http://magazine.windingroad.com/issue/63/
Winding Road promotes the Tesla Roadster as an alternative to the new Porsche 911 Turbo ; ))
Winding Road promotes the Tesla Roadster as an alternative to the new Porsche 911 Turbo ; ))
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Jaff
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I guess there "is a substitute"...(for a rumbling block of inefficiency!) :biggrin::biggrin::wink:
jasonhi
Roadster 2.5 #1135
Porsche gives new meaning to SByer's "rumbling block of inefficiency"
Related to this thread only because it's another article about a new 911, but in the 10/25/2010 issue of Autoweek, reviewing the 2011 911 GT2 RS: "The engine is refined, though, and with the noise-damping properties of those turbochargers, you can live with the sound it makes for long periods of high-speed running on the autobahn without resorting to ear plugs".
I immediately thought of SByer's quote I've seen used in a few threads: "rumbling block of inefficiency". The magazine writer would be hard pressed to have made that 911 any less appealing to me!
How much longer do I have to wait for my Roadster?
Related to this thread only because it's another article about a new 911, but in the 10/25/2010 issue of Autoweek, reviewing the 2011 911 GT2 RS: "The engine is refined, though, and with the noise-damping properties of those turbochargers, you can live with the sound it makes for long periods of high-speed running on the autobahn without resorting to ear plugs".
I immediately thought of SByer's quote I've seen used in a few threads: "rumbling block of inefficiency". The magazine writer would be hard pressed to have made that 911 any less appealing to me!
How much longer do I have to wait for my Roadster?
Not sure why you posted that image of a prototype instrument cluster. It was a 2 speed transmission then and even when locked into 2nd, it's different gear ratio than what's currently used.It is fairly close to MPH = RPMs / 100...
That's right. And with a fixed gear ratio, it's pretty easy to see with the tach and speedo on the same gauge.
http://www.teslamotors.com/sites/default/files/interior2.jpg
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That prototype cluster just makes it very obvious that the RPMs and MPHs have a direct correlation.
Yes, I know that the newer single speed changed the ratio slightly. (e.g., 13500RPMs=~125MPH instead of ~135MPH)
Another way to state it: RPMs ~= MPH*100
(very close to 100 in the original prototypes, more like MPH*111 now)
Yes, I know that the newer single speed changed the ratio slightly. (e.g., 13500RPMs=~125MPH instead of ~135MPH)
Another way to state it: RPMs ~= MPH*100
(very close to 100 in the original prototypes, more like MPH*111 now)
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I noticed that on Euro 2.5's they dropt the rpm altogether leaving just mph/kmh being displayed.
Again, I don't see how one would safely make that assumption by looking at two separate dials at zero and when in fact there were two selectable gear ratios meaning there was no one-to-one correspondence. I suppose you could be relating the displayed ranges, but as one who's dealt with a lot of gauges, that's a dangerous way to draw a conclusion.
That was the case on the Tag Hauer Roadster (2.0). I wouldn't be surprised if they did that on all the new cars (at least after their current supply of gauge cluster panels runs out). Tach isn't that important with one gear, speedo is a necessity (though, I give another futile plea for the US to go metric).
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I suppose you are right. The ability to actually shift the two ratios was very short lived. When I first saw EP2 it was already "locked" in 2nd gear so was effectively a one speed. I wasn't thinking about the "other gear" that could be implied by using such an old photo. Anyways, point taken, probably time to move on.
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