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Originally Posted by Ray_Z34 (Post 3428266)

So you have to ALWAYS drive it hard if you want it to respond aggressively when you floor it? That kinda sucks... I mean, I have about 10K on mine, and I'd say I cruise it much more often than not, but on particular days, (usually after watching Fast and Furious or playing Need For Speed) I love to drive it hard and it ALWAYS responds accordingly. I'd hate to have to train my ECU to always be on the edge... /:

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no you dont have to always drive it hard lol geez that would result in so many tickets lol

i DD mine so typically the top speed i hit going to and from work is 60ish on 2 stretches. i dont even use highways for my commute.

but there's times where i lay into it and shift at high rpm and launches etc.

also i have some nice curvy backroads where i live so i hit those in a "spirited" fashion lol

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Originally Posted by Ray_Z34 (Post 3428266)

So you have to ALWAYS drive it hard if you want it to respond aggressively when you floor it? ...

When you start driving hard, the car recognizes this and switches mode. You don't have to drive hard all the time. Shortly after you start driving "normally", the car switches back.

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Originally Posted by shadow85 (Post 3428046)

What are you serious?

7sp auto has it

Anyways, this lag delay and loss of power in D kind of sux. Today there was an R33 Skyline that crept up behind me and then flaw'd it infront of me, and I thought I will kill him until I dropped it on this D gear and my revs just flew. I was like damn, I am suppose to be in manual mode :(

Now that driver of that R33 thinks he killed me ;(

Kind of off topic, but do you guys rekon I should paint the stock Ray's Engineering rims black on my 15' Z or keep them with original shadow chrome? I seem to be witnessing a lot of Z owners here in Aus colour their stock Z rims black, it does seem to bring out a more mean appeal.

When I ask my friends here, they say nahh don't do that keep them original.

What do you guys think?

Not to interrupt the hilarity that is sure to continue in this thread, but a gentle reminder to the OP that discussion of street racing 'kills' is prohibited on this forum. :shakes head:

Now back to our regularly scheduled trolling of the OP... :owned:

I got killed by a fiat 500 going to 60kmh =(

oh and killed by the prius.

and then after that an mdx.

should of got a mustang :stirthepot:

Wow lots of interesting things said here. So basically because I drive it soft/casually most of the time, that is why auto feel laggy when it is given full pedal.

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Originally Posted by shadow85 (Post 3428883)

Wow lots of interesting things said here. So basically because I drive it soft/casually most of the time, that is why auto feel laggy when it is given full pedal.

If in full auto then most likely.

Drop it into manual mode and should sort itself out since you control the shifts.

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Originally Posted by shadow85 (Post 3428883)

Wow lots of interesting things said here. So basically because I drive it soft/casually most of the time, that is why auto feel laggy when it is given full pedal.

Not exactly. Any time you have not been driving hard for a while, the car goes into cruise mode. Once you get on it, it takes a second to switch modes. How you drove yesterday has no effect.

Yea thats what I mean, because I am always driving it soft in full auto, i only gunn it full pedal maybe once a week or 2 weeks.

Gun it a couple of times *before* you want to drive aggressively. This will prompt it to switch modes, and it'll be ready for you when you want it. Note that if you're doing this on the street, slowing down between stretches can possibly put you back in cruising mode.