Jay Leno's Garage

[jaf06se]

That launch mode would be sweet. I didn't like the shifting though. If you listen to it when he is on the highway and he slams on it, it bounces on the redline before it shifts, thats not that great.

[nexus_7]

It was nice to see someone different talk about the car...if I didnt have a house payment...I would be all over one of those.

[integra3586]

Originally Posted by jaf06se

That launch mode would be sweet. I didn't like the shifting though. If you listen to it when he is on the highway and he slams on it, it bounces on the redline before it shifts, thats not that great.

if it was bouncing off the rev limiter, he didnt have it in the "auto" mode. now to defend the car, this is not like your typical shiftable automatic. this car has a twin clutch set up, and a electro hydraulically actuated clutch. just like the ferrari's. so basically its a manual transmission being shifted my the computer controlled clutch and gear selector.

[Autospirit]

^^Exactly. It even blips the downshifts.
I'm a diehard manual fan and understand the loss of connection you feel without a clutch pedal, but this transmission probably produces results far better than any professional.

[cctmobiledetail]

I used to see leno at the "Rock Store" off Mulholland Hwy almost every weekend on a different motorcycle. The trippiest one he rode was a 1924 Thor ... that looked like a bicycle with a big single cylinder on it , he had on the old leather world war I flying cap , old leather jacket, the knee high boots and a long white scarf flying in the breeze. It was a trip to say the least. The thing that sucked about it was all the leno fans that would follow him around like "they were gum on his shoes" and wouldn't let him enjoy the day checking out the several hundred bikes up there. I used to be a local, ( lived down mulholland a mile or two ) and I knew Ed and Vern who own the store. Also back then I had a Honda XR 500 Dirt bike that I'd ride the trails to the store, and park up in the "Harley only" section...that would piss off the Harley guys, it used to also piss off everyone else that I got the local price on beer and they all paid retail. There used to be alot of stars that you'd see there and maybe you still do ( haven't been there in 20 years ) . I remember one early Sunday morning after partying across the street from the Rock Store at the boatrights, and tweekin' all night long ... walking over to the store to get some breakfast at verns, when low and behold Arnold the governator rode up on a harley, it was about 7:30am , and not too many others were there ... anyway I decided that the best cure for what I was feeling was "Hair of the Dog" , so I bought two Corona's and gave one to Arnold !!! He's alot shorter in person than in the movies, but anyway enjoyed talking to him , and then went in after the corona slam for the SOS vern had made me.....anyway I guess my claim to fame is having a beer with Arnold and telling him right before I went in for breakfast " I'll Be Back " !!! LOL