kerryfalk

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by kerryfalk 10y ago
I don't really grasp your analogy but your definition of advertising is not complete. Advertising does indeed include messages to increase product/brand awareness. It could be argued that in most advertising, this is actually the
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by kerryfalk 10y ago
Reducing the cost of getting your message to the market without changing your customer acquisition rate is by definition not a zero sum game.
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by kerryfalk 10y ago
Stop working. Consult lawyer. Seek alternate employment.
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by kerryfalk 10y ago
You have to put a big turbo, 3mm seals, and suffer turbo lag, etc. almost any car can get a lot of power with a turbo but N/A power is the place for me. I'm rebuilding my S2000 right now turning it into a 2.4L stroker for 300+ hp.
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by kerryfalk 10y ago
I caught the power bug. FC > e30 BMW > AP1 S2000 > W204 C63 P31
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by kerryfalk 10y ago
FD's are, not so sure about their older counterparts the FB and FC. I had an FC. ;)
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by kerryfalk 10y ago
This isn't what happens, though. As others have mentioned, the engine ends up under the car.
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by kerryfalk 10y ago
Admittedly I didn't read the whole story, the click-bait title got me. I had a girlfriend with a similar device attached to her (an LVAD). At first it was a little unnerving seeing her unplug the batteries that were keeping her alive a
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by kerryfalk 10y ago
Many trucks are owned by the drivers and not part of a fleet. I don't know what the ratio is nationally but I can say locally it's probably in the range of 50%, maybe even more are owner-operators vs. company fleet. So this pricin
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by kerryfalk 10y ago
I can't tell if this is clever baiting or not. This was email with friends before MySpace.
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by kerryfalk 10y ago
Agreed. Everything I read that he said I can relate to. They are feelings that if presented with the same situation I think I would probably feel. I read this story thinking about how difficult it would be to go from not feeling it, to feel
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by kerryfalk 11y ago
There are a lot of tech nerds in motorsports.
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by kerryfalk 11y ago
Sorry, you're misinformed on what ESC and traction control do, it seems, and the rhetoric makes for a difficult conversation. I didn't take them, I taught them. We call the driver aids "nannies" in motorsports because th
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by kerryfalk 11y ago
HN Is a lot more combative with posters making broad assumptions than I remember. In that hypothetical situation I might wish that they had taken some high performance driving courses from me or my colleagues/friends. And spent time be
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by kerryfalk 11y ago
You're right. I will not be changing my behavior. ;)
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by kerryfalk 11y ago
No one is at risk. Most people should not disable the nannies. ;)
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by kerryfalk 11y ago
Even at idle the turbo is spinning. Engine RPM at highway speeds isn't vastly different than engine RPM at city speeds (perhaps a few hundred RPM in the average car). Therefore turbo lag also isn't vastly different. Variable vein
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by kerryfalk 11y ago
C Class AMGs start around $80k.
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by kerryfalk 11y ago
? The M4 is basically an M3 - they've been around that price range for quite a while. What else can you obtain with similar performance numbers and fit and finish for "way less money spent" ?
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by kerryfalk 11y ago
We're veering off topic a bit but I've come to learn Mercedes pretty well now. I'd put money on your feeling with the Mercedes being two-fold: 1) The gearing: They're long gears and it defaults to selecting a very tall g
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by kerryfalk 11y ago
A turbo is a better driving experience on the highway. How so? I would perceive no difference between a turbo'd engine and a Naturally Aspirated one while driving on the highway at a constant speed. Engine responsiveness as per the p
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by kerryfalk 11y ago
The CLK430 has a 275 HP V8 and the car weighs nearly 4,000lbs. That's not a lot of power for a vehicle of that size and non-AMG models aren't geared for acceleration. The surge you experience is probably the transmission down-shif
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by kerryfalk 11y ago
C63's default to comfort mode. They don't introduce any lag in comfort modes, they simply select a higher gear than what would be ideal and up-shift at lower RPMs (1,800RPM in a C63). Source: I own a C63 and my startup procedure
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by kerryfalk 11y ago
Guesses as I don't know which specific models you're referring to: The parent's lack of throttle response is most likely due to turbo lag. Modern cars are getting better with variable vein turbos. If your Mom's Mercedes
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by kerryfalk 11y ago
The new C7 'vette is leaps and bounds ahead of the previous generations. It's not the same as you might expect from other performance vehicles in terms of fit and finish but it is quite a bit better than what they used to produce
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by kerryfalk 11y ago
ATS-V/CTS-V
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by kerryfalk 11y ago
On that topic: the selection of the driven wheels probably matters less than people think. The most important factor is the tires. Want winter traction? Buy winter tires. In modern cars Active Stability Control (ASC) is effective in elimina
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by kerryfalk 11y ago
Not true. I've always driven RWD and have competed in National Amateur racing events with the SCCA (and taught high performance driving techniques at my local club). I setup my cars with a heafty amount of rear toe-in (1/4").
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by kerryfalk 11y ago
The P85D is a massive step from a base Model S in terms of performance. It has super car levels of performance. I wouldn't be surprised to see a Model 3 with something like a P65D besting M3/C63 performance numbers.
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by kerryfalk 11y ago
"I am not racist or anything, but 100% of them in Geneva are black - that's 5 years of experience" ...it doesn't seem far of a stretch to make the leap to using your statement here to indicate that you may in fact be rac

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