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[Bitter]

My Celica had more torque steer on 1-2 and 2-3 WOT, and it doesn't even have any torque!

[iDeFecZx]

3 hours ago, Thirdgen89GTA said:

On the Focus RS forums someone complained about Torque Steer and how the MK3 RS is hard to control because it wanders all over the place.

 

To them I say, "go drive a Mazdaspeed 3!"

 

And then took a video this morning of no hands on the wheel acceleration with a 1-2 WOT upshift.  There is a slight tug to the right because of just a tiny bit of torque steer, and a crown in the road for water drain-off, and I'm on the right side of the road.

 

If I kept a pinkie on the wheel it would have staid 100% straight.

 

the way they talk about it, the wheel rips itself out of your hands.

 

 

Not sure why ford owners seem to think they have horrendous torque steer. My mini has worse than my ST had

[TVwazhere]

1 hour ago, iDeFecZx said:

Not sure why ford owners seem to think they have horrendous torque steer. My mini has worse than my ST had

It's because they've never driven anything that they've had to actually fight to keep straight. I've never had serious issue with mine and Im a weak ass bitch

[iDeFecZx]

1 hour ago, TVwazhere said:

It's because they've never driven anything that they've had to actually fight to keep straight. I've never had serious issue with mine and Im a weak ass bitch

I mean I went from 2 N/A things with like half the torque and 80 less HP in the most powerful and never noticed it   

[bcredeur97]

When I’m done with the civic I’m buying an old Lexus lol

[Bananasplit_00]

14 hours ago, PandaCopyRight said:

i mean, it probably is a doable thing.
but it still wouldnt be anywhere near my home and id use it very rarely

I go to mine after work before I head home, if I'm using public transport it ends up being less walking and if I'm riding my bike I end up escaping most of the afterwork traffic

[PandaCopyRight]

16 hours ago, iDeFecZx said:

Not sure why ford owners seem to think they have horrendous torque steer. My mini has worse than my ST had

14 hours ago, TVwazhere said:

It's because they've never driven anything that they've had to actually fight to keep straight. I've never had serious issue with mine and Im a weak ass bitch

i mean they think that if you need to put a pinky on the wheel that its terrible torque steer. Its like they are bunch that loves to complain.
 

3 hours ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

I go to mine after work before I head home, if I'm using public transport it ends up being less walking and if I'm riding my bike I end up escaping most of the afterwork traffic

yeah, i can park my bike at my office building and park near my apartment building at a parking lot that has quite good security (have seen a shit ton of bikes parked there constantly as well)

main goal is to avoid the PITA traffic jams that are on my commute ... and possibly get better fuel economy in the same time spending money to save money in the long run

[Dash Lambda]

Taking my 335i in for service today. It says it's been due for 2 months now, so it's about time.

[3 Lions]

Sure, Jay has his 900bhp ZL1 1LE but I'd argue that this is as fun if not more to drive...

 

[JoaoPRSousa]

On 5/19/2020 at 5:56 AM, Bananasplit_00 said:

Triumphs = very expensive + very expensive insurance

Bandit 600 is fairly cheap at times but is another Suzuki from the 80s/90s period. Not all too turned on to the idea of a hornet either after my friends absolut disaster bike lmao

 

Also these are all chain driven

 

I figured

 

Yeah, about being chain driven... Is there really anything cheap that isn't?

[chaozbandit]

Open track yesterday and apparently people forgot how to drive. The videos are hilarious... hotheaded passing on track and a fist fight.

 

 

@MEC-777

[bcredeur97]

@chaozbandit Lol I'm so scared of that happening if I ever do a track day event

[TVwazhere]

Holy shit the Corvette tho

[chaozbandit]

The fb group is privated but these are the two videos floating around

 

https://streamable.com/4yb1q3

https://streamable.com/7ekhsq

[JoaoPRSousa]

1 hour ago, chaozbandit said:

The fb group is privated but these are the two videos floating around

 

https://streamable.com/4yb1q3

https://streamable.com/7ekhsq

 

People just being absolute bellends on track? Who would have thought
Y'all let too many people on the track at the same time

[vf1000ride]

The only time I ever had mine on track was for an autocross even.  It's you against the clock in a parking lot.  Keeps the speed and some of the danger in check and if you do manage to wreck the hope is the worst you do is run over a traffic safety cone.

 

Edit to add, I wasn't even last.  103 out of 111 participants total.  16th out of 19 in the rear wheel drive stock class.  Wasn't bad for first time ever trying it.

[bcredeur97]

1 hour ago, vf1000ride said:

The only time I ever had mine on track was for an autocross even.  It's you against the clock in a parking lot.  Keeps the speed and some of the danger in check and if you do manage to wreck the hope is the worst you do is run over a traffic safety cone.

 

Edit to add, I wasn't even last.  103 out of 111 participants total.  16th out of 19 in the rear wheel drive stock class.  Wasn't bad for first time ever trying it.

I autocrossed a cheap 2001 corolla for about a year my NB miata for 2 years. Never won an event, but did win a season in the miata. Was almost always in the top 5-10 in the miata though(I think I was 2nd once?)

Corolla I was always mid-pack.

Both were stock. well except the Miata had a bigger front sway bar. Miata had RE-71R's (I was trying to win) and the corolla just had some Sport Comp-2's (I was trying to learn) Lol

Still have the miata!

 

The last video I ever recorded lol:

 

[handymanshandle]

Finally got my '03 9-3 out on public roads rather than my neighborhood's privately owned roads and above 20mph for the first time in 3 months!

 

I don't think the car likes sitting too much heh

I also think it probably liked to stretch its legs beyond 20mph kek

[Bitter]

 

 

'but everyone else drove through the water just fine!' Everyone else wasn't a BMW 328i 'how does water even get inside the engine, I don't understand?' Well you know how air goes inside the engine? Water goes in the same way. I had a bad feeling when I opened the airbox and the air filter had become a water filter. Probably a good thing the starter isn't working. He's gonna get with his insurance and get back to us on Tuesday. I anticipate it being totaled out.

[bcredeur97]

3 minutes ago, Bitter said:

'but everyone else drove through the water just fine!' Everyone else wasn't a BMW 328i 'how does water even get inside the engine, I don't understand?' Well you know how air goes inside the engine? Water goes in the same way. I had a bad feeling when I opened the airbox and the air filter had become a water filter. Probably a good thing the starter isn't working. He's gonna get with his insurance and get back to us on Tuesday. I anticipate it being totaled out.

XD it’s always BMW’s too. Do they put the intake tubes lower or something than other manufacturers because I feel like I hear that all the time 

[Dash Lambda]

Service is done! All is right with the world.

[dcgreen2k]

I found this on Youtube and thought it was pretty neat, he starts showing off the actual shifting at around 2:40.

 

 

[Bitter]

11 hours ago, Dash Lambda said:

Service is done! All is right with the world.

Looks like it needs a nice polish and coating applied.

[Dash Lambda]

2 minutes ago, Bitter said:

Looks like it needs a nice polish and coating applied.

Really? How can you tell? I just see a super reflective black surface in the picture, and in real life it looks pretty clean.

 

It's just under a year old, too.

 

EDIT: Just under a year old for me, not from the factory.

[Bitter]

37 minutes ago, Dash Lambda said:

Really? How can you tell? I just see a super reflective black surface in the picture, and in real life it looks pretty clean.

 

It's just under a year old, too.

 

EDIT: Just under a year old for me, not from the factory.

It just looks dull in the picture, I suppose it could be the lighting, but to my eye it looks like it's got a lot of micro-marring on the paint dulling the gloss. Did the rear quarter get refinished? It looks like it's a different surface texture than the rest of the car, but that really could be lighting since it's a bit blown out there.

 

Micro-marring is super common and super easy to fix with just a light buff, but it makes a big difference in the pop and gloss of a paint finish. It happens from just everyday wear n tear from car washes, dust/sand blowing around on the car and getting touched/rubbed, etc. There's also the issue of surface bonded contaminants which don't wash off (tar/iron being the most common) dulling the finish, mostly on leading edges at the front and behind wheels on the sides. A good de-iron, clay, and light buff followed by a nice high gloss sealant/ceramic coating and it'll look tons better! I'll attach a photo of a car I did these steps to, once I fix my bluetooth.