[Z06] Counting Clutch Cycles (:crazy:)
Burning Brakes
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From: St. Peters MO
My point was that paddle shifters could offer a way for us aging baby boomer's an option to going to an automatic transmission. I'll keep my clutch cars as long as my knee can take it.
and paddles for down shifting on the A6. That design.......well it pisses me off..........why wasn't it just paddle shifters?Left one for down shift right one for up shift...........if they had done it that way I probably would have already gotten one by now......but I guess this was done by the same dork that put that gay a$$ window on the hood of our new beloved ZR1.........
Melting Slicks
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St. Jude Donor '08
I agree CJ, on both counts.
I drove a Masserati a couple of months ago. One of those people with too much money. He knew I tracked my Corvette and was a fairly competent driver. He doesn't push his car and asked me to try it out and see what I thought. Well who was I to say no to help him out
Paddle shifters, triptronic clutch or trans. Whatever it is. When you go from Auto mode to Manual shift. It upshifts and bumps like you were speed shifting. It downshifts by rev matching for you. And blips the throttle. That thing is cool as all get up. If I had knee problems or just got sick of clutching. I'd be all over that. Their V8 has a sweet sound to it. Somewhere between an American V8 and a Ferrari V8. The car handles very well. I'd trash it with my Z06 for a 1/4 of the price.
Now the Ferrari. I've been on track with a couple of them who's owners actually drive the car like they stole it. You can't mistaken that engine when it's coming for you. They handle turns and braking very well. They maybe for the rich who have more $$$ than brains as it was put. But a few of them run these cars for all they're worth. And it is impressive to watch. Z06 owners are no different. An expensive sports car that very few drive to its potential. Different scale of economy, but not cheap by any stretch of the imagination.
Bang for the buck though the Z06 is incredible and deserves to be up on that list of special cars. I love the notion of race on weekends and commute to work on the weekdays.
Graham
I drove a Masserati a couple of months ago. One of those people with too much money. He knew I tracked my Corvette and was a fairly competent driver. He doesn't push his car and asked me to try it out and see what I thought. Well who was I to say no to help him out
Paddle shifters, triptronic clutch or trans. Whatever it is. When you go from Auto mode to Manual shift. It upshifts and bumps like you were speed shifting. It downshifts by rev matching for you. And blips the throttle. That thing is cool as all get up. If I had knee problems or just got sick of clutching. I'd be all over that. Their V8 has a sweet sound to it. Somewhere between an American V8 and a Ferrari V8. The car handles very well. I'd trash it with my Z06 for a 1/4 of the price.
Now the Ferrari. I've been on track with a couple of them who's owners actually drive the car like they stole it. You can't mistaken that engine when it's coming for you. They handle turns and braking very well. They maybe for the rich who have more $$$ than brains as it was put. But a few of them run these cars for all they're worth. And it is impressive to watch. Z06 owners are no different. An expensive sports car that very few drive to its potential. Different scale of economy, but not cheap by any stretch of the imagination.
Bang for the buck though the Z06 is incredible and deserves to be up on that list of special cars. I love the notion of race on weekends and commute to work on the weekdays.
Graham
I've ran circles around older Ferraris and Lambo's on the track.
I love the Z06 more than I can explain here but there is a world out there that most of us (myself included) won't have the opportunity to experience...the world of ultra high tech, very expensive cars. The great thing is that the extreme high technology eventually filters down to the cars that us mere mortals can afford.
Last edited by CJR2; Dec 9, 2007 at 11:38 PM.
Melting Slicks
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From: Cary NC
25 clutch cycles coming in. Almost no traffic. More like 50 going home since traffic is usually a cluster f@#k. So about 75/day. I no longer drive it daily so I could care less about clutch wear commuting. I'm more worried about it on track
Think you could create a weighted system and put it in a spreadsheet so we could calculate wear per shift based on rpm.
Graham
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Dean, I just wanted to officially let you know I hate you. Now you've got me counting the damned clutch cycle coming to work today!
25 clutch cycles coming in. Almost no traffic. More like 50 going home since traffic is usually a cluster f@#k. So about 75/day. I no longer drive it daily so I could care less about clutch wear commuting. I'm more worried about it on track
Think you could create a weighted system and put it in a spreadsheet so we could calculate wear per shift based on rpm.
Graham
25 clutch cycles coming in. Almost no traffic. More like 50 going home since traffic is usually a cluster f@#k. So about 75/day. I no longer drive it daily so I could care less about clutch wear commuting. I'm more worried about it on track
Think you could create a weighted system and put it in a spreadsheet so we could calculate wear per shift based on rpm.
Graham
Sorry, Graham.
