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big crush on Chad OMG posted:Yeah same here. I'm at about 26 and it's primarily highway. The high speeds really kill it though. Nothing like following a statey going 90 Once I drove from the valley over the hill on the 101->405 to a place to put ceramic paint coating protection on the car. Averaged 43mpg on that trip.
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Sagebrush posted:It's almost as though fuel economy figures are essentially meaningless for the average driver and only provide a means of comparison They are good for pages of tiring posts about what goons can hypermile theirs to though.
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I was pleasantly surprised the first time I took a long trip up in the mountains to discover that aerodynamic drag really does make a huge difference to your fuel economy. Riding around (highway speeds) at 10,000 feet, where the air is only two-thirds as dense as at sea level, I got like 25% better mileage than I do down in the city. No specific numbers because nobody gives an actual poo poo
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The EPA rates my car at a certain number, sometimes I get it, sometimes not! Please let's spend another 10 pages discussing this fascinating phenomenon. New Mclaren instrument cluster is some anime poo poo 
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Wistful of Dollars posted:How have you Challenger (or I guess, Dodge) owners found your vehicles in terms of reliability? I had a lifter failure at 40,000 miles that wrecked the camshaft, and at the same time, the differential had to be replaced because it had a hell of a clunk when going on- or off-throttle or shifting into gear. They didn't tell me the root cause, they just said it was "out of specification".
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BigPaddy posted:Nice personal attack. I'm sorry. I shouldn't drunkpost.
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Throatwarbler posted:The EPA rates my car at a certain number, sometimes I get it, sometimes not! Please let's spend another 10 pages discussing this fascinating phenomenon. And yet I bet it still takes 30 seconds and four inputs to raise the nose in order to clear a speed hump.
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My car is supposed to get 19 average. I've got 14.7mpg over the 9800 miles I've had it. I know I'm lower than average on freeway mileage, but dayam. My actual mileage is lower than the rated city mileage. 
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drgitlin posted:And yet I bet it still takes 30 seconds and four inputs to raise the nose in order to clear a speed hump. I'm sorry I took you on that road, I didn't remember all those speed bumps! (I was just telling my wife that story since we're looking at houses right around there.) Also, what is the point of that display. When do you use one over the other?
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http://www.caranddriver.com/news/2018-porsche-panamera-sport-turismo-photos-and-info-news     I wonder if i could get a mortgage for one and live in it.
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Mar 2, 2017 04:26
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It looks good, but that interior colour reminds me of so many 1970s cars
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You Am I posted:It looks good, but that interior colour reminds me of so many 1970s cars The term you're looking for is fuckin cozy.
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You Am I posted:It looks good, but that interior colour reminds me of so many 1970s cars Exact same color as the faded maroon plastic and carpet in my 1986 Camaro.
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Mar 2, 2017 04:43
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A Porsche station wagon just seems so wrong. 
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Deteriorata posted:A Porsche station wagon just seems so wrong. wrong. Or at least not nearly as bad as an SUV
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The proportions on the Panamera look sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much better in wagon form.
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Mar 2, 2017 04:54
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They finally managed to make the Panamera not hideous. Pity no one will buy them :/
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Mar 2, 2017 04:58
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That's what that car wanted to be all this time.
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Powershift posted:http://www.caranddriver.com/news/2018-porsche-panamera-sport-turismo-photos-and-info-news You Am I posted:It looks good, but that interior colour reminds me of so many 1970s cars
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skipdogg posted:I disagree so much with the EPA highway testing schedule. What kind of highway driving do people average 48MPH with a top speed of 60MPH? I don't feel this test is accurate whatsoever at todays highway speeds. Here in Texas it's 75 outside the major cities. I've never once got the EPA Highway estimate in the Ford Explorer we own. I'm sure if I set the cruise to 60MPH i'd get closer, but I'd also get run off the road by 18 wheelers hauling rear end on the highway as well. SEATTLE
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fknlo posted:The proportions on the Panamera look sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much better in wagon form. It's what the Panamera should have been the day it launched.
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megaquote sorryEnergizerFellow posted:I wonder how many turbo 1.5/2.0/2.5/3.0L L3/4/5/6 common engine projects are currently in-flight. I think the end of the evolutionary line for gas engines in average cars will be turbo engines with some number of 500cc pistons. FuturePastNow posted:Didn't GM design a really good straight six for the Trailblazer that they could chop one or two cylinders off for smaller vehicles, then close that plant and stop making them? IT'S FUCKIN DOGSHIT Twerk from Home posted:I think we're overlooking the real meat here: triples sound better than I4s anyway. Olympic Mathlete posted:I3s on ITBs = yesssssssss A Fiesta that sounds like a turbo STriple or FZ09 would be very rad. KakerMix posted:Another reason to let a computer drive instead of the person. Yeah, if the computer is driving you're not going to care whether you're going 55 or 75 while playing on your phone, so I'd imagine gas mileage is going to go way up. Driving is too stressful of an activity for most people and it makes them drive like idiots, on top of being bad with the mechanics of driving in general. KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:I'm enjoying my rental one right now but good Lord is it a big car. You shouldn't have to do the Miata "crane your neck forward to see the stoplight" thing on a car that big. MrOnBicycle posted:A couple of years ago I could probably stomach a diesel (even if it feels wrong in a nicer / sportier car, but with the talks of diesel bans in many places in Europe I'm not keen at all. The diesel bans are a (sort of necessary) overcorrection for decades of bad policy, but I think many of the bans are going to exempt Euro4-compliant diesels. If they don't it's because they're coming at it from the viewpoint that everyone's cheating instead of tested differences. I'm keeping an open mind on the new diesel CX5, as it's going to have urea injection and should be "actually clean" and not "VW clean." If the emission numbers are better than the gas motor I think I can justify it to myself. Seat Safety Switch posted:That's what that car wanted to be all this time. Where's the fancy spoiler though?
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EnergizerFellow posted:It's what the Panamera should have been the day it launched. Seriously. I don't know if I ever really saw that floated as an idea among all the complaints of its weird proportions. I never really hated the Panamera or anything but this totally fixes most of my major visual complaints.
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Throatwarbler posted:New Mclaren instrument cluster davebo posted:Also, what is the point of that display. When do you use one over the other? You use the small one most of the time but the big one pops up when you are chasing the bad guy after the second commercial break and the theme to the TV show starts playing. Also your car has a turbo boost or wings or stealth mode or something.
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A few friends of mine have worked on the Land Rover Velar and stupid name aside I'm kinda digging it. Luxo as gently caress. The Union Jack pattern punched into the leather sounds like it'd be awful buuuuuuuuut is actually pretty rad. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEz3tuXrw9o
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Olympic Mathlete posted:A few friends of mine have worked on the Land Rover Velar and stupid name aside I'm kinda digging it. Luxo as gently caress. The Union Jack pattern punched into the leather sounds like it'd be awful buuuuuuuuut is actually pretty rad. I'm imagining tapping on that cold flat panel on the bottom to set the A/C temp and it's making me sad. I hope it has haptic feedback.
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wallaka posted:I had a lifter failure at 40,000 miles that wrecked the camshaft, and at the same time, the differential had to be replaced because it had a hell of a clunk when going on- or off-throttle or shifting into gear. They didn't tell me the root cause, they just said it was "out of specification". Is this a common issue? I'm under the impression the big V8s are pretty bulletproof, being iron-block pushrod truck engines that have been around since like, '03. Mine has a tick though, and the dealership says they all do that.
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DEUCE SLUICE posted:Where's the fancy spoiler though? It still has one. It's just .. in a hatch.
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KakerMix posted:I'm imagining tapping on that cold flat panel on the bottom to set the A/C temp and it's making me sad. I hope it has haptic feedback. There's something I dislike about touchscreen poo poo but it looks like on this at least you can select stuff with your finger and then adjust with the dual dials underneath. I feel going complete touchscreen is a lovely idea and people are doing it simply because they want to make their interiors look clean rather than offering the best user experience.
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fknlo posted:The proportions on the Panamera look sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much better in wagon form. Oh god yes. Still kinda sad but this elicits much, much less visceral hatred from me than a Cayenne *angrily spits on ground*
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The Porsche Panzerowagen looks great and I would guess that most buyers would have been perfectly happy with it on release even if it was the only choice.
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Now if only it wasn't going to cost $100k+ Totally fixes all my gripes with the Panamera. It'd be great if it is successful and signals a return of hot wagons. Doubtful though.
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I guess I'm that guy, because the Panamera, whether in wagon form or not, has, and will always, look like hammered dog poo poo.
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Olympic Mathlete posted:A few friends of mine have worked on the Land Rover Velar and stupid name aside I'm kinda digging it. Luxo as gently caress. The Union Jack pattern punched into the leather sounds like it'd be awful buuuuuuuuut is actually pretty rad. The idea of capacitive touch on the steering wheel makes me throw up in my mouth a little.
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Guinness posted:Now if only it wasn't going to cost $100k+ So wait, is it still rear engined? So there's all that hatch room AND a frunk?
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Mr. Wiggles posted:So wait, is it still rear engined? So there's all that hatch room AND a frunk? The Panamera is not rear-engined, it is front-engined.
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CornHolio posted:Is this a common issue? I'm under the impression the big V8s are pretty bulletproof, being iron-block pushrod truck engines that have been around since like, '03. Mine has a tick though, and the dealership says they all do that. I don't think it's very common. And your dealership was right, at least for all of them I've ever been around. It doesn't seem to matter if they have the displacement on demand lifters or not.
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poo poo, we talked about BMW saturating a market. How many models does Land Rover now have? RR, RR Sport, RR Evoque, RR Velar, Discovery, Discovery Sport How the gently caress do you differentiate that many SUVs? Especially since the Land Rovers basically both look the same and so do the Range Rovers.
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travisray2004 posted:poo poo, we talked about BMW saturating a market. How many models does Land Rover now have? Evoque: Luxury Small Velar: Luxury Medium Sport: Luxury Large RR: Luxury Extra Large Discovery Sport: Offroad Medium Discovery: Offroad Large LR4: Offroad Extra Large Land Rover adding the Velar finally has a vehicle that competes with the popular X3 / Q5 / GLC / F-Pace / Macan segment.
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