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26 minutes ago, Drak3 said:

Don't lump me in with them. I'm an enthusiast of mechanic design, be it engines, weaponry, or productive machinery. Not a guy with a wrench that reads the marketing garbage AFE/insert other "enthusiast" brand that can't legally warranty half of their products.

 

I fail to see a correlation between people screeching variations of "forced induction is more efficient!!! Reclaimed energy!!!" and anything I've said.

If you can't be civil. Please leave

 

Edit. That goes for everyone in the thread

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I cant be the only one who thinks the Peugeot RCZ in pearl white looks stunning

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I cant be the only one who thinks the Peugeot RCZ in pearl white looks stunning

 

 

Looks like an SC430 to me....

But hey, my opinion.

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Looks like an SC430 to me....

But hey, my opinion.

At first i thought that you had to be joking. There could be no way that they were similar in any way.

Then i googled it.. There are styling cues that are surprisingly familiar.

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On a slightly unrelated note

Over 1000 cars have been destroyed during the filming of the The fast and the furious series. 

With countless more lost to rice after the first one no doubt

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Looks like an SC430 to me....

But hey, my opinion.

I always thought,

If VW did a New Karmann Ghia, it would look like that

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I always thought,

If VW did a New Karmann Ghia, it would look like that

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That is surprisingly accurate  :o

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http://www.honda.co.uk/cars/comingsoon/type-r/

 

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Yea....

Especially that quarter panel.

it might be a better predecessor then the audi TT

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Spoilers on spoilers on spoilers tho

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And blowing a cylinder because of bad shifting?

Very difficult to do, but constant power shifting or over-revving (especially for engines with no rev cut) may result to this.

 

I think my car has the original clutch and has 216 000 kilometres on it. And what do mean by destroying you each piece of a clutch. I think the only thing that's often serviced is the friction pad.

Normally they replace the pressure plate and the release bearing too when replacing the clutch disc. The pilot bearing may be worth replacing as well while the tranny is off anyway.

 

Above 100/120 I wouldn't try a curve on our highways.

I will admit to driving a rental Fusion pinned at the speed limiter (fairly low at 112mph) for many stretches between Memphis and Nashville. I40 has turns gradual enough that summer traction was enough to keep the car planted (on cheap OE tires). The fastest I've driven in the US were in the Nevada and Arizona stretches of I15 and I40. I was young and stupid then, so I got to explore the GS400's limit of 149mph. Funny how I was not able to reach that with a GT500 and a Viper when I was older and a bit wiser (thinking about safety and possible jailtime).

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Normally they replace the pressure plate and the release bearing too when replacing the clutch disc. The pilot bearing may be worth replacing as well while the tranny is off anyway.

 

 

Yeah that too, but in my experience the clutch replacement kits usually come with those.

 

And it's always fun the the new bearing doesn't fit.

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At first i thought that you had to be joking. There could be no way that they were similar in any way.

Then i googled it.. There are styling cues that are surprisingly familiar.

 

 

On a slightly unrelated note

Over 1000 cars have been destroyed during the filming of the The fast and the furious series. 

With countless more lost to rice after the first one no doubt

1000 in the series. how about one movie. 

the 1974 gone in 60 seconds.

93 cars are crashed in this 97 minute movie.

almost one per minute.

Blarg

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New Pictures of My Car: 

 

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I really hope this comes to the US. It's been too long since we have had a great car from Honda here.

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I really hope this comes to the US. It's been too long since we have had a great car from Honda here.

 

Supposedly the US will not get the same body type, but there are rumors that the US may get a related turbocharged engine too.

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Supposedly the US will not get the same body type, but there are rumors that the US may get a related turbocharged engine too.

I hope to at least see a similar chassis in the us, but knowing the us, especially California, we will probably get an extremely cut down version.

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I really hope this comes to the US. It's been too long since we have had a great car from Honda here.

Well, technically, there was the Integra Type R, but that was like 15 years ago. I've been yearning for a JDM car for so long. All the JDM performance cars have sort of, disappeared, in the US. Mazda hasn't been doing much with the Mazdaspeed division, Honda doesn't have any good performance cars in the US, and Nissan has only one good performance car, the GT-R.

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I remember when manual cars had more gears than automatics. Now, it's the total opposite, with automatics having as many as 9 speeds, while manuals are stuck at 6 speeds. Is this just because people are too lazy for the shifting, it's just not fun anymore, or what's the big deal here?

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I remember when manual cars had more gears than automatics. Now, it's the total opposite, with automatics having as many as 9 speeds, while manuals are stuck at 6 speeds. Is this just because people are too lazy for the shifting, it's just not fun anymore, or what's the big deal here?

New Raptor has 10... O.o

 

I think it's just for fuel economy.

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New Raptor has 10... O.o

 

I think it's just for fuel economy.

I also remember when manuals were MORE economical than a fucking automatic. Us petrolheads are losing the battle to fucking lazy maniacs who are too lazy to shift.

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I remember when manual cars had more gears than automatics. Now, it's the total opposite, with automatics having as many as 9 speeds, while manuals are stuck at 6 speeds. Is this just because people are too lazy for the shifting, it's just not fun anymore, or what's the big deal here?

Pretty sure Porsche has had a 7-speed for a while. I think the new Stingray's got one too

 

Manuals in general are becoming less and less popular (in the US). As you said, i think  people are just lazy. Too busy texting and driving :ph34r:  I think it's loads of fun shifting your own gears

 

I saw an M3 a few minutes ago. It was nice.

What gen?

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I hope to at least see a similar chassis in the us, but knowing the us, especially California, we will probably get an extremely cut down version.

 

AHMCI is likely to keep costs in check for sales performance so they are unlikely to go overboard with a Civic. While Type-R Civics and Integras did indeed handle well, they could not match things a notch higher in price range (say Fairlady Z, WRX STi or Lancer Evolution) in most real-world conditions. This new one is unlikely to change that with its twist-beam rear end. 

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I also remember when manuals were MORE economical than a fucking automatic. Us petrolheads are losing the battle to fucking lazy maniacs who are too lazy to shift.

Because automatics are the bane of gearheads...?

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