MovesWithClouds

Getting burgled is terrible, no matter what they steal.

You'll fit alright. May be a bit tight with a helmet added on top. There is also the part about getting in and out of the car, it's pretty low slung, but I've had people in their eighties and nineties getting in and out of the car unassisted so should be alright.

And how many brake pads is that? I somehow assume that if you use a lot of brake disks you also use a lot of brake pads but that is merely intuition. Also mileage by itself is not a good measure since it should be possible to do a lot of highways without any braking but if you drive calmly on backroads or in cities you have to brake a lot. If large mileage is achieved through a good mixture of environments then I guess it becomes more representative. I did 125000 miles before replacing the disks. That is not double of original amount so maybe you can consider it the same ballpark.

I recall driving behind the Polizei for quite a while at 200km/h . They were in no hurry in their VW T5s or was it T6.

Quick question: what is the more stable state with camber bolts: maximum camber or minimum camber? I assume from the stable state the risk of them starting to turn is minimal. Also, if left and right are not equal is it better to rotate one bolt to make them equal or just max them both out? in that case, can the steering wheel be corrected if it is off center?

From the SavageGeese review: they say the GT doesn't trailbrake , does not rotate under braking. It bothered me a bit but I thought 'it must be me'. It's not clear to me whether the GR does better on that. (also I wonder how people fixed that on the GT)

That's it, the lugs and bolts are only there to pull the wheel against the hub, they are not supposed to carry any weight. The spigots are 'helpers for centring during mounting.'

For this type of car and this type of brakepads the squeal, it's very common. There are a few things you can do in the hope to avoid the squeal: - brake very hard a few times from a good speed . This might rub of some material which has built up. - change brake pads to something less squealy Otherwise, accept it :) #becauseracecar.

Is there something about embarassing overtakes you want to share with us then , .. Ethel? Anyway I'm waiting for the obligatory youtube link now. Then I can add the other one.

Lucky for them you didn't drive the fire engine on track then! Imagine the embarassment being passed by one of those!

Or you look at your car often in show windows as you pass I look in reflections of parked cars for oncoming vehicles when I back out of my garage because the view is very limited.

She's cheating on us already i'm tellin ya!

Thanks, I couldn't find the report button at first.

New user Alena pm's me to tell me she desperately wants to have sex with me. What should i do? Is there a manual or an online 'getting started' somewhere?

It is I. But don't tell the people of the other place.

It's failsafe. If everybody is in on it then you're making sure the secret is kept from the others.

Oh right! Now everybody will join in in keeping the secret safe! Well I guess it's always good to share the burden...

Road noise really increases when rear tyres wear out, so it can get fairly loud on the motorway. The motorway is also where the driving is boring and I can catch up listening to boring interviews with nerdy people. But then I can't hear the interview and I have to choose. Switch to music? Make the drive more interesting? Try out hypermiling? Drive backwards? Meditate?

I know! I just keep thinking did I get lucky with my car or do I just not care? I don't notice it. Road noise I notice.

There can be a lot of road noise with this car but rattles? I don't even know if there are any. First thing I'd look into with road noise is the rear seats.

The weight of the tyre is higher and it is more at the outside of the wheel than the rim so it will have a much higher impact on rotational inertia. I sometimes switch between light 16 inch wheels and heavier 17 inch and it clearly feels different, but most of the difference is irrelevant: because the gyroscopic effect is heavier turning the wheel is heavier. Only, that effect can easily be tuned by tuning the servo. I do have the feeling that road contact is better on bad backroads but again there are multiple factors: more sidewall also means more flex and this also improves road contact(at the expense of precision). It is pretty hard for me to isolate the weight-rebound factor from the rest.

Someone told me the thickness of the pads is part of the protection against boiling brake fluid, which is the real danger(brake fading is merely annoying): the risk is higher when the pads are worn.

Yes Mazepin crash is a good example of a standard oversteer crash: oversteer in one direction, catch it , then swing uncontrollably the other way. That is one thing you learn in car control, to anticipate the swing back. A classic example from a hm, prospective buyer of a RWD car:

Let's see how frequently this issue pops up. There are subtle differences between gearboxes which make it more or less likely for misshifts to happen. While it is still the responsibility of the driver the design does matter. Just like the design of the buttons for the cooking plates is a factor in how often you turn on the wrong plate or have to look twice in order to make sure. On the GT86 I found it not trivial to find the 4-gate when downshifting fast or in block. Had a close call once when i hit second gear instead.

Oh another thing, replace all the nuts where you spot thread damage. Easy to spot, it makes them difficult to turn by hand. They're cheap anyway.