2008 L.A. Auto Show: 2010 Nissan GT-R Loses Launch Control | Straightline Blog on Edmunds' Inside Line
Hello to mid 4 second 0-60 runs. Where is your god now?
2008 L.A. Auto Show: 2010 Nissan GT-R Loses Launch Control | Straightline Blog on Edmunds' Inside Line
Hello to mid 4 second 0-60 runs. Where is your god now?
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The things we do for girls who won't sleep with us.
Patrick says:
dads is too long so it wont fit
so i took hers out
and put mine in
Hmmm....
Maybe they can put a manual transmission in now?
I'd rather have that option than have launch control. And since it is so computerized anyway, I bet you it can be reprogrammed.
damn that sucks, i guess nissan got in over their head designing the car
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Horsepower wins races. Torque pulls trailers.
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Better and better.
lulz were had.
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About their only option.
Idiots who abuse the features and then claim on warranty just aren't' worth the hassle.
Shame that d*ckheads the world over (well one nation it seems) have ruined it for all of us
"A woman without curves is like a road without bends, you might get to your destination quicker but the ride is boring as hell'
Why bother with this car at all?
Lack of charisma can be fatal.
Visca Catalunya!
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I could care less. Its still a great car even without its gimmick. I always found it a downside to claim figures that were so bad on the vehicle's drivetrain anyways, so this more honest approach makes me like the car even more, even if it is slower off the line.
I dont if I'll make home tonight
But I know I can swim
under the Tahitian moon
Just to add a little bit of historical facts to the tirades about the launch control issue....
The reason many of the US mags moved over to a rolling start for their acceleration times was that they were tearing up clutches, boxes, diffs and shafts with standing starts with muscle cars
Top Gear got in trouble for twisting the half shafts on a classic Jag with their antics.
It's nothing new. chill folks
"A woman without curves is like a road without bends, you might get to your destination quicker but the ride is boring as hell'
I woudl take it and sell it, but that's just my own personal preference. Many magazines said it was awesome based upon accelleration figures that it can't match anymore. Still a good car, but almost all of the craze was based upon that, at least in the stuff I read.
The magazines I read don't seem to care much about that. They probably don't abuse their own cars like that, but the press fleet seems to be fair game. Car and Driver explained their offering of the 5-60mph accelleration numbers to illustrate what it can do off of a normal launch. And since asking magazine editors to launch normally is an exercise in futility, they came up with the 5-60. I think the launch control can be cool, but you do have to exercise some common sense in how often you use it. But common sense being an uncommon virtue...
Something I've wondered is why do they only give you the choice of no launch control or maximum launch? Why not offer something a little less abusive but still better than nothing at all?
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