Recent content by XoneDB4

Technically more of an automatically shifted manual, no? The gearbox itself is mechanically much more similar to a manual than a traditional auto.

Yes.

This is the only one I have on my phone - can take more angles if you’re interested. The phone just clicks straight on with the case and charges.

Before you take the plunge on quad lock, I use a proclip with a Pitaka aramid phone case and Qi magnetic wireless charging mount. The case is unbelievably thin considering it has a metal plate in it for the magnets, whereas the quad lock case is pretty bulky. I had to hack the mount backing a...

Washed the bugs off the windscreen - first of many times I’ll be doing that this summer...

Autosol metal polish to start with, which probably would have done fine by itself but I finished off with brasso as I had some in the cupboard. It took some elbow grease to get the soot off but the road grime came away easily. Buff off afterwards with a clean dry cloth and it came back to a...

Polished my exhaust tips for the first time after 5k miles of winter driving on damp and salty roads. RIP microfibre cloth...

Wow, you bought the $6.99 performance pack? Is the power gain noticeable? How’s that diff compared to stock?

Not meaning to be picky, but the fact that you’ve found a solution clearly means you’ve wanted to know, even if only infrequently...

That could well be it. Over here it’s the opposite - though that’s changing. A quick google tells me that in 2004, 17.6% of cars sold in the UK had an automatic transmission whereas now it’s more like a third thanks to more sophisticated boxes matching the responsiveness, drivability and fuel...

Mainly to avoid the WTF moments when you put your foot down and nothing happens because it thought you were going to do something different.

It puzzles me why this isn’t standard in NAR vehicles - is there a reason? It’s standard on our European models and it would have driven me mad coming from a manual going into a DSG that won’t tell me which gear I’m in.

AC dehumidifies the air as well as just cooling it so even if it’s freezing outside, AC helps defog the interior glass.

I was wrong - the record is 1.92s https://youtu.be/7VCYBtx6h4g

Nascar still uses multiple nuts on each wheel and a big can of fuel?? Get centre locks and a fire proof hose for flip’s sake! Doesn’t that result in giant fuel fires all the time? F1 eventually banned mid-race refuelling after various incidents like this: https://youtu.be/1TnFLw0opMI Prior...