"Flavien Vidal" (flyingfrenchy)
04/11/2016 at 09:06 • Filed to: None
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"Flavien Vidal" (flyingfrenchy)
04/11/2016 at 09:06 • Filed to: None | 6
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You’re welcome!
To end of course with...
:)
Jarrett - [BRZ Boi]
> Flavien Vidal
04/11/2016 at 09:11 |
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The wants are strong. The wallet is not.
The Dummy Gummy
> Flavien Vidal
04/11/2016 at 09:22 |
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Is the first one yours? It is incredibly polished.
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Flavien Vidal
> The Dummy Gummy
04/11/2016 at 09:29 |
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Last one is mine :)
The first one looks increbily sick indeed! Let’s just say that mine is... daily driven haha. I never wash my cars...
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The Dummy Gummy
> Flavien Vidal
04/11/2016 at 09:32 |
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Yours looks super clean too, especially for a daily. Consolation, I like your color combo way better!
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Flavien Vidal
> The Dummy Gummy
04/11/2016 at 09:37 |
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haha, thx. It took me a while to get used to the color, but it’s a truly fun car... I’ll do a full review of it later on.
If you want to see it in action (Harry’s laptimer test video I did a a little while back... Review will have more extensive track day/daily/mountain driving)... It’s the 12a turbo engine.
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The Dummy Gummy
> Flavien Vidal
04/11/2016 at 09:43 |
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I’ll check it out tonight. I, unfortunately, can’t watch the video at work right now. Thanks for the share!
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Flavien Vidal
> The Dummy Gummy
04/11/2016 at 09:45 |
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No problem :)
phenotyp
> Flavien Vidal
04/11/2016 at 10:21 |
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That black one (#22) ticks all my childhood “awesome car” boxes.
DrJohannVegas
> Flavien Vidal
04/11/2016 at 10:27 |
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I dearly miss mine. Thanks for the photodump.
Nauraushaun
> Flavien Vidal
04/12/2016 at 07:22 |
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It’s a shame Mazda couldn’t get the lightweight FR rotary thing to work. It’s a great idea. Like an MX-5 but better!
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Flavien Vidal
> Nauraushaun
04/12/2016 at 07:26 |
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Well, they did and it worked VERY well (nearly half a million of SA22C sold worldwide...). The next generations of cars just got fatter, but it’s Mazda’s fault :)
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Nauraushaun
> Flavien Vidal
04/12/2016 at 08:20 |
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I guess fatter cars doesn’t suit rotaries so well.
I thought the biggest problem with the cars was the rotary itself. It got a horrendous reputation for unreliability and excessive consumption and it seems like that was its biggest enemy.
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Flavien Vidal
> Nauraushaun
04/12/2016 at 08:29 |
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Oh gas consumption is TERRIBLE. Not just bad. AW-FUCKING-FUL! lol. My average fuel economy with mine is 15.59L/100km or 15 MPG. and that’s driving normally. If I have fun the mountains, it goes up to 30L/100km (8mpg) and at the track, it can go all the way to 50L/100km, which equals the gas consumption of a Lamborghini cruising at 250kmh lol :)
Reliability is not too bad really. The average guy just doesn’t know how to take care of it and is not meticulous enough to own such an engine. As far as bigger cars go, the Mazda Cosmo is a GREAT car, very fast, weight 1.5 to 1.6 tons and has a 20b engine, so it does alright on bigger cars :)
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Nauraushaun
> Flavien Vidal
04/12/2016 at 19:25 |
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Yeah that’s disgusting. Compare with an (almost) competitor, my conventional-engined MR2 is more like 8l/100km in mixed driving.
I have heard they’re okay if you care for them properly. But it’s the reputation that’s the problem - it affects sales which drives down the profitability of the whole thing.
Hey you’re right about those Cosmos!