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KillHour posted:This also totally ignores the fact that a big part of what makes a regional cuisine 'good' is variety. Detroit doesn't have a big Asian population compared to Irvine, but they have drat near everything else. Even the street tacos in Mexicantown are more legit than the insult to your taste buds you get in Irvine.
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TheGoatTrick posted:To be fair, Detroit is huge and Irvine isn't. If you factor in that Irvine is minutes away from Santa Ana and Garden Grove then the food quality and variety gets way better. yeah i think technically the places i am thinking of are in garden grove? but like if you are going to compare All Of Southeast Michigan vs. A Tiny Postage stamp that's silly.
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There is nothing within a 20 minute drive of Irvine that is anywhere near as good as the food within walking distance of downtown Detroit.
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Read about Ethnic food you like? Post it here, in the news thread!
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I said for years all Cadillac needed to do to sell a ton of vehicles was make a mini escalade   Navigator, Aviator, Corsair
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Powershift posted:I said for years all Cadillac needed to do to sell a ton of vehicles was make a mini escalade I still unironically kinda love the new Navigator, those wheels and all.
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KakerMix posted:I still unironically kinda love the new Navigator, those wheels and all. Those three cars are the best looking SUV’s on sale right now. They are somewhat sleek but still masculine and imposing. IMO the really swoopy look just doesn’t work on a tall car but designers just copy the design language from their sports cars (or a sports car in general) and use it on their SUV’s. See: Levante, Cayenne, Velar. Good looking SUV’s look rugged enough to match their height like the GLK.
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I really like all 3 of those... 
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Yeah, I think Lincoln has finally figured out some styling that works. They're finally moving away from their garbage naming convention as well. I'd kind of like to see them make an actual comeback and start eating BMW's and M-B's lunches.
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Yea those are all baller af would totally drive a Corsair 
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The Lincoln Bombardier had better be able to backfire on lifts or something.
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stevobob posted:The Lincoln Bombardier had better be able to backfire on lifts or something. The Corsair gets the same 2.3 as the Focus RS, tuned to 280hp/310ft/lbs, you might be able to tune it for the RS's same cracks and pops.
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is the Corsair an upgraded Escape or Edge?
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Keyser_Soze posted:is the Corsair an upgraded Escape or Edge? It's the baby one, replacing the MKC, based on the new Escape, which shares a lot with the new euro focus.
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Powershift posted:The Corsair gets the same 2.3 as the Focus RS, tuned to 280hp/310ft/lbs, you might be able to tune it for the RS's same cracks and pops. The 2.3 can easily be tuned for 380 whp with nothing more than some simple bolt-ons and an e30 tune.
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Lord Stimperor posted:So Mazda was teasing a big announcement for their Skyactive engines today. I was all stoked thinking they'd announce the launch of the Skyactive-X engine. Turns out it was another diesel The Skyactiv-D is only available as a $3800 option on the top-trim CX-5, delivering a whopping 168 HP and 290 lb-ft of torque, and combined fuel economy of 28 MPG (27 city/30 hwy.) 
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i own every Bionicle posted:Those three cars are the best looking SUV’s on sale right now. They are somewhat sleek but still masculine and imposing. IMO the really swoopy look just doesn’t work on a tall car but designers just copy the design language from their sports cars (or a sports car in general) and use it on their SUV’s. See: Levante, Cayenne, Velar. Good looking SUV’s look rugged enough to match their height like the GLK. You either need new glasses or therapy.
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Godzilla07 posted:The Skyactiv-D is only available as a $3800 option on the top-trim CX-5, delivering a whopping 168 HP and 290 lb-ft of torque, and combined fuel economy of 28 MPG (27 city/30 hwy.) I’ll have a post on this tomorrow, after talking to the head of Mazda R&D this morning.
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The Aviator just doesn't work for me. Too much booty out back. The Corsair has my eye though.
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Keyser_Soze posted:is the Corsair an upgraded Escape or Edge?
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drgitlin posted:I’ll have a post on this tomorrow, after talking to the head of Mazda R&D this morning. Long story short, the diesel Mazdas are riding a hype wave in the Japanese market, right? Diesel seems on its way out in Europe, and was more of a never-ran in the US.
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Charles posted:Oh no, we already figured that out in the Mazda thread based on the teaser image, sorry. It's expensive and isn't that great an improvement. I'm not sure if we'll get the Skyactiv-X in North America until the end of the year or next year. First they will go to Europe and Asia. dissss posted:Calling it now - Skyactiv-X will have exactly the same emissions related problems Skyactiv-D did in the US market and will arrive (if at all) late and only in some expensive premium trim. Powershift posted:Also calling it now, Skyactiv-X will get hosed by ethanol and barely run the day out of warranty. drgitlin posted:I’ll have a post on this tomorrow, after talking to the head of Mazda R&D this morning. Twerk from Home posted:Long story short, the diesel Mazdas are riding a hype wave in the Japanese market, right? Diesel seems on its way out in Europe, and was more of a never-ran in the US. The thing is, I'm racking up such mileages right now that I'm looking really hard at for efficient engines. A modern hybrid would for instance be about $800 or so lower in yearly fuel consumption than my current ride. So if I have to replace the car eventually, I am really taking a hard looking at hybrids. Diesel is out of the questoin. Dieselgate has *really* ruined the reputation and regulatory confidence in diesels. A few years ago half of all cars I saw were diesels. Then Dieselgate came. Sales plummeted immediately and environmental restrictions came (back). If you buy a new diesel now there's a good chance you won't be able to ride it in your city within the next decade. That's why I'm so uber interested in the Skyactive X. If the mileage is anything like what the early reviews are suggesting, it'll be as affordable to own and run as a hybrid, but won't require a battery or get in diesel trouble. If it's 3k bucks more - fine! I'll save that in fuel easily *and* have an engine with more power and fun to boot (consider that the Mazda 2.5l engine isn't sold in EU as it's too big and inefficient). The dealers tell me the Skyactive X will come out simultaneously with the CX30, so that'll be June or July. What I'm afraid of is that this is becoming another rotary engine wankfest - that the Skyactive X will poo poo itself after a couple of years or require Japanese voodoo mechanics to be kept running. Is there any indication what Mazda is doing here exactly? Are they going for enthusiasts with this or are they getting it reliable enough for mass market?
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Powershift posted:I said for years all Cadillac needed to do to sell a ton of vehicles was make a mini escalade The F&I company I work for really likes these as well. The coverage costs for warranties and service contracts is on the lower side, so I expect they'll either be cheap and easy to maintain or they'll be pretty reliable and shouldn't require a ton of service during their lives.
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https://twitter.com/spectatorindex/status/1119292074099204097?s=19 Those stats surprised me. I would have thought Hyundai would be up there and that seems like a good number from Citroën. Dividing up the PSA brands is a but silly as some of the cars are basically the same.
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It's usually organized by how the OEM reports. If the OEM reports a consolidated figure and doesn't split by brand (like Opel and Vauxhall), then you get a consolidated figure. But for most OEMs P&L exists at the brand level, so sales figures are reported at the brand level.
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drgitlin posted:I’ll have a post on this tomorrow, after talking to the head of Mazda R&D this morning. You might want to ping them about how the CX-3 does in the moose test: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZRWiKIERic
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EnergizerFellow posted:You might want to ping them about how the CX-3 does in the moose test: Eh could be worse 
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EnergizerFellow posted:You might want to ping them about how the CX-3 does in the moose test: Would be interesting to see how it performs with better tires. I called it after the first pass.
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EnergizerFellow posted:You might want to ping them about how the CX-3 does in the moose test: Welp looks like this channel's another rabbit hole for me to dive into. Surprised how well the CR-V did when most of the other squishy CUVs swerved and bounced uncontrollably. redgubbinz fucked around with this message at 01:45 on Apr 20, 2019 |
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Goober Peas posted:Would be interesting to see how it performs with better tires. I called it after the first pass. Seem under-damped too. redgubbinz posted:Welp looks like this channel's another rabbit hole for me to dive into. Surprised how well the CR-V did when most of the other squishy CUVs swerved and bounced uncontrollably. If you want to see some runs of beauty from things you wouldn't expect, check out any of the CUVs from Audi or PSA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqIjflKPSu0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77IrxinmHjQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCOyDu3YeFA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9K58SEfHPA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fR1yxzizNBE
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EnergizerFellow posted:Seem under-damped too. It looks like under hard steering the tire sidewall is so thin that the front corner getting the most weight literally grinds the side of the wheel against the street? 
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I don't fully disagree on the suspension, but there is definitely something going on with the tires that appear to be causing the suspension to cycle a second time after the evasive manuever. I can't describe what I'm seeing perfectly, but it looks like immediately as he's changing lanes, both rear wheels lose traction, even before the suspension starts to load up to one side. Then the front wheel that's loading up looks like it slides, then grips all of a sudden during the rebound. Which causes a weird 2nd load/unload cycle just as the driver needs his recovery motion. It doesn't surprise me that the ESC was no help as there was 1 wheel buried in the pavement and the other 3 were skating along or off the ground.
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Looking at the tire deformation, the tires seem under inflated? Also looks like it's bouncing off the bump stops right at the first turn and it's a jouncy downhill slide from there.
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Lord Stimperor posted:The thing is, I'm racking up such mileages right now that I'm looking really hard at for efficient engines. A modern hybrid would for instance be about $800 or so lower in yearly fuel consumption than my current ride. So if I have to replace the car eventually, I am really taking a hard looking at hybrids. How much more are the hybrid to buy/lease though?
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Goober Peas posted:I don't fully disagree on the suspension, but there is definitely something going on with the tires that appear to be causing the suspension to cycle a second time after the evasive manuever. I can't describe what I'm seeing perfectly, but it looks like immediately as he's changing lanes, both rear wheels lose traction, even before the suspension starts to load up to one side. Then the front wheel that's loading up looks like it slides, then grips all of a sudden during the rebound. Which causes a weird 2nd load/unload cycle just as the driver needs his recovery motion. It's probably a combination of the tires and suspension, Mazda probably dampens these cars softer than they really should be for comfort, add in a mediocre tire and the stupid high center of gravity everybody wants and that's what you get. I wonder if it even has a rear sway bar, adding one or installing one bigger than stock would probably help in that situation.
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