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https://m.facebook.com/story.php?sto...62711873758009
Forgot to mention, that was his shakedown pass.
Forgot to mention, that was his shakedown pass.
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It'll be an ILX with a marginally more powerful engine, AWD, and no manual transmission. If there is a manual, it'll only be available in the model that's completely neutered in terms of features (current ILX, Accord Sport sedan). In the end, just remember that Honda hates us all.
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Better be awake then.
It'll be an ILX with a marginally more powerful engine, AWD, and no manual transmission. If there is a manual, it'll only be available in the model that's completely neutered in terms of features (current ILX, Accord Sport sedan). In the end, just remember that Honda hates us all.
It'll be an ILX with a marginally more powerful engine, AWD, and no manual transmission. If there is a manual, it'll only be available in the model that's completely neutered in terms of features (current ILX, Accord Sport sedan). In the end, just remember that Honda hates us all.
damn nice color combo on this Aventador
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It's hard not to get snarky at Honda/Acura though...per Motor Authority's comments...
https://acurazine.com/forums/automot.../#post15205620
https://acurazine.com/forums/automot.../#post15205620
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Unless the autocross cross is configured to just completely favor small horsepower cars, I doubt it will get "raped" with P Zero Trofeo tires that the engineers claimed were originally producing "too much grip".
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This sounds like the kind of comment one makes when the opposing car would just shit all over it every where else.
Unless the autocross cross is configured to just completely favor small horsepower cars, I doubt it will get "raped" with P Zero Trofeo tires that the engineers claimed were originally producing "too much grip".
Unless the autocross cross is configured to just completely favor small horsepower cars, I doubt it will get "raped" with P Zero Trofeo tires that the engineers claimed were originally producing "too much grip".
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Go to your nearest American Tires and they will fix it for you for free.
Wait nvm, you are in Canada
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Nice Iso Grifo.
It is Italian-- Iso Grifo, but probably a Chevy or Ford power train.
Love them and the Bizzarinis, but haven't driven them.
The tire is repairable, but some tire places have corporate policies against plugging and patching unless the hole is beyond the first tread block next to the sidewall.
American Tire Depot has a policy against repairing a hole in that position on the tread.
It is repairable, though.
Love them and the Bizzarinis, but haven't driven them.
The tire is repairable, but some tire places have corporate policies against plugging and patching unless the hole is beyond the first tread block next to the sidewall.
It is repairable, though.
Go hump that window you own. 
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i had a nail at the exact same location 1 month ago. American Tires fixed it without any issue.
Try a more "ghetto place" if you got one in Canada =)
Usually it gets too close to the sidewall, that is when it is not repairable anymore.
Yours looks ok.
Try a more "ghetto place" if you got one in Canada =)
Usually it gets too close to the sidewall, that is when it is not repairable anymore.
Yours looks ok.
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Too close to the sidewall.. :aman:
Get a plug kit
Don't be a bitch
Pull the screw out
Grind the fuck out of the hole
Insert your slim jim balls deep
1/4 turn, pull out.
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It's heavy though so no matter how grippy the tires are you still have to accelerate, decelerate, and move that much mass side to side quickly. The tires help a lot when carrying a ton of speed through a corner but a lower speed track like an autocross course will put the Camaro at a disadvantage simply because of the weight and not enough of an opportunity to put that enormous amount of power down.
The Z/28 uses Dynamic Suspension Spool Valve (DSSV) dampers made by supplier Multimatic. If you haven’t heard of that before, that’s because this is the first time it’s been on a regular production vehicle (we’re not counting the Aston Martin One-77 as regular). But it’s been a big deal because it debuted in Champ Car (now IndyCar) racing in 2002. Since then, DSSV dampers have won 4 F1 world championships and were on 20 of the 56 cars in the 2013 24 Hours of LeMans.
Tradition shocks work by restricting oil flow around a metal disk. The spool valve instead guides oil through specially shaped ports that allow for consistent performance and nearly limitless flexibility in shaping the force-displacement curve. The Z/28 also has two spool valves per damper, one for rebound and one for compression, so that either motion can be tuned independently.
In addition to the dampers, the Z/28 comes with 85 percent stiffer front and 65 percent stiffer rear springs, and almost all of the suspension bushings are stiffer as well. The anti-roll bars are actually smaller by a tiny margin.
Tradition shocks work by restricting oil flow around a metal disk. The spool valve instead guides oil through specially shaped ports that allow for consistent performance and nearly limitless flexibility in shaping the force-displacement curve. The Z/28 also has two spool valves per damper, one for rebound and one for compression, so that either motion can be tuned independently.
In addition to the dampers, the Z/28 comes with 85 percent stiffer front and 65 percent stiffer rear springs, and almost all of the suspension bushings are stiffer as well. The anti-roll bars are actually smaller by a tiny margin.
As said, chiming that the car would get raped by a Miata in an autocross course is like declaring a 911 is great and all, but my Subaru can seat four people comfortably. Who cares?
