Lauren
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I'm wondering whether I will try different tyres when I've got through my two sets of primacys. I would most likely for a Continental Contisport Contact 5. Excellent tyres, I think. Also I would look at the Yoko Advan AD08 as fitted to the TRD. I'll be honest though, price is not my first consideration. A tyre that has great progressiveness in the wet and a stiff sidewall are generally my highest priorities. Eagle F1s are a good tyre. I'm not sure about the current assymmetric but the previous ones (GSD2/3) were too soft on the sidewalls. Also I'd advise against Toyo Proxies, too soft on the sidewall dulls steering response and precision. The Yoko S-Drive is not a bad tyre. A bit long in the tooth now perhaps but a reasonable all rounder and stiff on the sidewall.
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We've been playing it a fair bit. A poorly Indy on Wednesday meant a day off for me and well, what else could I do but give it a go. Played it all day and night till I went to bed. It's great fun, have done a number of missions and spent a lot of time driving around. Look out for the Futo which is obviously an anagram of 'tofu', which is a nod to Initial D of course. Yes, it's a two door AE86 Levin and you can of course customise it. It was a wickedly quick car that handled in GTA IV and does pretty well as a getaway car in GTA V too I reckon. Worth looking out for! Am loving the improved visuals, the map is immense. Guess what we'll be doing tonight. :tongue:
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Pretty certain it will be a manual given they didn't think much of the auto.I wonder if they got an auto or a manual??
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I had the last one and have a few others for previous cars of mine. Nice things to look at but I can't read Kanji, so it's a bit limiting.
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Is this a BRZ of the FI variety?
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Picked up a copy from Game local to where I work. Our problem is that our two wireless controllers seem to be absolutely dead. All installed but can't bloody play it!
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Probably got GTAV fever. :tongue::32 (30):I should really read or watch the news more...I had to google what you guys were on about
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I did have a quick look (was off recovering today) but it didn't seem to be moving much!
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Nice pics, Will. :+:
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Also I don't think owning a car for two months is really enough to give a good overall picture of what a car is like to live with. I realise this now after 20K miles and 8 months! It gets better with age and mileage I find. :tongue:
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Glad you're liking it now. Must admit, don't agree with much that was said in the review. I always feel the FRS is a different car in so many ways.
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Possibly the best exhaust appreciation tunnel in the world at Munt la Shera....
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Your's I think Ian.
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It is pretty cool to be fair. :+: How much?
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Welcome! I'm sure we can get Rob to sort it out, though we're all off to JAE in a bit.
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Well, Will, it could be worth it for dinner. :tongue:No worries, Keith, I'm sure Pete will be happy to help.
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Well if your car is decelarating downhill in neutral then it does sound like there is something dragging, perhaps the brakes? You'll find the AE86 a bit archaic in comparison. It's fun, but in a more crude way.
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When you come to JAE I'll get Pete (a friend who does detailing) to have a look at if for you. :+:
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Bit of an odd one about the car decellerating downhill. It will do depending upon the decline of the road and what gear you are in. All cars with gears do this, it's simply engine braking which is why when going down a hill it gives you better control if you select a lower gear. I don't really understand the passenger seat issue. Maybe your wife prefers to drive? :tongue:With the auto lights, I sometimes just flick the lights on dipped beam manually when they don't switch on automatically. For example I'd do this if it's raining on the motorway in the daytime where I want other drivers to see me.
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It's got a really fantastic ascent, but the descent is a little narrow in places:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furka_Pass
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Just one more..... I've loads more pics to sort out.Atop the Furkapass at over 2400 metres complete with an Indy:
Overall mpg was 36.0. This is impressive when you have to consider that driving the passes, particularly the bonkers, mad ascent of the Stelvio must have reduced the average by about 5mpg! -
Well, mission accomplished! :)2414.4 miles in all. I have to say, I had two of the most epic drives of my life. First was with Chris (Killerbee on FT86 forum) my newly acquired Swiss friend who with his local knowledge made driving the Klausen, Susten, Grimsel and Furka passes just fantastic. Brilliant, utterly brilliant. I still have the sound of my exhaust reverberating through the tunnels and mountain sides in my head everytime I think about it.Following Chris's car through a tunnel out of Basel:http://www.flickr.com/photos/dexterslab2010/9726093982/Rest of the images are here too.Then after a dissapointing first run at the Stelvio Pass due to it being just stupidly busy, we did it the following Monday, this time with Speedy (Alex) our site hoster and IT guru. What can I say, what a completely brilliant drive, just loved it. We also took in a cool one way tunnel crossing the border into Switzerland and happened upon the excellent Fluelapass. A proper write up with pics will follow once I have a moment. :)It just doesn't get much better than this:
And then there was Reims of course:
So much to say! I daresay i'll bore people stupid with it at JAE. Apologise in advance!
GTA V
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Drifting in GTA V in a Futo (AE86):