Some of the dumbest things I read are from the guys noobs think are smart. That’s what is dangerous about these people.
So annually, your RS4 loses 85 HP if you don’t carbon clean? Strange because all the data I’ve seen shows it is about 3-4% of dyno power, over about two years, and who knows how much actual power performance is lost. Sure isn’t 20% though. Jesus.
lol…I missed a lot here…I’m totally impressed by what Saki said about Pete.
Bear I’m sure you can say the same about me, I get the OPP nasty-grams in the mail pretty frequently…and it’s always some f–king retard in the left lane who thinks that they can out-drag me 100-160 when I finally decide to pass them on the right.
I lol’d too about organizing ATCO, it was hilarious but a few people like Marty really stepped up when we got there. A couple conspicuous absentees (cough cough)…and if I am allowed to say it here…all the the 6mt drivers were shit, except for Vitaliy (russians learn to drive stick at age 3, I think), who lost his master cylinder on the first pass.
I don’t know about A2.0T, his shifts looked fast on vbox but it looked really violently F&F-like in the video. If he can launch, and if GIAC S2 = APR S2, which is hopefully likely, he may surprise. I’d say he’d teeter on the low edge of 12s.
PP, who maybe I am biased about because he belongs to my hairy little clan of countrymen, in all honesty, did quite well considering he got his car in the Eurotuner GP and all of us are just reading about it here and commenting…and I definitely recognized the name Shawn Church, whos dyno they used, as just a regular forum participant way back when we all got our first taste of the b18C…cheers to him.
It’s always the same scenario…someone who doesn’t want to let me by and when I try to pass on the right eventually, they floor it…I have a strict no-middle-finger, no driver engagement policy in my car, passengers included, it seems to get those people even more upset when I won’t even look, or worse, sometimes I smile and wave at them.
I like to do a very simple 3 point plan for tailgaters
rear fogs - this is immediate when people tailgate. They generally think you’re braking so they back off. Then they struggle with why I am continuing forward and evenaccelerating with my ‘brake’ lights on. Then they wonder why their eyes hurt…and squint a lot. The rear fogs are like laser beams on the B7
slow play - next I go the speed limit or slower. Nothing drives ‘in-a-rush’ tailgaters crazy more than someone going the speed limit. I don’t do this in the passing lane on the highway of course, but around town or in the other lanes of the highway. Maybe in the passing lane actually if someone is tailgating me when I’m already stuck behind traffic and can’t go. If you tailgate someone who is stuck, you’re a dickhead idiot.
bye-bye - if there is a clear spot, this is the final step. this is usually when the guy behind is ready to cry due to 1 and 2, and I can see him fuming and watching me in my rear view mirror. I give him the bye-bye wave, and will take off. This is always funny because his car is always shit…when you tailgate, you’re usually an impatient guy with a shit life, it seems, and his car is not going to catch mine.
on one of the local exotic cruises there was a guy who had recently received a very threatening letter like the one you described however it was from the regional police force he was driving like a maniac through. The letter said a complainant estimated he was travelling at 200 km/h in a 60 zone.
lol Saki, I was comparing to your tailgate plan. It’s really simple, I don’t do highway games. If someone is faster than me behind me, I move right. If someone in front of me doesn’t want to move over, eventually I’ll have to pass them on the right. If they like to play games and speed up, then it’s up to whoever has the faster car.
I said already that on the highway if a dickhead is tailgating me when I’m in the left lane and I am being held up, that is the only time this happens. But thanks for the driving lesson! Next can you tell me about where babies come from?