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new Alfa 4c

Butch

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My friend Eric "the Frog" Gauthier (he is a Frenchman) just got this. The new trackday car.
His shop is "Suspension Performance" on Old Middlefield in Mountian View
 

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Butch said:
My friend Eric "the Frog" Gauthier (he is a Frenchman) just got this. The new trackday car.
His shop is "Suspension Performance" on Old Middlefield in Mountian View
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:laughing

he's still around working on lotuses?
he still ride enduro?
 
Yakoo752 said:
:laughing

he's still around working on lotuses?
he still ride enduro?
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He's is the Lotus support guy for Lotus Cup and Lotus track days, so yeah, still around. He moved across the street, next door to Dinan Engineering (which was bought by Hurst).

Eric is importing EM Electric Motorcycles, one of which I has at the Barf Bash at J&M, again across the street. That area is a hotbed.

And no, not racing enduro anymore, just ride for fun and fitness.
 
I'll wait here for the Excige vs Alfa track comparo...
 
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Doesn't it only come in an auto transmission? If so, shame on Alfa.

If available in manual... :banana
 
Smexay....but I'm not into the wheels. Or the automatic tranny. Whattheheck?!
 
The Fiat door buzzer noise in those things would drive me friggen insane, especially for the $$ those cost....
 
Med23 said:
Doesn't it only come in an auto transmission? If so, shame on Alfa.

If available in manual... :banana
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though I too prefer a stick, the dual clutch sequential manual (flappy paddle) seems to be the hot set up; not really an automatic transmission.
 
Butch said:
though I too prefer a stick, the dual clutch sequential manual (flappy paddle) seems to be the hot set up; not really an automatic transmission.
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Agreed. Took me a while to get on board with this idea, but perfect shifts trump my desire for a stick. I have a feeling that those who resist this idea have never driven a paddle shift car. We can resist paddle shift, carbon fiber, fuel injection, uni-body, disk brakes, radial tires, and all the other auto advancements that have happened over the years but it doesn't mean they're not better.

I suppose the cut off for me is self driving cars, which is without a doubt on the way and soon. I would say that it WILL make the city a less frustrating place, and should be mandatory for certain ethnic drivers...:teeth. :laughing Also, if it kept people from tailgating I'd be all for it, but my guess is that it will eventually make all cars drive inches away from each other. I think I'm going to have a hard time with that.
 
SM610 said:
Agreed. Took me a while to get on board with this idea, but perfect shifts trump my desire for a stick. I have a feeling that those who resist this idea have never driven a paddle shift car. We can resist paddle shift, carbon fiber, fuel injection, uni-body, disk brakes, radial tires, and all the other auto advancements that have happened over the years but it doesn't mean they're not better.

I suppose the cut off for me is self driving cars, which is without a doubt on the way and soon. I would say that it WILL make the city a less frustrating place, and should be mandatory for certain ethnic drivers...:teeth. :laughing Also, if it kept people from tailgating I'd be all for it, but my guess is that it will eventually make all cars drive inches away from each other. I think I'm going to have a hard time with that.
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I am going to ask Eric to let me drive the flappy paddle shift car on Thursday...
Comments to follow. I have not driven a dual clutch manual (I think that might be the proper term, tho I like the Top Gear term) car yet.
 
my only gripe with flappy paddles of any kind, is that they're going to be more expensive to replace than a simple slave/master cylinder and some bushings.

since i'm not likely to own one of these cars under warranty, i'll avoid such electro mechanical sorcery.
 
Drove it today. Vary cool. Eric says the twin clutch manual that the computer will shift for you is becoming so well developed they are putting it in the Dodge Dart.

Remember the Dart? The Plymouth was the Valiant, perhaps?

This car is structurally carbon fibre...
 

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