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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1400 on: July 01, 2015, 02:19:51 AM »
Lol, drive one. If you somehow miss FWD retardation, you should just go back to AWD and get rid of the 86. Makes me wonder if you're the right type of driver for the 86 to even say that.
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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1401 on: July 01, 2015, 06:42:42 AM »
FWD "retardation" can only be spoken by someone living in fair weather conditions. I'm 100% okay with my FWD "retardation" with 2 feet of snow on the ground and plenty of rain through the year.

Guess I'm "retarded" though, I mean fuck me for living in a state that has 4 seasons where RWD is "retarded" 1/4+ of the time.
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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1402 on: July 01, 2015, 06:58:11 AM »
Quote from: keanex on July 01, 2015, 06:42:42 AM
FWD "retardation" can only be spoken by someone living in fair weather conditions. I'm 100% okay with my FWD "retardation" with 2 feet of snow on the ground and plenty of rain through the year.

Guess I'm "retarded" though, I mean fuck me for living in a state that has 4 seasons where RWD is "retarded" 1/4+ of the time.

Easy tiger. Refer to my context of someone who already bought a RWD 86 after owning an AWD Subaru looking at a FWD Focus for driving thrills. You don't know my history with Sachu's car buying spree over the past year so chill out freakazoid.

If weather is your primary concern, I suppose choosing FWD over AWD could be seen as a mild form of retardation.

Btw, I have an AWD Subaru in sunny California and my 86 has snow mode. Thanks for asking.

I consider anyone who finds FWD dynamics to be equivalent with RWD or AWD to be the equivalent of someone who claims the K812 or Shure 1840 is a HD800 killer. In other words, delusional. One might prefer it for their subjective tastes, but it is simply NOT better. Unless physics is now subjective too. Anyone who links something about the latest Honda or Renault Megane will get kicked in the nutz.
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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1403 on: July 01, 2015, 12:56:33 PM »
FWD is lame.

I drove the WRX again. Since I've pretty much settled on it. Still fun. Still stupid fast. Wish it didn't have as much turbo lag a from a stop and the brakes were better. Can fix the latter with pads, maybe fix the former with a tune. I put a deposit down on for an order at an out of state dealer because they came in about $600 below invoice.
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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1404 on: July 01, 2015, 01:37:45 PM »
I drive my RWD V8 T-Bird in the snow.  Just takes a little practice.

If you've got something with more power you might want an extra set of rims and separate winter tires though.
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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1405 on: July 01, 2015, 04:19:45 PM »
Yeah, sorry I was really drunk and pissed off that I lost my keys. Sorry about that.

Edit: and I would definitely take awd over fwd for what It's worth.
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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1406 on: July 01, 2015, 04:40:09 PM »
Quote from: evanft on July 01, 2015, 12:56:33 PM
Wish it didn't have as much turbo lag a from a stop and the brakes were better. Can fix the latter with pads, maybe fix the former with a tune.

Let the brakes bed in for a couple thousand miles first. My FRS brakes were utter shit out the box, but feel better now. I'll still upgrade them later cuz I like to stop on a dime.

Quote from: maverickronin on July 01, 2015, 01:37:45 PM
If you've got something with more power you might want an extra set of rims and separate winter tires though.

^This. Tires almost greater than everything else. Have a problem you want resolved? Look at your tires first then elsewhere.

Quote from: keanex on July 01, 2015, 04:19:45 PM
Yeah, sorry I was really drunk and pissed off that I lost my keys. Sorry about that.

No worries. I do it all the time and I don't need to be drunk.
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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1407 on: July 01, 2015, 05:57:35 PM »
Like the color! Too bad Donald North just bought a new car.  :(

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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1408 on: July 01, 2015, 06:01:05 PM »
isn't the Focus Rs supposed to be AWD though??

Then there is talk about the GT86 being modelled on the Miata platform in the future.

But heck, I LOVE driving my GT86.

Took a girl for a spin, literally the other day.

Got her all worked up after. SOO easy to do a 360 turn with this car.
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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1409 on: July 01, 2015, 06:19:48 PM »
Quote from: sachu on July 01, 2015, 06:01:05 PM
isn't the Focus Rs supposed to be AWD though??

Then there is talk about the GT86 being modelled on the Miata platform in the future.

But heck, I LOVE driving my GT86.

Took a girl for a spin, literally the other day.

Got her all worked up after. SOO easy to do a 360 turn with this car.

Appears you are right. I was thinking Fiesta ST. Focus, Fiesta, Tomatoe, Tomato. I never thought Ford would bring the AWD variant to the states as it's always been Euro only.
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