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Old Apr 11, 2006 | 11:31 AM
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Originally Posted by 4 years to Supercharge
With the stock exhaust it is easy to not hear when to shift if someone next to you is tearing up their tires. So that fuel cutoff is really noticable when the nose drops back down.

I am definitely going to get a light so I don't have to stare at the tach. The '04's don't have a light on the dash to shift.
the 05s & 06s do? interesting...
i knew i wasn't insane though. there's no way i could have missed a red light flashing on at redline.
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Old Apr 11, 2006 | 11:36 AM
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Mine is an '04 and its got the warning light...?
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Old Apr 11, 2006 | 11:40 AM
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Glyphon, what is the yellow light that's on near the gas meter?
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Old Apr 11, 2006 | 11:41 AM
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Anything wrong?
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Old Apr 11, 2006 | 11:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Rhythmic
Glyphon, what is the yellow light that's on near the gas meter?
DSC Off. And that isn't my car, but my car doesn't have any warning lights related to engine speed (just like the car in the pictures). so nope. nothign wrong
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Old Apr 11, 2006 | 12:00 PM
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Red warning light? Don't know about that, '04 here
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Old Apr 11, 2006 | 12:34 PM
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Fuel cut makes my ***** soft
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Old Apr 11, 2006 | 12:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Raptor2k
If a tree falls down in a forest, and nobody is around to hear it, does it make a sound?
mmm...quantum physics!
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Old Apr 11, 2006 | 01:06 PM
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I also have an 04 and have never heard a beep. So i decided to go out just now for a ride around the block to check this. Windows up, stereo off, NO BEEP
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Old Apr 11, 2006 | 01:09 PM
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my 04 does have a red light to accompany the BEEP.
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Old Apr 11, 2006 | 01:10 PM
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Originally Posted by OBI
I also have an 04 and have never heard a beep. So i decided to go out just now for a ride around the block to check this. Windows up, stereo off, NO BEEP
if you are still on the stock potenzas, it is very hard to hear the beep, even when you are actively listening for it. those tires are incredibly loud.
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Old Apr 11, 2006 | 03:02 PM
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My Canadian 8 beeps but no light.

It also carries much better beer in the trunk!
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Old Apr 11, 2006 | 07:50 PM
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'04 should have the beep. Dpn't think that we have the warning light though. I have one of the early build dates...still beeps. Just in case you miss the beep, which I did when I first got the car (for some reason...as someone else said before, it becomes more noticeable over time)...the fuel cut-off will let you know VERY quickly that you have surpassed your limits.
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Old Apr 11, 2006 | 08:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Cool-Blue-Dad
Much better beer? You think I can't buy Corona here?
Cool, you don't even know what you don't know!
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Old Apr 11, 2006 | 09:12 PM
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no one is missing labat blue
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Old Apr 12, 2006 | 01:44 PM
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Yeh, I have seen the light when you redline, its orange and its near the fuel needle and its called the fuel reserve light!
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Old Apr 12, 2006 | 01:53 PM
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Originally Posted by swoope
six speed it goes off at 9k, you may or may not hear it. lots of noise going on then. the fuel cutout hits a bit above 9.5k you will not miss that.

i think the beep should be louder.

beers

The beep is loud enough.
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Old Apr 12, 2006 | 02:26 PM
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That's odd you're not hearing a beep. Even my 04 AT has the beep.
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Old Apr 12, 2006 | 02:37 PM
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Originally Posted by SlayerRX8
That's odd you're not hearing a beep. Even my 04 AT has the beep.
Under normal circumstances I hear it, but not when I'm on the track with the windows open and a helmet on.
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Old Apr 12, 2006 | 06:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Glyphon
no one is missing labat blue
Or Molson, or Moosehead, they have just as many bad beers as we do and not as many good ones. Some beers from Dieu du Ciel and Unibroue are about all that stand out from Canada, other than that nothing special and you can find many better beers from the US and other parts of the world. Hell, if you're going to drink Unibroue you might as well just drink something better from Belgium.

This thread has officially been hi-jacked by a beer snob!
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Old Apr 12, 2006 | 08:47 PM
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I love canadian beer but next year it will be no fun goin to canada since we will need a passport effective next january
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Old Apr 12, 2006 | 10:02 PM
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Beer snob Ike? You said you were some sort of wine buyer, so you should be the first to know that every country stockpiles alcohol that is relative to the preferences of the majority. Americans, on average, like beers that are light on taste, with less bitterness, less body.

Canadians on average love flavour...but not even as much as the English. This is why most of our beer is better. All bars here have full bodied strong flavoured beers. Last summer as an example, I was at a rally in Ohio that had a full selection...of watered down American beer and nothing else

No matter, though maybe its your flat beer that leads to your constant 8 bashing.
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Old Apr 12, 2006 | 10:14 PM
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Originally Posted by OBI
I love canadian beer but next year it will be no fun goin to canada since we will need a passport effective next january
that sucks
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