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12-14-2012, 08:26 AM | #881 | |
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Now if Toyota redecorates it as a Lexus, bumps the price several grand and finds willing customers, that's a different story.
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12-16-2012, 09:20 PM | #884 | |
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12-17-2012, 06:03 PM | #885 |
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You sirs are both wrong... think Miata, then think Toyobaru... the same sales success but much better in every other respect... and yes, even a convertible version may be on the way (not that I would care about it):
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12-17-2012, 06:19 PM | #886 | |
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This is the most interesting text I've ever read from Jeremy Clarkson (I give him *****
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12-18-2012, 03:56 PM | #887 |
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I can't understand how F1 can loose its most exciting driver today while at the same time Red Bull keeps Mark Webber, Ferrari keeps Filipe Massa, Mclaren keeps Jenson Button and Lotus keeps Romain Grosjean.
Since Kamui Kobayashi has left F1 here it is a little tribute to him ![]() Driving the Toyobaru: In fact, if Sergio Perez managed to move up to Mclaren why doesn't Kobayashi deserve to drive for an equally competitive F1 team when the 2012 results difference between the two was, at best, only marginal?! ............................. Sergio Perez ............. Kamui Kobayashi Points ........................... 66 ......................... 60 Race finishes ahead ......... 6 .......................... 4 (after both complete race) Qualifying ahead ............. 11 ......................... 9 (after both complete qualifying) Podium finishes ............... 3(3rd & 2x 2nd) ...... 1(3rd) Best qualifying ................ 4th ........................ 2nd(2x 3rd) Best lap........................... 1 .......................... 1 Also, if it wasn't for Romain Grosjean's lack of ability causing the first-corner BIG crash at the Belgian Grand Prix (after which he received a one-race ban), Kobayashi who managed to qualify 2nd on the grid could have VERY well finished that race on the podium. Ironically, Grosjean stays on the Lotus team, which only until the last minute ended up not signing Kobayashi for the 2013 season. Yes, I know... Grosjean is french and Lotus, formerly called Renault F1 team, uses Renault engines... ![]() Kobayashi was also victim of few Sauber's blatantly wrong race strategy decisions for him, namely those which, once again ironically, led to two of the three podium finishes from his team mate Sergio Perez after he has qualifyed significantly worse than Kobayashi both times (4 places down) and even failing to qualify for Q3 - in the Canadian Grand Prix, Perez started 15th, Kobayashi was 11th on the grid, and yet Perez managed to finish 3rd while Kobayashi finished 9th; in the Italian Grand Prix, Perez started 12th, Kobayashi got through to Q3 getting 8th place on the grid, but yet again Perez finishes on the podium with the 2nd place and Kobayashi only gets the same 9th place. Strange coincidence, no?! So, what really happened?! In the Canadian Grand Prix, Sauber planned two stops for Kobayashi on SUPER SOFT tyres and after his much too early pit stop the team changed his strategy to one stop only and he did a lot of laps, 46 laps, on a set of soft tyres while Perez started on the HARDER compound and it turned out that one stop strategy was possible and even quicker this way - Perez made his one only pit stop on lap 42 and he had fresh tyres for the remaining 28 laps (from a total of 70 laps). In the Italian Grand Prix, Sauber sent Kobayashi in one-stop strategy with a used set of medium tires while at the same time they have put Perez in the same one-stop strategy BUT with new hard tires. Kobayashi ended up losing precious time in the beginning of the race trying to preserve a set of used medium tires which were meant for one-stop strategy only. Perez, on the other hand, AGAIN was sent with a fresh new set of HARD tires for the exact same strategy meaning that he could push harder from the very beginning of the race with significantly less tire degradation, which proved to be crucial. Finally, even at the Japanese Grand Prix where Kobayashi was able to finish 3rd overall (his season's best race result) Sauber did it again and made the wrong strategy decision when they called Kobayashi too damn' early (Kobayashi was in 2nd place at that time) for his first pit stop on lap 16 as he was temporarily held up by drivers yet to stop before managing to overtake them, namely behind Daniel Ricciardo's Toro Rosso already being chased after by Jenson Button who has pitted three laps earlier and re-joined in eighth loosing 3rd place to Filipe Massa, thus giving now his 2nd place away to Filipe Massa who only pitted on lap 20 (same as Vettel who happened to have won the race!!!) after 4 solid laps of nearly traffic-free running which were enough for Massa to hold the 2nd position when he re-joined right in front of Kobayashi (3rd) and Button (4th). Moreover, due to this bad strategy, Kobayashi's second pit stop (on lap 31) had to be done earlier than initially planned because Kamui's tyres had gone off, which made him spent more than 20 laps on the last set of tyres which in the end could have cost him the third position to Jenson Button as well. So, instead of third, Kobayashi could have been 2nd on his home Grand Prix. Kobayashi belongs to F1, no doubt whatsoever!!! ![]() Last edited by GoingTooFast; 01-12-2013 at 12:05 PM.. |
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While the Toyobaru engine has made its place in the ten winning engines of Ward's 10 Best Engines competition:
some units are still experiencing issues, no official numbers yet. Reflashing/replacing the ECU is the official answer to the rough idle and CEL issue though: Quote:
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12-26-2012, 05:44 PM | #890 |
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Yet another SERIOUS threat to Porsche's dominance over the NA boxer engines...
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12-26-2012, 06:58 PM | #891 |
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What are the power specs on that? Would love it if they had the same power/displacement in a 3.0L for that car.
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01-04-2013, 06:25 PM | #895 |
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^^ Add that to the fact my typical average fuel consumption with my 1M is like shown below (forget about the dust
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01-06-2013, 04:38 PM | #896 | |
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Best quote from Advevo ever... talking about bigger tyres on the 1M:
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01-09-2013, 07:59 PM | #897 | |
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We already know why the Lotus F1 team ended up not signing Kobayashi for the 2013 season while keeping the erratic Grosjean instead. Grosjean is french, Lotus F1 was formerly Renault F1 team, Eric Boullier who was Team Principal of the Renault F1 team (and also Managing Director) is now Lotus F1 Team Principal and yes... you have guessed... he is also french and, last but not the least, the Lotus F1 team uses Renault engines and... Renault is obviously french!
So…. where does it put us or what does this all mean?! Lotus is still a British brand, right?! Likewise, EVO magazine is also a British brand and, likewise, they always favour the french Renault instead of the japanese Toyobaru... one time is the Megane RS and the next time is the Clio Cup. Then, I am obliged to ask, where does this whole British-French connection come from?! ![]() In effect, EVO does it again and managed to see what no one else sees... ![]() Quote:
And the insidious part of it is that EVO makes you to believe that this is a comparison between four cars whereas, in reality, it is a comparison ONLY between the GT86 and the Clio Cup simply because the other two (albeit VERY good) are VERY old and not readily available cars that you would seek for use on a daily-basis. It seems that some of the remaining Cup's stock has to go to give room for the next, already-here, Renault Clio RS/Cup. ![]() Toyota GT86 vs Renault Clio Cup, Honda Integra Type-R and BMW E30 M3 You know business, right?! Unfortunately for F1, Kobayashi knows too... Last edited by GoingTooFast; 01-09-2013 at 08:11 PM.. |
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I love the FR-S and BR-Z. I think it's one of the best new cars out there. Just add a sticky set of tires and you have one hell of a fun little car.
I'm just waiting for someone to make a kit that will make it look like an LF-A ![]()
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01-12-2013, 10:31 AM | #901 |
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i would want one like this with 300turbo hp
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I would seriously be very interested in the BRZ when the turbo comes out.
Heard nothing but great things about the car.
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