RE: The rules of driving a supercar: Speed Matters
Discussion
big_rob_sydney said:
Rules?
FFS.
Why do a bunch of wannabe's seek to impose their whim on others?
Stump up your own coin, buy your own bloody supercar, and then follow your own moral compass if you even have one.
QuiteFFS.
Why do a bunch of wannabe's seek to impose their whim on others?
Stump up your own coin, buy your own bloody supercar, and then follow your own moral compass if you even have one.
Makes the rules when you are in a postion to obey them
Me I'd don't mind breaking those - aero up, lift on and not clean enough
Kays from Scottys Trip 002 by Mikey K 650S, on Flickr
lewishollings said:
Completely agree the revving can be unnecessary but if a few car geeks like me are saying rev it, a little tap would be nice. But in all fairness I can see them getting this all the time which would get old pretty fast.
Revving is a difficult one - my old AMG (not a supercar I know, but a lovely sounding car!) had a limiter so that unless you were actually moving you couldn't rev it into the sweet spot. I disappointed a few people with that. I don't get the same problem with the i3 that replaced it
Interesting one, certainly agree that there's a fair degree of responsibility that goes with it.
I go to a large monthly meet during the summer where amongst the Porsche's, M's, RS's etc there's always a variety of Lambo's, Ferrari's, Mclarens etc, and whilst I appreciate the noise they make as they're driven shall we say 'enthusiastically' away from the venue (read downright stupidly by some, & with zero mechanical sympathy as they're stone cold) I also think it's kind of cool to leave carefully and slowly with consideration for the neighbours and that the roads a NSL!
Conflicting one!
I go to a large monthly meet during the summer where amongst the Porsche's, M's, RS's etc there's always a variety of Lambo's, Ferrari's, Mclarens etc, and whilst I appreciate the noise they make as they're driven shall we say 'enthusiastically' away from the venue (read downright stupidly by some, & with zero mechanical sympathy as they're stone cold) I also think it's kind of cool to leave carefully and slowly with consideration for the neighbours and that the roads a NSL!
Conflicting one!
BigDave3243 said:
Wow, you're a massive tool aren't you. Did someone get your gender wrong today?
He sort of has a point.. if you earnt the cash and paid for it, whos to dictate the rules.As a kid my mates dad had his own recording studio, he was a bit of a hippy type of guy, and bought a Ferrari 308 GTB when things where going well.. , He never cleaned the Ferrari, let his dog ride in the front, and cracked the leather with claws, he smoked in it... drove it to the pub and used it as a daily driver... he really didnt give a fu*k..
Later in life i did ask him delicately why he treated it like that.. he said because he enjoyed it, used it as a daily driver and its just a car after all. Now I know this isnt how everyone believes a super car should be treated but hey.. it was his car.
I'm split 50/50 for the aero one. I actually think the lines of my car are helped when the wing is up and it adds a little something to the feeling that it's a 'sporty' car. Also worth noting that the rear wing only comes up at 75mph, so if I didn't press the button, it would be down 90% of the time in regular driving.
The wing in 'deploy' mode looks like it belongs there, so unless you are in the know then you wouldn't look and think, "That belongs in the down position", but it's all personal taste:
The wing in 'deploy' mode looks like it belongs there, so unless you are in the know then you wouldn't look and think, "That belongs in the down position", but it's all personal taste:
Edited by PhantomPH on Tuesday 18th July 16:10
PhantomPH said:
I'm split 50/50 for the aero one. I actually think the lines of my car are helped when the wing is up and it adds a little something to the feeling that it's a 'sporty' car. Also worth noting that the rear wing only comes up at 75mph, so if I didn't press the button, it would be down 90% of the time in regular driving.
The wing in 'deploy' mode looks like it belongs there, so unless you are in the know then you wouldn't look and think, "That belongs in the down position", but it's all personal taste:
The Capri in the background has it's active aero up as well, wringing every last ounce out of the Pinto. The wing in 'deploy' mode looks like it belongs there, so unless you are in the know then you wouldn't look and think, "That belongs in the down position", but it's all personal taste:
Uncle John said:
On the aero front - a chap near me leaves his 675LT in maximum attack mode whilst parked in the high street.
Not sure on that one, torn, but I'll give him the benefit of the doubt.
You can't do thatNot sure on that one, torn, but I'll give him the benefit of the doubt.
Max is the vertical air brake position
The active "parked" postion is ~25% and none active "parked" is flat
If you switch it off with active engaged it does not go flat
So you have to switch it out when you are driving in a straight line to get it to go flat
Its the same for all McLarens with active aero
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