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Old 07-21-2011, 04:50 AM
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I owned a puke green k-car. I paid $250 for it .. drove it for 2 years and only put a $30 muffler on it, I didnt even change the oil .. then I sold it for $300... 8 years later i saw the same car on the road.. I knew it was the one because it still had the same bumper sticker on it.

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I owned a K car once. What a POS that was! It wasn't boosted, so it was a dog. And when I accelerated, the air conditioning shut down because it didn't have enough power to do both. So if you were going up a long hill, it got real hot in that car during the summer!
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Old 07-21-2011, 08:15 AM
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Originally Posted by asanti
Wouldn't heel-toe shifting help keep the car in place while launching? IE keep yoiur right foot on the brakes and gas while the other foot's on the clutch for launch.
Heel and toe shifting is for driving on the track, not drag racing. You use that technique to brake, downshift, and rev match all at the same time. I notice the the HHR SS pedal setup makes it somewhat hard to do that. Then again I'm used to driver a Civic SI that had thick aluminum pedals, very easy to heel toe. However, HHR SS is still faster!!
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Old 07-21-2011, 04:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Passenger_57
Heel and toe shifting is for driving on the track, not drag racing. You use that technique to brake, downshift, and rev match all at the same time. I notice the the HHR SS pedal setup makes it somewhat hard to do that. Then again I'm used to driver a Civic SI that had thick aluminum pedals, very easy to heel toe. However, HHR SS is still faster!!
Companys don't worry too much about heal to toe anymore as so few know how to drive a manual let along know how to heal and toe.

Also they like not to get the pedals too close anymore because of to many people stepping on the gas vs the brake. Liability fears has killed many a good thing.
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Old 07-22-2011, 09:53 PM
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Originally Posted by 08bowtie
auto here also...prolly around 21 - 25 around town
HHR SS auto and I get 22-24 here in Albuquerque to/from work with about half via interstate.

Interstate only on long drives around 36 mph unless I want to do some explosive passing.
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