10-12-2023, 10:23 AM | #31 | |
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10-12-2023, 03:08 PM | #32 | |
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I used Pearl Vision for a while. It's all wireless, mostly solar charging. One piece goes around license plate frame. One plugs into OBD port. Then using wifi, you run a phone app. Unfortunately they seemed to have gone out of business, and Apple deleted their app from the store recently. They do work on droid but not as well. Sad as they were a bunch of ex-Apple engineers and it's well thought put together product. |
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05-17-2024, 01:29 PM | #33 |
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Matt Farah did a similar thing on the Smoking Tire (though the G80 is an AWD comp).
https://youtu.be/pn2aRFuSL2E?si=d53rbiptrcO0lrUh |
05-17-2024, 02:18 PM | #34 | |
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I do drive an ancient hydraulic steering car every day. And it’s also overrated, guys. Just saying. None of the modern cars I own has steering feel. It kind of doesn’t matter to me anymore. What matters to me is turn in bite versus push at turn in. The power difference sounds like a vast divide. I could not myself live with a 4000lb car and like it. It’s antithetical to sports car to me. My brain just couldn’t make the two concepts merge. Sorry. At that weight, I’m just going full EV and buying a Lucid Ridiculous or something. To TD’s point, feels like Alfa makes edgy products. Feels like BMW kind of does….but it feels too workshopped. Too many focus groups or something.
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05-17-2024, 02:32 PM | #35 | |
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I've kind of lost interest in ICE performance sedans due to EVs. The point of such cars is to blend practicality/performance/fun into a single daily drivable package. But, I just dont find any of them compelling enough to overcome the BS. The only current sedan on the market that sounds like it could maybe be enough in terms of engagement would be the CT5 blackwing with a manual. But, its still a pretty large car (to your point it weighs over 4000) and gets terrible fuel economy; would I really want to daily drive such a thing? Not really. OTOH, I do find the instant torque of an EV something that you can enjoy in everyday driving situations. So, I think I'm probably going to focus on figuring out the right sports car to buy to scratch my enthusiast itch for that 10% of the time when I could really enjoy it. |
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05-17-2024, 04:33 PM | #36 |
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As Farah points out, the manual G80 is a very different proposition (and despite the extra power is much closer in terms of the way it drives to the F80).
The weight issue is huge, though. I think it was the Savage Geese guys that posited that Biermann leaving was the difference between “caring about weight” and “not giving a shit.” Not sure how true that is but it is remarkable how stark the difference is. And yeah the F80 and G80 both have numb steering but if I’m going to be honest, so did the E90. |
05-17-2024, 04:42 PM | #37 |
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I want an G80 but it's difficult to justify given I live in the city and have a 987 and v8 X7. The M3 sits somewhere between those and would be fun as hell but certainly a silly luxury purchase. That said, the last manual transmission M3...
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05-23-2024, 10:31 AM | #38 | |
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Yeah - the m3 is more of a “do it all” car but it sounds like you have those bases covered already Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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