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View Poll Results: How often do you floor your car
Every time I drive
134
38.07%
Every week
92
26.14%
I normally dont floor my car
104
29.55%
I have never floored my car
22
6.25%
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How often do you floor your car?

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Old 08-17-07, 03:39 PM
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floor it once or twice from every drive
Old 08-17-07, 09:48 PM
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Originally Posted by yogi350
It still amazes me that ppl buy the IS350 and then claim they never floor it. I just dont see why buy the expensive "powerful" model and then never use it. Kind of like ppl that buy the 760 beemer instead of the 745 just because. It makes no sense to me. Now i know the majority of ppl dont buy the bigger engines and not use them but there always are those ppl, mindboggling. Back on topic, i floor mine when the opportunity arises.
Because I can? haha ok no, thats not the reason.

But because the lower model to achieve the same acceleration I would probably need floor it EVERY single time just to be able to pass cars on the road at my preferred speed but the 350 does it with more ease and does it without the need of flooring it. And that would probably decrease engine life and does not give me any reserve... IF I ever need EVEN more power I can floor it and get more out of the 350 than the 250.

Oh and its Beamer not Beemer. Beemer is the bike.
Old 08-18-07, 01:13 AM
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Originally Posted by EBMCS03
but the 350 does it with more ease
Yea its not nessesary to FLOOR it, even at 1/2 throttle i notice at street lites im way out alone if im at the front... you dont need to floor 318hp w/4.08 gear ratio to go very quickly.
Old 08-18-07, 02:03 PM
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A lot more now with the Tanabe and K & N.....
Old 08-18-07, 08:27 PM
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Originally Posted by yogi350
It still amazes me that ppl buy the IS350 and then claim they never floor it. I just dont see why buy the expensive "powerful" model and then never use it. Kind of like ppl that buy the 760 beemer instead of the 745 just because. It makes no sense to me. Now i know the majority of ppl dont buy the bigger engines and not use them but there always are those ppl, mindboggling. Back on topic, i floor mine when the opportunity arises.
Just becasue we drive 350's doesn't mean we should drive like idiots all the time...

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Old 10-30-07, 01:59 PM
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I floor it at least once or twice a week. It gets all the carbon deposits cleaned up.
Old 10-30-07, 02:05 PM
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I often floor my ride
Old 10-30-07, 03:12 PM
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wait wait wait, I thought you were supposed to floor this car every time you drove it. DAMNIT I read the wrong owners manual!
Old 10-30-07, 03:53 PM
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once a day...
Old 10-30-07, 03:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Axvel
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Old 10-30-07, 05:13 PM
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i got a fast car to go fast duh!!
Old 10-30-07, 09:24 PM
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wow....i voted "never floored my car" and only 8 of us ....i cant floor my 250 when all my neighbors are driving cars that can smoke me ....purty good.
Old 10-31-07, 07:28 AM
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I never floor my vehicles unless for a safety reason I must.
Ok,maybe once or twice a year.
Old 10-31-07, 07:48 AM
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almost once every time i drive. sometimes more than once. damn, i just realized this is in the IS forum! sorry guys.
Old 10-31-07, 01:33 PM
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Whenever I am given the opportunity in a straight line. Why have all this horse power if you don't stretch its legs once in awhile.


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