"macanamera" (macanamera)
07/28/2016 at 07:51 • Filed to: None
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"macanamera" (macanamera)
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1. The volume knob cannot be used while in 3rd gear.
2. The left cup holder is essentially useless given that you must shift gears with an arm, presumably attached to your body.
3. The automatic high beams work...really well?!? In my 2012 AMG they were absolute trash.
4. The car is low. Bus/truck drivers can use the panoramic roof to...observe you.
5. The exhaust is *so* much louder from outside the car. (It was driven by someone other than me for the first time while I was out of the car listening.)
6. Old women stop traffic to tell me they love the car. Jackpot.
7. The front splitter thing (not the painted one, the black plastic one beneath) will rub on tall speed bumps, curbs, and when driving down a ramp. It seems very resilient and hasn’t shifted position at all.
8. This car has the worst backup camera possibly ever.
9. The (optional) seats and driving position are superb.
10. The A/C in this car is presumably the same unit used to cool the Large Hadron Collider when running at maximum flux. It is capable of cryogenically preserving humans.
11. Every switch and knob (especially climate controls) is pleasing to use. Nice job, Jaguar.
12. With the extended leather package, everything is leather. Nice.
13. JLR uses really great leather in their premium vehicles. The base leather in the XE feels like crap, but it’s awesome in the XJ, F, and RR products. It has this waxy, matte sheen to it that I love. Probably my favorite leather in modern cars. It smells awesome.
14. The 770 watt Meridian system is in my opinion the best standard audio system in any car today (that doesn’t cost 200k+).
15. The touchscreen is outdated and slow...but who really gives a fuck? Why are you messing with it so much? Drive the damn car. (Seriously, it does suck though).
16. The car feels well put together.
17. I do wish I had a mechanical LSD rather than electronic brake activated whatever. I haven’t noticed it driving, but I just wish that anyways. Should be standard in my opinion. Then again, my one million lb/ft CLS 63 had an open diff too (?!?!?! are you fucking crazy, Mercedes?). That sucked. This is much better.
18. There is a button to manually deploy the spoiler. The spoiler cannot be manually deployed. It can only be opened while the car is off to clean underneath. Let me open my spoiler, Jaguar.
19. In V6 trim, the car is astoundingly well balanced.
20. It has the best warranty in the business, and free maintenance for 60k miles.
21. The Pirelli P-Zeros will be replaced with Michelin PSS at the earliest opportunity. Not a bad tire, infinitely better than the absolute trash Conti SportContact 5P, but it’s still no PSS.
22. The car is deceivingly wide. No, I didn’t hit anything.
23. I got a new Samsung washer and dryer, they are super awes- oh right, F Type stuff.
24. The rear hatch is designed “to accommodate two golf bags” which it absolutely will, if you only have wedges and 9 irons in your bag. It will however, fit two lacrosse sticks.
25. Windshield washer fluid goes in the trunk. Weight distribution ftw.
26. The shifter is okay, good even. It’s not the kind of transmission I’d tell everyone about (like an S2000 or some Porsches), but I also don’t have any major complaints. It works, and the shift character matches the personality of the car.
Bonus Fact- Doug once told a Michael Jackson joke at a summer camp. It upset one girl so much she went home. She really liked Michael Jackson.
Dru
> macanamera
07/28/2016 at 08:04 |
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What a superb car. Did you also get a Corvette?
SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
> macanamera
07/28/2016 at 08:05 |
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Wait, really? A car
that
expensive still has an open diff? Even my 86 had a torsen!
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macanamera
> macanamera
07/28/2016 at 08:05 |
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Bonus #2-
For Sweden smells like old pancakes.
TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts.
> macanamera
07/28/2016 at 08:07 |
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I fell in love with the F-Type after I got to take the V6 around an autocross track at a drive day. Really just so well done.
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macanamera
> Dru
07/28/2016 at 08:12 |
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The C7 is my father’s.
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macanamera
> SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
07/28/2016 at 08:13 |
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Yeah, the S has it standard, the F-Type does not. Not a huge deal, but it bugs me a little.
random001
> macanamera
07/28/2016 at 08:18 |
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Tell me about that sexy yellow lady over there.
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macanamera
> random001
07/28/2016 at 08:20 |
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2015 C7 Z51, one of my father’s toys. Enjoy long walks on the pavement and moonlit burnouts.
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random001
> macanamera
07/28/2016 at 08:33 |
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I may be in love. I mean, the F-Type is a classy type of lady, but you just know that Z51 is going to rock your world in a totally different way...
Probenja
> macanamera
07/28/2016 at 08:42 |
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#18 Jaguar doesn’t want their costumers showing off excess but they will happily sell you the SVR version.
Also no comment on styling in one of the prettiest cars of the decade?
Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow
> SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
07/28/2016 at 08:44 |
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FRS/BRZ FTW!
Wheelerguy
> macanamera
07/28/2016 at 08:51 |
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Sounds like a compliment to me.
EL_ULY
> macanamera
07/28/2016 at 09:01 |
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Oh hello yellow C7!!!!!
Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
> macanamera
07/28/2016 at 09:20 |
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Just enough space for the essentials
Clemsie McKenzie
> macanamera
07/28/2016 at 09:24 |
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27. Did you know that the V6 engine uses the V8's block, but simply takes out to pistons and accompanying stuff? So basically you have a V8 with two holes in there.
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SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
> Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow
07/28/2016 at 09:28 |
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The 86 was fun for a minute, but the AW11 killed that party and exposed how mediocre of a driving experience modern cars really are.
The Dummy Gummy
> macanamera
07/28/2016 at 09:37 |
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1. The volume knob cannot be used while in 3rd gear.
Why?
I wish I could afford an F-type....
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macanamera
> Clemsie McKenzie
07/28/2016 at 09:49 |
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How is the displacement different then? 3.0 V6 is a half liter per cylinder, but a 5.0 V8 is .625 liter per cylinder...
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macanamera
> The Dummy Gummy
07/28/2016 at 09:50 |
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the knob is directly front and center in front of the shifter, third gear makes it hard to get to. I'll add a pic later
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Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow
> SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
07/28/2016 at 09:57 |
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I really need to drive more old cars, particularly 80s/90s Japanese sports cars.
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SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
> Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow
07/28/2016 at 10:12 |
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They’re just better. The feedback from the steering wheel being connected directly to the wheels on the road and from a throttle actually attached to the engine makes a world of difference. I was tempted to say that my AW11 is
better
than a modern Porsche, but there aren’t numbers to prove it. It’s not faster. It feels more alive though.
Under_Score
> macanamera
07/28/2016 at 10:19 |
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Honestly I’d expect a car this nice to have a 4K backup camera.
Then Something New
> macanamera
07/28/2016 at 10:27 |
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macanamera
> Then Something New
07/28/2016 at 11:01 |
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Right but displacement?
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Then Something New
> macanamera
07/28/2016 at 12:09 |
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The cylinder bores are machined differently for V6 and V8 motors so it’s not a true blank cylinder. What is the same between engines are the block footprints.
There was not a need to shorten the V6 block since every vehicle that supports a I4 engine would be able to accommodate the length of a V8. We like to give customers a number of engine choices so this design makes that happen much easier.
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macanamera
> Then Something New
07/28/2016 at 12:28 |
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We? Do you work for JLR?
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Then Something New
> macanamera
07/28/2016 at 12:52 |
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Yes, but I develop future vehicle infotainment systems in Portland, OR.
https://www.jlrtechincubator.com/jlrti/
Supercharged-V8-Jag
> macanamera
07/29/2016 at 23:43 |
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Awesome write up! How long have you had your F-type?