So I drove past the Hyundai dealer yesterday and the Genesis Coupe was sitting out front
Once i get a chance I want to try and take one for a test drive.
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April 18, 2009 7:14 p.m. neon4891 SuperDork
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April 18, 2009 7:32 p.m. wherethefmi HalfDork
Ive looked around online and all the ones near me are premium v6 autos
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April 18, 2009 8:19 p.m. Alonso New Reader
I think the desirable model will be the Genesis R-Spec, which I believe wont be available until later this year
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April 19, 2009 12:44 a.m. Appleseed Reader
I, too, have been jonesing to see one of these up close. I will be waiting for the R-Spec.
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April 19, 2009 7:56 a.m. ZOOMiata Dork
I test drove a 2.0 Turbo/6 speed a few weeks ago. It was "nice", but hardly exciting. To me, the most frustrating aspect was the ECU is programmed to let the revs "hang" between shifts. That completely ruined the driving experience for me. I understand, however, that computer reflashes are an option looming on the horizon.
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April 19, 2009 9:38 a.m. HiTempguy Reader
ZOOMiata wrote:
I test drove a 2.0 Turbo/6 speed a few weeks ago. It was "nice", but hardly exciting. To me, the most frustrating aspect was the ECU is programmed to let the revs "hang" between shifts. That completely ruined the driving experience for me. I understand, however, that computer reflashes are an option looming on the horizon.
Are you sure its not just an attrociously heavy flywheel? Either way, I F'in hate that!
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April 19, 2009 10:53 a.m. Flynlow New Reader
HiTempguy wrote:
Are you sure its not just an attrociously heavy flywheel? Either way, I F'in hate that!
Probably not. Almost all new cars are DBW (drive-by-wire), and that throttle hang is actually related to emissions. My roomate's '06 Civic SI does it too, drives me crazy.
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April 19, 2009 11:36 a.m. Keith SuperDork
I used to think my parents' 1991 Passat did that. Then I realized that it simply needed slightly different timing on the shift, and it was my footwork. I adapted and the car stopped "hanging".
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April 19, 2009 3:24 p.m. Kramer Reader
Flynlow wrote: ...throttle hang is actually related to emissions. My roomate's '06 Civic SI does it too, drives me crazy.
My 1995 Chevy C1500 does that, too. It's nothing new.
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April 19, 2009 6:19 p.m. InigoMontoya New Reader
Saw one this past weekend, 2.0T manual. They opened up the hood, man there is a ton of room where the turbo and downpipe are. Really easy replacement.
I was also thinking for the future, these things are the same orientation as a miata drivetrain, eventually making for a nice locost.
They had at a local NASA event, us autox guys were on the ground looking at the suspension to see what sort of camber adjustments might be able to be made. No consensus so far.
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April 19, 2009 10:12 p.m. porksboy Dork
Kramer wrote:
Flynlow wrote: ...throttle hang is actually related to emissions. My roomate's '06 Civic SI does it too, drives me crazy.
My 1995 Chevy C1500 does that, too. It's nothing new.
96 Ranger that does that here. Feels like the Idle control valve sticking but it is a "feature" related to emisions.
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April 19, 2009 11:33 p.m. ReverendDexter Reader
porksboy wrote:
Kramer wrote:
Flynlow wrote: ...throttle hang is actually related to emissions. My roomate's '06 Civic SI does it too, drives me crazy.
My 1995 Chevy C1500 does that, too. It's nothing new.
96 Ranger that does that here. Feels like the Idle control valve sticking but it is a "feature" related to emisions.
Hrmm. My '77 Celica doesn't hang between shifts, but it holds ~1500 rpm in nuetral while rolling to a stop, until the car actually stops. It's supposedly an emission thing, too, though all it does is suck gas for no reason. S'allright, it'll go away when I save up enough for a weber ("smog legal" = +$150
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Regarding the OP, I sat in a V6/slushbox. Didn't take it for a spin, as they were doing the paperwork at the time to sell it to someone else, lol. I liked it. It's gonna make suspension companies some money, though, it needs to be lowered about 2" right off the bat.
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April 20, 2009 5:24 a.m. ZOOMiata Dork
Keith wrote:
I used to think my parents' 1991 Passat did that. Then I realized that it simply needed slightly different timing on the shift, and it was my footwork. I adapted and the car stopped "hanging".
Can you elaborate? Maybe I was shifting too quickly?
I've only owned manual cars for the last 21 years, and I've never had a problem with any other car.
