Drive - Tuned! - Exige 710bhp
Discussion
pthelazyjourno said:
personally enjoy bouncing off the rev limiter and going up and down through the gears - suspect that would leave me driving around in 1st, maybe 2nd gear in your car or face losing my licence - but would still love a go in your car. Just don't think I'd create something like that if I had the money (glad somebody is nutty enough to though as I do like reading about it).
Doesn't make it any less impressive for what it is, but I can understand why some people don't like it.
Doesn't make it any less impressive for what it is, but I can understand why some people don't like it.
Your video is very on the power on the straights and off for the corners and I understand why with that much power but I think I'd get more enjoyment using 100% of an original 2-11's power than 10% of what yours is capable of. Nevertheless, it's an impressive car.Thanks but even on track or the streets you can not be on the power in the corners in a stock 211. If you can you are playin a video game.
This is a street car and you can only go so fast around blind corners and still be in control if you need to make a correction. Driving a slow car fast could be fun but driving a fast car fast is pure heaven and when the road opens up there is nothing a slow car can do but be slow.
If you lived in a area with these roads I'm sure you opinion would change and you would want a car with as much power.
This is a street car and you can only go so fast around blind corners and still be in control if you need to make a correction. Driving a slow car fast could be fun but driving a fast car fast is pure heaven and when the road opens up there is nothing a slow car can do but be slow.
If you lived in a area with these roads I'm sure you opinion would change and you would want a car with as much power.
Stephanie Plum said:
the ronin said:
Thanks but even on track you can not be on the power in the corners in a stock 211
?? Really? I beg to differ.Let's see the video of your 211 on the power you don't have in every corner….please post it up.
I found this unwatched video and there seen to be quite a bit of braking before corner entry and painfully slow cars on corner exit…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GH09jzukTGM&fea...
Edited by the ronin on Wednesday 30th October 22:03
I wish I could drive in circles for a 60 min track session in the rain but I have to deal with this almost every day…….Dam it sucks here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElLidqlegj4&fea...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElLidqlegj4&fea...
Stephanie Plum said:
the ronin said:
Thanks but even on track you can not be on the power in the corners in a stock 211
?? Really? I beg to differ.OT Stephanie Plum - was your profile picture taken at a Goodwood breakfast club in c.2007/8?
AyBee said:
There's a difference between on power and full power ronin, whilst you may not be able to be fully on the power in the corners in a standard 211, you could certainly be accelerating through it compared to the point-and-squirt approach of higher powered cars like yours. No idea how much that's down to the roads you're driving on though because I haven't driven them.
OT Stephanie Plum - was your profile picture taken at a Goodwood breakfast club in c.2007/8?
I would could leave a standard 211 for dead with my old car this car is 400lbs. lighter with a better suspension and what feels like twice the grip. There is no 211 on the planet that could even come close to my car in the canyons or track… I don't just point and squirt or else I'd be on the brakes constantly and that is just dangerous in the canyons. In fact I have only gone through two sets of rotors and brake pads in my eight years of driving this car.OT Stephanie Plum - was your profile picture taken at a Goodwood breakfast club in c.2007/8?
Watch the last video and listen to the engine a bit closer as I use the engine torque on decel to set me up in the corners and then power through as soon as I can see my exit…
I'm no racer or will I pretend to be one but I do know a thing or two about driving in the canyons at speed and these videos just show a nice easy cruise. There is no drama from the car or any wild steering input corrections from myself since the car is so dialed in.
The haters will always have something to complain about because they live in a very small world of rules they are happy to follow but they always try to compare their oranges to my apple and they have no idea what my apple taste like and can only come up with BS comparing my car to theirs….
Come on over if you have a 211 and I'll take you for a little Sunday drive through the canyons at cruise speed and then I'll turn it to 11..
the ronin said:
AyBee said:
There's a difference between on power and full power ronin, whilst you may not be able to be fully on the power in the corners in a standard 211, you could certainly be accelerating through it compared to the point-and-squirt approach of higher powered cars like yours. No idea how much that's down to the roads you're driving on though because I haven't driven them.
OT Stephanie Plum - was your profile picture taken at a Goodwood breakfast club in c.2007/8?
I would could leave a standard 211 for dead with my old car this car is 400lbs. lighter with a better suspension and what feels like twice the grip. There is no 211 on the planet that could even come close to my car in the canyons or track… I don't just point and squirt or else I'd be on the brakes constantly and that is just dangerous in the canyons. In fact I have only gone through two sets of rotors and brake pads in my eight years of driving this car.OT Stephanie Plum - was your profile picture taken at a Goodwood breakfast club in c.2007/8?
Watch the last video and listen to the engine a bit closer as I use the engine torque on decel to set me up in the corners and then power through as soon as I can see my exit…
I'm no racer or will I pretend to be one but I do know a thing or two about driving in the canyons at speed and these videos just show a nice easy cruise. There is no drama from the car or any wild steering input corrections from myself since the car is so dialed in.
The haters will always have something to complain about because they live in a very small world of rules they are happy to follow but they always try to compare their oranges to my apple and they have no idea what my apple taste like and can only come up with BS comparing my car to theirs….
Come on over if you have a 211 and I'll take you for a little Sunday drive through the canyons at cruise speed and then I'll turn it to 11..
That hater comment was directed to the racer chick moderator from Seloc [long time hater in a slow car] sorry you got it wrong. I just get tired of the so called track stars making comments when they have no idea what this car is like or do they drive canyons a speed.. Think of it as a Group B special stage and keeping your foot in it without lifting for the blind corners….. Please try that in any 211 or in fact any car and see where you wind up.
To say you don't lift before the corners in a 211 is just a asinine statement..
Edited by the ronin on Sunday 3rd November 14:02
I'm not sure I will ever have enough tokens for the Rosen Bridge but I won't have to take my hand off the wheel as I cruise the tight twisties in search of the elusive coins..
A few years ago I used a Mastershift sequential paddle shifter and it was a perfect match when all was working in unison.
But by the time I discovered the fix I had gone back to a somewhat basic H pattern cable shifter.
Well what was old is new again and it's back to the future ..
I cannibalized the Mastershift box which included the controller and servo motors and cable attachment bracket.
There are no shift cables now and the motors are a direct mount to the gearbox linkage.
This setup still uses a clutch peddle as normal but the gear selecting is all done with a push-pull rally type paddle mounted on the column so that the paddle is always in the same location.. :wavy:
A few years ago I used a Mastershift sequential paddle shifter and it was a perfect match when all was working in unison.
But by the time I discovered the fix I had gone back to a somewhat basic H pattern cable shifter.
Well what was old is new again and it's back to the future ..
I cannibalized the Mastershift box which included the controller and servo motors and cable attachment bracket.
There are no shift cables now and the motors are a direct mount to the gearbox linkage.
This setup still uses a clutch peddle as normal but the gear selecting is all done with a push-pull rally type paddle mounted on the column so that the paddle is always in the same location.. :wavy:
Sequential shifter operation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDdW-mD6X-U
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=6376206562796...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDdW-mD6X-U
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=6376206562796...
Edited by the ronin on Saturday 28th December 15:47
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