVER, I still claim we would see a significant reduction in accidents because you will have more patient drivers in a better mood (not being held up by "limit sitters") and traffic will be flowing together at a more consistent speed. Like I said before and like you said, having traffic flowing at different speeds on the same road is more dangerous as it disrupts the flow. You said it yourself. If there's less disruptions, there will be fewer accidents and less road rage. 

 

I'm not inpatient at all. Certainly far more patient than my wife is while driving.  The simple fact is; some roads have unreasonable low limits and I would say the majority of drivers are totally comfortable driving a bit faster on these particular roads. It's the combination of that plus the fact that the limits are inconsistently and arbitrarily enforced that, IMO, cause a lot of problems we see on the road today.  

[AlwaysFSX]

And we've landed here, again.

 

Something that annoys me is when there's basically no traffic and I'm doing the limit (because hey guess what, it's still the limit and when you learn to drive in totalitarian places when you can be jailed for fun for doing 1 over, you do the limit) it's a bit fucking irritating when people tailgate or fly past you and cut back in your lane because they're beyond impatient.

 

Guess what, I am the flow of traffic.

[bcredeur97]

@MEC-777 the only reason I haven't disagreed with you is because from what it sounds like you guy's speed limits are lower than our typical limits in similar situations. 

 

But it then I also kinda agree with the fact that getting traffic moving will help keep the impatient happier and result in a better road situation overall. 

 

The problem of people not knowing to stay out of the leftmost lane is still a problem though. 

[AlwaysFSX]

Just now, vinyldash303 said:

When I get the f350 should I re-gear the differentials? Its going to have 4.10 gears, which is going to put 70 mph at 2,300 to 2,400 rpm, whereas with 3.73 will put 70 at 2,000 which will save on fuel unloaded a fair bit. 

 

According to people on the psd forum anyway. I'm gonna look around a little bit more. 

I'd say fuel usage wouldn't change as much as towing performance would.

[bcredeur97]

2 minutes ago, vinyldash303 said:

When I get the f350 should I re-gear the differentials? Its going to have 4.10 gears, which is going to put 70 mph at 2,300 to 2,400 rpm, whereas with 3.73 will put 70 at 2,000 which will save on fuel unloaded a fair bit. 

 

According to people on the psd forum anyway. I'm gonna look around a little bit more. 

I say ~4.5 gearing

[AlwaysFSX]

1 minute ago, vinyldash303 said:

That's my main worry. Oh well. They put 4:10s in the duallys for a reason.  

I'd leave it and see. Probably wouldn't drop gearing though, especially with a 6.0.

[chaozbandit]

I GOT IT

 

 

[chaozbandit]

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Just now, chaozbandit said:

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change subaru to a jetta and thats how i do the turns in iracing  

seriously .. i have seen me race ... i legit go on 2 wheels and sometimes even slide trough some turns  

depends on the track though

[pagani123]

5 hours ago, chaozbandit said:

@Maybach123 sparky and a friend are up here

 

4 hours ago, chaozbandit said:

@Maybach123

 

That is actually sparky's house.  Toronto exotic car spotting and zachbrehl  must have went down to CT to see "kingtasma". There are 3 BC's in CT right now  (sparky's gregb's and Benny Caiola son's)

[AlwaysFSX]

27 minutes ago, Mister2010 said:

change subaru to a jetta and thats how i do the turns in iracing  

seriously .. i have seen me race ... i legit go on 2 wheels and sometimes even slide trough some turns  

depends on the track though

You mean all four wheels are suppposed to be on the ground in turns? Where have these rules been all my life?

[RevoltTrain]

I see this car everyday at work and can't figure out if it's lowered or not. Help. 

[iDeFecZx]

6 minutes ago, RevoltTrain said:

I see this car everyday at work and can't figure out if it's lowered or not. Help. 

 

 

Think thats standard