Rogue eats dust!
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Rogue eats dust!
On my way to work this morning, last day of my winter internship. The roads have that glare from the sun reflecting off the black ice; good thing I took my mom's '04 Explorer instead of the 'Vette today or I'd probably have become quickly acquainted with a telephone pole...
The road splits into two lanes temporarily, and there is a light. The road merges into one lane in roughly 400 feet. I stop and a new Nissan Rogue pulls up next to me and stops rather abruptly. Women drivers...
I didn't think much of it, but nonetheless I was ready for anything as always. The light turns green and the freakin' Rogue takes off!! I put the pedal to the floor and.... nothing! Drive-by-wire blows!
Finally the stubborn Explorer downshifts, and I get something I'm not used to in wet conditions - traction! The ol' Ford 4.0 V6 screams to a walloping 4000 rpm and dusts the sorry Rogue by two Explorerlengths to 45 mph. Not a bad way to start the day
I never realized how bad drive-by-wire really is until today, the throttle response just isn't there. Maybe they've fixed that on newer cars? Idk.
Yes, I'm bored at work.
The road splits into two lanes temporarily, and there is a light. The road merges into one lane in roughly 400 feet. I stop and a new Nissan Rogue pulls up next to me and stops rather abruptly. Women drivers...
I didn't think much of it, but nonetheless I was ready for anything as always. The light turns green and the freakin' Rogue takes off!! I put the pedal to the floor and.... nothing! Drive-by-wire blows!
Finally the stubborn Explorer downshifts, and I get something I'm not used to in wet conditions - traction! The ol' Ford 4.0 V6 screams to a walloping 4000 rpm and dusts the sorry Rogue by two Explorerlengths to 45 mph. Not a bad way to start the day
I never realized how bad drive-by-wire really is until today, the throttle response just isn't there. Maybe they've fixed that on newer cars? Idk.
Yes, I'm bored at work.
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Oh, nice kill. Get videos next time!
I was about to comment thinking the exploder was a v8. I was gonna offer a race vs the v6 f150 but, I'd need to give you a car and the hit I think
I was about to comment thinking the exploder was a v8. I was gonna offer a race vs the v6 f150 but, I'd need to give you a car and the hit I think
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Hahaha the Explorer can't get out of it's own way, it's a true sled. But it can do AWD launches so that F150 better watch out!!!
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nice kill lmao! back when my s-15 was operating, street racing in that thing was awesome with the 2.5l iron duke and a 5spd. powershifting all the way thru 3rd and barely hitting 50mph
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Yeah it sucks a fat one. In addition, the tranny takes forever to downshift, so the SUV doesn't move for what feels like an eternity after pressing the pedal.
I know a kid with a VW Cabrio (lmao) and it's also DBW. When he steps on the clutch to shift,the rpm's increase and every shift shakes the car!
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Wait..so you were stopped at a light and a Rogue pulled up next to you. The Light turns green and the Rogue takes off and you had to wait for the transmission to downshift to be able to take off too?..from a stop?
Remind me to never buy an Explorer.
Remind me to never buy an Explorer.
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Now you've got me thinking about mods for the Explorer, oh no...
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All of Ford's electronic throttles suck, every bit as bad as the Eurotrash does. GM's ETC is much better. Regardless, Ford's PCMs are not very tolerant of carbon buildup on the throttle bore (even after the updated "sludge" PCM calibrations). The buildup causes correlation mismatches between the MAF tables and throttle angles, causing poor throttle response, incorrect shift timing, poor idle quality, and in some cases a check engine light with various DTCs.
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All of Ford's electronic throttles suck, every bit as bad as the Eurotrash does. GM's ETC is much better. Regardless, Ford's PCMs are not very tolerant of carbon buildup on the throttle bore (even after the updated "sludge" PCM calibrations). The buildup causes correlation mismatches between the MAF tables and throttle angles, causing poor throttle response, incorrect shift timing, poor idle quality, and in some cases a check engine light with various DTCs.
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