Australia recalls v6 for being too loud

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Nov 15, 2019 | 11:39 AM
  #41  
Next time I go over I will do a Google check. I did that just now and although they are not "all over the place" there are a significant number and not necessarily in places I would suspect.
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Nov 15, 2019 | 12:13 PM
  #42  
Nah, too expensive to install and maintain ...
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Nov 15, 2019 | 04:59 PM
  #43  
Quote: Nah, too expensive to install and maintain ...
We got real ones all over the place here, and they’re even listed by address on the inner webs. Fortunately, Waze knows where they all are.
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Nov 15, 2019 | 05:19 PM
  #44  
I have only recently started using Waze. It is pretty darned good.
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Nov 16, 2019 | 09:30 AM
  #45  
Quote: I have only recently started using Waze. It is pretty darned good.
Waze is the best one I've found so far.
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Nov 16, 2019 | 12:33 PM
  #46  
Quote: We got real ones all over the place here, and they’re even listed by address on the inner webs. Fortunately, Waze knows where they all are.
We seem to be specialising in average speed cameras - near me there's a 14 mile section of motorway works with a 50mph average limit, the only real use for cruise control I've found.
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Nov 18, 2019 | 11:25 AM
  #47  
Quote: We seem to be specialising in average speed cameras - near me there's a 14 mile section of motorway works with a 50mph average limit, the only real use for cruise control I've found.
There's no better expression of freedom than 24/7 government monitoring.
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Nov 19, 2019 | 09:29 AM
  #48  
Quote: We seem to be specialising in average speed cameras - near me there's a 14 mile section of motorway works with a 50mph average limit, the only real use for cruise control I've found.
Do you not have a Automatic Speed Limiter like you did in your last car?
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Nov 19, 2019 | 10:48 AM
  #49  
Quote: Do you not have a A**** S**** L***** like you did in your last car?
You are off my Christmas list for speaking these dirty words in public in context of our beloved F-types.
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Nov 19, 2019 | 11:54 AM
  #50  
Quote: Do you not have a Automatic Speed Limiter like you did in your last car?
Yeah, but then I wouldn't be able to rest my right foot.
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Nov 19, 2019 | 08:35 PM
  #51  
Quote: Yeah, but then I wouldn't be able to rest my right foot.
That’s what cruise control is for. ASL is an insidious feature that panders to our sensible, yet useless, side.
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Nov 20, 2019 | 11:03 AM
  #52  
ASL is fantastic for cannabis users. You can mash the gas pedal and not wonder if you are going too slow through Gestapo headquarters.
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Nov 21, 2019 | 02:32 AM
  #53  
Quote: ASL is fantastic for cannabis users. You can mash the gas pedal and not wonder if you are going too slow through Gestapo headquarters.
So far the future is a big dissapointment. Time to start looking at the past.
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Nov 28, 2019 | 10:55 PM
  #54  
Today I spoke to a Jaguar Australia mechanic (ie. a direct employee) in charge of their drive day fleet and he hadn't heard of the recall. He was skeptical, but I've read the articles with my own eyes. Meanwhile F-Pace SVRs and F-Type R's were thundering past on the racetrack that was hosting the drive day.
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Nov 29, 2019 | 05:12 AM
  #55  
So 8 kangaroo make less noise as 6 ?
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Nov 29, 2019 | 11:15 AM
  #56  
Quote: Meanwhile F-Pace SVRs and F-Type R's were thundering past on the racetrack that was hosting the drive day.
But both are already casualties of the war on cars. Crap quality BMW turbo is a non-starter.
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Nov 30, 2019 | 04:32 PM
  #57  
There must be more than 28 V6 examples between 2019 and 2020 in Australia... How did they identify exactly which 28 and what makes them different?
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Nov 30, 2019 | 04:47 PM
  #58  
Quote: There must be more than 28 V6 examples between 2019 and 2020 in Australia... How did they identify exactly which 28 and what makes them different?
28 sounds about right to me, the Oz F-Type market is tiny and around half of those these days are the four potter.
Easy enough to identify by the TOPIx build date and engine type.
As far as I can tell they are no different sound-wise than the earlier models and instead it is the legislation/regulations that have changed with lower stationary noise levels allowed. Remembering that Oz F-Types are built primarily for the UK market and compliance with their laws and regs not the Oz laws and regs.
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