Do you thrash? or Dont you thrash?

[melbzetec]

Pretty much what I expected Danny.

[FOCUSonTHIS]

Originally Posted by melbzetec

Am I just a total boofhead???
(No need to reply to that thankyou Danny)

But I will Steve! Gee Steve you change that high your what? About 20 years my senior (sorry to point that out) and your drive your car harder than me, I only change at 3000rpm or 3500rpm depends who I need to overtake. I think I need to give you my stereo so you can pump out your Miles Davis and drive with one hand on your steering wheel with your sunglasses and straw hat (the one from small ford sunday) on!

[melbzetec]

Are you that old Adam??lol

[FOCUSonTHIS]

I was taking a stab in the dark. I didn't knife out exactly your age but yes I'm off my P's :(

[Pieoter]

I give it a trash sometimes. Mainly I nurse it to get good fuel economy but coming from work on a sat night i can't help but give it a buzz with no one else on the road

[Teki04]

Originally Posted by Danny

Lol My fez is always washed out with sounds of chilled house, electro, and 80's hahahhaa

Haha finally! Dude, grab Housexy - you won't look back! The rest of the Ministry of Sound stuff is **** compared to it!

Argh yes, 80s... I always listen to Mix 106.5 on the way home at say, 3am... As I know the cops are out and bored; just waiting for someone to do something wrong!

[DOC]

Originally Posted by photn

mind you when i get out to my local streets....1-redline,2-redline,3-redline..

LOL and that just gets you across the other side of the intersection.

[photn]

Originally Posted by DOC

LOL and that just gets you across the other side of the intersection.

while your still sitting there trying to figure out how to put it in gear..... : : :eclipsee_ : : :

lol....

[goop]

Originally Posted by Scareybear

I agree, the music has a lot to do with it.

Last time i got 'eager' with the stereo cranked, the tail came around and said 'hi' to me.

Transcript of Conversation:

Me: ner-ne-ner-ne-ner [think typewriter off sesame street].
Bum of Car: oh, hi Craig! so, what's new?
Me: ah, nothing much, Bum of Car, just listening to a few tunes. how's things your end?
Bum of Car: fine, fine. Hey, uh... fancy turning it down a little? Kinda hard to make myself heard...
Me: oh, sure! come to think of it, you're usually far more... rearward. Hmmm.
Bum of Car: yep. oh, and the panic braking you're doing rightnow, so as to miss the curb? not really such a good idea, huh?
Me: [incoherent mumbles]

So, in conclusion, there are 2 points I'd like to make:
1/ I don't know what the car is doing if I can't hear it.
2/ Drugs are trouble, kids

[Steffo]

I don't thrash the car. Most of the time, my gearchanges are as follows...

1st to 2nd = 3200rpm
2nd to 3rd = 3000rpm
3rd to 4th = 2800rpm
4th to 5th = 80km/h

Though I have been known to hit 6000rpm from time to time... its not a frequent occurance.

[photn]

Originally Posted by goop

Last time i got 'eager' with the stereo cranked, the tail came around and said 'hi' to me.

Transcript of Conversation:

Me: ner-ne-ner-ne-ner [think typewriter off sesame street].
Bum of Car: oh, hi Craig! so, what's new?
Me: ah, nothing much, Bum of Car, just listening to a few tunes. how's things your end?
Bum of Car: fine, fine. Hey, uh... fancy turning it down a little? Kinda hard to make myself heard...
Me: oh, sure! come to think of it, you're usually far more... rearward. Hmmm.
Bum of Car: yep. oh, and the panic braking you're doing rightnow, so as to miss the curb? not really such a good idea, huh?
Me: [incoherent mumbles]

So, in conclusion, there are 2 points I'd like to make:
1/ I don't know what the car is doing if I can't hear it.
2/ Drugs are trouble, kids

LMAO that brightened my day lol... hehehehehe absolute GOLD........ ahhhhh.....heheeheheheh

[JD2004]

Speaking of vehicle noise, I never ever have the radio on or a cd in as i absolutely love the sound of the car itself!! call me odd but i just love the sound so much id rather listen to it than some crazy song about him loving her...

Fiesta = purrrrrrrrrrr
Luke = mmmm

[photn]

Originally Posted by JD2004

Speaking of vehicle noise, I never ever have the radio on or a cd in as i absolutely love the sound of the car itself!! call me odd but i just love the sound so much id rather listen to it than some crazy song about him loving her...

Fiesta = purrrrrrrrrrr
Luke = mmmm

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA
Luke = weird lol

[JD2004]

Originally Posted by photn

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA
Luke = weird lol

Thanks champ!! love the comments

[photn]

Originally Posted by JD2004

Thanks champ!! love the comments

thats for laughing at my bumper lol heheheheheehe

nah alls cool....... i like to hear my car as well.....just that i can hear myne over the stereo with the exhaust thats all...

[crispymk2]

I'm pretty soft on the fez most of the time (well when the missus is in the car with me anyway) Usually shift at 3500 - 4000 with the odd bilp out to 6 to hear the nice engine note growl through the firewall...

But if i really want a thrash and some noise i just jump in the cortina and take the old kent x-flow out to 7500... now thats noisy!

[mitch_lx]

I got my stock exhaust put back on my god, what a pleasure to drive now !!!!!!!

QUIET lol.

The Fiesta isnt all that fast in a straight line, so i mainly put my foot down when cornering, you can usually find me in 3rd gear holding it through corners with a big smile on my face. And occasionally downchanging to second and redlining it all the way to 6,900 ish Apollo sounds gorgeous.

Also worth mentioning, i let my car idle and warm up before its driven anywhere and i service my car every 3 thousand kms. New oil filter and new completely synthetic shell helix ultra oil.

So i keep her in check

[Fled74]

I think you might call my driving "sedate", with the wife & the baby and/or the mother-in-law in the car most of the time.

When driving alone, however, I pop in some Metallica, Drowning Pool or Pantera and just let 'er rip!

[JD2004]

lol you look like a pantera person!!

Drowning pool - bodies ... such a great song for depression!!

anyway im depressed and listening to that song no i didnt crash my fez.

[Fled74]

lol

Drowning Pool's "The Game" and "Sinner" and good driving songs.

Anyway, to keep this thread on-topic: No, I don't thrash the Fez often enough.

[kiwijohn42]

Crispy, the specs for your Cotina are pure porn. Reminds me of my old Capri, had the 1600 built up similar. Can't beat the feeling of the second barrel opening on a Weber. Wonder if twin side draughts would fit on a Fez?

[crispymk2]

I'm sure you could sort a quad throttle body out some how that would be cool!!

[timmyTTjr]

Haha. Drowning Pool. I bought their CD a few years back on special for about $10. Not bad. Not good. Lets just leave it at that. If you want good metal there is only one provider: Rammstein. Awesome.

[RichieMK6]

hmmmmmmmmmm quads on a fez , that whould sound crazy , cosworth make a quad , cold it be addapted is the question

[frinik]

I used to hit redline 1st 2nd and 3rd when i first got it ...ive calmed down now.
Still do it every now n then ...i figured these things are build to last and itll be sold before the engine busts so why not have fun with it. They love to rev so rev it....

[JD2004]

Originally Posted by frinik

I used to hit redline 1st 2nd and 3rd when i first got it ...ive calmed down now.
Still do it every now n then ...i figured these things are build to last and itll be sold before the engine busts so why not have fun with it. They love to rev so rev it....

bahahaha your talking about a fez yet you want your skyline back?? i dont know if its just me but thats a only a very slight downgrade in power.. it must have been bad times to get rid of the skyline.. sorry to hear!!

Luke

[Ives]

Swaytan, you said that you fanged your Fez right out of the box to "properly" wear-in the engine so it can perform better than have better economy.

Well i pretty much drive it normally for the first 4000kms or so. Is it too late?

[Danny]

Originally Posted by HyperKid

Swaytan, you said that you fanged your Fez right out of the box to "properly" wear-in the engine so it can perform better than have better economy.

Well i pretty much drive it normally for the first 4000kms or so. Is it too late?

I wouldn't take that as gospel.

No offence to Sway at all but I CANNOT see how fanging the absolute knacker out of a brand new car constantly and relentlessly can be good regardless of what the old one felt like (maybe Sway you had a bad WP, I dont kow). Do yourself a favour and keep driving like a normal considerate road user.

[EBFalcs]

Originally Posted by Danny

I wouldn't take that as gospel.

No offence to Sway at all but I CANNOT see how fanging the absolute knacker out of a brand new car constantly and relentlessly can be good regardless of what the old one felt like (maybe Sway you had a bad WP, I dont kow). Do yourself a favour and keep driving like a normal considerate road user.

if you run a new engine at high revs most the time it will wear so that it runs best at hig revs

[Blue_ST170]

No it wont ull just **** the engine.....and ive got a focus not fez but i drive the **** out of it. not so much pure speed but around the corners (gotta love that 6 speed and big brakes).....the engines great but the rest of the car feels it.....blown two shock and got free brake pads cause i wore them under 20,000km...also burn through tires......its prolly also got something to do with taking it on the track alot.