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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.

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So as it turns out. 1/4 throttle is all it takes to get my car to break loose. At least when its a bit greasy out.

Man my tires are shit.

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9 hours ago, terrytek said:

First two weren't a thing in America during the first decade of the 2000s

But the did have the Focus ZX3. It was one of these that a college buddy had that got me interested in the ST when I was shopping for a new vehicle.

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Forgot id seen this on Sunday

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8 hours ago, arnavvr said:

GTI? 

 

Volkswagen TDI settlement came in today. Guess the amount. 

oops, forgot that one.

 

500 bucks? also my takata settlement came in yesterday, but idk if it's a cash settlement or not.

7 hours ago, vinyldash303 said:

Never mind the camera is just shit @terrytek

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oh it looks like one of those screen protectors that has a black face, tbh you should've gotten a black home button, it would've looked much better.

41 minutes ago, TVwazhere said:

But the did have the Focus ZX3. It was one of these that a college buddy had that got me interested in the ST when I was shopping for a new vehicle.

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that's not turbo'd is it? but i mean it's still a hot hatch i guess.

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1 minute ago, terrytek said:

that's not turbo'd is it? but i mean it's still a hot hatch i guess.

The one photo'd I'm not sure, but my buddies was! Didnt come that way stock, but that didnt stop him.

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@TVwazhere@Real_PhillBert Managed to bump my mpg from 25 to 27 over a 700 mile trip 2 weeks ago...woo.

 

A question to you two though... (And anyone else with the ability to turn off traction/stability control) Do you turn off the traction/stability control system while you drive often or is it more when you are doing more spirited driving? When I remember to, I turn both off, and I'm kind of curious if there's a way to have both off when the car is started by default.

 

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Just now, NinJake said:

@TVwazhere@Real_PhillBert Managed to bump my mpg from 25 to 27 over a 700 mile trip 2 weeks ago...woo.

 

A question to you two though... (And anyone else with the ability to turn off traction/stability control) Do you turn off the traction/stability control system while you drive often or is it more when you are doing more spirited driving? When I remember to, I turn both off, and I'm kind of curious if there's a way to have both off when the car is started by default.

 

I only remember to turn it off when spirited driving. I dont even know if there's a way to turn off one or the other individually in this case, since it's all one button. and AFAIK theres no way to have it off when you start the car. Saftey feature, yknow

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26 minutes ago, TVwazhere said:

I dont even know if there's a way to turn off one or the other individually in this case, since it's all one button.

Yeah, you press the button once to turn off traction control and hold the button down for like 5 seconds to turn off traction/stability control. No individual picking and choosing. It just feels better to me when you are pushing the car as the vector braking doesn't kick in. (To my knowledge)

 

Also, my cousin also turbo'd his SVT Focus, he did a lot of work to that thing and pushed 280k miles on the engine. He was also big into sound competitions so he also introduced me to 4000+watt subwoofer and speaker systems lol. He's also a crew member for a 15 year old race driver who recently won 1st place at one of our local tracks.

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21 minutes ago, TVwazhere said:

I only remember to turn it off when spirited driving. I dont even know if there's a way to turn off one or the other individually in this case, since it's all one button. and AFAIK theres no way to have it off when you start the car. Saftey feature, yknow

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5 hours ago, ImadKnight said:

How did it get both front and rear damage?.. seems fishy considering it's only the bumpers/crash bars.

Notice the primer on the right rear quarter panel 

 

That's why it leads me to think someone was fixing it but said "nevermind" and just made an insurance claim lol

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1 hour ago, techswede said:

So as it turns out. 1/4 throttle is all it takes to get my car to break loose. At least when its a bit greasy out.

Man my tires are shit.

Hey man dont be pesimistic .. its not the tires its the poor asphalt quality. 

 

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57 minutes ago, NinJake said:

@TVwazhere@Real_PhillBert Managed to bump my mpg from 25 to 27 over a 700 mile trip 2 weeks ago...woo.

 

A question to you two though... (And anyone else with the ability to turn off traction/stability control) Do you turn off the traction/stability control system while you drive often or is it more when you are doing more spirited driving? When I remember to, I turn both off, and I'm kind of curious if there's a way to have both off when the car is started by default.

 

I just turn it off for fun driving and leave it alone for my daily commute. As for turning it off by default, I really dont know, there probably is a way but I dont know what that process is.

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9 hours ago, arnavvr said:

 

Volkswagen TDI settlement came in today. Guess the amount. 

~$1000? (being optimistic)

1 hour ago, NinJake said:

 

A question to you two though... (And anyone else with the ability to turn off traction/stability control) Do you turn off the traction/stability control system while you drive often or is it more when you are doing more spirited driving? When I remember to, I turn both off, and I'm kind of curious if there's a way to have both off when the car is started by default.

In my Golf it's always off due to some electrical gremlin. Occasionally it will function again from time to time, but generally the lights are always on on the gauge cluster and the TCS/Stability and ABS are disabled - and that's totally fine with me. ;) Haven't bothered to try and fix it because I don't want to, lol. 

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53 minutes ago, MEC-777 said:

~$1000? (being optimistic)

In my Golf it's always off due to some electrical gremlin. Occasionally it will function again from time to time, but generally the lights are always on on the gauge cluster and the TCS/Stability and ABS are disabled - and that's totally fine with me. ;) Haven't bothered to try and fix it because I don't want to, lol. 

ABS could be helpful ... but you do it your way :D 

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2 minutes ago, Mister2010 said:

ABS could be helpful ... but you do it your way :D 

I lived without ABS for 2 years. I really just don't see the point of it if you know how to brake. 

I guess it could be useful in very low traction scenarios though. But here? that like never happens... if it does your tires are just garbage lol

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3 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

I guess it could be useful in very low traction scenarios though. But here? that like never happens... if it does your tires are just garbage lol

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Just now, bcredeur97 said:

I lived without ABS for 2 years. I really just don't see the point of it if you know how to brake. 

I guess it could be useful in very low traction scenarios though. But here? that like never happens... if it does your tires are just garbage lol

honestly, in the winters it helps a crap ton with all the idiots on the road, but idk how cold and snowy your winters are there 

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4 minutes ago, Mister2010 said:

honestly, in the winters it helps a crap ton with all the idiots on the road, but idk how cold and snowy your winters are there 

we didn't have winter last year. Just Spring, Summer, and extended fall lol

 

we had like 2 days where it got to the 30's (farenheit) and the rest were all 50+

 

out of my nearly 20 years of living here... all of 2 days we had snow. one was like nothing and it didn't even stick to the ground. the other was only a couple inches and was early in the morning and melted by the afternoon lol

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Just now, Mister2010 said:

honestly, in the winters it helps a crap ton with all the idiots on the road, but idk how cold and snowy your winters are there 

it varies from state to state really. in my state, mountains get dumped on with snow, but in my area it just dumps rain.

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9 minutes ago, TVwazhere said:

Two words, Black Ice

what is that? 

:P I know what it is... but you'll never find it here really... lol

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2 hours ago, NinJake said:

@TVwazhere@Real_PhillBert Managed to bump my mpg from 25 to 27 over a 700 mile trip 2 weeks ago...woo.

 

A question to you two though... (And anyone else with the ability to turn off traction/stability control) Do you turn off the traction/stability control system while you drive often or is it more when you are doing more spirited driving? When I remember to, I turn both off, and I'm kind of curious if there's a way to have both off when the car is started by default.

 

I leave it on. No reason not to. If that TCS or ESC light comes on, it would be the car telling me I did something wrong. Though I hadn't had TCS/ESC activate in quite some time.

 

My old Volvo actually had the ABS module fail, so driving without ABS in slippery conditions is not new.

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5 minutes ago, Zodiark1593 said:

I leave it on. No reason not to. If that TCS or ESC light comes on, it would be the car telling me I did something wrong. Though I hadn't had TCS/ESC activate in quite some time.

 

My old Volvo actually had the ABS module fail, so driving without ABS in slippery conditions is not new.

Yours has traction control?

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11 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

we didn't have winter last year. Just Spring, Summer, and extended fall lol

 

we had like 2 days where it got to the 30's (farenheit) and the rest were all 50+

 

out of my nearly 20 years of living here... all of 2 days we had snow. one was like nothing and it didn't even stick to the ground. the other was only a couple inches and was early in the morning and melted by the afternoon lol

snow is fun, Latvia last year had like 1% of the snow it had like 20 years ago ...tbh it sucks, i like snow

 

12 minutes ago, terrytek said:

it varies from state to state really. in my state, mountains get dumped on with snow, but in my area it just dumps rain.

yeah .. go to Canada or Alaska to enjoy some snow 

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Just now, vetali said:

Yours has traction control?

Yes, that and ESC (stability control). I believe the latter became mandatory equipment since 2012, rental especiale (base) models included.

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