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[Aniallation]

On 5/26/2022 at 10:57 AM, Neroon said:

I fully agree that electric cars can absolutely be fun.

Interesting time for me to just so happen to pop in again.

 

Over the years (since being active here), still been a car and driving enthusiast, and like to actually drive my car and have a good time. Anyone can drive fast in a straight line though, and when most of my time is spent commuting in the city there's nowhere to go fast anyways, I highly prefer having a good nimble chassis that handles well and is fun to toss around.

 

Maybe something went wrong along the line, but what I actually drive:

 

 

Megan Racing coilovers, Ultra Racing Juke rear sway bar, Cusco Juke front LCA brace, Nitto NT05s, and the really low center of gravity - rips corners like it's on rails. A blast to rip through the city, down onramps, and at the occasional local autox events they host here. Needs a bit more power, plan to do the 110kW inverter upgrade next, once I actually find one to buy. 

[Neroon]

13 minutes ago, Aniallation said:

Interesting time for me to just so happen to pop in again.

 

Over the years (since being active here), still been a car and driving enthusiast, and like to actually drive my car and have a good time. Anyone can drive fast in a straight line though, and when most of my time is spent commuting in the city there's nowhere to go fast anyways, I highly prefer having a good nimble chassis that handles well and is fun to toss around.

 

Maybe something went wrong along the line, but what I actually drive:

 

 

Megan Racing coilovers, Ultra Racing Juke rear sway bar, Cusco Juke front LCA brace, Nitto NT05s, and the really low center of gravity - rips corners like it's on rails. A blast to rip through the city, down onramps, and at the occasional local autox events they host here. Needs a bit more power, plan to do the 110kW inverter upgrade next, once I actually find one to buy. 

What car is that? Got more pics?

 

 

 

On another note, should be test driving a C70 this week.

[Aniallation]

21 minutes ago, Neroon said:

What car is that? Got more pics?

2014 Nissan Leaf. 

 

 

[Sprawlie]

On 6/6/2022 at 11:57 AM, TVwazhere said:

As a hot-hatch owner, the Corolla GR is one of the only interesting cars on the market right now, but it's already a limited production. From my experience anything that's not an overlyproduced truck or crossover SUV right now has either really long wait times (1-2 years) or a five digit markup. 

Its nice to see that Toyota finally put some oomph in the Corolla hatch.  I dig the look and it was on my shortlist when I was shopping last year.

 

But the fact you can't get a normal trim with anything but the 168hp and 152lbs of torque are just pathetic if you're looking for something nicer than a go cart feeling car.

 

 

[Bitter]

2 hours ago, Aniallation said:

2014 Nissan Leaf. 

 

 

Not gonna lie, that sounds fun and looks nice. I bet it would be a lot of fun in a canyon or on tail of the dragon. 

[bcredeur97]

3 hours ago, Bitter said:

Not gonna lie, that sounds fun and looks nice. I bet it would be a lot of fun in a canyon or on tail of the dragon. 

What’s better? That or a Chevy bolt 

[vetali]

42 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

What’s better? That or a Chevy bolt 

The Bolt by far if you weigh tucking and rolling to escape from a vehicle fire as fun. Otherwise its a toss up.

[DANK_AS_gay]

On 6/6/2022 at 5:20 PM, iDeFecZx said:

So instead of spending 3k to fix your car you spent 13k on a replacement?

Makes sense

3k, + the 2k I had already spent on it. At that point, I would have spent as much fixing it as it was worth, and as my wonderful dealership friends showed me, it wasn't worth 5k, it was worth $300.

[DANK_AS_gay]

Just now, vetali said:

The Bolt by far if you weigh tucking and rolling to escape from a vehicle fire as fun. Otherwise its a toss up.

lol, neither car has the power to weight ratio to be fun. 

[bcredeur97]

32 minutes ago, DANK_AS_gay said:

lol, neither car has the power to weight ratio to be fun. 

Bruh go drive one in a tight area flooring it out of corners and tell me that it’s not fun.

 

you get 100% of torque instantly. Pretty much all electric cars are fun at low speeds 

[JoaoPRSousa]

8 hours ago, DANK_AS_gay said:

lol, neither car has the power to weight ratio to be fun. 

 

"Yes, this is the fun police. You are not allowed to have fun in a car with a power to weight ratio higher than 2 grams per horsepower."

[iDeFecZx]

8 hours ago, bcredeur97 said:

Bruh go drive one in a tight area flooring it out of corners and tell me that it’s not fun.

 

you get 100% of torque instantly. Pretty much all electric cars are fun at low speeds 

be great if they had more than 110hp tho

[bcredeur97]

2 hours ago, iDeFecZx said:

be great if they had more than 110hp tho

Yeah. They just weren’t designed to do that they are commuter machines 

 

we’ll have more fun cheaper electric cars in time 

[TVwazhere]

2 hours ago, bcredeur97 said:

Yeah. They just weren’t designed to do that they are commuter machines 

 

we’ll have more fun cheaper electric cars in time 

In ten years this will become "how do I overvolt my car to go faster" thread

[iDeFecZx]

27 minutes ago, TVwazhere said:

In ten years this will become "how do I overvolt my car to go faster" thread

how will the fiesta boys cope without their pop and bang remaps

[TVwazhere]

2 minutes ago, iDeFecZx said:

how will the fiesta boys cope without their pop and bang remaps

Just as Miata owners did; through sheer willpower and doing wild shit with a cult following for their small size but good handling capabilities. 

[IPD]

Is it weird that I would rather have a Mallett LS2 modified Solstice/Sky than an MX5, BRZ/FRS, Supra, 400z, etc?

[Bitter]

[vetali]

9 hours ago, iDeFecZx said:

how will the fiesta boys cope without their pop and bang remaps

Hopefully they spontaneously combust from not being able to be obnoxious af

[bcredeur97]

3 hours ago, IPD said:

Is it weird that I would rather have a Mallett LS2 modified Solstice/Sky than an MX5, BRZ/FRS, Supra, 400z, etc?

No. The solstice/sky should of came with an LS from the factory me thinks lol 

[Bitter]

2 hours ago, bcredeur97 said:

No. The solstice/sky should of came with an LS from the factory me thinks lol 

At least turbo was an option, LS would have been stupid in a car that small unless they had a baby 4.8 in it. The most disappointing thing if how clunky the trans feels, it's like they borrowed it from a S10 pickup or something. Yuck.

[bcredeur97]

12 minutes ago, Bitter said:

At least turbo was an option, LS would have been stupid in a car that small unless they had a baby 4.8 in it. The most disappointing thing if how clunky the trans feels, it's like they borrowed it from a S10 pickup or something. Yuck.

I’ve driven an N/A solstice with a manual, it was fine. 

you could shove some huge tires under that car, there’s lots of room, I think it could handle an LS, just perhaps the whole drivetrain would have to be beefier 

 

i mean stock LS we’re talking what like 400hp in that era the car was made? They could of detuned it to 380 and it would of been fine and very fun 

[Bitter]

19 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

I’ve driven an N/A solstice with a manual, it was fine. 

you could shove some huge tires under that car, there’s lots of room, I think it could handle an LS, just perhaps the whole drivetrain would have to be beefier 

 

i mean stock LS we’re talking what like 400hp in that era the car was made? They could of detuned it to 380 and it would of been fine and very fun 

The NA I drove had a clunky stiff shifter and the clutch was very...blind? There wasn't much feel to the clutch pedal, as you fed it pedal to get moving it just kind of all felt the same there wasn't like in a Honda or Toyota that point i n travel where you feel in the pedal it's grabbing in a zone and you can just modulate in that shorter area when shifting and driving. The NA Solstice I drove had none of that at all, it just felt like the same pedal all the way from floor to full release. You could figure it out through trial and error but it wasn't fun, rev hang wasn't helping me out any either. I hate rev hang, makes me think I'm a shittier at stick than I am. I'm not great but I'm not THAT bad.

[IPD]

7 hours ago, Bitter said:

At least turbo was an option, LS would have been stupid in a car that small unless they had a baby 4.8 in it. The most disappointing thing if how clunky the trans feels, it's like they borrowed it from a S10 pickup or something. Yuck.

And yet, nobody said it was stupid when Mercedes made the SLK55 AMG....

[Bitter]

2 hours ago, IPD said:

And yet, nobody said it was stupid when Mercedes made the SLK55 AMG....

I'm sure the SLK weighed a little more than the Solstice.