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Old 22-01-2021, 10:51 AM   #31
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This is what happens when you take Lebos out of Commodores, I bet the mighty Ecotec would rip a sweet single pegger.
You mean Gemini's.
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Old 22-01-2021, 11:25 AM   #32
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You mean Gemini's.
They've moved on from the mighty Gem gems.
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They've moved on from the mighty Gem gems.
Nah, its too hard to find a gemini, their uncles wont sell theirs.
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Last chance to enter today for the AMG GTR. Looks mint!
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Old 22-01-2021, 12:32 PM   #35
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The drivers name is Jean-Pierre Mouawad, French origin.

But don't let that stop you from calling him a Habibi, Lebo, Muslims, etc.

The driver is still a first grade f***wit though!

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LMCT+ has nothing to do with the idiot drivers actions. That's like someone blaming Tatt's Lotto for busting up their brand new Mercedes they bought after winning the lotto.
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The drivers name is Jean-Pierre Mouawad, French origin.

But don't let that stop you from calling him a Habibi, Lebo, Muslims, etc.

The driver is still a first grade f***wit though!


LMCT+ has nothing to do with the idiot drivers actions. That's like someone blaming Tatt's Lotto for busting up their brand new Mercedes they bought after winning the lotto.
Algerian heritage I imagine.
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Algerian heritage I imagine.
Names don't mean a huge amount. I went to school with a kid whos first name was pierre claude. Thats his first name. I wont say surname or anything. Sounds pretty french, but he and his parents were south east asian. So first names are first names.
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Old 22-01-2021, 01:16 PM   #38
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The drivers name is Jean-Pierre Mouawad, French origin.

But don't let that stop you from calling him a Habibi, Lebo, Muslims, etc.

The driver is still a first grade f***wit though!



LMCT+ has nothing to do with the idiot drivers actions. That's like someone blaming Tatt's Lotto for busting up their brand new Mercedes they bought after winning the lotto.
There's French people in France? Not last time I heard, love to see his Ancestry DNA results with that last name
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I just realised these are a dual clutch 9 speed, so it wasn't the converter slipping, it was the clutch.
Bet the thing spat the clutch and flywheel out the side of the gearbox, through the exhaust and fuel lines.
It's not a DCT. It's a traditional auto, but it differs in that it uses a wet clutch for take off.

Could very well be that clutch exploding though.


https://www.whichcar.com.au/features...tch-autos-work

This article explains how they work. But the 7 speed has been replaced by the 9 speed now.
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It's not a DCT. It's a traditional auto, but it differs in that it uses a wet clutch for take off.

Could very well be that clutch exploding though.


https://www.whichcar.com.au/features...tch-autos-work

This article explains how they work. But the 7 speed has been replaced by the 9 speed now.
Fragile ****box uleh, she's no TH400

Why you need 9 gears that don't work when you could have three which do
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I'm very surprised the car actually let that happen with all the electronic crap in them.
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Fragile ****box uleh, she's no TH400

Why you need 9 gears that don't work when you could have three which do
Yeah, why not just fit a powerglide


They must be pretty strong though. Handle way, way more power and torque than any factory gm engine ever put through a th.
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Yeah, why not just fit a powerglide


They must be pretty strong though. Handle way, way more power and torque than any factory gm engine ever put through a th.
GVM/GCM is a consideration though, 400s were also designed and engineered to survive in motorhomes and trucks.

Some of these new boxes might be behind 5-600hp engines and then some, but if you put them in a loaded motorhome and tried to reverse up a hill... they might not be as happy as a th400.
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This is what happens when you take Lebos out of Commodores, I bet the mighty Ecotec would rip a sweet single pegger.
Easy come, easy go.

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Honest question, what probably happened here to cause the failure?

Don't the car companies invest R&D trying to break transmissions etc (eg GM 'Rock Crusher' test). What did this fine gentleman do, that circumvented all the vaunted Mercedes R&D? Did no-one in product development say "What happens if we try a burnout, but leave the traction control on?"
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I dont think it would have been clutch related (tranamission, whatever). Modern cars say no before that happens. Id be, at a guess, be inclined to think an oil line to a turbo ruptured or popped off. From memory, the turbos in modern v8 amgs are in the valley in the centre of the block not in the conventional place.
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I dont think it would have been clutch related (tranamission, whatever). Modern cars say no before that happens. Id be, at a guess, be inclined to think an oil line to a turbo ruptured or popped off. From memory, the turbos in modern v8 amgs are in the valley in the centre of the block not in the conventional place.
So I guess the "malfunction" defence is not sounding so looney after all

"Your honour, my client was very fortunate not to be harmed by the vehicle's malfunction. We demand a replacement"

Not sure how the dangerous driving charge will stick. He wasn't going fast, he didn't do a skid, and the bystanders weren't egging him on in any obvious way. How do you prove intent when the alleged intended action didn't occur?
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Turbo oil line spill would change things a bit. Is it the kind of thing that would blow when you are trying to drive dangerous/do fully sik burnout?
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Well, intentional (attempted atleast) loss of traction, thats not legal. So the blokes getting his toasted car impounded anyways. The dumbest thing is, he shouldnt have let anyone post it online and just pled ignorance when it burnt to the ground.
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Turbo oil line spill would change things a bit. Is it the kind of thing that would blow when you are trying to drive dangerous/do fully sik burnout?
In my uneducated view, any overheating in a modern car, motor or otherwise the car would say no. But for something to erupt like that so quickly, there would have to be some form of propellant. So amg probably tested things but was never expecting someone to be loading a motor for as long, and with no airflow bar the fans, turbos get hot, rubber melts at some point. So i don't think its so much a design flaw, just a flaw with the driver doing the wrong thing in more ways then 1.
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They seemed to get them fairly warm when testing


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Yeah, why not just fit a powerglide


They must be pretty strong though. Handle way, way more power and torque than any factory gm engine ever put through a th.
I'm taking the ****

Thats the problem with Euros though, don't stand up to abuse.
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Yeah, why not just fit a powerglide


They must be pretty strong though. Handle way, way more power and torque than any factory gm engine ever put through a th.
Love them Powerglides......



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