Re: M113K Into a Crossfire - Journal
So, I drove the car without a passenger for the first time this morning. Let's just say the commute was rather fun! The car is a rocket ship! I have owned many fast cars over the years, and some were technically more powerful than this one, but the sheer ease at which this car handles the power makes it comfortable enough that I could let someone less experienced drive it, without fear that they'd put it into a ditch immediately. Tracks very straight, very little drama, aside from the roar coming through the cabin when that engine decides to light off.
I did hear an unexpected alarm today. While moving from about 25mph to extra-legal speeds, I heard a nagging beeping from the dash. I slowed down and couldn't figure it out, so I blasted back up into the triple digits - heard it again! Grrr...
I think I figured it out. It's the spoiler deploy alarm. If the spoiler is not up by 90MPH, then the aero of the car is upset, so the alarm will sound. It deploys the spoiler at 65mph. In other words, the wing is not extended in the time it begins to deploy at 65 to the time the car is over 90! It accelerates that quickly! I'm now going to use that beeping as a 'gauge' in the car, to know if all is well [img]data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7[/img]