georgerobinson

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by georgerobinson 7y ago
> However unlike a traditional ICE, an EV has 100% torque with almost zero latency. Insignificant I'm afraid. A good track driver never has the engine outside the power band, even on the slowest corners. In race mode almost all auto
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by georgerobinson 7y ago
Sure! So an example is the old Renault Sport Clios. These had the 2.0 NA F4R 830 motor with cable actuated throttles. The combination of this and no turbo means the throttle response is immediate, much better than newer turbo cars with driv
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by georgerobinson 7y ago
Sure there is! The performance is just one feature of the engine. It has immense character, sound and response - possibly one of the best engines ever made. You don't need to drive it fast or irresponsibly on the road to enjoy it. It&#
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by georgerobinson 7y ago
That is more or less correct, look at the Aston Martin Vulcan, Ferrari 599XX, P1 GTR, or just about any street-legal car someone has turned into a non street legal race car. There is an argument to be made whether a feature should be banned
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by georgerobinson 7y ago
I agree! I have no issue with better safety regulations, stricter emissions regulations, drive by wire, crash zones, etc - to make cars better for people to use everyday. What is frustrating is that we are now unable to offer features in hi
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by georgerobinson 7y ago
I live in the U.K, I pay $1.75 per litre.
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by georgerobinson 7y ago
I would quite like to own an EV, but are still too expensive for me! I also read that the batteries do not like repeated full-throttle accelerations as it causes excessive heat build-up and accelerated degradation on the cells. To reduce th
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by georgerobinson 7y ago
Yes and no. Cars are less responsive than ever as manufacturers insert artificial latency into electric throttle-by-wire to reduce emissions. However, at the same time cars continue to become heavier and heavier with each new model or gener
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by georgerobinson 7y ago
I think one of the issues is that the Prius starts from $30,000 here - which is quite a lot - and a lot of cheaper, but still economical cars are available for much less.
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by georgerobinson 7y ago
Toyota Prius do not exist in Western Europe outside Uber. They are synonymous with Uber driver and rarely ever bought for private use.
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by georgerobinson 7y ago
Yes. I'm not saying that people in the market for a Ford Fiesta are instead going out and buying a 3 series. People who want a hatchback and going out and buying hatchbacks. But people who want saloons and estate cars are largely buyin
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by georgerobinson 7y ago
It's the same in Western Europe, the difference is that cheap lease deals and finance have made them affordable for a significant amount of people and so these cars are extremely common. You see more 3 series than Toyota's or Hyun
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by georgerobinson 7y ago
> Let me introduce you to the transverse mounted V6... Fair point! V6s were never really suitable for transverse layouts, but it did at least give us some wonderful sounding cars from the likes of Alfa Romeo and others.
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by georgerobinson 7y ago
As I replied in another comment: > Oil changes color as it captures contaminates such as soot, carbon deposits, etc. It can operate effectively while brown-ish, but if the oil is carrying too much it will blacken and start to thicken at
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by georgerobinson 7y ago
Oil changes color as it captures contaminates such as soot, carbon deposits, etc. It can operate effectively while brown-ish, but if the oil is carrying too much it will blacken and start to thicken at which point it will be much less effec
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by georgerobinson 7y ago
It's interesting that a lot of readers here and websites in the U.S are saying oil changes every 3,000 or 5,000 miles. This is absolutely not the case in Europe where most cars are on 10,000 or 20,000 mile intervals. I wonder if this i
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by georgerobinson 7y ago
It's the same organization, Jaguar Land Rover / JLR.
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by georgerobinson 7y ago
Clutches will last 80,000 miles on most cars unless driven unsympathetically by either dumping the clutch or riding it frequently. Fluid and spark plugs are some of the cheapest maintenance you can do on ICE cars. Timing belts, aux belts, w
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by georgerobinson 7y ago
It is true that a lot of synthetic oils are approved for 10, 15 and even 20,000 miles in some cases. However, if you actually look at the oil after 10,000 miles it's usually very dark brown despite the high mileage rating so I personal
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by georgerobinson 7y ago
I don't have any data to back this up but I would think that most cars going into the dealership network for maintenance are still under warranty; are less than 5 years old and not going in for expensive or time consuming engine work s
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by georgerobinson 7y ago
It's also possible to purchase cars that are extraordinarily expensive that the average person walking in the street wouldn't think twice about: - Renault 5 Turbo: now worth anywhere between £60,000 and £120,000 - Peugeot 205 GTI:
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by georgerobinson 7y ago
More fun compared to what? A 911 GT3? Challenger Hellcat? Toyota Corolla?
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by georgerobinson 7y ago
Of course, but an enthusiast doesn't purchase a sports car for the 90% case, it's purchased for the 10% case - road trips to some of the best driving roads in the world. If you just want a flash car to get to work and back well th
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by georgerobinson 7y ago
This is for renting sports cars (fun cars) for weekend use. Enterprise and the like don't have such cars available in the U.K, it's more of a specialist market.
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by georgerobinson 7y ago
It sounds like you're just not driving on the right public roads. In the US, to name just a couple, there are: - Hells Canyon, Idaho - Saddle Road, Hawaii - Mulholland Highway, California - Route 9W to Storm King High
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by georgerobinson 7y ago
I looked at this for a fun car to use at the weekends twice a month but it wasn't cost effective. To rent for a weekend: - Rental: £300 (dependent on the car, but £300 was the cheapest) - Fuel: £100 To do it twice a month,
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by georgerobinson 8y ago
It would be a pain. Take that 35KWh car on track, do a 15 minute session and then have to wait another 45-60 minutes for it to charge back up?
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by georgerobinson 8y ago
This is a common misconception. Mass is still mass, no matter how optimally it is placed in the chassis. A Lotus Exige already has near perfect weight distribution and low center of gravity. Since it is mid-engined it also has 160KG of engi
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by georgerobinson 8y ago
What we're now describing is more or less the power and torque curve as you rightly mentioned. My worry here is that we're kind of categorizing all internal combustion engines as having the same kind of power/torque curves wh
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by georgerobinson 8y ago
One of the largest challenges with high performance EVs is cooling and weight. Both of these affect performance. A Lotus Exige 380 Cup, with the 2GR-FE 3.5 supercharged V6 from the Toyota Camry weights just 1105KG, of which 163KG is the eng

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