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All Torque

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Registered: 17th Nov 05
Location: Milton Keynes Drives: Ford Focus TDCi
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8th Jan 09 at 19:51

Does anyone else miss out gears when accelerating?

1st-2nd-4th...
1st-3rd-5th... etc

Jake

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Registered: 24th Jan 05
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8th Jan 09 at 19:55

quote:
Originally posted by fazza
the golf will jake??

mine does anyway. love it

not all that nippy though are they?

Robin

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Registered: 7th Jan 04
Location: Northants Drives: Clio 182 Cup
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8th Jan 09 at 19:55

quote:
Originally posted by All Torque
Does anyone else miss out gears when accelerating?

1st-2nd-4th...
1st-3rd-5th... etc

sometimes I'll go from 3rd to 6th, always use 1st, 2nd then 3rd though.

All Torque

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Registered: 17th Nov 05
Location: Milton Keynes Drives: Ford Focus TDCi
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8th Jan 09 at 19:57

Oooh look at you with 6 gears

Jakey

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Registered: 4th Jun 07
Location: Sandbach
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8th Jan 09 at 20:01

quote:
Originally posted by All Torque
Does anyone else miss out gears when accelerating?

1st-2nd-4th...
1st-3rd-5th... etc

1st-2nd-4th all the time as it crunches its cock off in 3rd

fazza

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Registered: 7th Feb 08
Location: Plymouth
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8th Jan 09 at 20:03

quote:
Originally posted by jake

quote:
Originally posted by fazza
the golf will jake??

mine does anyway. love it not all that nippy though are they?

yeh never really tried tbh, will do tomorow

does drive lovely though, had some fun with a ford puma yesterday, the 1.7 16v jobby.

i lost

but he wouldnt take the bends

Jake

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Registered: 24th Jan 05
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8th Jan 09 at 20:11

i didnt realise how good it was to drive until i got it on the motorway. definately a motorway cruiser

Phi

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Registered: 8th Jan 07
Location: South
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8th Jan 09 at 20:24

bounces off the limiter sometimes, but thats only when it stalls and plays up that i give it some!!

on private roads of course! !

and when lads in the modified cars think its fun to try race me cause' im a girl in a car that is modified and couldnt possibly go fast

modified cars are like magents! everyone just thinks you want to race

[Edited on 08-01-2009 by Corsa_phi]

Ben G

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Registered: 12th Jan 07
Location: Essex
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8th Jan 09 at 20:36

my car regularly hits 7k rpm

that's all i'm saying

gavin18787

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Registered: 22nd Feb 05
Location: Basildon, Essex
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8th Jan 09 at 20:39

tyres gone in under 6k says it all

Drives supercharged Tec with torque

Ben G

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Registered: 12th Jan 07
Location: Essex
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8th Jan 09 at 20:41

gotta enjoy every second ain't ya

Kurt

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Registered: 23rd Oct 05
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8th Jan 09 at 20:43

Even more so under warranty

Nic Barnes

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Registered: 5th Apr 04
Location: nowhere near ginger people
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8th Jan 09 at 20:44

i used to enjoy banging mine off the hard limiter in 1st and 2nd as it was like a shot gun. great fun in tunnels and under bridges.

Jakey

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Registered: 4th Jun 07
Location: Sandbach
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8th Jan 09 at 20:45

I never take mine over 5k/rpm

Kurt

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Registered: 23rd Oct 05
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8th Jan 09 at 20:46

quote:
Originally posted by Nic Barnes
i used to enjoy banging mine off the hard limiter in 1st and 2nd as it was like a shot gun. great fun in tunnels and under bridges.

i wonder if Ronaldo was trying this

AndyCorsaSport

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Registered: 12th Feb 06
Location: Horsforth, West Yorkshire
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8th Jan 09 at 20:47

quote:
Originally posted by All Torque
Does anyone else miss out gears when accelerating?

1st-2nd-4th...
1st-3rd-5th... etc

Yeah quite a lot actually, 1st 2nd 3rd 5th, become a habit now

flybikeslee

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Registered: 2nd Jan 07
Location: Liverpool
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8th Jan 09 at 20:48

quote:
Originally posted by andy1868
every now and then, like mike says, i'm normally driving to and from work in rush hour on a cold engine, whats the point of taking it to the redline on the small profile? there is no point

apparently i haven't fully grasped the concept of vtec death yet

no you deffo haven't, i give mine 9k death everywhere

deano87

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Registered: 21st Oct 06
Location: Bedfordshire Drives: Ford Fiesta
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8th Jan 09 at 20:54

Never ever above 3krpm if it's cold. Always allow it to warm up. 1) because you should 2) it sounds dog rough when cold - it is an XE afterall

But it gets a good booting when warm on most drives. Normally when I have to though i.e. slip roads, junctions and such

Adam C

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Registered: 10th Jan 07
Location: Cornwall UK Drives:Arden Blue Gsi T
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8th Jan 09 at 21:01

Never have done in the 1.0, I always try and keep it under 3k revs for petrol consumption etc, when the sport was running I gave it alot more abuse and thats only because the car used to piss me off and break alot

My Arden Blue Astra GSi MK4 on BBS LM's Project Thread

Andrew

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Registered: 5th May 04
Location: Skoda Octavia Estate, Ford Puma
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8th Jan 09 at 21:01

quote:
Originally posted by Kurt
Even more so under warranty

Too right

Mine expires next year though

Time for another newen me thinks

Ben G

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Registered: 12th Jan 07
Location: Essex
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8th Jan 09 at 21:08

quote:
Originally posted by deano87
Never ever above 3krpm if it's cold. Always allow it to warm up. 1) because you should 2) it sounds dog rough when cold - it is an XE afterall

But it gets a good booting when warm on most drives. Normally when I have to though i.e. slip roads, junctions and such

cruising in 5th gear at 70mph is not considered booting it deano

deano87

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Registered: 21st Oct 06
Location: Bedfordshire Drives: Ford Fiesta
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8th Jan 09 at 21:12

Whilst 5krpm may not even break yours into a sweat, mine is revving its nuts off, gives a high pitched noise and starts loosing power

[Edited on 08-01-2009 by deano87]

GTM

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Registered: 24th Nov 08
Location: Kingswinford, West Midlands
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8th Jan 09 at 21:19

quote:
Originally posted by thegsi
Not very often. I drive my Corsa slower than my Metro most of the time.

...unless some silly, gay Subaru driver has a go.

Good man, i wish i had some power under the hood for such occasions.

j10E W

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Registered: 30th Sep 04
Location: maidstone
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8th Jan 09 at 22:14

my work van gets it everywhere flat out from cold etc,
dont really drive thw bmw being autospastic it doesnt really have the same appeal

Damian_666

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Registered: 28th Sep 06
Location: essex: Drives: Mitsubishi Evo 2 RS
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8th Jan 09 at 22:17

i bounce 8600rpm on every trip i make!

so twice a day going to and from work.

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