[s-cars] RE: SSKs

[Evan Desjardins]

Nahh, you guys haven't LIVED until you've flogged a '93 Nissan
Sentra...  1.6L of raw 4 cyl fire-breathing, demon-fueled power.

PH33R M3!

-Evan
95 //S6

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> Message: 8
> Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 10:13:35 -0500
> From: Taka Mizutani <t44tqtro at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] RE: SSKs
> To: "Krasusky Paul (WQQ2PXK)" <WQQ2PXK at ups.com>
> Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com
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> Paul-
> In a road car, the Carrera GT is definitely one of the neatest
> sounding cars out there. The high-compression "WHUP!" sounds it makes
> is soooo cool. V-10 is very unique sounding. Kind of a cross between
> the Panoz Esperante race car (high-comp. Ford 4.6L DOHC V-8) and F1
> car (at much lower volume).
> 
> I personally don't like BMW shifters- I think they're quite rubbery
> and long throw, although they're precise enough that I've never
> complained about missing shifts.
> 
> I've mixed feelings on short shifters- I like getting the rubber out
> of the shifter so that it feels more precise, but very wary about
> shortening the shifts. I've driven a few cars with short shifters and
> didn't like many of them. The ultra-short shifter kits (40% reduction)
> for the A4/S4 were too short, the E36 M3 40% was too short, Subaru WRX
> factory kit too short, etc. I find that there isn't enough throw to
> accurately tell what gear you're going into.
> 
> With the stock STi, I think the shifts are short enough that you may
> have difficulty figuring out what gear you're going into, especially
> 3rd and 4th- STi shifters are quite bad at grabbing a 5 to 4
> downshift. I thought it was just me, but Jeff Lorriman on Sports Car
> Revolution mentioned the exact same thing, interesting.
> 
> Actually, except for the looong throw on Audi 6 spd ZF boxes (never
> driven the Aisin equipped B6), I like Audi transmission shifters-
> precise enough, gets the job done, better than BMW in that regard, I
> would just get rid of the rubber.
> 
> IMHO, Hondas and Miatas are still the best in terms of shift quality.
> I'm hoping the new Saturn Sky will be similar, that's my next sports
> car unless it turns out to be a chick car (I won't drive a Miata
> partially for that reason).
> 
> Taka
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