| Author | Message | ||
| William Huber (Solipsist)
Intermediate Member Username: Solipsist Post Number: 1058 Registered: 9-2001 |
Makes me wonder if his "check engine" light came on. hehehe.... | ||
| DGS (Dgs)
New member Username: Dgs Post Number: 29 Registered: 5-2003 |
This isn't exactly a new phenomenon. A friend did the same thing to his brand new Pontiac GTO in the late '60s. It's too easy to dismiss this poor dweeb as a twit. But Scoobie lost one of its works WRXs in this year's Sno*Drift rally the same way -- shift to 2nd instead of 4th. On ice, instead of lunching the mill the car slid into the trees. Rally over for that car. Most of us have missed a shift at some time. Usually we catch it before it gets to this point. (A clutch isn't a binary device.) Okay, maybe the big "boom box" stereos on "riced up" Japanese cars makes it a bit harder to hear the car "talking to you" before it grenades, in some cases. But drivers make mistakes. Some are more painful than others. | ||
| Chris Horner (Cmhorner17)
Junior Member Username: Cmhorner17 Post Number: 172 Registered: 4-2002 |
I worked for a Toyota dealership and an Acura dealership. I was at Toyota when the current generation Celica came out, and was always hearing from Toyota land about morons who don't know how to shift right or aren't careful enough to do it correctly zing an engine to 10,000 rpm by downshifting instead of upshifting. Of course, a stupid downshift isn't covered by the warrenty, so Toyota was like "ok, stupidity is not covered in our warrenty, that will be $8000 please." Same story at Acura when the RSX Type S came out. Some people would think they have more skill than they have and gernade the engine. At least learn how to drive it if you're going to DRIVE it. | ||
| William Huber (Solipsist)
Intermediate Member Username: Solipsist Post Number: 1056 Registered: 9-2001 |
Wow. Looks like the little car had a heart attack & died. I also don't understand why he's taking it apart, that�s easy. Putting it all back together CORRECTLY is a different story. What a Dingus. | ||
| Horsefly (Arlie)
Intermediate Member Username: Arlie Post Number: 1255 Registered: 5-2002 |
Isn't that just the ricer genepole exercising its Darwinian role of natural selection? The natural progression of order. Nature thinning the herd. | ||
| chris cummings (Entelechy)
Member Username: Entelechy Post Number: 267 Registered: 5-2001 |
Ouch!!! Hearing stories like this had me freaked out enough to install a UUC SSK, clutch bushings and tranny mount enforcers - and I'm still VERY careful when shifting! | ||
| Tim N (Timn88)
Advanced Member Username: Timn88 Post Number: 3170 Registered: 6-2001 |
Rev limiters do nothing for missed shifts. | ||
| Omar (Auraraptor)
Member Username: Auraraptor Post Number: 670 Registered: 9-2002 |
Not for a downshift I believe. | ||
| JT (Mightymagician)
Junior Member Username: Mightymagician Post Number: 62 Registered: 11-2002 |
doesnt an rsx have a rev limiter? though it still may not have saved it.. | ||
| Patrick Denonville (Arizonaguy)
Junior Member Username: Arizonaguy Post Number: 202 Registered: 4-2003 |
Glad everyone liked it! | ||
| Dave (Maranelloman)
Intermediate Member Username: Maranelloman Post Number: 1823 Registered: 1-2002 |
Aww, that'll buff right out...� � � | ||
| "The Don" (Mlemus)
Senior Member Username: Mlemus Post Number: 5176 Registered: 8-2002 |
I think they voided the ACTIVE WARRANTY by taking the car apart. Once a Moron.... | ||
| Mitchel DeFrancis (4re308)
Member Username: 4re308 Post Number: 899 Registered: 6-2001 |
Oh man, that is not what you want to see when you change the oil! DAMN! Anyone have a spare snowblower engine? | ||
| Sunny Garofalo (Jaguarxj6)
Member Username: Jaguarxj6 Post Number: 583 Registered: 2-2003 |
Ahhhh.. hahahahahaha!! Money shift! Ok, ok, so even if he DIDN'T money shift, since thats a mistake people can make at 25mph let alone at redline, but.. what ••••••• moron downshifts a street car at 7k RPM? I have little sympathy for him. Lesson learned the hard way. Now, time to get to bed if I can keep myself from laughing s'more about this.. Sunny | ||
| Tyler (Bahiaau)
Member Username: Bahiaau Post Number: 765 Registered: 12-2001 |
Good Pics!  | ||
| Patrick Denonville (Arizonaguy)
Junior Member Username: Arizonaguy Post Number: 196 Registered: 4-2003 |
engine | ||
| PeterS (Peters)
Member Username: Peters Post Number: 669 Registered: 1-2003 |
I tried and went to celica.net  | ||
| Jordan Witherspoon (Jordan747_400)
Intermediate Member Username: Jordan747_400 Post Number: 1209 Registered: 12-2002 |
They found gold! | ||
| Patrick Denonville (Arizonaguy)
Junior Member Username: Arizonaguy Post Number: 195 Registered: 4-2003 |
No need to register,just copy and paste the whole thing, the ;f=6;t=009656 won't add onto the link... | ||
| John A. Suarez (Futureowner)
Member Username: Futureowner Post Number: 685 Registered: 3-2002 |
Im speechless, perfect "pristine" ebay car | ||
| PeterS (Peters)
Member Username: Peters Post Number: 667 Registered: 1-2003 |
Patrick..We will need to register as members. Can you clip the pic and post please? | ||
| Patrick Denonville (Arizonaguy)
Junior Member Username: Arizonaguy Post Number: 194 Registered: 4-2003 |
Check out what happened to this RSX, its pistons turned into balls of metal!HOLY CRAP! I've never seen anything like it before. http://celica.net/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=6;t=009656 |