8CCD-III Chat - Page 18

Civic Pride · 04-04-2008, 11:43 PM

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Originally Posted by bibby

didnt want to start a thread for this, so how will my r18 lx hang with all the Si's at the dragon?

no vtec = ftl.

If your car is manual you will be ok, my car was one of the only 3 R18s last year and i think i did good during the dragon runs, but there was a sedan auto and he slow everyone down lol, am sure the people behind him where piss lol. so if you have an auto make sure to stay at the back of the pack.

drdre1443 · 04-04-2008, 11:56 PM

If losing control of your car and ending up in the grass while trying to do runs on video is considered "good runs"....MAN I am going to look GREAT!

Hey if I hit a tree or two is that bonus?

bibby · 04-05-2008, 12:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Civic Pride

If your car is manual you will be ok, my car was one of the only 3 R18s last year and i think i did good during the dragon runs, but there was a sedan auto and he slow everyone down lol, am sure the people behind him where piss lol. so if you have an auto make sure to stay at the back of the pack.

oh yea manual FTW! It must suck to drive it in an auto. I didn't figure I would have too much trouble, but trying to hang with a bunch of Si's might be tough. Haha.

xtv-sidecar · 04-05-2008, 12:18 AM

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Originally Posted by drdre1443

If losing control of your car and ending up in the grass while trying to do runs on video is considered "good runs"....MAN I am going to look GREAT!

Hey if I hit a tree or two is that bonus?

If you hit a tree we will all jump you

We have to have something to hide behind.....

Cr8tive_leo · 04-05-2008, 12:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Civic Pride

If your car is manual you will be ok, my car was one of the only 3 R18s last year and i think i did good during the dragon runs, but there was a sedan auto and he slow everyone down lol, am sure the people behind him where piss lol. so if you have an auto make sure to stay at the back of the pack.

Nothing to do with being Manual or Automatic , nor R18 or K20. If you know how your car handles and respect it and the rules of the road , anyone can keep up with anyone they wish to.

See you at the Dragon, and try to keep up.

Civic Pride · 04-05-2008, 12:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Cr8tive_leo

Nothing to do with being Manual or Automatic , nor R18 or K20. If you know how your car handles and respect it and the rules of the road , anyone can keep up with anyone they wish to.

See you at the Dragon, and try to keep up.

There will be no need for me to try to keep up anymore lol, boost FTW.

Civic Pride · 04-05-2008, 12:48 AM

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Originally Posted by bibby

oh yea manual FTW! It must suck to drive it in an auto. I didn't figure I would have too much trouble, but trying to hang with a bunch of Si's might be tough. Haha.

I had to be on 2nd gear most of the time while driving the dragon, while the Si where on 3rd, if i had stay on 3rd i had not been able to keep up with them at all, because our 3rd gear at low rpms sucks.

**Gonzo** · 04-05-2008, 01:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Cr8tive_leo

Nothing to do with being Manual or Automatic , nor R18 or K20. If you know how your car handles and respect it and the rules of the road , anyone can keep up with anyone they wish to.

During our cruises no one should have too much of a problem. During individual pack runs, results may vary...

**Gonzo** · 04-05-2008, 01:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Civic Pride

I had to be on 2nd gear most of the time while driving the dragon, while the Si where on 3rd, if i had stay on 3rd i had not been able to keep up with them at all, because our 3rd gear at low rpms sucks.

Yeah, if you want to drive very aggressive, 2nd gear is where it's at. Third is good for what I guess are now infamous "Gonzo Casual Runs."
Even in second you may not hit vtec all that much. Depends on how you or your group are driving. On our night runs (Nomar, Cookstar, TheCamryGuy, and myself) we were typically cornering very hard, accelerating pretty hard, but often we would limit our top speeds just for safety's sake. Braking was also what I might describe as "mild" which really means not going full brakes. Though it was still enough to make them fry to the point people two cars back can smell them.

If you accelerate all the way from corner to corner on some of them you will be going pretty fast. Those kinds of speeds next to a cliff and national park full of animals and a tow truck/ambulance is at least an hour away, well it makes me a bit apprehensive so there are probably times you will be holding back on the straighter sections.

Remember we are out to have fun, not to set new records. It's an awesome road but it is still a road. Stay within your car's and your own limits.

**jrMartinez24** · 04-05-2008, 01:49 AM

Mine is auto, I can hang with anyone

DeePStr33tzOfTn · 04-05-2008, 07:19 AM

u can stay in 2nd gear the whole road.. there might of been a couple times where i had to shift into 3rd and then back down to 2nd into the corner again.. but i stayed in between 4000rpm and 8200rpm for 11 miles.. thats fun.. yeah the first couple times i took it easy and then i let her loose. we have some good cars, even though civic_pride was scared shitless in my car cuz my tires made alot of noise, we had some great runs on that road, except for that damn cobalt on our side of the road on that first night run, remember that cookstar? i was behind you for that one lol

oh and the fastest, the hardest i pushed my car, i think i got it up to like 62mph, dont drive fast if u dont think u can control it, u have to have alot of trust in your car and some experience on the dragon, it can and will bite you fast and hard., you have to know what your car can and cant do... but thats pretty much as fast as you are gonna go on this road, i'm not telling anyone to speed because i know its illegal and dangerous, it is kinda scary though up there, one side of the road is straight up the mountain, other side is straight off the mountain, just focus on the road, know when to brake, know when to let off the gas, know when to accelerate again, shit even doing 30mph the whole time, you will still have a blast. just keep it slow the first couple times so u can get a feel for the road, stay on your side of the road too!

Civic Pride · 04-05-2008, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by jrMartinez24

Mine is auto, I can hang with anyone

If you just keep it on D2 it will be like second on the manuals so you will be ok, but am not sure if driving 11 miles on D2 at high rpms will be good for the auto tranny or not.

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Originally Posted by DeePStr33tzOfTn

u can stay in 2nd gear the whole road.. there might of been a couple times where i had to shift into 3rd and then back down to 2nd into the corner again.. but i stayed in between 4000rpm and 8200rpm for 11 miles.. thats fun.. yeah the first couple times i took it easy and then i let her loose. we have some good cars, even though civic_pride was scared shitless in my car cuz my tires made alot of noise, we had some great runs on that road, except for that damn cobalt on our side of the road on that first night run, remember that cookstar? i was behind you for that one lol

oh and the fastest, the hardest i pushed my car, i think i got it up to like 62mph, dont drive fast if u dont think u can control it, u have to have alot of trust in your car and some experience on the dragon, it can and will bite you fast and hard., you have to know what your car can and cant do... but thats pretty much as fast as you are gonna go on this road, i'm not telling anyone to speed because i know its illegal and dangerous, it is kinda scary though up there, one side of the road is straight up the mountain, other side is straight off the mountain, just focus on the road, know when to brake, know when to let off the gas, know when to accelerate again, shit even doing 30mph the whole time, you will still have a blast. just keep it slow the first couple times so u can get a feel for the road, stay on your side of the road too!

How do you not want me to be scare lol, everytime you take a turn i heard your tires making all kinds of noises, and we where like high up in the mountains with no cellphone access, and i din't wanted to die.

On a serious note, you are a good driver and i will not be scare to drive with you again if you upgrade your tires

**jrMartinez24** · 04-05-2008, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Civic Pride

If you just keep it on D2 it will be like second on the manuals so you will be ok, but am not sure if driving 11 miles on D2 at high rpms will be good for the auto tranny or not.

How do you not want me to be scare lol, everytime you take a turn i heard your tires making all kinds of noises, and we where like high up in the mountains with no cellphone access, and i din't wanted to die.

On a serious note, you are a good driver and i will not be scare to drive with you again if you upgrade your tires

I won't be taking my car on the Dragon runs, plan to be with Raquel in her beater

**Nomar06** · 04-05-2008, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by jrMartinez24

I won't be taking my car on the Dragon runs, plan to be with Raquel in her beater

*cough* Puss*cough*

**jrMartinez24** · 04-05-2008, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Nomar06

*cough* Puss*cough*

call me w/e u want, I am riding with 'quel....ur just jealous

**Nomar06** · 04-05-2008, 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by jrMartinez24

call me w/e u want, I am riding with 'quel....ur just jealous

whatever makes you feel better

you atleast have to drive on Sat for the group drive. If not Cook will be like....

**jrMartinez24** · 04-05-2008, 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Nomar06

whatever makes you feel better

you atleast have to drive on Sat for the group drive. If not Cook will be like....

that's different, of course I will be riding 4 that

**Cookstar** · 04-05-2008, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by jrMartinez24

that's different, of course I will be riding 4 that

04-05-2008, 07:19 AM	#351 (permalink)
DeePStr33tzOfTn Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Crossville, TN Posts: 938 Joey iTrader: 3 / 100%	u can stay in 2nd gear the whole road.. there might of been a couple times where i had to shift into 3rd and then back down to 2nd into the corner again.. but i stayed in between 4000rpm and 8200rpm for 11 miles.. thats fun.. yeah the first couple times i took it easy and then i let her loose. we have some good cars, even though civic_pride was scared shitless in my car cuz my tires made alot of noise, we had some great runs on that road, except for that damn cobalt on our side of the road on that first night run, remember that cookstar? i was behind you for that one lol oh and the fastest, the hardest i pushed my car, i think i got it up to like 62mph, dont drive fast if u dont think u can control it, u have to have alot of trust in your car and some experience on the dragon, it can and will bite you fast and hard., you have to know what your car can and cant do... but thats pretty much as fast as you are gonna go on this road, i'm not telling anyone to speed because i know its illegal and dangerous, it is kinda scary though up there, one side of the road is straight up the mountain, other side is straight off the mountain, just focus on the road, know when to brake, know when to let off the gas, know when to accelerate again, shit even doing 30mph the whole time, you will still have a blast. just keep it slow the first couple times so u can get a feel for the road, stay on your side of the road too! Last edited by DeePStr33tzOfTn; 04-05-2008 at 07:24 AM.

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drdre1443 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Charlotte NC Age: 28 Posts: 203 iTrader: 0 / 0%	If losing control of your car and ending up in the grass while trying to do runs on video is considered "good runs"....MAN I am going to look GREAT! Hey if I hit a tree or two is that bonus?