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What hot hatch do you own? This poll is closed. |
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| Golf GTI / R / R32 |
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196 | 0.02% |
| Impreza WRX / STi |
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133 | 0.01% |
| Mazdaspeed 3 |
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92 | 0.01% |
| Veloster Turbo |
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20 | 0.00% |
| Focus ST |
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149 | 0.01% |
| Other Hot Hatch |
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230 | 0.02% |
| Elantra GT |
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1000001 | 99.92% |
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Unamerican small car
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Mar 21, 2018 22:39
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i dunno about that i had some souped up charger dude like do the race engine a bunch of times at a red light and then launch it at the green to the fiesta, flipping me off the whole time and im just like yeah whatever dude yer fast got it.
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Mar 21, 2018 22:42
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dats people in power cars at trackdays getting passed by spec miatas
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Mar 21, 2018 22:43
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sneakyfrog posted:i dunno about that i had some souped up charger dude like do the race engine a bunch of times at a red light and then launch it at the green to the fiesta, flipping me off the whole time and im just like yeah whatever dude yer fast got it. They seem to get doubly agitated when you refuse to race them. I sometimes wonder if it's not some law enforcement bait thing; the Miami police had a couple of riced out seized Civics years ago they'd roll around in and write tickets. But I know that's not likely and it's almost certainly just some twit.
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Mar 21, 2018 22:48
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WescottF1 posted:Last Thursday I was heading out of town in the GTI to see a band and wanted to stop at the ATM to pick up some beer money. There was this assweasel in a Challenger in front of me. He kept slowing way down and then stomping on it to fly up to the rear end of the car that was several car lengths ahead. Did this about 5 times and there was no way I wanted to be in front of him so I hung back... I remember driving through southern Illinois one time in a GTI and getting stuck behind a guy in a Challenger going 10 mph below the speed limit on some two lane backroad. When it looked ok to pass, I pulled out in to oncoming traffic and accelerated, only to find that the rear end in a top hat started accelerating so I couldn't pass him before oncoming traffic. Got the finger when I passed him later. 
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Mar 21, 2018 22:54
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Residency Evil posted:I remember driving through southern Illinois one time in a GTI and getting stuck behind a guy in a Challenger going 10 mph below the speed limit on some two lane backroad. When it looked ok to pass, I pulled out in to oncoming traffic and accelerated, only to find that the rear end in a top hat started accelerating so I couldn't pass him before oncoming traffic. Got the finger when I passed him later. This has happened to every single one of us. There's always some rear end in a top hat who sees a passing car and says gently caress THAT I HAVE TO WIN THIS RACE.
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Mar 21, 2018 22:55
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WescottF1 posted:Challenger Well there's the problem. I just assume anybody driving a Charger/Challenger/Ram is a complete loving moron, and anecdotally, most times I'm not wrong.
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Mar 22, 2018 02:21
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a mysterious cloak posted:Well there's the problem. I just assume anybody driving a Charger/Challenger/Ram is a complete loving moron, and anecdotally, most times I'm not wrong. Parts going in hopefully before friday for weekend test n tune... 
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Mar 22, 2018 02:39
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Christobevii3 posted:Parts going in hopefully before friday for weekend test n tune... Are those DCTs on the shelf below? Guessing so due to the two shafts but I’ve never actually seen one.
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Mar 22, 2018 03:10
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Nissan 240sx engines probably
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Mar 22, 2018 03:25
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Rhyno posted:This has happened to every single one of us. There's always some rear end in a top hat who sees a passing car and says gently caress THAT I HAVE TO WIN THIS RACE. This happened to me when I was stuck behind a douchebro in his lifted truck rolling coal in my face. I passed him, but it took me getting up to ~110.
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Mar 22, 2018 04:32
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Has anyone installed auto headlights on their VW? My 2017 GTI Sport didn't come with them, but I previously drove an E-Golf (which was fully teched out) and I got SUPER used to never messing with the headlights. That has lead to a couple of situations where I've left the house at night and didn't immediately turn on my headlights. I always figure it out pretty quickly of course, but still, not good. My concern is that the solutions I've seen are a bit low-tech (basically just a light sensor with no delay or smart logic) so going under a bridge or something would probably cause the headlights to flick on for a second. That's not ideal, but if anyone has experience with a setup like this I would love to hear about it. It's really cheap to buy the required parts and install it, so if it's mostly a good experience I'll probably do it. Taima fucked around with this message at 16:36 on Mar 24, 2018 |
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Mar 24, 2018 16:31
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Fiesta ST rear brakes are loving garbage. After hearing significant pad drag sounds over the last week and seeing patchy wear on the rear rotors, I took a look. Car is less than 2 years old, pins are seized almost entirely. Not a hint of grease left in this side. Replaced the rotors, pads were in good shape so hopefully this will be the end of my shhk shhhk shhk sounds... 
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Mar 24, 2018 18:14
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Taima posted:Has anyone installed auto headlights on their VW? My 2017 GTI Sport didn't come with them, but I previously drove an E-Golf (which was fully teched out) and I got SUPER used to never messing with the headlights. That has lead to a couple of situations where I've left the house at night and didn't immediately turn on my headlights. I always figure it out pretty quickly of course, but still, not good. I have a 17 sport and never turn on the headlights. Pretty sure you should have it. Otherwise I just leave them on all the time and they auto shut off.
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Mar 24, 2018 18:37
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PaintVagrant posted:Fiesta ST rear brakes are loving garbage. After hearing significant pad drag sounds over the last week and seeing patchy wear on the rear rotors, I took a look. Holy crap, my former car's brakes weren't even that bad after 160k of minimal maintenance.
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Mar 24, 2018 18:54
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Yeah the design of the caliper and pin seal is poor.
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Mar 24, 2018 19:22
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PaintVagrant posted:Fiesta ST rear brakes are loving garbage. After hearing significant pad drag sounds over the last week and seeing patchy wear on the rear rotors, I took a look. I noticed the same thing on mine last summer, the driver's side was way worse than the passenger side. I'm planning on pulling and regreasing as necessary as post winter maintenance from now on.
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Mar 24, 2018 19:23
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PaintVagrant posted:Fiesta ST rear brakes are loving garbage. After hearing significant pad drag sounds over the last week and seeing patchy wear on the rear rotors, I took a look. I did mine a few weeks before putting my winter tires on last year, a bit after two years with the car, and they were nowhere close to this bad. I'm in NE Ohio so road salt is a way of life here, not sure how I escaped this.
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Mar 24, 2018 19:32
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Ive never seen a slide pin look like that. How does that happen outside of salt water boat launches?
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Mar 24, 2018 20:06
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I drove my friend's Mazda2 today and man, gently caress Mazda for not making a hot version of that.
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Mar 24, 2018 20:33
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Rhyno posted:I drove my friend's Mazda2 today and man, gently caress Mazda for not making a hot version of that. A hot version of that would be the Fiesta ST. Its the same chassis (B3), the suspension and a bunch of other parts are swappable.
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Mar 24, 2018 20:44
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Taima posted:My concern is that the solutions I've seen are a bit low-tech (basically just a light sensor with no delay or smart logic) so going under a bridge or something would probably cause the headlights to flick on for a second. That's not ideal, but if anyone has experience with a setup like this I would love to hear about it. It's really cheap to buy the required parts and install it, so if it's mostly a good experience I'll probably do it.
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Mar 24, 2018 21:01
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PaintVagrant posted:A hot version of that would be the Fiesta ST. Its the same chassis (B3), the suspension and a bunch of other parts are swappable. Look, just let me be pissy that Mazda got out of the fun variant model game.
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Mar 24, 2018 21:01
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GentlemanofLeisure posted:FWIW my '16 GTI with auto from the factory goes on under overpasses/bridges if it's like a 6-lane highway or a wide enough bridge. I was behind a VW SUV of some variety the other day and noticed the same thing as it went under a bridge. Seems silly, all the auto lights I've ever had have been on a delay.
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Mar 24, 2018 21:05
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Rhyno posted:Look, just let me be pissy that Mazda got out of the fun variant model game. Maybe their slide pins wouldnt come with half a pound of rust powder
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Mar 24, 2018 21:05
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opengl128 posted:I was behind a VW SUV of some variety the other day and noticed the same thing as it went under a bridge. Seems silly, all the auto lights I've ever had have been on a delay.
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Mar 24, 2018 21:07
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PaintVagrant posted:Maybe their slide pins wouldnt come with half a pound of rust powder Maybe!
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Mar 24, 2018 21:08
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I'd rather lights come on too soon/often than having a bunch of cars driving around like ghosts in low-light conditions or in heavy rain/snow.
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Mar 24, 2018 21:23
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Rhyno posted:I drove my friend's Mazda2 today and man, gently caress Mazda for not making a hot version of that. I know, right? Even with thirty hamster power it's a shitload of fun.
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Mar 24, 2018 21:30
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IOwnCalculus posted:I know, right? Even with thirty hamster power it's a shitload of fun. It was an automatic and still felt great to drive.
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Mar 24, 2018 21:38
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Rhyno posted:It was an automatic and still felt great to drive. That chassis really feels peppy, whether it's a Ford or a Mazda. I really wish they hadn't discontinued the Fiesta ST, though I'm sure I can console myself with the Civic Type R.
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Mar 24, 2018 21:45
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I'm still on board the FiST train, just want to be working steady before I buy one.
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Mar 24, 2018 21:46
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PaintVagrant posted:A hot version of that would be the Fiesta ST. Its the same chassis (B3), the suspension and a bunch of other parts are swappable. Only the old models, the Mazda was refreshed years ago and the Ford more recently (Ford likes to sell cars way past their use by date)
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Mar 24, 2018 23:29
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dissss posted:Only the old models, the Mazda was refreshed years ago and the Ford more recently (Ford likes to sell cars way past their use by date) Hrm, looks like the Mazda2 used their DE platform ( ford b) til 2014.
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Mar 25, 2018 00:21
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Larrymer posted:I have a 17 sport and never turn on the headlights. Pretty sure you should have it. Otherwise I just leave them on all the time and they auto shut off. They do shut off when you turn off the car, yes, but that's different than what VW offers on the comfort-oriented SE/Autobahn trims, which is that the headlights turn on and off while driving depending on light conditions. It sounds like you just leave the headlights on 100% of the time, which I guess is fine. I never even considered that an option but if the energy consumption is low enough that's probably ok. GentlemanofLeisure posted:FWIW my '16 GTI with auto from the factory goes on under overpasses/bridges if it's like a 6-lane highway or a wide enough bridge. Oh ok. That's interesting because my E-Golf was never quite that sensitive (the egolfs are made in germany though so they have numerous Euro things that you don't otherwise get in America, maybe that's the difference). In any case that makes me feel a bit better about it, if that's just the standard operation on the GTI. Taima fucked around with this message at 02:50 on Mar 25, 2018 |
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Mar 25, 2018 02:45
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Rhyno posted:Look, just let me be pissy that Mazda got out of the fun variant model game. I'm just happy they're still making the MX-5 and that the latest iteration is Still Good. But yeah there's a MAZDASPEED(WHATEVER)-shaped hole in my heart
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Mar 25, 2018 05:41
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Taima posted:Oh ok. That's interesting because my E-Golf was never quite that sensitive (the egolfs are made in germany though so they have numerous Euro things that you don't otherwise get in America, maybe that's the difference). My Mk 7 R turns them on going under wide bridges like motorways but that’s about it for false positives. One evening driving in the countryside around dusk they kept toggling on and off as trees came and went over the road, so I switched them on properly as it was annoying having Maps in CarPlay going light/dark/light/… in the corner of my eye. You can change how sensitive they are in the car settings somewhere; I turned it down to low not long after getting the car and that seems about right. I’d rather they were on unnecessarily than off too much.
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Mar 25, 2018 10:16
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On my Veloster I actually really like how it handles auto lights. You have the first transition which just activates the exterior lights, there's typically a delay and the only false positives I've gotten is in tunnels. Then when the ambient light drops even more there's the second transition which dims the instrument cluster and the gps goes into night mode. It seems like it prevents the interior going disco on you and still reacts quickly for exterior lighting.
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Mar 25, 2018 13:22
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Bajaha posted:On my Veloster I actually really like how it handles auto lights. You have the first transition which just activates the exterior lights, there's typically a delay and the only false positives I've gotten is in tunnels. That's not a false positive, your lights should be on in tunnels.
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Mar 25, 2018 14:30
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PT6A posted:That's not a false positive, your lights should be on in tunnels. I'm from the flat prairies, we don't really do "tunnels" anywhere close to where I am, I'm talking like couple car lengths at best.
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Mar 25, 2018 15:08
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