02-05-2019, 12:28 AM | #11 |
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I was happy that the Alfa I rented in Germany was the 'regular' 6 speed.
I really liked the one I had. If they'd bring the diesel over here - that would be an interesting car. And one I'd consider. I think I got mid 30's in my time with it.
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02-05-2019, 06:20 AM | #12 |
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Really great write up ... this car sounds like a really fun one, looking forward to your experiences with it !!
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02-05-2019, 09:03 AM | #13 |
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I would buy the Spider before this car. But, I'm glad you're enjoying it!
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02-05-2019, 09:08 AM | #14 | |
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02-05-2019, 10:55 AM | #15 | |
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Glad you're loving the car!!! I hope they fix the brake issue though.
I'm reading up on it and found this article. https://www.popularmechanics.com/car...brake-by-wire/ Quote:
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It's not just 17.2feet at 60mph, but the potential reduction of speed before an impact. Someone with stronger math skills than me can figure out if the speeds in this example work out, but if you're traveling at 60mph and the booster gets you down to 20mph before you hit something, that impact is likely to be much more survivable with less chance of injury, and less damage than if you were only down to 25mph. But it sounds like they need to fix the mapping. Maybe one in every 10,000 brake applications do we wish we we had/used significantly more brake on initial application? 30,000? And we rarely intend for more than slight application at onset anyway. There were some pretty unpleasant DBW throttles early on when they didn't have linear mappings (set aside off throttle/rev hang characteristics). Some are pretty good now. Some still suck.
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I also love the fact that since I got to meet her I can actually picture her saying this
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02-05-2019, 12:26 PM | #20 |
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