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MiniFoo posted:Holy poo poo, I want an accelerometer display in my car. Then buy this beast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blq0s0hGhXA (don't mind the overly dramatic narration)
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Yeah but the corvette has the accelerometer in a HUD, like a fighter jet  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ko9kzyqW-l8#t=4m16s
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D C posted:Look at the yellow pole behind the car on the left. Its a really good photoshop until you see where they chopped the picture to lower it. Heh, didn't catch that. You'd think they would use a better picture instead of one with a huge glare on the front of it. Looks cool though, the super Juke or whatever should end up on Top Gear if it actually gets produced, looking forward to seeing that episode.
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BonzoESC posted:
Oh the Countryman -- yeah I suppose it could fight that. But nobody gets the Countryman expecting a Mini Cooper, do they?
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tobu posted:Let's not forget the Jukes sports-bike inspired centre console which I think looks awesome but it's just going to get scratched to poo poo right?
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Sep 28, 2011 19:34
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Left Ventricle posted:Have car makers forgotten that people have arms, and that said arms sometimes need to be somewhere other than pointing at the steering wheel or shifter? Resting on something, if you will? How dare you not be at 9 & 3 all the time!
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Left Ventricle posted:Have car makers forgotten that people have arms, and that said arms sometimes need to be somewhere other than pointing at the steering wheel or shifter? Resting on something, if you will? I've never missed an armrest in my Panda, not even for long drives. In fact, the only car I've ever used one in was my parents' (automatic) Mercedes. I usually just rest my left arm on the door or my right on my leg v  v
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Left Ventricle posted:Have car makers forgotten that people have arms, and that said arms sometimes need to be somewhere other than pointing at the steering wheel or shifter? Resting on something, if you will? Especially in a manual, I mean what the poo poo
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Guinness posted:How dare you not be at 9 & 3 all the time! 10 and 2 you heathen
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rscott posted:10 and 2 you heathen Not in the post-airbag world champ.
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That Juke console and lowered picture make me want one. I don't know what it is, but any car that has a turbo button I loving love. It's why I like launch control, you get to pretend you're a space jet fighter whose about to see some serious poo poo Marty. Is it realistic to lower the Juke? e- looks like H&R are offering a kit http://www.autoevolution.com/news/h-r-plays-with-the-nissan-juke-25529.html 
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rscott posted:10 and 2 you heathen you should really be rollin 8 and 4 all the cool kihds are
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:you should really be rollin 8 and 4 all the cool kihds are 12 and 6 is the best, you all know it.
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Sep 28, 2011 23:44
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Wait, you use your hands?
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KozmoNaut posted:I've never missed an armrest in my Panda, not even for long drives. In fact, the only car I've ever used one in was my parents' (automatic) Mercedes. Yeah, armrests and cupholders are very much an American phenomenon. heat posted:Yeah but the corvette has the accelerometer in a HUD, like a fighter jet Or like an 90s Nissan Bluebid.
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kimbo305 posted:Eh, I'd rather get the manual and FWD than auto and AWD. The AWD wouldn't add that much more pleasure over having a stick. Doesn't the Juke have a nice torque vectoring system in it? That would make it fun with a manual.
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Morphix posted:That Juke console and lowered picture make me want one. I don't know what it is, but any car that has a turbo button I loving love. It's why I like launch control, you get to pretend you're a space jet fighter whose about to see some serious poo poo Marty. I think it's safe to say that that needs to be lower. Like, non-crossover/suv ride height low. (And I'm not even A5h.)
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rscott posted:10 and 2 you heathen Not in any racing ever.
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DJ Commie posted:Not in any racing ever. Are you sure about? Like 100% sure? I'm pretty sure if I take the time to go research I'm going to find someone that contradicts you.
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Sep 29, 2011 21:27
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I can't speak to racing, but when I went through driver's ed in 2005, '9 and 3' was the official line. Personally, I feel it offers the best control in most situations, but I've never done any racing, so like I said, I can't speak to that.
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In modern racing cars with a normal wheel and power steering, 9 and 3 is enough to keep your hands on the wheels for almost all of your inputs, unless you need to get into wild oppo maneuvers. 10 and 2 would mean your outside hand would get a bit awkward if you hung onto the wheel deep into turns. Purpose built race cars will have even tighter steering ratios and need even less angle to steer the car. On the highway, I just sin and hang my left hand at 6 and call it a day.
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Sep 29, 2011 22:28
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It's like a microwave in my car all day. 12 o'clock representin'.
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I like to alternate between "Big Gulp+phone, knee on 6" and "12 and crotch, seat reclined past the B pillar"
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Sep 30, 2011 00:19
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Nine and three is where I need to be if I want to reach my paddles. I wonder what my driving instructor would have said if I turned up for my test with some flappy paddles.
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Coredump posted:Are you sure about? Like 100% sure? I'm pretty sure if I take the time to go research I'm going to find someone that contradicts you. Only if they turn left or turn left sideways.
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Coredump posted:Are you sure about? Like 100% sure? I'm pretty sure if I take the time to go research I'm going to find someone that contradicts you. I suppose WRC changes to single hands on shifts like any other non-paddle shifter placement. F1 wheels are more like 9:30 and 2:30, they are more square than round, but their lock-to-lock steering ratio is less than a single revolution. The 9/3 placement of hands provides the most accuracy for turning, I suppose if you had really slow steering, lot of play, or needed serious leverage a 10/2 position might suit more. Knee driver supremacy.
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MetaJew posted:I think it's safe to say that that needs to be lower. Like, non-crossover/suv ride height low. (And I'm not even A5h.) At some point it just becomes a turbo Versa.
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NOTinuyasha posted:At some point it just becomes a turbo Versa. Nah, the Juke is never gonna get as bland as the Versa.
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I could fit a juke in my Versa. Bland? Maybe. I've driven a Juke and it's downright tiny inside. Forget putting people in the back unless they're four foot tall.
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Some vehicles really suck to knee-drive. 40 foot Gillig Phantom or Low-Floor bus? drat near impossible to knee-drive. My '97 Grand Cherokee wasn't very easy to do either. However, my Mazda6 is wonderful to steer with my fat leg. I can probably get 50 degrees of rotation with knee only.
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kimbo305 posted:Nah, the Juke is never gonna get as bland as the Versa. The new Tiida looks pretty good, available with the same turbo 1.6 as the Juke just with a more conventional body style. Wikipedia says its coming to the US as the Versa hatch, although who knows what engine options it'll end up with
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dissss posted:The new Tiida looks pretty good, available with the same turbo 1.6 as the Juke just with a more conventional body style.
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Left Ventricle posted:Cold day in hell before the US market Versa gets a turbo. The people who buy the Versa wouldn't know what to do with it. They'd probably fill up with 87 ('cause it's cheaper, why does an econobox need premium?) and blow the drat thing. The Sonata Turbo recommends 87. Not sure why exactly.
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Linedance posted:"12 and crotch, seat reclined past the B pillar" this is known as the detroit lean just fyi i want a mandatory detroit lean racing series
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Left Ventricle posted:Cold day in hell before the US market Versa gets a turbo. The people who buy the Versa wouldn't know what to do with it. They'd probably fill up with 87 ('cause it's cheaper, why does an econobox need premium?) and blow the drat thing. You could say the same thing about the Cruze and whatever the smaller one's called yet they got the option. It depends on how they price/position it and having the hatch and sedan on totally different platforms is strange enough as it is.
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dissss posted:You could say the same thing about the Cruze and whatever the smaller one's called yet they got the option.
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Gripen5 posted:The Sonata Turbo recommends 87. Not sure why exactly. Doesn't the Genesis coupe turbo recommend 87 as well?
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Left Ventricle posted:Right, but the Cruze has 148 hp. The Juke engine, which I'm guessing is the one everyone is talking about possibly being put in to the Versa, is about 180 or so hp. That would make it potentially quicker than the Sentra SE-R, maybe even the Spec-V. Assuming they stick with the QR in the Sentra (which is end of line everywhere else in the world). Who knows though, they could always do a Volkswagen and keep sell the old engine Stateside long after its been superseded by more efficient small capacity turbos elsewhere.
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To revive some of the JukeChat that's been going on: Nissan is stuffing the 520HP 3.8L V6 from the GT-R into a one-off concept, the Juke-R.
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