• Tarneit man caught doing 186kph, tells police he was in a hurry to get a burger
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[QUOTE=FetusFondler;47097784]Now that is a bunch of bollocks, perhaps you should hold the wheel properly. I've had several bumps at 125mph (or rather, the same bump multiple times since it's a circuit) and besides the unexpected G force that pushes you up there's really not much to it, doesn't affect the car whatsoever. If that were true nobody could drive in the nurburgring, ever.[/QUOTE] you don't even know what you're talking about, maybe if you're driving a non-standard production model sports car with tuned suspension what you're saying would be true. news flash: most people don't buy 01 Nissans and then immediately take them to the Nurburgring. The people that actually hotlap around the circuit have tuned cars.
[QUOTE=FFStudios;47106835]you don't even know what you're talking about, maybe if you're driving a non-standard production model sports car with tuned suspension what you're saying would be true. news flash: most people don't buy 01 Nissans and then immediately take them to the Nurburgring. The people that actually hotlap around the circuit have tuned cars.[/QUOTE] I didn't know a stock Citroen DS3 was a "non-standard production model sports car with tuned suspension"
[QUOTE=FFStudios;47106835]you don't even know what you're talking about, maybe if you're driving a non-standard production model sports car with tuned suspension what you're saying would be true. news flash: most people don't buy 01 Nissans and then immediately take them to the Nurburgring. The people that actually hotlap around the circuit have tuned cars.[/QUOTE] Most automakers take their new models to Nurburgring to see how they do, just as they would be sold to the public.
[QUOTE=FFStudios;47106835]you don't even know what you're talking about, maybe if you're driving a non-standard production model sports car with tuned suspension what you're saying would be true. news flash: most people don't buy 01 Nissans and then immediately take them to the Nurburgring. The people that actually hotlap around the circuit have tuned cars.[/QUOTE] I drive a VW Up to work everyday and it has a top speed of 111 mph, which is also the speed I routinely drive at, with only 75hp. It is a budget car and handles bumps constantly without any problems. Of course you need to get used to it, but after you have done it a couple of times it becomes normal and you don't think about it at all.
[QUOTE=FFStudios;47090413]christ I went to a track to test my car's full speed and anything above 110 or so feels so scary, yet cool. literally one tiny bump and you jerk the wheel, and you're off the road. not safe on any highway[/QUOTE] Well maybe if you drive with some piece of shit from 70 or 80's. 180km/h isn't scary at all on the straight roads on newer cars
Hey that's not even twice as fast as the speed limit. I've done worse on 100kph limit country roads, especially on a motorbike.. [editline]11th February 2015[/editline] That said, there are good roads where I did this. And traffic has increased immensely in the 10 years since. Not sure I'd still drive like this today. (impossible where I live at the moment - 100kph is breakneck speed on these roads)
[QUOTE=freakadella;47116156]I drive a VW Up to work everyday and it has a top speed of 111 mph, which is also the speed I routinely drive at, with only 75hp. It is a budget car and handles bumps constantly without any problems. Of course you need to get used to it, but after you have done it a couple of times it becomes normal and you don't think about it at all.[/QUOTE] Why would you even drive that fast? Doesn't that use a lot of fuel and put a lot of stress on your car? Why
[QUOTE=a-k-t-w;47119430]Why would you even drive that fast? Doesn't that use a lot of fuel and put a lot of stress on your car? Why[/QUOTE] It is simply the normal cruising speed for me. I don't live near the large cities in germany, so the autobahn where I live is always free. Driving on the autobahn also means no gear changes what so ever, so the stress is not as high as one would expect. If you make sure your engine has all it needs (oil, cooling fluid) and you don't go above 6000 revs (less for diesel of course) it will be pretty difficult to damage a modern engine. Also, I am pretty sure that even at that speed my small car with 1L engine will use less fuel than most other cars doing lower speeds.
[QUOTE=freakadella;47122198]It is simply the normal cruising speed for me. I don't live near the large cities in germany, so the autobahn where I live is always free. Driving on the autobahn also means no gear changes what so ever, so the stress is not as high as one would expect. If you make sure your engine has all it needs (oil, cooling fluid) and you don't go above 6000 revs (less for diesel of course) it will be pretty difficult to damage a modern engine. Also, I am pretty sure that even at that speed my small car with 1L engine will use less fuel than most other cars doing lower speeds.[/QUOTE] It's true that your car probably consumes less fuel than an SUV in all situations, but he's still right about it using "a lot of fuel" at top speed - because your 1L engine would obviously consume even less if you drove slower. The difference is actually extreme, because in partial load situations (read as "not pushing the pedal to the metal), your engine management will run the engine at an economical mixture of gasoline and air, while in full load situations it will enrich the mixture (i.e. more gasoline for the same quantity of air) to get the maximum possible amount of power. That means your engine runs extremely inefficient at max power. For petrol engines, the "sweet spot" where you get the best ratio of consumption to power output, lies at around half the max rpm. (Technically, not the max rpm, but the rpm at max power, but most of the time, those are virtually the same). From personal experience, I'd say up to 3/4 max is okay, above that you'll see a steep increase. Because of all this, it's quite possible that your 1L engine consumes more gasoline at 111 mph than a larger engine at the same speed. Extreme example: my 1996 Nissan Maxima 3.0V6 got 9.5l/100km @160kph. My friend's 1994 VW Polo got 12l/100km @160kph.
What you say is true, though I may have been inaccurate, I do not drive at 6000rpm, the fifth gear of my car only exists for efficiency reasons and maxes at about 4000-4500rpm, the true top speed of my car can only be achieved in fourth gear, which I rarely use on the autobahn and when I do It is only for a couple of moments. Of course I would be more fuel efficient at lower speeds and the car will have a longer life, but it would also be even more efficient at speeds even slower than the limits in most other countries. I have decided that I am willing to pay more for my commuting than I would have to, only to gain diminishing returns in terms of the time I need compared to what I pay, and that is a personal decision that I am aware of. I don't have logical reasons to do so, only reasons like, I like driving fast, I am a human and don't feel like running at maximum efficiency at all times and other stupid things. Sometimes I like to buy a Chocolate bar from a machine, or pay a lot of money for a nice evening in a restaurant, all of these things try to solve problems that could be solved more efficiently, but it is simply a luxury I like to have.
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