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Old 06-05-2015, 10:26 PM   #403 (permalink)
changzuki
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Centurion road tests (2x)

Centurion road testing happens just about every time it's driven.
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Most of those trips are not really noteworthy, but some are.
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The first video below is a segment of road at a more-or-less steady state.
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65 mph comes all too easily at this point:
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- Video courtesy of fellow ecomodder "Redneck" -
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This second video was taken the following day. Once again, running excellent I could see every reason to test her out. The road was flat, it was sunny, not much traffic. what could go wrong?
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At 82 something let loose in the transmission, hence the abrupt backing off.
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There was no problem driving the next 35 miles home although second required "double clutching" to get it into that gear, and the overdrive quit working - boo hiss!
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Should be interesting to see what failed!
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~CrazyJerry
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