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Nidhg00670000 posted:Is this because manufacturers are thinking it'll be cheaper to make their own "mapping" of the gearbox, or does ZF simply not provide any services in that regard? That gearbox sits behind pretty much everything from diesel 4cyls to twin turbo v12s. It's up to the manufacturer to make their cars drive how they want them to.
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Nidhg00670000 posted:Back in 1995 the list price of the Supra Turbo was around $48k, which adjusted for inflation would be $73500 today. Just going by my memory as a bit of a car enthusiast at the time, although I was more Team Z.
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fridge corn posted:That gearbox sits behind pretty much everything from diesel 4cyls to twin turbo v12s. It's up to the manufacturer to make their cars drive how they want them to. That might be the fundamental disconnect right there.... It should be up to me to decide how to decide to drive my car, not an 85th percentile study on how to downshift while not upsetting my Facebook posting/texting. It's still not any fun, even if it is "capable".
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Jan 19, 2019 01:39
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fridge corn posted:It's up to the manufacturer to make their cars drive how they want them to. And there's the problem.
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Jan 19, 2019 01:54
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Nidhg00670000 posted:Back in 1995 the list price of the Supra Turbo was around $48k, which adjusted for inflation would be $73500 today. "good" mapping is very, very dependent on a host of other factors around drivetrain, suspension, etc so even if ZF did give you an out-of-the-box HHP RWD multilink mapping it still wouldn't be quite right. mungtor posted:That might be the fundamental disconnect right there.... It should be up to me to decide how to decide to drive my car, not an 85th percentile study on how to downshift while not upsetting my Facebook posting/texting. It's still not any fun, even if it is "capable". right, i strongly agree that it is much better to have a manual transmission, and it's nonsense that there isn't one on offer. but it doesn't make sense to complain about the specific choice of the 8HP specifically being garbage because it is the best in the business for this type of application
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:
The best garbage is still garbage. Selecting the best automatic transmission is like selecting the best cancer to have. Sure... Some may be less tragically bad than others, but it doesn't make any of them good.
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Jan 19, 2019 02:22
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And besides, automatics peaked with the Aisin A340E. Since the early nineties they've been getting so much worse that by 2029 we'll be back to the Powerglide.
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Hah, I have nowhere else to put this.  E/N bullshit feel free to skip this entire post :Through sheer scheduling and circumstance, I haven't seen my parents for sevenish years, and the last time we actually talked it was back in August, when I was asking them to notarize my "notification of name change" (in my state you have to notify two adults, one of them being a parent if they're still alive, if you change your name). They vehemently refused to sign the notification, so I went around them through a certified letter route, where all you have to do is send them the certified letter, and wait 90 days from the receipt, and use that as evidence of notification. However, on this second go-around, I filed to change my surname, too. Last attempt at contact, and this is childish and the definition of "passive-aggressive" on my end but gently caress them, too, was for Christmas. They always wanted military memorabilia and poo poo because I'm the first member of our "branch" to ever join, but I am decidedly not proud of my military stuff (Guantanamo, and I joined for the Wrong Reasons, etc), so for Christmas (after they cut contact on the day of my name change in October), I sent them a shadow box with my awards/ribbons, name tapes, patches, etc all organized with labels (and even soft LED lighting), because it's just what they've been begging for. But instead of my adoptive last name, I used my now-legal and now-real last name, the one I changed it to. On Dec 24th I asked if they got the package, they confirmed, and on Dec 26th I asked if they opened it. No contact, and on January 1st I got a letter from Sprint stating my line was being cancelled and asking if I wanted to spin it off into it's own contract (I was on their family plan). Ah well, mine was a SERO attached to the family plan, and I can afford it separately. NBD. So, my sister (technically stepsister, I was adopted at birth and she's their bio) is four years younger than me, and has been a gigantic pain in my family's side for her entire teenage-through-to-now life. I haven't seen her for years, and last time I talked to her she was super non-supportive and basically cut contact. Drugs, fights, crashed cars, etc. Where I was told that after 18 I'd have to pay rent to stay living with them, she was still living with them at 27 for free, being an alcoholic). The rest of our family was quiet and introverted. There was one point where I was leaving for the army, and she was attempting to be a manager at a Subway. So, I signed over my car to her (a 1995 Plymouth Acclaim V6, a POS but well maintained and a good daily beater). She went and got it registered, sent me pictures of the new license plates, etc. A year later, out of AIT, I get a call from an impound lot: the car had been towed from the scene of a hit-and-run accident as the at-fault vehicle, and had two simultaneous title loans on it that had defaulted. I was the last registered owner. The license plate she showed me? She stole that off of a car at the MVD lot so I wouldn't get angry that she was driving an unregistered vehicle. Two days ago she got into a fight with her neighbor, involving him pushing her into an extinguished fire pit, and her then rampaging through his house and knocking town TVs and appliances and stuff. She was put into the local jail to cool off, and decided to get into a fight there, where she was stabbed in her spleen, and she died at the hospital. I've done the standard "cry uncontrollably for eighteen hours" thing that may-or may-not happen to some people dealing with grief, but now my parents have contacted me to ask if I could come up next weekend for the funeral. I'm an unemployed student and can't afford this time off or plane tickets or anything, especially at the tempo this program is going. And, truly thinking about it, I don't want to. This is gonna come off as angry through text, but gently caress these people. They're the type of parents that danced around the "L word" growing up, didn't hug/etc, and then decide to cut all contact just because I'm being me. E: not looking for specific sympathy or anything, just had to put this all down on paper/somewhere, y'know. Back to your regularly scheduled slushbox chat 
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Jan 19, 2019 03:28
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Sorry to hear all that QC but if your folks want to choose their lovely politics over their daughter then gently caress them.
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Jan 19, 2019 03:32
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You'll get nothing but support here, QC. Your passive-aggression was perfect and still better than they deserved.
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Jan 19, 2019 03:39
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Holy moly QC. That is a lot to digest. You’re a quality human, and it’s bull those who should be closest to you and care for you seem to suck quite bad at it. I have no suggestions, just sympathy from a random internet person.
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Jan 19, 2019 03:47
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I am really sorry about your sister and also about your awful parents 
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Jan 19, 2019 03:53
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Queen Combat posted:but now my parents have contacted me to ask if I could come up next weekend for the funeral. Not be callous, but, uh, loving why? They didn't want any contact before, were unsupportive through all the stuff with your transition, and just everything. Now they're all begging for contact? gently caress 'em. I may be extra bitter about this, though. My wife and I can't have kids and we're looking at adoption, and seeing people mistreat their own kids now really pisses me the gently caress off. Not that it didn't before, but now it has a whole other level to it.
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Jan 19, 2019 03:57
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Woof that's a hard one. Condolences amigo.
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Jan 19, 2019 04:21
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Queen Combat posted:Hah, I have nowhere else to put this.
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Jan 19, 2019 04:35
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On the lighter side, due to the government shutdown air travel is seeing delays and may soon grind to a halt once a critical number of unpaid workers decide enough is enough and simply stop showing up to do unpaid work. You won't have to worry about that if you're staying where you are to rightly focus on an education that's important to you.
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Jan 19, 2019 04:37
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As long as it's resolved by May 1 (week between semesters), because I'm flying to NY for a CTA and a procedure with a  name, "LAVA" 
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Jan 19, 2019 04:42
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Yeah, as somebody who only sees their parents once a year and often finds that to be once too often... Just don't go. I wouldn't suggest being needlessly cruel (e.g., flowers with your new name attached), but you don't owe then anything. If they aren't people you would willingly associate with at this point it isn't likely that they are going to suddenly transform, and you don't want to end up the focal point for their anger/grief.
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Jan 19, 2019 05:00
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Ugh Funerals are for the living, the dead don't give a poo poo. If you don't really care what your parents will think, gently caress them and I think everyone here would back up that decision. However, if you think there is a chance at healing the rift they may view this as unforgivable as they sound super old school and stubborn. As long as you are OK with that, that's fine and would be 100% understandable not going based on what you said. Good luck and don't feel guilt or be guilted.
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Jan 19, 2019 05:27
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fridge corn posted:That gearbox sits behind pretty much everything from diesel 4cyls to twin turbo v12s. It's up to the manufacturer to make their cars drive how they want them to. Yes just reading in C&D the ZF8 is behind the v12 in the new rolls cullinan or whatever bs suv And sorry to hear QC
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everdave posted:Yes just reading in C&D the ZF8 is behind the v12 in the new rolls cullinan or whatever bs suv The most interesting to see long term is probably going to be the new ram 3500. It's only behind the 6.4 gas job, but that's still rated to 7680lbs payload and 23,400lb GCWR With 8 forward gears, it should very nearly be into double digit mpg, too!
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Yeah, that's an all around terrible situation, I'm sorry. My vote is to send flowers if you're really grieving, but do it for yourself, not for them
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Queen Combat posted:They're the type of parents that danced around the "L word" growing up, didn't hug/etc Same here, never had any kind of real relationship with them, but then when my son was born they decided they cared and wanted to be all involved in his life and were up my rear end every other day to spend time with him. To late for that, gently caress off. Don't feel guilty in the slightest, you owe them nothing.
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Darchangel posted:Now that's a though. Put this bag of organs to good use - I don't need it any more. Yeah, my liver and kidneys will be completely and thoroughly trashed once I'm done with them. Someone might be able to use the lungs, or the eyes, if they don't mind glasses. 40 and still don't need bifocals or reading glasses (but I do smoke a lot of "glaucoma medication", maybe that helps?  )meatpimp posted:In other news, my local grocery has a sale on Jardine's salsa. I tried the Hatch Green Chili and it was yummy. I tried the Ghost Pepper and it's really hot, and yummy. Wait that stuff makes it that far north? I'm half an hour from their HQ, though I doubt they still make everything there. IOwnCalculus posted:You'll get nothing but support here, QC. Your passive-aggression was perfect and still better than they deserved. tetrapyloctomy posted:gently caress them. Yes, it is possible that this tragic event has caused them to reconsider their choices and their priorities. But it's not your responsibility to come rushing to their side to help them deal with their grief after they've continually pushed you away. You shouldn't feel guilty, and I hope you don't.
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I feel like people have itt have never driven a performance car with the zf box in it. Obviously most of my experience with it comes from it's applications in Aston Martins where in a GT car like the db11 it is a perfect blend of performance, comfort, and driveability, but even in the new vantage it has plenty of capability and the block shifting is a really good feature. It's not the best gearbox but it's a really good gearbox even though something like a vantage would be better off with a dct
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gently caress 'em, I'll adopt you QC.
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^same QC it's entirely up to you. If you feel like going, put the offer out that if they want you there they can pay for a ticket to get you there since you are of limited financial means right now. If you don't want to go or to deal with any of the in person drama you can always decline.
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fridge corn posted:I feel like people have itt have never driven a performance car with the zf box in it. Obviously most of my experience with it comes from it's applications in Aston Martins where in a GT car like the db11 it is a perfect blend of performance, comfort, and driveability, but even in the new vantage it has plenty of capability and the block shifting is a really good feature. It's not the best gearbox but it's a really good gearbox even though something like a vantage would be better off with a dct It comes down to programming. But also via Aisin, toyota makes some pretty solid autos (including sporty ones like in the isf). The whole german drivetrain in a toyota thing is somewhat offputting simply because Toyota does that part pretty well. That said, I suspect Toyota can program a decent zf if they want to.
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IOwnCalculus posted:You'll get nothing but support here, QC. Your passive-aggression was perfect and still better than they deserved. For all the jokes etc we'll more than happily crack, we're all behind you with what you're doing with your life, your parents are loving awful.
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100% behind you QC, you're good people and you shouldn't kowtow to your lovely parents. Live the life you want to live.
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KozmoNaut posted:100% behind you QC, you're good people and you shouldn't kowtow to your lovely parents. Live the life you want to live. Sums it up. Keep doing what you're doing, QC.
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Informer, you no say "daddy, me Snow, me I'll go blame" A licky boom-boom down Detective-mon said daddy me Snow me stab someone down the lane A licky boom-boom down
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KozmoNaut posted:100% behind you QC, you're good people and you shouldn't kowtow to your lovely parents. Live the life you want to live. Same. The snow storm caused me to finally be unlazy and put my snow wheels/tires on. I forgot how much road noise runflats have, got them used for $600 with a ton of tread left, TPS and everything.
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That's a horrible family situation there QC. Sadly it looks like your sister wasn't going to slow down, god only knows what therapy could have done to save her situation. I have just got news today that one of my aunts has passed away at the age of 91.
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You Am I posted:That's a horrible family situation there QC. Sadly it looks like your sister wasn't going to slow down, god only knows what therapy could have done to save her situation. Sucks. Were you close at all? 91 is a pretty good run, though.
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I found the back glass for my Rocky after looking for like 2 years. Also saw a 79 Triumph TR7 with a Miata B6 swap, with an automatic! 
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DJ Commie posted:I found the back glass for my Rocky after looking for like 2 years. I spent far too much time trying to find two identical parts last night drunk. I found one, put it amonst the stuff I'm working on then went looking for the second. Found second, and forgot where I put the first one. Put that one down in search for the other. Rinse repeat. gently caress I'm stupid. And on lovely family. My parents did their wills up and I'm 3rd in line, I don't have any siblings. I must have been a complete rear end in a top hat as a kid.
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Mrs and I just watched a double header of BluRays. The Predator and Venom. Holy poo poo, those were 2 of the worst movies I've seen back to back in some time. At least The Predator was playing along and had some fun but man, what a couple of stinkers.
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slidebite posted:Mrs and I just watched a double header of BluRays. The Predator and Venom. I thought Venom was watchable at least - Ready Player One I only got halfway before throwing out the USB stick it was on. I'ld have smashed said stick but that would have been a hard thing to explain on an aircraft - that movie is dogshit in every way possible. No, constant references to other poo poo dont make the movie good.
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