RE: Alpine A110 gets 305hp with RaceChip
Discussion
simonbamg said:
Or a valid opinion
Or a worthless one- Strikes me as odd that people like you troll threads of cars you have no interest in.
You’ve already said you’d take an AMG a45 over any of the sportscars in this price range and on that basis I’d say your opinion was fatally flawed.
Miserablegit said:
Or a worthless one-
Strikes me as odd that people like you troll threads of cars you have no interest in.
You’ve already said you’d take an AMG a45 over any of the sportscars in this price range and on that basis I’d say your opinion was fatally flawed.
He only gave an opinion to be fair rather than any reasoning. Give him a chance before you say it's flawed.Strikes me as odd that people like you troll threads of cars you have no interest in.
You’ve already said you’d take an AMG a45 over any of the sportscars in this price range and on that basis I’d say your opinion was fatally flawed.
I'd rather like hear why he thinks the cars he owns is more worthy. That would be more interesting that the one liners posted so far which is about as insightful as me saying grey is a crap colour and as useful a contribution as a trap door in a canoe.
Edited by Prestonese on Sunday 18th August 23:04
I wish all this Alpine fan v Cayman fan handbags stuff would stop!
I haven't driven an A110 but sat in one at Goodwood and knew right away I wanted one. I've only driven one Cayman (an old 987 on track), but again, really loved it. My dream garage would have both a A110 and a Cayman S (or GT4) in it because I love cars in this bracket (RWD, fast, but not too fast, not too big, reasonably light, etc, etc). Surely its possible to appreciate the qualities of both?
greenarrow said:
I wish all this Alpine fan v Cayman fan handbags stuff would stop!
I haven't driven an A110 but sat in one at Goodwood and knew right away I wanted one. I've only driven one Cayman (an old 987 on track), but again, really loved it. My dream garage would have both a A110 and a Cayman S (or GT4) in it because I love cars in this bracket (RWD, fast, but not too fast, not too big, reasonably light, etc, etc). Surely its possible to appreciate the qualities of both?
I don't thing it's fair to characterise most of the pro Alpine commentators as Alpine fan boys. If you look at peoples garages (or know the guys personally) you will find many of them have owned or still own Porsches - so they are not anti Porsche - just merely pro Alpine. I haven't driven an A110 but sat in one at Goodwood and knew right away I wanted one. I've only driven one Cayman (an old 987 on track), but again, really loved it. My dream garage would have both a A110 and a Cayman S (or GT4) in it because I love cars in this bracket (RWD, fast, but not too fast, not too big, reasonably light, etc, etc). Surely its possible to appreciate the qualities of both?
bcr5784 said:
greenarrow said:
I wish all this Alpine fan v Cayman fan handbags stuff would stop!
I haven't driven an A110 but sat in one at Goodwood and knew right away I wanted one. I've only driven one Cayman (an old 987 on track), but again, really loved it. My dream garage would have both a A110 and a Cayman S (or GT4) in it because I love cars in this bracket (RWD, fast, but not too fast, not too big, reasonably light, etc, etc). Surely its possible to appreciate the qualities of both?
I don't thing it's fair to characterise most of the pro Alpine commentators as Alpine fan boys. If you look at peoples garages (or know the guys personally) you will find many of them have owned or still own Porsches - so they are not anti Porsche - just merely pro Alpine. I haven't driven an A110 but sat in one at Goodwood and knew right away I wanted one. I've only driven one Cayman (an old 987 on track), but again, really loved it. My dream garage would have both a A110 and a Cayman S (or GT4) in it because I love cars in this bracket (RWD, fast, but not too fast, not too big, reasonably light, etc, etc). Surely its possible to appreciate the qualities of both?
Pleased Alpine are back with something so different to the current crop of budget sports cars.
greenarrow said:
I wish all this Alpine fan v Cayman fan handbags stuff would stop!
I haven't driven an A110 but sat in one at Goodwood and knew right away I wanted one. I've only driven one Cayman (an old 987 on track), but again, really loved it. My dream garage would have both a A110 and a Cayman S (or GT4) in it because I love cars in this bracket (RWD, fast, but not too fast, not too big, reasonably light, etc, etc). Surely its possible to appreciate the qualities of both?
It is and most of us do. Alpine for fun - cayman for the tip run I haven't driven an A110 but sat in one at Goodwood and knew right away I wanted one. I've only driven one Cayman (an old 987 on track), but again, really loved it. My dream garage would have both a A110 and a Cayman S (or GT4) in it because I love cars in this bracket (RWD, fast, but not too fast, not too big, reasonably light, etc, etc). Surely its possible to appreciate the qualities of both?
.I think you’ll find that we’re merely calling out the trolls who join a thread to say something pointless, get ignored and then repeat ad nauseum. Simonamg said, on a prior cayman v alpine thread, that he’d take an a45 over either so he’s not a cayman fan. He’s then joined an alpine thread to repeat how he doesn’t like the alpine. Rather pointless and has been called out.
greenarrow said:
Surely its possible to appreciate the qualities of both?
I certainly think so. I see the appeal of the Cayman; my money went into an Alpine. I'm happy to say why without bashing the Cayman.What strikes me as odd is when someone ventures into a thread about a car that doesn't float their boat just to post something snide and run. That, to me, is the very definition of childish trolling - just trying to get a reaction - and I don't quite understand why it's tolerated by whoever runs the place.
Addymk2 said:
Who in their right mind would fit a 'Race Chip' to an expensive car?
All that little box does is fools your standard ECU into thinking it's receiving optimum parameters. It tells your boost sensor that you're effectively getting less than peak boost, making the turbo work harder etc. The mind boggles.
For the same price you could have an actual remap designed for your car by a competent tuner.
This has to be a paid advertisement as no competent petrol head would go near one with a barge pole.
Yup!All that little box does is fools your standard ECU into thinking it's receiving optimum parameters. It tells your boost sensor that you're effectively getting less than peak boost, making the turbo work harder etc. The mind boggles.
For the same price you could have an actual remap designed for your car by a competent tuner.
This has to be a paid advertisement as no competent petrol head would go near one with a barge pole.
Wills2 said:
There is a good video of the Litchfield version vs a 718 GTS on carwow, the Litchfield car is bloody quick over the qtr mile, just beats the 718.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJuSx3zf9pg
That's very quick - around 1.7 seconds quicker than the standard model achieved in Autocar (two up I guess). In EVO the Cayman S got the ton in 9.3, so the Litchfield mod must take the Alpine into the 8s seeing as it beat the GTShttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJuSx3zf9pg
Seems like the drivetrain is covered
https://m.facebook.com/LitchfieldMotors/posts/2554...
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