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Old 04-08-2015, 11:54 AM
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yes, I believe he was, and I have to agree. I've been to a lot of F1 races and the current cars don't hold a candle to the V10 and V8 cars from the recent past.

As an aside, a buddy of mine has connections to one of the teams and I got to watch the US GP from inside the garage the year before last. And Jacky Stewart autographed my pit lane pass!
 
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I was thinking more in terms of likening the F-Type V8 to the previous recent gens of F1 cars.

It sounds more like American car muscle to me. It doesn't sound anything like the previous 2.4 to 3.0L F1 V8s and V10s spinning at 15K rpms and above.
 
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(not the current V6 which sound like a vacuum cleaner)

I need one of those vacuum cleaners!
 
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Originally Posted by swajames
yes, I believe he was, and I have to agree. I've been to a lot of F1 races and the current cars don't hold a candle to the V10 and V8 cars from the recent past.

As an aside, a buddy of mine has connections to one of the teams and I got to watch the US GP from inside the garage the year before last. And Jacky Stewart autographed my pit lane pass!
Awesome, I need to become buddies with you
 
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Originally Posted by Foosh
Have you considered having your hearing checked?
Sorry I was referring to new F1 V6, not FType V6
 
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Originally Posted by Nookieman
There is a setting for allowing paddle shifting in either sport only or sport plus drive in the 2014. I would doubt they removed the option for later cars. Maybe the one you drive was just configured to not allow paddle shifting in drive.

What do you mean more trigger happy?
The acceleration felt a little trigger happy but I noticed that someone had very aggressive settings in the dynamic mode setup
 
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Where was that color combo when I was shopping dealer stock last year?
 
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