On 4/25/16 4:52 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 16:28:58 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

the 30+ gigs of my favorite music on my iPhone, ranging from Aaron
Neville to Wynton Marsalis, with thousands of alphabetical stops in
between, including the Dillards. I think but I am not sure that the
truck sound system will also play, via bluetooth, my favorite internet
radio stations, which are also non-commercial. Haven't tried that yet.


Bluetooth from the radio on the phone should work. I will suggest that
you see about putting your favorite music right into the truck system.
You should be able to break it out into different play lists to make
that more manageable. ~6,000 songs may be great for bragging rights
but it is not very user friendly.
If you are linked to he phone, it will still mute/stop the playback
while you are on the phone. It can also read your texts to you and it
can let you voice to text back if it is like the Samsung to Lincoln
connection my wife has.



It does do two-way texts...learned that by accident. I'm really taking
it slow with the technology, since it has been a while since I drove a
truck, and though I've had pickups before, this one is pretty big and
coupled with the six speed manual, driving it properly requires a bit of
attention.

On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 16:59:09 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 4/25/16 4:52 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 16:28:58 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

the 30+ gigs of my favorite music on my iPhone, ranging from Aaron
Neville to Wynton Marsalis, with thousands of alphabetical stops in
between, including the Dillards. I think but I am not sure that the
truck sound system will also play, via bluetooth, my favorite internet
radio stations, which are also non-commercial. Haven't tried that yet.


Bluetooth from the radio on the phone should work. I will suggest that
you see about putting your favorite music right into the truck system.
You should be able to break it out into different play lists to make
that more manageable. ~6,000 songs may be great for bragging rights
but it is not very user friendly.
If you are linked to he phone, it will still mute/stop the playback
while you are on the phone. It can also read your texts to you and it
can let you voice to text back if it is like the Samsung to Lincoln
connection my wife has.



It does do two-way texts...learned that by accident. I'm really taking
it slow with the technology, since it has been a while since I drove a
truck, and though I've had pickups before, this one is pretty big and
coupled with the six speed manual, driving it properly requires a bit of
attention.

I have had a stick all of my life. It is second nature to me.
I will say, you will find yourself doing the "cabbie speed shift"
after a while, skipping 3 of those six speeds unless you are hauling a
trailer or something.
I end up using all 5 in my Prelude but not in order.

On Monday, April 25, 2016 at 6:50:24 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 16:59:09 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 4/25/16 4:52 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 16:28:58 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

the 30+ gigs of my favorite music on my iPhone, ranging from Aaron
Neville to Wynton Marsalis, with thousands of alphabetical stops in
between, including the Dillards. I think but I am not sure that the
truck sound system will also play, via bluetooth, my favorite internet
radio stations, which are also non-commercial. Haven't tried that yet..


Bluetooth from the radio on the phone should work. I will suggest that
you see about putting your favorite music right into the truck system.
You should be able to break it out into different play lists to make
that more manageable. ~6,000 songs may be great for bragging rights
but it is not very user friendly.
If you are linked to he phone, it will still mute/stop the playback
while you are on the phone. It can also read your texts to you and it
can let you voice to text back if it is like the Samsung to Lincoln
connection my wife has.



It does do two-way texts...learned that by accident. I'm really taking
it slow with the technology, since it has been a while since I drove a
truck, and though I've had pickups before, this one is pretty big and
coupled with the six speed manual, driving it properly requires a bit of
attention.

I have had a stick all of my life. It is second nature to me.
I will say, you will find yourself doing the "cabbie speed shift"
after a while, skipping 3 of those six speeds unless you are hauling a
trailer or something.
I end up using all 5 in my Prelude but not in order.

My Boxster was a six speed, but I never did the skip-shift in it. There's good evidence that lugging an engine in too high a gear is really bad for it, as it puts excessive loads on the internals. Besides, the Boxster made some good music when revving, even if you weren't getting on it hard. Too much fun.

I got lazy so the last two cars, the 'vette and the Audi, have both been autos. Faster anyways, and with the 8 speed in the Audi, it's always in the correct gear to scoot. In sport mode it's very entertaining.

On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 18:48:33 -0700 (PDT), Its Me
wrote:

On Monday, April 25, 2016 at 6:50:24 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 16:59:09 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 4/25/16 4:52 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 16:28:58 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

the 30+ gigs of my favorite music on my iPhone, ranging from Aaron
Neville to Wynton Marsalis, with thousands of alphabetical stops in
between, including the Dillards. I think but I am not sure that the
truck sound system will also play, via bluetooth, my favorite internet
radio stations, which are also non-commercial. Haven't tried that yet.


Bluetooth from the radio on the phone should work. I will suggest that
you see about putting your favorite music right into the truck system.
You should be able to break it out into different play lists to make
that more manageable. ~6,000 songs may be great for bragging rights
but it is not very user friendly.
If you are linked to he phone, it will still mute/stop the playback
while you are on the phone. It can also read your texts to you and it
can let you voice to text back if it is like the Samsung to Lincoln
connection my wife has.



It does do two-way texts...learned that by accident. I'm really taking
it slow with the technology, since it has been a while since I drove a
truck, and though I've had pickups before, this one is pretty big and
coupled with the six speed manual, driving it properly requires a bit of
attention.

I have had a stick all of my life. It is second nature to me.
I will say, you will find yourself doing the "cabbie speed shift"
after a while, skipping 3 of those six speeds unless you are hauling a
trailer or something.
I end up using all 5 in my Prelude but not in order.

My Boxster was a six speed, but I never did the skip-shift in it. There's good evidence that lugging an engine in too high a gear is really bad for it, as it puts excessive loads on the internals. Besides, the Boxster made some good music when revving, even if you weren't getting on it hard. Too much fun.

I got lazy so the last two cars, the 'vette and the Audi, have both been autos. Faster anyways, and with the 8 speed in the Audi, it's always in the correct gear to scoot. In sport mode it's very entertaining.

You can do a 1-3-5 if you are just bumping the car down the road
without lugging the engine. All those gears are for aggressively
driving where you want to hold it in the power band at different
speeds. You should be double clutching if you are serious about
getting to a lower gear and making a smooth downshift transition.
I did dabble in a little racing about 45-50 years ago but I outgrew
it. In those days it was English sports cars. They just laughed at my
Corvette.

I run through town in 3rd on my Guzzi. Get it out on the road and a lot of times I'll do the 1-3-5 Dom a dead stop. Lugging isn't good. I agree

Tim
"I run through town in 3rd on my Guzzi. Get it out on the road and a lot of times I'll do the 1-3-5 Dom a dead stop. Lugging isn't good. I agree "


Did you get to any of the Chicago vs St. Louis playoff games?
No Canadian teams to cheer for this year.

9:59 AMTrue North
Tim
"I run through town in 3rd on my Guzzi. Get it out on the road and a lot of times I'll do the 1-3-5 Dom a dead stop. Lugging isn't good. I agree "


Did you get to any of the Chicago vs St. Louis playoff games?
No Canadian teams to cheer for this year.
....

Hockey? Not really watching per se, but did catch some highlights in the St. Louis satillite news though. Amazing how far the Blues have come up over the years. Some time ago even their fans were betting against them because they were on such a losing streak. Yes, if St. Louis got a score their fans would "boo" them. Lol!

On Tue, 26 Apr 2016 05:42:54 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

I run through town in 3rd on my Guzzi. Get it out on the road and a lot of times I'll do the 1-3-5 Dom a dead stop. Lugging isn't good. I agree

Lugging is not really a problem if you are spinning up 2500 or more
and with a useable RPM band of 2500-7500 (the redline) you don't need
that many gears to get a little car like mine going.
The V-tech doesn't even kick in until 5000.
If you are driving aggressively you probably try to stay between 5000
and 7000 and if you are not in a hurry you stay between 2500 and 5000,
In normal light to light, 1-3-5 seems to work fine and I end up using
2 and 4 when i am slowing down for turns and such. Four is probably
the least used gear. With the speed limits around here and some well
timed lights, I spend most of the time in 5.

On 4/26/16 1:07 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 26 Apr 2016 05:42:54 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

I run through town in 3rd on my Guzzi. Get it out on the road and a lot of times I'll do the 1-3-5 Dom a dead stop. Lugging isn't good. I agree

Lugging is not really a problem if you are spinning up 2500 or more
and with a useable RPM band of 2500-7500 (the redline) you don't need
that many gears to get a little car like mine going.
The V-tech doesn't even kick in until 5000.
If you are driving aggressively you probably try to stay between 5000
and 7000 and if you are not in a hurry you stay between 2500 and 5000,
In normal light to light, 1-3-5 seems to work fine and I end up using
2 and 4 when i am slowing down for turns and such. Four is probably
the least used gear. With the speed limits around here and some well
timed lights, I spend most of the time in 5.


I go through the gears on Mr. Blue when starting up from a dead stop,
and downshift through them to negotiate steeper hills and 90 degree
turns. First is pretty close to a stump puller, but the truck is not a
lightweight, so I use first to get rolling. I usually don't use fifth or
sixth unless I'm out on State Route 4 or better.

wrote:
On Tue, 26 Apr 2016 05:42:54 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

I run through town in 3rd on my Guzzi. Get it out on the road and a lot
of times I'll do the 1-3-5 Dom a dead stop. Lugging isn't good. I agree

Lugging is not really a problem if you are spinning up 2500 or more
and with a useable RPM band of 2500-7500 (the redline) you don't need
that many gears to get a little car like mine going.
The V-tech doesn't even kick in until 5000.
If you are driving aggressively you probably try to stay between 5000
and 7000 and if you are not in a hurry you stay between 2500 and 5000,
In normal light to light, 1-3-5 seems to work fine and I end up using
2 and 4 when i am slowing down for turns and such. Four is probably
the least used gear. With the speed limits around here and some well
timed lights, I spend most of the time in 5.



Just like in the old 4 speed pickup. Never used first. Was the granny
low.