BobbyZ

Welcome and congrats on the new motor

It's things like this that make me happy to be single

Jerrick, what options are there in terms of absorbing impacts that are 'sharp' vs 'non-sharp', i.e. in your example I think for a fast road set up the preference would be to absorb small vibrations and pot holes (that I would classify as sharp) and still have maximum control over larger, lower frequency deflections like rollers?

GM to the rescue again

They're awesome. Anything with a plastic rear window is okay by me

*Scours the Internet for crap cars with plastic rear windows*

Gash in what way?

I vote for Ohlins DFVs just to throw more spanners into the works

 

I try to justify £2500 to myself on a daily basis. Havent quite got there yet

 

Would also state that Ive seen no evidence of KW v3's for £1250 as claimed earlier in the thread. You gets what you pay for I think

 

Totally understand that, that's why the only reason i bought them was because i grabbed a brand new set at £1400!

Have you tried other coilovers, and if so how do the Öhlins compare?

Rarity is the most pointless reason for owning a car ever.

That's just your opinion though - there's countless people that would say the same about RWD.

Wonder if all the driver aids were fully OFF on both cars..???

I'd imagine they used whatever set up the car was fastest in.

I wouldn't say that's surprising. The fastest hot hatches have been embarrassing more 'exotic' machinery for years. The fun bit is subjective of course.

Apologies if I'm being dim, but the chart says flywheel power, so is that number adjusted based on estimated drivetrain losses?

Perfect timing Mark

Hmm okay, I did search for it

I'm sure we're all familiar with this car by now - nice vid though. Enjoy

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I'd be getting onto their insurers ASAP if they're trying to say it's all sorted. The car will need to be checked out properly to see if the chassis is bent etc.

I'm curious to know how they managed to do so much damage reversing, but I guess that's kinda academic now...

I used to use the front fog lights to look really cool in my Corsa 1.6 GSi back when I was a whippersnapper

Until a policeman with nothing better to do gave me a stern telling off, that is

I don't think I want to ever have kids now.

Just one of many reasons I don't want to have kids - I think we're heading towards an ever more automated world where humans are forced to simply go through the motions.

And what happens when technology goes wrong or the system fails, the driver relying on it to possibly save his life, shocking idea if you ask me....

While I'm not in favour of any automation, I'm not sure that argument will stand up to scrutiny in the long term. The systems will become more fail-safe and will ultimately be shown to have a better safety record than an unassisted driver, which will be the turning point.

How many false positives does it report? Handy device if it isnt putting brakes on when an accident doesn't occur. Do fear that there is too much 'assist' to drivers nowadays, that driving as a skill is being lost and accidents will happen because drivers become lazy and think they do not have to concentrate.

 

People are too lazy to concentrate already, yoy just have to look at the numbers of people glued to their phones whilst driving.

 

You surely cannot really believe the roads would be safer if cars didn't have ABS, EPS, powet steering, etc??? Most people drive to get from A to B not to have fun.

 

I've never had the preemptive braking come on in our Lexus or even the TC system on public roads, but am not stupid enough to assume I have the skills needed to avoid every possible accident. Every single one of us have been distracted whilst driving, if you haven't been than your lying to your self. Most of the time you get away with it but if all the dots are lined up all it takes is one glance away from the road ahead and you could end up changing your life forever or even worse someone elses.

 

Maybe its because I've seen too many people in ITU due to RTAs, and since becoming a dad the thought of anything like a RTA involving my daughter really is unthinkable. Personally I don't understand why legislation isn't already in place to mandate this kind of preemptive safety equipment, the ability to avoid or reduce the impact of a crash will save just as many lives as seat belts and air bags.

Nah, I'd rather have a short life where I get some excitement and challenges rather than a long, sanitised life

Trust me, I'd much rather people drove properly or not at all. But I think that ship has long since sailed.

Just leave a sufficient gap to the car in front

 

Yes, I started leaving a decent gap many years ago. Saved me once from a major pileup that happened right in front of me (and behind me too). I managed to stop easily without standing on my brakes, the guy behind me stopped too, but he got hit by a tailgater. I don't know how the accident in front of me happened but there were 6 cars involved and it was on a humpback bridge.

 

I wish someone could come up with a solution, like a buzzer when you're driving too close. I'm not sure that automatic deceleration won't actually cause more shunts?

 

Pete

Well in the absence of people paying attention properly when driving (which i think we have to accept isn't possible for a lot of people), I guess a simple sensor could do the trick. It still couldn't account for everything that a good driver can though, i.e. road conditions, visibility etc.

Just leave a sufficient gap to the car in front

Blue similar to this or maybe slightly lighter would work I think, or purple as also previously mentioned.

Anything too bright like the green mentioned would be too garish with the orange for me.

Why, does a zed suddenly turn into a shopping trolley in the wet without driver aids? I doubt it somehow. Back in my day no cars had electronic driver aids

Sounds far too complicated for my terrible technical abilities

So how does she handle with no stability control?

Merry Christmas all

Welcome and good luck with the zed hunt Mark