Colorado general chat...

[Bimmerman325i]

A pre-primed system that can predict when to send torque to each axle, requires no slipping before working, and can send 100% power to the front or rear = way better then any other awd for a "drivers" car.

Except talk to folks who have that system, it's not as great as you'd expect. It functions as FWD except when it needs the awd, which is very rarely.

[Eric]

nonono, that leads to less racecar funds. Two kids is a good number.

yeah, we are good with 2. My sister just had her 6th, and the oldest just turned 12!

My personal philosophy. Subject to change due to accidents.

I thought the same thing, until our first accident. Kids are cool man... well your own kids are cool, others still kind of annoy me.

Has she daily driven a truck of that size? It get's old pretty quick, and any of those trucks will be like a monster truck compared to the mini..

Yeah, she actually learned how to drive on a 96 F350 crew cab long bed... you know the old fords that are longer than the titanic? She also daily drives a 1500 for work, and while deployed she drove an F450 around Iraq.

So he should sell/trade the mini for F350 or whatever, and then when she gets tired of the gas mileage/size/whatever, get a cheap volvo wagon and keep the truck for towing. net win.

or a 4 door E30 325ix:puppy: (already planning it out...)

dunno bout you guys, but my kid is a blast, and I wouldn't trade her for all the race cars in the world.

hey, different priorities....

Yeah man, kids are super cool!

So all the Golf R's are sold already. I guess I missed out on that one :(

What is so special about the golf R? Also I saw a new passat yesterday. Nice looking car. It had an R badge on the fender, is this the new M/AMG line for VW?

Oh yeah, we loved our MK5 Golf GTi, great car!

ftfy

What the heck does ftfy mean?

[blefevre]

Except talk to folks who have that system, it's not as great as you'd expect. It functions as FWD except when it needs the awd, which is very rarely.

Are you talking about people with the latest version of haldex where it's pre-primed? All that I have read of the latest version is that it predicts what you are doing. So on launch it will automatically send most of the power to the rear BEFORE you actually launch. Same on exits of turns. It will takes speed/steering inputs to automatically send more power to the rear on exits of turns to reduce understeer. During cruising it is FWD which is better for mpgz, which I like.

Eric, golf R is a ~260hp golf with Haldex awd and upgraded suspension on the GTI. It appeals to me as a DD because of awd, 4 door, hatch, and sporty.

Either way they are all sold out so I don't really care about the car anymore.

[Bimmerman325i]

Ha, no, my only real knowledge is from Yosei and his 04 R32. Sounds like the system's changed a fair bit then.

[Eric]

Eric, golf R is a ~260hp golf with Haldex awd and upgraded suspension on the GTI. It appeals to me as a DD because of awd, 4 door, hatch, and sporty.

so it's the MKIV version of the R32?

[blefevre]

so it's the MKIV version of the R32?

Yes

[Roland H]

What the heck does ftfy mean?

"fixed that for you." ;)

[Eric]

"fixed that for you." ;)

aaaaahhhh. Makes sense.

[iamsam]

Anyone know of any 16" E39 wheels for cheap? I need some winter shoes for the 540i/6.

[Cloudbase]

Me



And the Wifey



Back in Western MD

[iamsam]

whaaaaaaat

you seriously do everything

[blefevre]

whaaaaaaat

you seriously do everything

Yeah, you have this whole "life" thing down pretty damn good. Looks fun!

[Cloudbase]

Well you never know what tricks you need to have up your sleeve when the Zombies attack!

[iamsam]

dude, does the Colo Springs upullandpay REALLY have a 2010 535xi???? http://www.upullandpay.com/colorado-...ntory?make=Bmw

[Bimmerman325i]

Who wants to pioneer an n54 e30 swap? Theres your donor...