08-21-2017, 05:19 PM
Finally got some time to myself this weekend, so I went for a two hour ride out of and around the city. I didn't venture to any twisty bits, partly because I was lazy and partly because I wanted to avoid any summer/eclipse traffic, but I did manage to get some solid driving in on all kinds of roads... and even did some grocery shopping. You can check out a video of some tunnel action (with crappy audio - thanks google) at the link below. Everything was within the speed limit, I promise.
The drives much better since I had the front calipers replaced. I'm pretty sure there was a significant drag on one rotors and a slight drag on the other. The car floats quite a bit at higher speeds, but that's part side aero and part tires. It definitely makes things interesting when you feel like you need two hands at 70 mph. Nevermind the fact you have to look up at GTI drivers because the car is so low. I've been considering tinting the windows for awhile, so that's probably something I'll do next spring.
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The drives much better since I had the front calipers replaced. I'm pretty sure there was a significant drag on one rotors and a slight drag on the other. The car floats quite a bit at higher speeds, but that's part side aero and part tires. It definitely makes things interesting when you feel like you need two hands at 70 mph. Nevermind the fact you have to look up at GTI drivers because the car is so low. I've been considering tinting the windows for awhile, so that's probably something I'll do next spring.
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'76 911S | '14 328xi | '17 GTI | In memoriam: '08 848, '85 944
"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth
"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth