Ignorance in boosted communities
04-22-2012, 09:44 PM
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^that. VW buttface at work was dissing my car and saying how he'd smoke it cause his stock Jetta runs 22psi. He used the phrase "how much boost are you running?" To which I replied, "this is how I know you don't know $hit about turbos, cause if you did, you'd understand that boost is not what matters." He's like "you don't know what you're talking about...boost is what makes power." I said, "oh yeah? Then explain how I beat a Jetta that was running 18 psi with my car running 7psi. And I didn't just beat him, I destroyed him like it was a joke."
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04-23-2012, 01:55 AM
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^that. VW buttface at work was dissing my car and saying how he'd smoke it cause his stock Jetta runs 22psi. He used the phrase "how much boost are you running?" To which I replied, "this is how I know you don't know $hit about turbos, cause if you did, you'd understand that boost is not what matters." He's like "you don't know what you're talking about...boost is what makes power." I said, "oh yeah? Then explain how I beat a Jetta that was running 18 psi with my car running 7psi. And I didn't just beat him, I destroyed him like it was a joke."
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04-23-2012, 09:26 AM
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I noticed the same thing over on the legacygt forum. The answer to most questions was "ask the dealer" or "that will void your warranty." There just isn't as much info available for those cars because the people who buy them just pay other people to do the work instead of learn to do it themselves. This also means their knowledge about general things like octane is lacking as well, but I just ignore all of that.
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04-23-2012, 10:08 AM
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I know this awesome supra guy. Seriously, 99.99% mechanic.
I took him for a ride in my miata and he was like, "nice". He was like, why does power keep building? I was like I guess it is timing. He is like, what? You don't run static timing? -__-
I took him for a ride in my miata and he was like, "nice". He was like, why does power keep building? I was like I guess it is timing. He is like, what? You don't run static timing? -__-
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04-23-2012, 10:54 AM
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I noticed the same thing over on the legacygt forum. The answer to most questions was "ask the dealer" or "that will void your warranty." There just isn't as much info available for those cars because the people who buy them just pay other people to do the work instead of learn to do it themselves. This also means their knowledge about general things like octane is lacking as well, but I just ignore all of that.
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04-23-2012, 11:51 AM
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This seems pretty common for any community where most of the cars were bought new and/or are still under warranty. I participate in a G8 board and the level of automotive knowledge there is pretty darn low (I get flamed a lot for heresy on that board).
Eventually, decent cars move out of the hands of the pseudo-enthusiast new car buyer into the hands of hard-core car-crazies. That's when you get the beauty (and horror) of something like mt.net.
Eventually, decent cars move out of the hands of the pseudo-enthusiast new car buyer into the hands of hard-core car-crazies. That's when you get the beauty (and horror) of something like mt.net.
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