What an absolutely perfect acronym for a feature everyone loves to hate.

Didj'all hear that "Auto Start Stop" is coming to an end?  Or more specifically, the govern-mental is ending the incentives which make automakers implement it.

So the feature that was supposed to “save fuel” by shutting your engine off at every red light might be "stopping but not starting again" hahahahahaha

I don't get how turning into a corner and getting a line that takes you OUT of your apex is "safer". Here in Arizona, that probably takes me over the edge into a gully or canyon. I'd rather have the rear end push me around and into the wall. 

But - this is something I hate about modern cars - the ASC and ESC and stability control that won't let you break loose and fights your traditional non-assisted desire to respond by drifting - right? I mean, I get that track mode will let you turn that off so you can induce oversteer and then countersteer while modulating braking and throttle (not so much clutch, anymore in most high end cars)... 

My first car was a 67 Mustang GT, my 2nd a Datsun 510 with a 240z tranmission, an L18 engine, and dual webers. I learned on cars where oversteer was a *technique* - way before drifting was considered a SPORT - it was actually - if you drifted through a corner, you were too hot - right - you were losing speed and missed your apex. It looked cool, it w

Tue Feb 03 2026 20:06:01 UTC from LoanShark

It's designed in -- for safety -- the thinking being that understeer is safer than a chaotic spinout caused by oversteer.

So, understeer is baked into the REAR axle kinematics in most BMWs; that multilink suspension is designed to increase toe-in on compression, if I remember correctly.

And of course the cars tend to run 2.0-ish degrees rear camber, 0.5-ish in the front, for the same reason. You can change that with camber plates. But last time I did a modified suspension and took it on track, there were some questionable, maybe even unsafe-ish results.

n.b. this is based on F30 330i's and may be somewhat less applicable to higher-end models***

2025 Z06 1LZ (very base interior for a C8, honestly) with Z07 sport package. 

So... 

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Was out getting gas today.  Recently they tore out some farm land to put in a car wash near one of the Krogers i go to, that has a gas station too ( because, well, cant have nature here in this county ), and while i waiting for it to fill, noticed a sign on the pump trying to sell car washes, which seemed odd since its not even the same company.. but whatever, some back-room deal..   and  the prices are like 25 bucks a wash.  Man, that seems high.

So, yesterday my wife's ex-COO was in town at the Biltmore in Phoenix - so, we ran errands all day long from6 AM on, then got ready and went out there, 50 minutes away - until 10:30, drove home, got to bed, woke up at 6 AM, and drove an hour or so out to Podium Club Atessa, in Casa Grande - where I spent all day doing 20 minute sessions in my M4, M235i and a buddy's C8 Z06. 
The M4 is really the sweet spot for me. The M235i is skittish and high strung and a handful even though being significantly slower than the other two. I mean, it isn't a slow car - it is faster than an E36 M3, but by today's standards - my mostly stock one was one of the slowest cars on the track. It doesn't have as much rubber... It would probably be AWESOME at autocross - but for a road track - it was a little scary - and also not really made for that kind of punishment. 

The C8 Z06 has catless pipes, and a tune - and was terrifying. It actually is also kind of a high strung car - and I just never found my trust in ]]>https://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=2099545928Sat, 22 Nov 2025 04:04:00 -00002099545928@Uncensored

Posts like this make me wish Ig would add a Like button. I don't want to respond, I just want to acknowledge that I read your post, understand, and acknowledge, even if I don't agree. 
I do agree... but... you get the point. :D 

Its one reason i refuse to buy a 'new' car.  My jeep, 2006, was the end of the line for new. 2007 introduced the damned digital dashboard panel crap. Even 2006 was pushing it and i did get bit due to the computer/transmission ( its a known thing, you just expect it up-front that you will have to get it reprogrammed ), but at least it wasn't a proprietary parts trap like they are today.  And im still thinking of getting rid of the minimal computer in the little car. it does not need it. But at the same time, it doesn't hurt since its soo minimalist.. so i donno.

Part of why this sensor was so much its on a niche car, 40 years old.  Now, that engine was also in a few other models so no 'real' excuse, but they can still gouge you since they are not 'everywhere' these days. Doesn't make it right, and still frustrating.

Next time it goes out ( it will. they do ) i may look into building my own. Going to tear apart the broken one to see how it works. 

Fri Nov 14 2025 01:15:13 UTC from Nurb432

 

 

And why the hell does a oil sensor have to be 100 bucks now. Damned inflation. 

I spent $2400 on a battery for my M4. They're "programmed," so I can get a black market version that has a chip that has been coded - but... a firmware upgrade and that will be detected and deleted and then I'm screwed. 

And I'm probably smart enough to continue to outsmart Bavaria and get an aftermarket battery that is otherwise exactly the same to work - but they also know that people who can afford their cars that have $2400 batteries don't want to dick around with trying to get a $500 battery to work with their car -unless they're so far aftermarket that BMW doesn't care anyhow. 

So I just pay the factory/dealer prices. 

Still, I get it that getting raped by your dealer/service sucks. 

Auto parts store.  Saturday, order a part. "it will be here Friday, no you don't pay until you pick it up". No notice of arrival but went in the next Saturday morning while i was out and about: "we cant find it, we have no idea, we think it was sent back since it was here since Monday and you only get 3 days unless you pay first. What? Huh? Ok, order another, ill pay this time. "ETA of Wednesday" .  

Weds, get an email this time. Go in today ( the next day ), "we cant find it anywhere", "oh, we found the first one on the store manager's desk but it got sent back"....  20 mins later " we found it, it was  sealed up in the returns box to be sent out in the morning"

Wtf.

And why the hell does a oil sensor have to be 100 bucks now. Damned inflation. 

Ran to the grocery and ACE before the traffic hits ( interstate, closed this weekend so our main road = the bypass route )

On the way out passed a car parts store.  and what to my unbelieving eyes.. and Fiero notch-back pulled in.   Other than my ( fastback ) i have not seen another on the road in at least 10 years, if not longer. 

id have stopped but was sort of stuck in traffic at the light.. 

Doesn't everyone?

Sat Aug 02 2025 17:22:01 UTC from IGnatius T Foobar

My favorite part is that you referred to a firearm as "PPE". 

ooo ..

i of course knew the whole story from talking on the phone that afternoon, and i do agree you were in the right.. but not so sure this should be out in public.. it might cause problems.   I wonder if our host might want to delete this ( and the other.) just to be safe? 

And ya i did sort of tell this story before, but i fibbed on the outcome so it wasn't quite so violent.  But really, i did nothing illegal as he was the instigator and he fell off the road on his own into the pole from driving incorrectly, so might as well tell the real ending.  

The other day, traveling down a 2 lane state road, doing 49 in a 50. Off to get some restaurant pizza since it was too hot to cook, and only one place in the area has semi-real pizza.

Idiot millennial flies up behind me, must have been doing 80..  Oncoming traffic, so he starts screaming at me to speed up and move out of the way.  Got so close he was literally under my bumper. ( while i don't have some 5" lift on the jeep, it is a bit higher than your average child's rice-burner ).

So i did the logical thing. Slowed way down to 40 so i could safely get out my phone ( camera ) and my PPE.  Pissed him off even more.  Oncoming traffic died down so i sped back up to the speed limit.  Traffic returned.

Get near a right hand turn lane, he tried to go around me on the right, screaming and yelling and trying to scare me over onto oncoming traffic by jerking his wheel. i don't scare. At all, so waste of his time and pissed him off even more   

He was busy flipping me off, lane about ended, sped up a bit, still under the speed limit however, and ran him into a light pole.  Drove off and left him there to die, hopefully, and got my pizza to take home.

Hes lucky i didn't shoot him since he was intentionally trying to get me killed in an accident and id have that right.  But, then id not get to the restaurant in time and my pizza would be cold.

Really hate idiots.

Finally got off my butt and ordered the stuff to try an experimental AC for the little car.

Old story, i pulled the compressor out when i swapped engines last time. . its heavy, dont want ti back in.  Figured i had 2 options:

1- an electric compressor and mount it up front. Which i did get one, it was cheap. Sitting in the garage due to all the rework i have to do ( the engine is in the middle, behind the seats, so a lot of work to do on the existing lines, as even if were to put it back there, which i dont want to do, id have to extend lines, and other stuff due to moving to R32 from old freon ). Its plan B

2 - Plan A - Peltier thermoelectic cooler. it will work, but will it be enough is the question..  Much less rework, can just cut the lines up front, and reuse the evaporator coil in the dash.  Or could even get fancy, hook it to the heater core and flip the power backwards to produce heat in the winter.  But, since i have the evaporator already, not going that route.  

So i have box of parts:

• 2 radiators, about 8x10. Will shove them up near the car radiator. 
• 4 fans ( or use the AC fan on the condenser.. not decided yet )
• 4 fluid based heat transfer blocks
• Couple of tiny water pumps.
• 8 Peltier devices ( well, actually 10, but the blocks will only hold 8 )
• Assorted hoses ( for testing, hooking it to the AC lines, will take some fancy work )
• a 300 watt AC to 12v adapter, for testing before i start cutting car parts.

Still need to come up with a box ( thinking plastic ammo can ), foam board insulation, and wires that can handle around 300 watts ( will use an old outdoor extension cord i suspect. its weather proof and big enough )... But hey, i'm about 90% of the way there

And speaking of insulation, wtf happened to prices on foam board.... was almost free last time i dealt with that stuff in a house remodel. Now its an arm/leg. 

Once again, being lazy ( and really not feeling up to it, not feeling so well and arm is bothering me a lot lately )  took the little car in to have the front calipers and hoses replaced. They were feeling odd and didn't want to go thru another fire like the back.  ( turns out, they were freezing up too..so a matter of time )

But i was on a meeting when they called to say its done.   Google translated 'fiero' to 'funeral'   "hello, this is xx from yyyy to let you know your funeral is done"  

LoL    how fitting.

Perhaps i worded it wrong. But so was i. And a super low tech way to make it stop.

Tue May 20 2025 02:51:34 UTC from IGnatius T Foobar Subject: Re: Get yo ASS outta here

umm ... what?

I'm talking about the thing that shuts off the engine when you stop at a red light, and then quickly (but not quickly enough) restarts it when you let up off the brake to go again.

As far as I know there are no vehicles that just randomly start the engine without being told to. Although that would be fun just to mess with people...

Normally its quite easy to disable that nonsense anyway.

Most cars:

• Open hood.  See if it quits doing it. Normally it does.  A few don't and require proprietary stuff to be fed back into the bus but most will stop.  Hard to do repairs, even oil changes if you cant keep it from stopping.
• If it does stop happening, search around for an extra switch.  ( or cheat and get a book )
• Pull it off, tape it up.  
• Or cut the damned wires.. see if it starts back up. If so, strip, short and tape. 
• Or if its not a flapper or plunger ( i have heard of this one too ) its magnetic.. just grab a fridge magnet and tape it down. 

Finally:  Walk away and flip the car maker the bird.

As mentioned elsewhere, this summer, going to attempt to rip the EFI out of my little car.    The jeep, i don't think i can do it unless i cast my own intake manifold.  Not impossible, but not trivial either ( due to the shape/location/etc i don't think i can just cut holes and make it work like i can the little car )

Or i guess i could try throttle body injection, wont need a computer for that, just variable pressure to a nozzle there at the intake.. Could even rig it to take propane too..  Mmmmm plan B i guess.

I had a couple of cars..  One required you to remove the alternator to pull one plug. annoying.  The next one i had, according to the factory you had to pull the engine to get to one. Yes, pull the engine.

After i did some eyeballing, i hard turned the wheel, then drilled a 1" hole in the wheel well liner ( was still real steel back then, not plastic ),  instant access.   Idiots.   

Thu Mar 27 2025 13:12:03 UTC from IGnatius T Foobar 

Ah yes, the old rear wheel drive vehicles with gigantic engine compartments that you could practically stand inside while you're working. Sure beats the modern ones where you have to put it on a lift just to change the spark plugs.

Oh, along those lines, back in the early 80s i bought a used car. A 73 2 door Cadillac Calais.  If you are familiar with them they have a HUGE front end .. there is a large open space between the radiator and the front of the grill.

I had to do some work on it a few months later that involved removing the radiator to get into the grill area easier than removing body panels..( tho its been so long i dont even remember why now ) found a ratchet, wrench, screwdriver and some sockets all in there..   previous owner dropped them there is my guess, or a mechanic he took it to at some point.  Being that the 'floor' is plastic, i never really heard them rattling around.

"bonus tools" 

Wed Mar 12 2025 20:38:00 UTC from IGnatius T Foobar

It takes many years of tinkering with mechanical stuff before you develop the skill of following a dropped part down with your eyes.

I normally can, but when it gets into the darkness ..  its hard. Have to do it by sound.

( in that last case i did find it. It hit the frame and rolled down hill a bit. but still annoying )

Wed Mar 12 2025 20:38:00 UTC from IGnatius T Foobar

It takes many years of tinkering with mechanical stuff before you develop the skill of following a dropped part down with your eyes.

"darn, that bolt fell out of my hand...  not a big deal i will just.....   great..it never hit the ground" 

Nice to have the little car back on the road. 

Still things i want to do to it ( like put the AC back in.. ), and still gotta find a place i can park it for a couple of weeks to do body work/paint so it does not look like trash. But it moves.. 

Partial rant too.. 

Man i hate modern cars. It gets cold, battery dips a bit ( -3 the other evening ). Then the computer freaks out and you cant even start the freaking thing until you disconnect it totally for a reset.  And now i have to dig the car out the rest of the way so i can get int the hood and be able to stand there to futz with it.   Good thing we don't use that one often.  

Oh, and did i mention the battery is inside the freaking wheel well? Whomever thought of that should be shot.   Sure, i can unplug it from inside the engine compartment but if you wanted to bring it in for warmth/trickle charge or replace, its a nightmare. 

Almost as bad as when they replaced a 10 dollar fuse box, with a 300 dollar digital control box.. that of course will go out on you and kill the car when you least expect it.  ( first experience of that was with my mother's PT cruiser.. .the 2nd time it died, we sold the car )

Oh and the little car may come home in a week or so.. Seems one of the replacement parts i ordered had the wrong piston ( long story ) and had to order a new caliper for one corner. ETA mid week. Grrr. Good thing i wasn't doing the work this time, its all i need is to have it one more time piss me off when im underneath it.

Didn't burn it.  Even tho its a mess and needs a lot of work, i decided id miss it. Its been with me nearly 25 years.  But instead of fighting again, last week i decided to have it taken down to the local shop and have them put the parts back on. Even followed the truck there. Afterward, it sort of feels like a fail.. I never take my cars in, i even rebuild and machine the heads myself.  ( other than a brand new one, due to warranty cancellations if you sneeze on it on your own )

May have just gave up on the little car.  Working on the brakes today. Pissed me off.

Bonfire may be in its future.

Telsa's Robovan.

I remember the look, but dont remember which movie/show its copying.  

2nd caliper arrived yesterday. Someone come over and install it.  I'm not in the mood to screw with it and its going to be warm again today. ( supposed to cool off again this weekend enough to do it in the morning )

This stuff used to be fun.

I mis-read that, the complaint was they only worried about passengers and drivers. Now they are expanding it..  and still only about 70 a year..  for increased regulations and costs.

So aside from wearing seat belts, pay attention and don't hit people.. problem solved.

Wed Sep 11 2024 07:16:36 EDT from Nurb432

"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is demanding wide sweeping new safety rules to combat a crisis"...

bla bla bla could save up to 70 passengers and drivers a year bla bla bla 

 

wtf. "crisis" ???    Put your freaking seat belt on and problem solved. 

"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is demanding wide sweeping new safety rules to combat a crisis"...

bla bla bla could save up to 70 passengers and drivers a year bla bla bla 

wtf. "crisis" ???    Put your freaking seat belt on and problem solved. 

Ya its pretty easy.

Sat Sep 07 2024 16:12:47 EDT from IGnatius T Foobar Subject: Re: Adventures with the Taco

up.    I carry a repair kit and air pump in the tool box, if

I never got around to learning how to repair tires. Is it as easy as the videos of the plug kits make it look? (Assuming, of course, that it is a puncture from something like a nail or screw, and not a tear.)

ya. fail.  

so now i wait longer.   ( i blame myself tho, i should have opened up the new caliper when it came this spring and not waited until almost fall.  But it was too hot this summer to even care about working on it..  its not like i *need* this thing on the road.  Especially since i have not put the AC back in, its not a summer car for me. )

Also ordered a 2nd caliper, figured better safe than sorry. Replace both in the back.   May end up swapping the fronts too come spring. i donno.  

Well that is annoying.  Got ready to put the car back together tonight, seems the new calipers don't come with the pad retaining clip.  I thought the last time i did this it did.. Now i have to find one of those, which may not be possible around here due to rarity of the car.  Means ordering it and waiting.. bleh.  i should have opened all the stuff up months ago..    guess ill find out in the morning, parts place opens at 730  guess who will be first in line :) 

and a side thought, i wonder if that is what caused my problem in the first place. If the clip broke, the pad would no longer retract properly, perhaps even jam... same idea of a collapsed brake line which was my assumption ( and most common ).   But other than where the fire melted it, the line looked ok...  hmmm

And before someone says "just turn it yourself" . i did think of that but i dont think my the is big enough for that diameter.  It 'looks' just a hair too small.    And while its big enough, i dont think i'm talented enough to do it on my mill and not have it off balance.

Decent day today and im off this week. So took the little car apart.   The caliper that caught on fire was soooo bad..    how bad was it? It actually melted off the pad and curled up the backing plate on the 'inside' pad.  lol

If i can find someone to turn this rotor ill put it back together this weekend. But fewer people will turn them now, "only if we do the brake job $$$"  and they are drilled. I know drilled/slotted used to be refused, but just drilled, not sure.  Not that i cant buy more, as they are thankfully still available in the aftermarket world, but be nice not to have to buy them too. 

i give up.

And the SOB is even tighter than the last.

But at least it didn't break.   But its not totally sealed at the doors, yet.  and of course, storms are coming. 

New jeep top arrived yesterday. From the 'real place' .  1.5 day free shipping.

Rain got moved until tomorrow. so i guess the POS one comes off this afternoon. Total waste of $ and time. 

Ya, that is about as dumb as putting the battery in the wheel well. i had a truck like that once, i took it out and tossed it in the back right away.

I stopped carrying a spare long ago.  In the Fiero, its too low to the ground to be doing that safely on the road ( and its extra weight.. which matters ).   On the jeep, its to high up.    I carry a repair kit and air pump in the tool box, if that dont do it, its a tow truck.   I'm not 25 anymore, why do it the hard way out on some road somewhere? Besides we have cell phones now, old days you were on your own or you walked miles.. and miles.. to a pay phone.

Sure, what you had was in the driveway, but save the trouble of fishing out the spare. 

Fri Jul 12 2024 16:10:42 EDT from IGnatius T Foobar Subject: Adventures with the Taco

The spare is underneath the vehicle. 

And the ebay seller has ghosted me.

Guess i dont get a refund. Will go buy a 'better' one from Quadratec. ( for 2x the cost ) Who will stand behind the stuff they sell.

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

new top arrived today.   fight with it for 3 hours. thing just isn't 'right' and nothing fit like it should have. close but not right.   but i made it work.  Then putting in the back window as the last item.... and the freaking zipper broke..    on the roof..    now im back where i started, well actually even worse as to return this i have to take it off ... 

Frustrated beyond words at this point.

Bleh, now the zipper on the roof broke trying to get this POS window on...   cant get a new top here until Thursday.

And no, i have not fixed the little car yet so its safe to drive and not die. I was being lazy.  now im paying the price.   Could have just stuck a tarp on the jeep and drove the little car instead.  But nope.  grumble. 

Related to the trip with the dog..  the zipper broke on my back window.. arrgh....

going to rain Monday..   

This is 3 levels deep since it 'defaults' to radio. There is an off button so it should have turned off..  but it clearly does not care when i ask. It also has "auto", which was off.. 

Computers should not be in cars. bring back carburetors.

Sun Mar 17 2024 21:15:36 EDT from LadySerenaKitty

All my HVAC controls are literally one tap away.  Yes, I can turn the whole HVAC system off, too.

 

All my HVAC controls are literally one tap away.  Yes, I can turn the whole HVAC system off, too.

Fri Mar 15 2024 19:24:04 EDT from Nurb432

So had to drive the wife's car yesterday. ( long story, but its lower to the ground than the jeep, so she can get in far easier and that was needed yesterday ).  its fairly new. Its got all that stupid electronic crap.

Heat was on. I was hot. i turned it off. ( after having to go thru 3 levels of menus.. idiots, remind me to tell a related story about that in another room sometime about user interfaces, if i haven't already ) Turned itself back on a minute or 2 later.  Turned it off. Again, back on.  I called the car a name. Then it would not shut off at all.....

So had to drive the wife's car yesterday. ( long story, but its lower to the ground than the jeep, so she can get in far easier and that was needed yesterday ).  its fairly new. Its got all that stupid electronic crap.

Heat was on. I was hot. i turned it off. ( after having to go thru 3 levels of menus.. idiots, remind me to tell a related story about that in another room sometime about user interfaces, if i haven't already ) Turned itself back on a minute or 2 later.  Turned it off. Again, back on.  I called the car a name. Then it would not shut off at all.....

Was too cold for them to change the battery.. I went in laughing, "you are not going to like me"  And the guy must have read my mind: "boss this morning said no wiper, battery changes today, or alternator tests, but we can test a battery". As expected its hosed.  Its also far older than i thought, he rubbed the dirt off to check the brand ( i guess to see if it was one of their or not. i donno i told him it was old.. ), and its a NAPA battery.. means its at least 10 years old.. How the hell it lasted this long, i dont know...  And i didnt feel like swapping it in the lot like a goober ( plus, ya, it was cold. ~ 9 degrees ) so i guess i get to return the old one later today and get my core charge back. 

And speaking of cold and batteries.  Seems the battery in the Jeep died.  Wont even charge now. So its toast.

And since the Fiero has the wrong post style, and i dont have conversion posts ( last one i had, had both side and top.. but not this one )  i guess i jump it Sunday and drive over to get a new one.

Right, you have that advantage of being self-sufficient with explody juice.    Like I have always said, while i dont want one, hybrids are ok.  100% electric, no.   Just one more example of why.

And ya, i bet MPG sucks in that case.

Thu Jan 18 2024 13:47:23 EST from LadySerenaKitty

My hybrid was able to start just fine.  Drive battery was flat so she just ran the engine until it charged up.  Monday's all-day extreme cold kept sapping the drive battery, so I ended up using half a tank of explodey juice for a mere 120 miles, super bad fuel efficiency.

But unlike an all-electric car, my hybrid was still usable.

My hybrid was able to start just fine.  Drive battery was flat so she just ran the engine until it charged up.  Monday's all-day extreme cold kept sapping the drive battery, so I ended up using half a tank of explodey juice for a mere 120 miles, super bad fuel efficiency.

But unlike an all-electric car, my hybrid was still usable.

Lots of local stories this week of "EVs not working well in this cold snap" "Disaster for local Tesla owners" bla bla.   Well, its January, its the Midwest, it gets cold here and batteries dont like cold. Its just physics, regardless of Al Gore thinks.

Want to drive an EV all year, perhaps stay south... or follow the birds in the fall.

Even i have a heater on the battery in my jeep, and did on other cars in the past.   and it gets a LOT colder up north.

New front bumper for jeep arrived. Someone come put it on.   ( its got support for a winch. ) Gotta make a bracket for my light bar. Its made for 2 separate lights, i want my bar instead.  Just personal preference.

While stupid people will still i agree, we have a bolt down the street, and with how he drives, if you couldn't hear the 'noise' you might get run over.   Plus.. Blind people rely on sounds to get around, even with a dog.   Actually we do to, you dont really realize how much until its gone ( i lost hearing in one ear one summer for about a month.. it was a rather eye opening experience ). Much more appreciation for people who have hearing issues. 

Now i totally agree the fake rumbling is stupid, but a bit of noise isn't a bad thing. ( slow speeds some tires are dead silent )

Mon Dec 18 2023 20:26:11 EST from LadySerenaKitty

Nothing is gonna stop dumbasses from walking out in front of cars, regardless of speed.  The noise requirement is meaningless and serves no purrpose.

 

Nothing is gonna stop dumbasses from walking out in front of cars, regardless of speed.  The noise requirement is meaningless and serves no purrpose.

Mon Dec 18 2023 06:41:02 EST from Nurb432

I think its required by law to make some sort of noise, be it that or the jeston noise or something.  So that people know you are coming and dont walk out in front of you ( at low speeds )

The fake shifting only happens in Normal and Sport modes.  Eco mode disables the fake shifting.  This fake shifting thing is one thing I hate.  I have an eCVT, it should not be shifting.

Sun Dec 17 2023 23:15:59 EST from IGnatius T Foobar

I am!  Is very nice.  The lack of a traditional geared transmission
means acceleration is SUPER SMOOTH.  When I have a ride that starts

Some people hate CVT and others seem to love it. What bugs me is that some (all?) of them have "fake shifts" programmed into the acceleration pattern to give the effect of an automatic. That seems really stupid to me.

We just put another car on the road for my daughter, a 2016 Accord (given to the spoiled brat by her grandmother), which has a CVT. I want to see if there's a way to reprogram it to get rid of those stupid fake shifts.

It's like the fake engine noise they put into all-electric cars. If I ever own an electric that's going to be the first thing I permanently disable.
I hate skeumorphism in cars. Make it act the way it actually is.

I think its required by law to make some sort of noise, be it that or the jeston noise or something.  So that people know you are coming and dont walk out in front of you ( at low speeds )

Sun Dec 17 2023 23:15:59 EST from IGnatius T Foobar

It's like the fake engine noise they put into all-electric cars. If I ever own an electric that's going to be the first thing I permanently disable.

Since that car is so old, I bet some of you have never seen inside one.. how small they really are and why i say we would never have had a chance to escape.. soooo a picture. ( hint for those on text client :) ) This was the day before. No, no back seat, that is full of engine, and that center console IS the gas tank ( both due to space and to distribute weight better towards center of the car ).  You have to climb out of the seat, cant just roll or fall out. Worse than my brother's vette.

Dog is around 85 pounds for weight. Average sized female GSD. ( long hair, red coat. not real common im always getting asked "what is she" then "is she real"  "yes, she is, and AKC registered " )

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:(

Thu Oct 26 2023 15:49:00 EDT from LoanShark

Heartbreaking.

I guess consolation is we would have died together, with her at my side.

Almost lost the Fiero tonight. Pulled in the driveway from going to the park with one of the dogs. it was on fire. ( literally )   i think the brake froze up, i heard something a block away rubbing then it stopped. its the only reason i looked underneath that side.,,,,,and flames.    Of course it was the wheel near the gas filler.  If it had got too bad, explosion. fire. etc.   Got lucky we were not further away. We would have most likely died.

Only GOOD thing to come out of it, they offered to take the old frame too.  Saves me trouble having to deal with it. 

Well that and no cracked windshield, and now no rust...

Ok so it was hard after all.  6 of the bolts were so tight i tore the teeth on the torx head clean off..) well 5 really i guess.. the 6th i broke loose the threads on the inside of the frame.. so it would only spin.  Had to drill them all out. grrrrr   2 hour job = 4.. ( and 2 toasted drill bits as drilling hardened steel automotive bolts is pretty rough on a bit )   And no one in town has right right replacement bolts, so have to make do with ace hardware crap until real ones show next week 

And the new one does not quite fit. I will make it work, but its not perfect. AND the freaking color i used, even tho it was code correct, isn't. ( and not just from fade of original its not quite the same )

Even mother nature tried to pee on my parade by blowing my stand over at one point... shooting all the plastic trim parts into the next county... 

Oh and the idiot at the car place ( closer than the  hardware store and even tho i didnt have replacement bolts i wanted to get it off before dark ): " i need your phone number to sell you this drill bit for cash" no you dont, gimme my damned product. 

Oh.. and i could not get my flat coat retriever sticker off, and ruined my 'shield parking pass' sticker ( think marvel comics that shield )...  tho to be fair, it was hard and brittle from age...but still closed out the day with a  'dammit' .    Now i have to figure out where i got them and hope they are still around. 

But i guess consolation is i took one of the dogs with me to ace in the little car, and we want to the park afterwards and long way home.  Even tho it is old as dirt, looks like poo ( someday ill paint it ), i still like my car.  

blah, i guess its time to take the windshield frame off the jeep.  New glass is coming Monday.  Want to swap frames first.

Not 'hard' just not feeling like it today.   ( and dont want to wait, if something breaks i will need tomorow to go find parts )

i want a gas turbine in the fiero. 

I am!  Is very nice.  The lack of a traditional geared transmission means acceleration is SUPER SMOOTH.  When I have a ride that starts and ends in downtown SA?  Rarely ever use gas for those, so they become all-electric rides.

Tue Oct 17 2023 23:15:49 EDT from IGnatius T Foobar

Really enjoying the hybrid, aren't you.  It will be interesting to find out if the long term maintenance costs make it worth it.

Really enjoying the hybrid, aren't you.  It will be interesting to find out if the long term maintenance costs make it worth it.

So I put 14 gallons of gas in the tank, filling it up (it's a 15 gallon tank).  Grabbed this picture before I reset the trip meter. (see attachments)

Called in for a new windshield for the jeep today. I wanted to be sure it was not this week, as i wanted to swap the frame out first.   "we can be there in a month"

wow.

lol

LEELOO DALLAS MULTIPASS!

Thu Jun 29 2023 17:29:28 EDT from IGnatius T Foobar

Ah, you want the glowing cylinder from The Fifth Element.

Just gimme a zero point energy crystal and reactionless thruster.  Size of a brief case. Have it a removable format so you can just pull it out of a cage or something in the car.

In my Escape, the drive motor starts the explodatron, and it's encased in the transmission.  Makes switching between electric and hybrid modes really smooth to the point you don't feel it at all.  Yes, my 4,000lbs behemoth can drive itself at 70mph purely on electric.  Is very nice, you should get one.

San Antonio to Abilene on half a tank?  Abilene to San Antonio on half a tank?  Yes on both.  I just got home btw, guess where I went.

Thu May 25 2023 16:59:53 EDT from LoanShark

Depends how it's done. Mild-hybrid's use SMG's -- Starter Motor/Generator. Which also provides a bit of boost. Some hybrids incorporate the electric motor into the transmission, so that could in theory do the same thing.

I hear there was a race up in town today. Zzzz.

( ya partial rant..  back in the 70s and 80s it was a HUGE deal around here.. its its a snooze fest )

Yesterday the accessories for my new car were installed.  Branded cargo mat (it says ESCAPE just like the badging on my car), UV filtering ceramic window tint, and a 2-CHANNEL DASHCAM (forward and cabin).  After the 24-hour curing period for the tinting completed, I took on my first passengers.

One of those only needed to go like 3 miles, 2 of those miles were electric-only.  My car has been known to run only off the battery at 75mph.  My average fuel econ for the day was 41.6.

An electromotive vehicle is certainly pawssible, it needs a hybrid battery so it can turn off the engine when stopped and still have all systems running, all electric accessories like a hybrid, and a beefy drive motor like what's in a Tesla.  You'd also be adding a fair bit of weight in having both a drive motor AND a generator, its weight would be somewhere between a hybrid and a full-electric.

Wed May 24 2023 19:20:44 EDT from IGnatius T Foobar

It's the total cost of ownership that concerns me. I know that a well-maintained Honda or Toyota ICEmobile can go a quarter million miles without requiring maintenance that would cost more than replacing the vehicle. Maybe we'll get there with electrics, maybe not, but I drive 'em for a decade or more and want longevity.

I still want a diesel hybrid, and as I was told a few dozen messages back that would be an electromotive, like on a train. They won't build it because they're focused on squeezing out every last MPG using stupid and expensive gimmicks.

When they mandate EV's, every sane person will acquire a Red Barchetta.

On a number of deliveries I've done with my shiny new Escape, I've gotten 50+mpg.  I never fall below 42mpg average daily econ.

Same here, unless the miracle i mentioned above happens. Then i would consider it. Still may not do it, but at least id consider it.

Fri May 19 2023 08:35:25 PM EDT from LoanShark

tl;dr: LoanShark is going to keep driving non-hybrid ICE until the government crams hybrid tech down his throat.

But i dont ever see it happening. Cant let the people be independent. 

Its one reason we never got wireless power ( Tesla ) . Aside from fact it was inefficient,  at the time Westinghouse couldn't figure out how to bill people.  Now its doable of course, monitor at point of use with IoT devices, and use cell internet to shut you own if you dont pay..

Thu May 18 2023 10:45:06 PM EDT from LadySerenaKitty

200KW is enough to run a few houses.  These things output CONTINUOUS POWER at the same rate, so any load that isn't used has to be dealt with or bad things happen.  The larger micronuclear facilities handle this by heating water, using the least efficient heating coils they can find.  Obviously, it's much easier with nanonuclear.  Just size-down your nanonuclear reactor until its output is a little above your average usage, then you can run it like a hybrid car - use batteries + constant power during the day, and at night the batteries recharge.  Need to shed those pesky excess electrons?  That's what the POS electrocar is for.

 

200KW is enough to run a few houses.  These things output CONTINUOUS POWER at the same rate, so any load that isn't used has to be dealt with or bad things happen.  The larger micronuclear facilities handle this by heating water, using the least efficient heating coils they can find.  Obviously, it's much easier with nanonuclear.  Just size-down your nanonuclear reactor until its output is a little above your average usage, then you can run it like a hybrid car - use batteries + constant power during the day, and at night the batteries recharge.  Need to shed those pesky excess electrons?  That's what the POS electrocar is for.

Thu May 18 2023 15:45:19 EDT from IGnatius T Foobar

Wow. Now I understand why Nurb is so frustrated that we're not doing that everywhere.

I wonder if that's what those "micro nuclear" reactors were supposed to do.
Toshiba has been working on those for years -- completely sealed units that can be buried on-site and produce around 200 KW. Obviously the NIMBY crowd would have no part of it. I can't imagine them being deployed to private residences, but how about at or near substations? Or they could build them into locomotives.

My expenses run me about $300/mo.  Vape juice, Big Red, food, kitty litter, explodey juice, Ameowzon Prime, Hulu, HiDive, YouTube Purremium, car insurance.  I still live with my parental units, so there are a couple things I don't have to pay for - house, kitty bed, phone bill, and house utilities.  So ya, aside from a smol number of things, I mostly pay my own way.

Thu May 18 2023 20:03:56 EDT from Nurb432

If that was the only expense, that is about 1.5 year to pay for its self ( not including interest and taxes, upkeep and other such nonsense ).  Of course i'm willing to bet that 77 also needs to go towards food, shelter and cat litter. 

Thu May 18 2023 03:38:38 PM EDT from IGnatius T Foobar

Today I worked for 8 hours.  Made $77 across 3 delivery apps (Uber,

If you don't mind my asking ... how are you managing a $40,500 MSRP vehicle on $77 per day?

Similar to why I asked about battery replacement -- I could see myself in a hybrid someday but the over-the-lifetime costs still seem higher for someone like me who keeps every vehicle until the wheels are falling off.

 

If that was the only expense, that is about 1.5 year to pay for its self ( not including interest and taxes, upkeep and other such nonsense ).  Of course i'm willing to bet that 77 also needs to go towards food, shelter and cat litter. 

Thu May 18 2023 03:38:38 PM EDT from IGnatius T Foobar

Today I worked for 8 hours.  Made $77 across 3 delivery apps (Uber,

If you don't mind my asking ... how are you managing a $40,500 MSRP vehicle on $77 per day?

Similar to why I asked about battery replacement -- I could see myself in a hybrid someday but the over-the-lifetime costs still seem higher for someone like me who keeps every vehicle until the wheels are falling off.

Yes. In-town driving is one place electric would do well..  ( i think those stupid ICEs that shut off at a light, does more damage to the engine than gas it saves )

Thu May 18 2023 12:53:31 AM EDT from LadySerenaKitty

Today I worked for 8 hours.  Made $77 across 3 delivery apps (Uber, Roadie, Shipt).  Never turned my car off all day.  Came home, turned car off.  Trip Summary screen said I got 51.6 miles per gallon.  Pretty sure driving 4 miles through downtown San Antonio entirely on battery was a big halp.  Also pretty sure having it in Eco mode all day halped.

Today I worked for 8 hours.  Made $77 across 3 delivery apps (Uber, Roadie, Shipt).  Never turned my car off all day.  Came home, turned car off.  Trip Summary screen said I got 51.6 miles per gallon.  Pretty sure driving 4 miles through downtown San Antonio entirely on battery was a big halp.  Also pretty sure having it in Eco mode all day halped.

you could do it more traditional with a micro steam turbine and nonsense, but doing it this way makes a compact solid-state unit.

No, its not as efficient by far, but much cheaper to produce and you end up with zero maintenance over its life.  

Mon May 15 2023 10:54:36 PM EDT from IGnatius T Foobar

it could be done, using nuclear waste so low cost. Tho not zero, it
has to be encased in something like synthetic sapphire, and of course
the peltier modules to turn the heat into power.   It would be

oooooooooohhhh

I never did quite figure out how waste-into-energy was supposed to work.
Is that all it is? Capture the heat with a peltier module? That sounds way too sensible and obvious.

From what I've seen, the hybrid batteries should cost about $1500-$4000 to replace and they last 5-10 years.

Mon May 15 2023 22:52:16 EDT from IGnatius T Foobar

distance.  There's also the thing with the power grid can barely
handle what's already here, adding a bunch of cars to it would cause
total societal collapse as we see in California.  I've seen EVs

Yeah, that's the big deal. The govern-mental wants to force everyone into all-electric cars and all-electric houses way faster than the power grid can handle it. Here in the People's Republic of New York they just banned gas and oil hookups to new construction homes for heating and cooking. Get ready to shiver while eating cold oatmeal, I guess.

What's the battery system like in a hybrid? Does it cost megabucks to replace like in an EV, or will it be reasonable when you get to that point?

No, that's literally it.  Peltier devices aren't even the most efficient, industrial-grade sterling engines are also a thing.  If you can boil water, you can get about 500W out of one.

Mon May 15 2023 22:54:36 EDT from IGnatius T Foobar

it could be done, using nuclear waste so low cost. Tho not zero, it
has to be encased in something like synthetic sapphire, and of course
the peltier modules to turn the heat into power.   It would be

oooooooooohhhh

I never did quite figure out how waste-into-energy was supposed to work.
Is that all it is? Capture the heat with a peltier module? That sounds way too sensible and obvious.

Nuclear power is the greenest form of energy.  No pollution, very little waste, good fuel economy, and the fuel is literally green.

I might be ok with a full electric, IF... and a big IF

I had a nuclear battery, no larger than a 5 gallon bucket.  And be removable so its 'mine'.

it could be done, using nuclear waste so low cost. Tho not zero, it has to be encased in something like synthetic sapphire, and of course the peltier modules to turn the heat into power.   It would be safe, eliminate waste,actually be green, bla bla...  And will last long enough to pass down to your grandchildren.   I did a paper on it back in the 80s when i was still into nuclear physics. I was told off-record 'you cant publish this, do you have any idea the chaos in the energy industry this would cause' and got ignored.   I have heard others talk about it some lately, but they tend to be pushed aside too.

Wont ever happen. "they" dont want that.

( oh and minimal computers..  just enough to make it go.. and NO freaking network connection )

I would never go for an all-electric car.  Those things tip the scales at 6,000lbs and some as high as 8,000lbs, because the battery has to be freaking massive to move a car its rated 200 mile distance.  There's also the thing with the power grid can barely handle what's already here, adding a bunch of cars to it would cause total societal collapse as we see in California.  I've seen EVs charging at INSANE rates.  Sure, it can recharge to 80% in an hour, but it's sucking down 75KW to do that.  Most residential grid connections can only handle 7.5KW (read the rating on your power meter!), so trying to speed-charge your car at home is likely to start a fire.  Not to mention how basically running a second house is going to affect your electric bill.

Being a hybrid, my new Ford Escape doesn't link to the power grid at all, and gets all its energy from explodey juice being processed in the explodatron.  600-700 miles per tank is damn good.  I finished an entire work week and only filled up ONCE, versus going through 3-4 tanks per week with the xB.  The money savings is real!  That's why I got the hybrid, to spend less money on explodey juice.  I didn't expect it to be this good, tho.  I don't see a problem with all new cars being hybrid, it's an ameowzing system to drive, and certainly less expensive to opurrate.  Pushing everything to the power grid, that's a disaster in the making.

I hope you are wrong.

Mon May 15 2023 09:13:47 AM EDT from IGnatius T Foobar

but I figure an electric or hybrid is probably in all of our future at some point.

its good that you have what you like, but ill stick with my (mostly) mechanical jeep and fiero.

While its a minimal influence on these cars If i could practically de-computerize them i would ( especially for the transmission in the jeep.  known issue with that.. lots of people have had to have their Computers reprogrammed, including me )

Last week, on Star Wars Day (May 4), I traded in my 2013 Scion xB for a shiny new 2023 Ford Escape.  It is the one I custom ordered.

It has 4 drive modes, each of which completely reconfigure the entire drive system.

Normal: balanced for city driving, opportunistically uses electric-only.

Eco: uses battery power as much as possible.  also increases the strength of regenerative braking.

Sport: fucking terrorfying!  I was on I-35 with cruise control set to 75mph, was behind someone doing 60mph.  I move over into a clear lane and I was doing 75 in less than a second.  0-60 in 2.29.  always uses the engine, and uses the electric part of the drive system for extra torque.

Winter: sets AWD to send equal power to all wheels

I can achieve epic fuel economy of 40mpg while Ubering on Normal mode.  50mpg average in Eco mode.  I have made some short deliveries using only the battery, in which case it says the trip was something insane, like 57.9mpg.

Oh yea, when I turn the car off the dashboard shows a Trip Summary screen.  With adaptive cruise control and lane control both turned on, she basically drives herself.

A few years ago I went on a slimilar search.  You're just gonna have to build that car yourself.  Fortunately, there are enough dead EVs at scrapyards you should be able to find a drive motor fairly easily.

You can either build or convert a car body to the EMV (electromotive) system, or you can just adapt an EV to EMV.

Electromotive is what they call those trains, the ones pushed entirely by electric motors but use a burnatron to make the power.

Thu Mar 30 2023 13:05:43 EDT from IGnatius T Foobar Subject: I want a car.

I want a car.

Unfortunately, the car I want does not exist.

I want a car that has the propulsion system of a modern EV.  Those things have got some impressive acceleration, but I don't want an EV.  Give me the propulsion system but keep your big pile of lithium batteries and your charging stations and your EV infrastructure that will eventually collapse the power grid.  I want four deep cycle lead-acid batteries.

Charging those batteries will be a small, slow-turning diesel engine with a nice generator.  Yes, a hybrid.  But not a crappy joke of a hybrid like the Prius.  Those are built towards govern-mental fuel efficiency standards and they resort to cheap tricks like regenerative braking and constantly starting/stopping the engine.  I want my hybrid built like a locomotive is built.  Run the engine constantly at an efficient speed while the vehicle is being operated.

It will be fuel efficient.  Not "ban gasoline by 2035" efficient, but very efficient.  And such a design would last practically forever.

This is my proposal: shut down the EPA and give me a car factory.  I will solve everything.

You want a small gas turbine.

I want a car.

Unfortunately, the car I want does not exist.

I want a car that has the propulsion system of a modern EV.  Those things have got some impressive acceleration, but I don't want an EV.  Give me the propulsion system but keep your big pile of lithium batteries and your charging stations and your EV infrastructure that will eventually collapse the power grid.  I want four deep cycle lead-acid batteries.

Charging those batteries will be a small, slow-turning diesel engine with a nice generator.  Yes, a hybrid.  But not a crappy joke of a hybrid like the Prius.  Those are built towards govern-mental fuel efficiency standards and they resort to cheap tricks like regenerative braking and constantly starting/stopping the engine.  I want my hybrid built like a locomotive is built.  Run the engine constantly at an efficient speed while the vehicle is being operated.

It will be fuel efficient.  Not "ban gasoline by 2035" efficient, but very efficient.  And such a design would last practically forever.

This is my proposal: shut down the EPA and give me a car factory.  I will solve everything.

So Ford is planning to rig future cars to where if you miss a payment, things like the AC stops working. Miss 2, it waits for you to get out, locks the doors and drives itself back to the dealer leaving you stranded wherever you are.. And people wonder why i have always said no computers in cars.

i was just being sarcastic.. 

he just hates the planet earth, and all of us that live on it. Hes a murderer!!

or something like that :)

Wed Feb 22 2023 10:45:29 AM EST from LoanShark

. They're all 740 series, mostly diesel.

Vista Cruiser for the win!

Mon Feb 13 2023 01:56:31 PM EST from LadySerenaKitty

The classic longbody wagon was a beast of a machine!  The amount of stuff those things can haul is unreal.

 

I look at them more like a modern version of a mini-van. ( and damn you Chrysler for inventing those )

Mon Feb 13 2023 10:23:35 AM EST from IGnatius T Foobar

The modern body style of what they call SUVs is more like "we're all going to pretend this isn't a station wagon."

The classic longbody wagon was a beast of a machine!  The amount of stuff those things can haul is unreal.

Mon Feb 13 2023 10:23:35 EST from IGnatius T Foobar

so does a classic suv body style.

The *classic* SUV body style was way more truck-like. The statement it made was "this is a large vehicle."

The modern body style of what they call SUVs is more like "we're all going to pretend this isn't a station wagon."

And it's a shame the venerable old station wagon has such a bad reputation when it was one of the most useful body types available for many, many years.
I proudly drove a wagon for most of my 20's and it didn't bother me when people called it "the old family truckster."

Unrelated, sort of,  i miss my roadrunner,. 1968.  My 1st car. ( 2nd was a 68 firebird.. )

I kick myself every day that i let it go.  Every damned day.

Was swapping engines, underneath the thing, bolting up the transmission, looked up and one of the frame members where the torsion bars were housed was rusted about 2" from my face.  This was not long after we lost the body shop, and i really didnt feel i had the skills to replace 1/2 the frame. ( or the money... poor college student )

Kept it another 10 years.. under a tarp.

finally gave in, sold it to some collectors. 

Next month a product came out that wrapped around the exiting frame.. even bolted on ..  

arrrgh.

When my mom got her 2021 Mustang, the Mach-E had just been released.  We noted how it was a "Mustang in name only."  Don't worry, my mom's car is a real Mustang with an explodatron.  That car is so freaking sexy.

Sun Feb 12 2023 13:28:48 EST from Nurb432

I dont care they make these sorts of cars.  its called capitalism. My beef was destroying the legacy of what a mustang was.

 

I dont care they make these sorts of cars.  its called capitalism. My beef was destroying the legacy of what a mustang was.

Sun Feb 12 2023 01:20:46 PM EST from LadySerenaKitty

My new car, scheduled to be built the week of 20 Feb, is a 2023 Ford Escape ST-Line Select.  I ordered a hybrid with AWD.

My new car, scheduled to be built the week of 20 Feb, is a 2023 Ford Escape ST-Line Select.  I ordered a hybrid with AWD.

so does a classic suv body style.

But destroying the mustang legacy with it.. no.

Sun Feb 12 2023 06:56:11 AM EST from nonservator

You could have told him, "An electric car just screams 'THIS MAN HAS NO DICK'."

You could have told him, "An electric car just screams 'THIS MAN HAS NO DICK'."

A friend ( not a good one, and i'm thinking of not being...)  bought yet another new car.  he has money, likes to show off.. whatever.  I dont keep up with modern cars, they suck.   it was a SUV.. "um, so what another fancy SUV, wait, what is that on the front..  a freaking horse??"    i guess mustangs are now electric SUVs.. wtf.

So i expressed my displeasure.  "sad to see mustangs be reduced to..."   rather mild statement, not even bashing him for buying that PoS, purely the brand.          He freaked out. 

And it IS sad....

When i was a kid my dad was a traveling salesman covering 3 states.  Put on TONS of miles. When i was that age, i ended up being a traveling network engineer covering 3.5 states.. Put on TONS of miles. Sort of ironic. 

Thu Feb 02 2023 02:13:03 PM EST from IGnatius T Foobar

Isn't it fun going through life together and comparing notes? ;)

My mom and dad were driving back and forth to their winter home in Florida a couple of times a year, so that was a lot of miles. However, we just reached a point where Dad can't drive 

I did the Auto Train back in 2018, when we only had my Scion xB for a year.  That was freaking awesome!

Thu Feb 02 2023 14:13:03 EST from IGnatius T Foobar

Isn't it fun going through life together and comparing notes? ;)

My mom and dad were driving back and forth to their winter home in Florida a couple of times a year, so that was a lot of miles. However, we just reached a point where Dad can't drive anymore and Mom can't do the whole trip on her own, so we convinced them to put one car on the Amtrak "auto train" to get it down there, and leave that car there and fly back and forth from now on.
So their cars will just be local trips now.

My mother in law on the other hand (the 72 year old) drives long distances all the time, including coming to visit us on a regular basis (from the Poconos to Uncensoredland -- about a 2 hour trip). She puts down a lot of miles.
But she just ordered a brand new Subaru so that car has a long way to go.
She's giving the Accord to my daughter. It's in great shape and despite high mileage has a lot of life left in it.

/rant on

i hate new cars. 

/rant off

it obliterated supplies for people like me who still has a Fiero in the driveway. ( and a few other cult cars )

Thankfully most jeep owners flipped Obama the bird on that. 

Mon Jan 02 2023 05:57:24 PM EST from IGnatius T Foobar

Oh yeah, I'd forgotten about that. It does explain why transmissions for pre-C4C cars are hard to find and/or expensive when you do find them.

Inflation and that damned ' cash for clunkers ' took so many used cars out of the mix and are still feeling the effect. Even junkyard parts.. since they had to be destroyed, not sent to the parts bin.

Mon Jan 02 2023 12:47:26 PM EST from IGnatius T Foobar

We junked it because it needed about $7,500 in work just to be reasonably driveable again. We're shopping for another vehicle today ... and realizing how ridiculous the inflation has made even used cars.

modern ones yes you are hosed getting parts. but 21 years old you could still DYI a rebuild

Wed Dec 07 2022 04:31:32 PM EST from LoanShark

maybe as a DIYer, you could rebuild your own manual trans.
Maybe, with some luck.

But not likely to happen with your typical automatic.

So it predates the overwhelming computerization of modern cars.  

Keep it.

Sat Nov 26 2022 10:00:58 AM EST from IGnatius T Foobar

It's 21 years old and has about 150K miles on it, so...

ack.  that is too bad.

I had similar once, a reset took care of it.  On my jeep, also showed transmission issues, but the ECM was the problem gain, but had to be reprogrammed.  ( known bug )

I ever mention i dont think computers belong in cars? :)

My first thought is the ECM.

Pull the battery and let it reset.  see if it makes a difference.

I want to go so fast i arrive before i left. 

Odd. aside from not being the first "plastic" car ( even one of mine is plastic on the outside.. ), i have seen people do body work on them. And like most cars, mostly metal. Perhaps its specific models?

Girl i follow on YT made a truck out of one.. lots of welding involved.. 

Sun Jun 19 2022 06:18:59 PM EDT from LadySerenaKitty

 

Also, the only thing recyclable about Tesla cars is the battery.  One of the local car recyclers stopped accepting Teslas because they're made of plastic.  Apparently they rebound back into car shape after going through the crusher, meaning they can't be transported to the car shredder.  Whoops.

Sun Jun 19 2022 14:09:11 EDT from Nurb432

Talking to a friend about EVs 

Looks like all Tesla's now have extended range batteries installed.   But unless you pay for an OTA upgrade you get standard range.  What a freaking ripoff.  I wonder if its a monthly payment to boot. I hope there is a hack for that, you bought it, its yours. screw them and their fraud practice.   And i hate the government getting involved in things normally, but there should be a law against that.

Also, the only thing recyclable about Tesla cars is the battery.  One of the local car recyclers stopped accepting Teslas because they're made of plastic.  Apparently they rebound back into car shape after going through the crusher, meaning they can't be transported to the car shredder.  Whoops.

Talking to a friend about EVs 

Looks like all Tesla's now have extended range batteries installed.   But unless you pay for an OTA upgrade you get standard range.  What a freaking ripoff.  I wonder if its a monthly payment to boot. I hope there is a hack for that, you bought it, its yours. screw them and their fraud practice.   And i hate the government getting involved in things normally, but there should be a law against that.

New DeLorean

No, i dont think i like it. Aside from not personally being a fan of 100% electric, it looks too much like a 'yet another commodity car' with gimmick doors that dont fit the style.  Unlike the original, which DID fit. Seems like more of an insult to the legacy and his name than anything else.

not too long ago i bought something from amazon   It came from walmart... 

Close, its a Fiero. 

Mon May 16 2022 10:33:09 AM EDT from LoanShark

MR2?

it was muggy AF yesterday morning. Only about 68 degrees but the humidity was off the charts. I ran the window unit AC for the first time this year, until the haze burnt off a bit.

Man, i really need to get that AC fixed in the little car. Took it out some today. Even tho it looks like crap and people point and laugh due to the ( lack of ) paint.. I miss driving it. 

But, heat index of 95 + an engine 6" behind your head.. WAY too hot.

Well, after several years of stalling on making a final choice, i finally decided to order a 12v electric R134 compressor for the little car.  Going to retrofit it instead of putting the 'traditional' compressor back on the engine. Means im not putting that extra weight back on the rear wheels too. 

It should work, in theory.  Have to make some new lines, but that isn't all that hard. Might need a bigger alternator. 

I would not trust them on the track.  Rubber degrades on the shelf. 

Ouch

Tue May 03 2022 04:49:30 PM EDT from LoanShark

2017 production 

Well, that explains the poor sound from the sub in the Fiero ( not the tiny OEM one up in the dash.. i built a cabinet to sit behind the passenger seat 20 years or so ago ).   The suspension material in the last speaker i installed ( perhaps 5 years ago ) had an almost invisible tear. Doh.   Oh well at least i know the amp is still good.  Stereo got swapped out too.   

( taking it out to replace it with something more modern and 'manufactured', instead of a huge heavy wooden triangular cabinet, covered matching material to the carpet  ( it was shaped so you can still lean the seat back. its not like there is much room in these things to play with )

After i get the motor mounts changed, might be thinking about putting an electric AC compressor in it..   Instead of putting back the original one on the engine ( weight distribution.. etc )

Then finding a place i can rent for a week or two and paint it. 

Finally getting off my butt and doing something about the things that have been nagging at me for a while now.

Ya ya, i know. Its not a fancy M3 or something, but i like it. 

The last set of tires i got for my jeep i had delivered.  Tossed them in the back and had them installed at a place up the road one afternoon.  i *could* have done it myself but its a pain in the neck. 

Tue Apr 26 2022 08:47:11 PM EDT from LoanShark

Bought the Michelin PS4S. From Walmart, of all places; I think my size might have been discontinued. Availability has been very spotty lately and I had to have these shipped to my house, which I've never done before.

Yeah, the Michelin Pilot Sport 4S is widely the most popular tire on performance cars at the moment. They're pricey - but they seem worth it. 

My wife set up the insurance - and being that we bought it from a dealer, I'm sure if they asked her "any mods," she would have gone, "we bought it from a dealer." 


Seems like that would probably hold up in court. I imagine if something came up, they did find out there is an aftermarket exhaust and intake - and they bitched and said, "you had to say it wasn't modded when you got it..." 

We would go, "grab the recording, and let's see what we did say..." 

And go from there... I think things like this - generally run over people who don't have the assets to fight it in court - but if you lawyer up and settle in for a battle with them - they tend to go, "screw this one, let 'em off the line - more trouble than it is worth to pursue it through the courts." 

Wed Apr 13 2022 16:29:05 EDT from LoanShark Subject: Re: Renting Features

Is this a federal law, or a State law, on ECU mods and insurance
fraud? I'm surprised I've never heard any mention of this in the

I think it breaks down like this: you can't make any false statements. If you did, that's fraud, if you didn't, it's not.

When I bought this car and set up the new policy, they did ask me: "Any mods?" and I answered no.

What's a mod? Well, doing an LS swap would certainly be a mod. Is a flash tune a mod? Maybe........


This is all sort of academic, because how would they ever find out. But...

Not unless i make more. I finished off cake from this weekend already.

And i guess i *could* have a flying car.  With enough TNT it will fly.   Not long, not far, and not usable after, but it would be airborne... 

Its 2022. Why are we even talking about tires? Why doesn't my car fly?

I was promised flying cars. And cake.

So... the thing is, BM3 you can flash back to factory in just a few minutes, as long as you can get the car to power up - it would be pretty trivial in even a fairly major accident to just flash back to factory while waiting for the tow truck. 

Is this a federal law, or a State law, on ECU mods and insurance fraud? I'm surprised I've never heard any mention of this in the communities I frequent. I mean, when you get a diesel and find out about DEF - it doesn't take long for you to be made aware that trying to bypass the DEF system is a federal crime. I didn't even really have to dig very far into understanding DEF before that was made abundantly clear to me. 

Now... I couldn't do that if my car is in fact stage 2 tuned... but I received it, from a dealer - and made no modifications to it. It was sold by a licensed, LARGE dealer as road ready and legal. It is serviced by an authorized BMW dealer who has never mentioned the aftermarket exhaust or intake. If it is ECU modded, I have n

Mon Mar 21 2022 18:16:53 EDT from LoanShark Subject: Re: Renting Features

I was talking about this to my wife a couple of days ago... My BMW
came from a dealer with an aftermarket exhaust and intake on it, at
the very least. It may be BootMod stage 2 programmed... and it passes

smog... 

If the government won't screw you over Bootmod2 (and there are some tuning devices that are 50-state legal, including CA), the insurance company will.


Technically speaking, any vehicle mod that alters performance characteristics must be reported to the geico gecko or you're committing insurance fraud.


But I digress. I'm inching closer to doing a track day in the 330i, and I sent an inquiry to Monticello Motor Club for 1 day of private instruction....l. Haven't heard back from them yet, but it's still the shoulder season. Too cold here, at night at least, to put summer tires on.

And I will probably put summer tires on. For my first time ever. On the stock 17"ers, heh. Try not to laugh.

choices narrowed down to --

Continental ExtremeContact Sport, $160 at Walmart
Michelin PS4S, $180 at Walmart (if they're still available. availability has been spotty lately.)
Bridgestone Potenza Sport, $197 or so at Mavis.

I

Speaking of. I need to get some rear tires for the little car this spring.  If gas prices dont come down soon, going to have to start driving it again. 

I agree with the first part, other than there was no place to go around here or things to buy ( we had massive shortages and a lot of temporary closures here ). I also prefer to stay home anyway. But when i did go out, it was nice to not have to deal with the crowds, both on the roads or the stores.   It felt more like the 80s here when it was still a nice area to live. ( as in there was far a smaller volume of people and overall noise. The landscape, of course not as it was a lot less concrete back then. A lot. Seeing all the buildings and expanded roads and lost farms was a reminder that, no, this wasn't 1987.. )

2nd part, i agree with this only for the short term. Some will just be annoyed a little, and pretend its not happening since they can just adsorb it as a % off the top.. Another class below that, like me, will start acting differently even tho i dont *have* to ( but i will. 2x increase in the cost of something will make me reconsider it ) Lower middle class and poor, it will devastate.  But, i still think we are just in the first stage and its going to completely collapse at some point 'soon' and effect everyone along the food chain. Even those that think they are immune as they 'run' the show, but due to their greed and thirst for power they are going to push it too far and everything will collapse, including governmental/societal structure and thus being kicked off the gravy train. We have seen this time and time again thru recorded history, and as we know history repeats as we are morons as a species. 

Will it happen tomorow? No, well not unless we have an massive unexpected event like global nuclear war, a real pandemic that kills 2/3 of us, or even a massive asteroid that destroys our weather for a few decades and we starve ( which i dont honestly expect, but you never know for sure ). Will it collapse by 30 years due to the momentum? i think yes. I think the train has left the station and cant be stopped at this point. Perhaps slowed with the right people driving the ship, but not stopped.  

I may not be around that long to see it happen, but only time will tell if i'm right and the entire ship goes underwater or if it only floods the lower decks.  ( of course even then, the captain will feel effects from a ship 2/3 full of water. Aside from impacting their lives. that is how revolutions start and captains get to swing from a tree ). 

Sun Mar 20 2022 03:25:51 AM EDT from ParanoidDelusions

I loved Covid. Less people at any of the places I needed or wanted to be. Eating out, travel, vacations, sporting events.  

I'd just point out, Russel Brand seems to be of the same mind as I am. He sees what is happening, and he'll reiterate - "this is not going to affect me, at least, not the manner in which I live..." 

Russel Brand loves you and still has faith in you, though. He cares what happens to you. 

I'm pretty well off - not secretly either. 



You can be part of the club and still hate the rest of the members, though. At some point though, you start to have contempt for the people who should be able to see what is being done to them but instead smile and actively seek more of the same. 


If I was *absolutely* certain I was on the right side of the cut - and that almost happened last year - I'd sell all the rest of you out in a second. 

I've been saying for a while - gas shortages, healthcare and durable medical goods shortages, whatever the shortages are... won't really affect me. I put together a $4000 driving simulator this Christmas - and had long discussions with a CIO who ended up a multimillionaire when his company IPO hit about the best way for him to get his son an i9 with GTX3080 card during this time when "no one" can acquire these cards. That guy has a $100k Land Rover at his home in Austin, and likes it so much he bought another one to k

Mon Mar 14 2022 07:03:15 EDT from Nurb432

You keep on thinking that. Unless you are secretly one of them and just pretending to hate them that is. They are coming for everyone and never forget that. ( of course what they dont realize is most of them are on the list too.. just towards the end of it )

And yes while at some point it will effect me to the point of noticing, i am not poor, so while it will piss me off every time i can afford the rise planned for foreseeable future. ( and dont forget it effects every aspect of your life, not just "at the pump" but the core economy ) But, at some point it effects everyone ( especially with the coming shortages as you wont be allowed to buy unless its allocated to you by 'them' ). Just a matter of when not if. as it will get to all of us serfs, that is the plan.

 

Sun Mar 13 2022 01:09:53 PM EDTfrom ParanoidDelusions

Speak for yourself. I'm in the ass-end of that demographic for whom, "nothing will change". 

 

You keep on thinking that. Unless you are secretly one of them and just pretending to hate them that is. They are coming for everyone and never forget that. ( of course what they dont realize is most of them are on the list too.. just towards the end of it )

And yes while at some point it will effect me to the point of noticing, i am not poor, so while it will piss me off every time i can afford the rise planned for foreseeable future. ( and dont forget it effects every aspect of your life, not just "at the pump" but the core economy ) But, at some point it effects everyone ( especially with the coming shortages as you wont be allowed to buy unless its allocated to you by 'them' ). Just a matter of when not if. as it will get to all of us serfs, that is the plan.

Sun Mar 13 2022 01:09:53 PM EDTfrom ParanoidDelusions

Speak for yourself. I'm in the ass-end of that demographic for whom, "nothing will change". 

 

Speak for yourself. I'm in the ass-end of that demographic for whom, "nothing will change". 

Other than there will be a lot less of YOU folks annoying me on the highway. 

Every now and then, I realize I should just give in and submit and go with the program. I'm pretty sure it ends up pretty much all upside for me *personally*, as long as I bend the knee and behave and acknowledge how great it is to be part of the country club. 

Fri Mar 11 2022 16:18:52 EST from Nurb432

At the rate energy prices are rising, ( by intent of course ) its going to be academic soon.  We will all be riding the bus soon. and living in urban facilities, waiting for Carousel. 

At the rate energy prices are rising, ( by intent of course ) its going to be academic soon.  We will all be riding the bus soon. and living in urban facilities, waiting for Carousel. 

It'll probably be used to the Communist States to take cars off the road - but in places like Arizona, you still see 15 year old kids riding on the greenbelts on "mopeds" that are bicycles with a 2 stroke lawn-mower engine attached to them. 

I was talking about this to my wife a couple of days ago... My BMW came from a dealer with an aftermarket exhaust and intake on it, at the very least. It may be BootMod stage 2 programmed... and it passes smog... 

Because Arizona seems to be just going through the routine to get whatever federal clean-air-act funds you get for doing smog testing. I don't think we ACTUALLY GAF. 

So here - yeah... Here - we ALREADY can flash our ECUs and disable/enable factory features... For example, my car came with tires that include a locking limiter at 133 MPH, despite that you can put the other tires on it and that made it lock at 155mph... BMW won't change that - claims they "can't" once the code has locked into the ECU... 

But it i

Sat Mar 05 2022 12:54:34 EST from IGnatius T Foobar Subject: Re: Renting Features

Replacing the whole damn module sounds doable, until you get to the point where the same module that prevents remote start and heated seats from working unless you pay them in perpetuity is also the module that tunes the engine's operation and you can't pass an emissions inspection without it.

Someone will then develop a shim harness that "corrects" the problems, lots of people will play around with it, most people won't bother, and the cat and mouse game proceeds as usual until some auto manufacturer sees a market opportunity to dispense with the bullshit, everyone flocks to that vendor, and things proceed as usual.

Reminds me of one car i had, if you removed the radio, the car would no longer start.  ( was looking at replacing it with something that had native Bluetooth, found that the adapter kit was like 300 bucks or your car would not start.   I passed and stuck with a plugin BT to FM transmitter. screw that )

So if you got broken into while you are out somewhere, not only is your stereo gone, but you cant even drive home. 

Integrated internet access for licensing verification will make that really tough. And DMCA attacks if you try to produce a product that can reprogram them to disable it ( people do tend to lose those suits when they happen, just look at the attacks on 'game cheats', not promising ). Besides, true hacking an ECM ( which is what woudl be needed once they lock them down to this point ) is not trivial. Reprogramming the tables on our Fiero, with its limited sensors and control was a bitch. In a modern car.. yikes. 

Sat Mar 05 2022 01:45:54 AM EST from ParanoidDelusions Subject: Re: Renting Features

They did cave. 

Listen - it is all in the ECU - and the ECU can be hacked - and... if they throw down this line - not only will it be hacked... 

But consumers who don't know how to hack or are afraid to hack will simply buy from someone else. 

It is a lose/lose for the auto manufacturers. They realized this right away. 

 

 

They did cave. 

Listen - it is all in the ECU - and the ECU can be hacked - and... if they throw down this line - not only will it be hacked... 

But consumers who don't know how to hack or are afraid to hack will simply buy from someone else. 

It is a lose/lose for the auto manufacturers. They realized this right away. 

Thu Mar 03 2022 15:23:27 EST from IGnatius T Foobar Subject: Re: Renting Features

Just read a blurb today about automakers expanding the use of
'monthly fees' for features and making billions.  Like Heated seats

I read about that last fall when the first batch of 2019 Toyotas with "rented features" started having their three year "free trials" of features such as heated seats and remote starters expire. There was a gigantic uproar about it, and I think they might have actually caved and released the "rented" features permanently to the owners.

Everyone seems to agree, it's one thing to charge ongoing fees for something that requires ongoing costs to provide (like satellite radio) but when the one-time manufacturing cost has already been absorbed, it is usurious to make the customer pay for it forever. This also triggered all of the usual discussions about right-to-repair, DRM-constrained hardware, etc. etc.

By the way, there are no "leases" on passenger vehicles anymore. They still call it a lease, but if you read through the agreement you will see that it's actually a standard auto loan that has a monthly payment similar to a lease, and with a guaranteed buy-back at the end making it b

Yup. I get the feeling like the M235i wasn't owned by... or, WAS owned by, a fairly typical 2 series buyer - might be a better description. It has a lot of "boy racer who had a kid and needed to get something more pedestrian" vibe to it. 

Mon Feb 07 2022 16:40:05 EST from LoanShark

The problem with being flashed with BM3 without a license is - I
can't reflash it or remap it. It passed smog - and I feel like the

normally the previous owner, if they did in fact have BM3, would have done the license transfer thing and re-locked the ECU back to stock. It's in their best interests if they were buying another BMW, they could keep their license.

BM3 is not the only flash platform out there, they have some competitors, this is where it gets difficult.

the dealer should be able to put it back to stock regardless, though you might not want them to do that

Just read a blurb today about automakers expanding the use of 'monthly fees' for features and making billions.  Like Heated seats

"they already do it for things like auto-dimming lights' 

WTF. its MY car i BOUGHT IT I DID NOT LEASE IT.  Fuck them.  

So, does a stock 2016 M235i have burble? The M4 absolutely does - and I'm sure it is a stock map. Yeah... the way my 235i hangs with the M4, with Mustangs and Challengers - I feel like I'm pushing more than the stock 340hp. I guess a good way to find out would be to dyno it. I haven't ever thought to look for a piggyback. It just never occurred to me to even give it a glance - but that would be easy to determine. 

The problem with being flashed with BM3 without a license is - I can't reflash it or remap it. It passed smog - and I feel like the TAS analyzer would have seen the remapping - but then again, maybe Arizona isn't as strict on that kind of thing as California. 

I'll have to record some video of it burbling and popping. 

Tue Feb 01 2022 15:08:28 EST from LoanShark

I think mine already has at least a stage 2 mod - based on the fact
that it burbles and pops significantly - like, M4 level - in sport
mode. 

interesting. The burble is a deliberate feature of the engine controller, as I understand it; deliberate injection of a few pulses of fuel at idle, just to make some noise for a second or less (stock)

as BM3 seems to be the most popular reflash, maybe you've already got it! From what I'm reading, you can't do burble with just a piggyback like the JB4

would be funny if you looked under the hood and found the prev owner left you a piggyback...

What BMW are you going to replace your 330i with? 

Yeah... I looked into BM3 - even bought myself the Ethernet to ODBC cable in anticipation of doing it. 

I think mine already has at least a stage 2 mod - based on the fact that it burbles and pops significantly - like, M4 level - in sport mode. 

And a few stories of people bricking their ECU, at least temporarily - have scared me off on it for now. I might have a tuner do it for me. 

Mon Jan 31 2022 08:25:45 EST from LoanShark

Thinking about tuning my 330i.

PD will be interested to know that there's an off-the-shelf software tune product now, called Bootmod3, which is essentially based on a rootkit for the ECU (also known as the DME, or Digital Motor Electronics, these days.)

This has the ability to lift the top-speed limiter for about $600.

https://www.protuningfreaks.com/products/bootmod3-n55-bmw-235i-335i-435i-535i-x3-x4-x5-m2

With the car my wife got, cant even change your own oil or it voids the warranty.

There goes your warranty.. 

So the little rubber grommet on my washer fluid pump tank is leaking.  "no big deal, ill get a new one"   20 bucks each from Chrysler. ( it takes 2 ). "ack wonder what amazon has"   110 each..    I can get an entire unit WITH a pump for 50 bucks.

I think ill be picking up a 5 dollar tube of silicon sealant tomorrow :) 

This seems like a reasonable measure to prevent gouging. 

Or to attempt to, anyhow. 

Mon Jan 10 2022 18:51:55 EST from Nurb432

WTF Ford. .No you cant tell me what i can do with my car. . Screw them.

 

https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/ford-f-150-lightning-customers-reselling-trucks-scalpers/

WTF Ford. .No you cant tell me what i can do with my car. . Screw them.

https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/ford-f-150-lightning-customers-reselling-trucks-scalpers/

I saw that too.  if someone does not realize that 1/3 of the cost of an electric car is going to be the batteries, i dont know what to tell you.

Mon Dec 27 2021 03:36:39 PM EST from LoanShark

Oh, and related: https://www.pcmag.com/news/tesla-owner-blows-up-model-s-instead-of-paying-22600-repair-bill

Yup. 

Of course, the problem with Dunning-Kruger - is that everyone always thinks it applies to someone else, and never to them. :D 

Thu Dec 23 2021 10:54:02 EST from LoanShark

2021-12-14 23:39 from ParanoidDelusions
I mean... the problem here is that getting average drivers to
understand they're actually the biggest danger on the road - is
nearly impossible. 

Dunning-Kruger ;)

Grrrrrr. The headlight motors in the Fiero are sounding crunchy. Means that I get to rebuild them again soon, and replace the torque pins. To be fair last time I did that was perhaps 15 years ago, but its still a pain in the neck and not fun. And I still need to paint it.. And replace the motor mount.. and add that belt tensioner. Bla bla bla .. how about a 3.4 while im at it? I need a garage big enough to work in ( unlike now ) and a couple of free months.

I mean... the problem here is that getting average drivers to understand they're actually the biggest danger on the road - is nearly impossible. 

I used to be able to go into any arcade, when my daughter was a kid - watch the "reaction time" game until the jackpot got big... go up, and walk away with the jackpot every time on just a few attempts, often the first one. There is a reason those games are often "racing themed" games. I don't think people with middle of the road reaction times understand how different your experience in EVERYTHING in the world is when you have far quicker reaction times than average people. I could also use the rail gun in Quake III Arena, without a zoom, to get head shots, while on a bouncing pad, consistently. I'd just sit on a bounce pad, bouncing up and down, and rail everyone running around. They couldn't hit me, and I was one-shot one-kill. 

This is a combination of natural abilities that lend themselves to spirited driving. Literally, I've avoided

Tue Dec 07 2021 15:08:11 EST from LoanShark

You're the ones who turn left in front of motorcycles with the
right-of-way. You're the ones that veer into oncoming traffic while

No joke, my uncle fractured his pelvis & was in very bad shape after a driver left-hooked him when he was on his bike.

1 of my accidents, i was not even moving. idiots hit me from behind. The other, i was trying to stop for a light.. so i was almost non-moving. 

One, broke my neck ( which healed ) the other, tore a tendon in my hand. Was repaired but some 20 years later, but the entire arm is about 75% of what it was, and wont get better. ( hand is about 50% ) That tendon runs all the way up into the elbow, and had to be stretched to reattach to the hand.. so you can guess the long term effects for movement.   The constant pain sucks too. One of the few surgeries i wish i didnt have. Should have left it alone. Sure, weakened hand, but at least the arm would have been ok and i bet not constant pain in the hand, just when the tendon would flop off the knuckle from not being careful.  ( sorry, been an overly painful day so its on my mind )

Tue Dec 07 2021 03:08:11 PM EST from LoanShark

You're the ones who turn left in front of motorcycles with the
right-of-way. You're the ones that veer into oncoming traffic while

No joke, my uncle fractured his pelvis & was in very bad shape after a driver left-hooked him when he was on his bike.

And everyone else here is right, too. In particular, that what may seem like an unreasonable maneuver to you in your grocery-getter is not even a remotely high risk maneuver in my M4. Likewise, my friend with a McLaren 720 can do things in his car I would never attempt in my M4. You'll never BELIEVE this - but it is true. 

I honestly think that expensive performance cars get the reputation for being driven by pricks - but really - it is becoming defensive against people in LESSER cars driving like pricks that causes a lot of this perception. It is a particular problem in the M4 - with people in all kinds of vehicles - like... Nissan Altimas... Ford Escorts, not SVTs... seeing me cruising at "flow of traffic" and driving intentionally aggressive - that generally responds in my executing a maneuver that puts them FAR far behind me. 

If you're in the passing lane, pacing the traffic next to you, occasionally speeding up, then slowing back down, and leaving barely enough gap for me to ]]>https://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=2099284637Tue, 07 Dec 2021 03:24:59 -00002099284637@Uncensored

They have a lane for you - it is called the *right* lane - possibly "public transportation." 

Germany has little problem with this, and per mile driven is not much different than nations and states with far stricter traffic limits. But - most Germans take driving far more seriously than the rest of the world. 

Places like India and big parts of Asia have terrible cars and intersections without traffic controls, and everyone manages to get through 4 way intersections of THOUSANDS of cars per hour without fender benders. 

Studies have actually indicated that many traffic controls contribute to accidents - in part because people expect and feel ENTITLED to blow through the intersection at the posted speed - for example, rather than feeling that they have to use common sense and caution because there are no rules saying that "they have the right of way". The science is pretty much on my side here. Most traffic enforcement isn't about increased safety. It is about increased

Sun Nov 28 2021 17:09:37 EST from triLcat

There's transportation and there's entertainment. When you're talking about public roads, sorry if you're less entertained, we want traffic to flow and people to arrive alive. 

Sun Nov 14 2021 22:21:00 EST from ParanoidDelusions

Oh for sure. But they're more to me than that - and I won't give mine up easily. 

 

Thu Nov 11 2021 13:32:51 EST from IGnatius T Foobar

Most people don't care about drive trains and performance and other car stuff.
They just want a box with wheels to drive to the local Starbucks.

 

 

Honestly, you dont need a super car to exceed "limitations". 

Even what i drive on a daily basis, it would be easy to go past what is safe in a blink ( roll over risk )..   Or my little car, which is not a super car by any stretch, can easily exceed limitations of sight around curves. ( but not exceed limitation of the car itself )

I wont deny that a certain % of the prick population might have a tendency to gravitate towards more powerful cars and drive like jerks.    But its not the car's fault..

Several of my cars in the past were like that, they would eat 'regular' cars for breakfast and still be hungry.  But i never once did anything on a public street to endanger anyone else. Ever.

"arriving alive" has nothing to do with drive train selection, or personal choice in your car. It is 100% on how you drive it. You ca be just as deadly ( or safe.. ) in a 800hp Mopar hemi powered roadrunner as a battery powered smart car.. 

Besides, i helped fund those 'public' roads. 

There's transportation and there's entertainment. When you're talking about public roads, sorry if you're less entertained, we want traffic to flow and people to arrive alive. 

Sun Nov 14 2021 22:21:00 EST from ParanoidDelusions

Oh for sure. But they're more to me than that - and I won't give mine up easily. 

 

Thu Nov 11 2021 13:32:51 EST from IGnatius T Foobar

Most people don't care about drive trains and performance and other car stuff.
They just want a box with wheels to drive to the local Starbucks.

 

My M235i has the lane departure warning, but only above 45 mph. I'm not sure if it has collision avoidance braking. 

The M4 has lane departure warning, at lower speeds, and proactive braking. I don't think it has lane correction. 

But I was talking about a driving simulator, where the haptic feedback simulates the road noise - and where, on sliding the ass out on my virtual M4, I quickly corrected it, and went along my way - only to realize later, *after* the session, that I had experienced the complete and authentic sensation of the *weight* of the car on the back axis sliding out, and correcting it - in sync with my steering, breaking and throttle adjustments. There *was* no 4000 pound car sliding it's rear out behind me. I was in a seat in my living room that didn't even have hydraulic motion simulators... but I *experienced* the sensation and correcting it felt exactly like it does in real life.  

But that does bring up an interesting point. If they can simulate th

Fri Nov 19 2021 14:25:06 EST from LoanShark

I think any actual haptic feedback stuff, on the steering wheel at least, will most likely continue to be reserved only for warnings from the driving-assistance technology rather than any attempt to simulate road feel.

I've only ever driven one car that had that crap. It was a 228i Gran Coupe that I got as a loaner while my 330i was in for maintenance. It was for the lane departure warning; if you start to wander out of your lane, there is a bit of automated steering (you can actually feel the wheel turning for you) accompanied by a bit of haptic vibration from the steering wheel.

Luckily my '17 330i does not have this stuff; BMW is not like Subaru where all the tech is included on the base trim level. (They nickle-and-dime you to death with option packages.)

Of course, and that's fine.  At some point, keeping a gasoline or diesel powered vehicle around will be like collecting vinyl records.  We're not there yet, but it will happen.

Oh for sure. But they're more to me than that - and I won't give mine up easily. 

Thu Nov 11 2021 13:32:51 EST from IGnatius T Foobar

Most people don't care about drive trains and performance and other car stuff.
They just want a box with wheels to drive to the local Starbucks.

Agreed. Both my M4 and M235 have much less communicative steering than my Z3, my E36 or my E30 had. 

And it absolutely has an impact on the overall driving experience. The M235i is actually better than the M4 - and by 2020, my model, people were saying they had gotten the steering feel on the M4 much improved - so I have no idea what the earlier models felt like. 

And it *is* very Audi-like. 

Thu Nov 11 2021 13:50:06 EST from LoanShark

2021-11-08 21:14 from ParanoidDelusions
I just think electric is *cheating*. It doesn't feel *natural*. I'm
not a big fan of Audi - they make fast cars that handle like they're
on rails... but you're really just sitting in the driver's seat
*suggesting* what you would like to do... it is doing all the actual
driving. 

This electric steering on the recent BMWs feels the same way. Super precise but strangely effortless, and utterly lacking in road feel.

I guess im glad then that it never came to be installed in my little car and we kept manual steering. In 1990 the model change was to have that.. it sounded neat, but perhaps not so much in practice.

Thu Nov 11 2021 01:50:06 PM EST from LoanShark

This electric steering on the recent BMWs feels the same way. Super precise but strangely effortless, and utterly lacking in road feel.

Which is too bad. 

Society has lost something over the generations.

Thu Nov 11 2021 01:32:51 PM EST from IGnatius T Foobar

Most people don't care about drive trains and performance and other car stuff.
They just want a box with wheels to drive to the local Starbucks.

its still a golf cart :) 

That isn't an electric cart. *resting my case*

Thu Nov 11 2021 05:54:35 EST from Nurb432

 

Wed Nov 10 2021 10:13:45 PM EST from ParanoidDelusions

But they're not *real* automobiles. They're golf carts. 

 

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Wed Nov 10 2021 10:13:45 PM EST from ParanoidDelusions

But they're not *real* automobiles. They're golf carts. 

 

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I have nothing against electric cars either. 

But they're not *real* automobiles. They're golf carts. 

 

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No, but it can. No one may build it for consumer consumption, but it can be built. 

I vaguely remember Leno driving something like that around.. could be wrong tho.

Wed Nov 10 2021 05:25:12 PM EST from IGnatius T Foobar

Not gonna happen. 

 

]]>https://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=2099282050Wed, 10 Nov 2021 22:25:12 -00002099282050@Uncensoredi suppose a hybrid that had BOTH drive trains, not just a lawnmower >engine dedicated to charge a battery, might not be terrible.  Not gonna happen. Even a huge 12-cylinder diesel locomotive is just an electric train with a generator on board. The govern-mental is going to murder the internal combustion engine the same way they murdered the incandescent light bulb: by instituting efficiency requirements ridiculous enough to make it impossible. I'm not against electric vehicles; I just don't think we're quite there yet. I suppose at some point I'll end up getting a little electric shitbox to putter around town, and keep my truck for hauling stuff around. And yes, I do want the roof to be a solar panel. I don't care how slowly it charges. If it's parked 99% of the time it'll top up eventually. ]]>https://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=2099281900Tue, 09 Nov 2021 02:14:46 -00002099281900@Uncensored

I just think electric is *cheating*. It doesn't feel *natural*. I'm not a big fan of Audi - they make fast cars that handle like they're on rails... but you're really just sitting in the driver's seat *suggesting* what you would like to do... it is doing all the actual driving. 

 

Sun Nov 07 2021 18:13:35 EST from Nurb432

Personally the only nice thing about solar would be if you are stuck out somewhere with no gas, you could always whip out a solar panel. And given enough time get on the road again

 

i suppose a hybrid that had BOTH drive trains, not just a lawnmower engine dedicated to charge a battery, might not be terrible. 

 

 

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Personally the only nice thing about solar would be if you are stuck out somewhere with no gas, you could always whip out a solar panel. And given enough time get on the road again

 

i suppose a hybrid that had BOTH drive trains, not just a lawnmower engine dedicated to charge a battery, might not be terrible. 

 

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A Tesla is basically a glorified golf-cart. 

 

Sat Nov 06 2021 13:01:41 EDT from Nurb432

Unless they outlaw them im keeping mine. 

 

Sat Nov 06 2021 11:55:40 AM EDT from ParanoidDelusions

I am not good at automotive repairs. These are going to be the last generation of petrol fueled cars, though... and I'm going to resist electric as long as I possibly can... which may mean I might have to learn a thing or to. 

 

 

 

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Unless they outlaw them im keeping mine. 

 

Sat Nov 06 2021 11:55:40 AM EDT from ParanoidDelusions

I am not good at automotive repairs. These are going to be the last generation of petrol fueled cars, though... and I'm going to resist electric as long as I possibly can... which may mean I might have to learn a thing or to. 

 

 

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I am not good at automotive repairs. These are going to be the last generation of petrol fueled cars, though... and I'm going to resist electric as long as I possibly can... which may mean I might have to learn a thing or to. 

 

Sat Nov 06 2021 09:41:56 EDT from IGnatius T Foobar

Just dont strip the bolts ( make sure the engine is cold.. ) and use
a GOOD brand you will be fine.

While y'all were tooling around in your bimmers, I repaired my son's 20 year old Camry. :)

Just lettin' ya know that it went fine.

 

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We knew you could do it.   :)

]]>https://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=2099281697Sat, 06 Nov 2021 13:41:56 -00002099281697@UncensoredJust dont strip the bolts ( make sure the engine is cold.. ) and use >a GOOD brand you will be fine. While y'all were tooling around in your bimmers, I repaired my son's 20 year old Camry. :) Just lettin' ya know that it went fine. ]]>https://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=2099280555Sat, 23 Oct 2021 16:11:33 -00002099280555@Uncensored

PSA: when you rivet diamond plate panels onto your jeep, you really dont need to be paranoid and add adhesive strips behind it. That is if you *ever* want to remove them. arrgh.

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It does. The M235i has the ZF, not the DCT in the M4 - so it isn't *quite* as quick as the M4 on shifting - but probably still faster and more accurate than I would be rowing my own gears. 

I prefer a manual - but they're getting really hard to find, and I didn't want to travel all the way to the East Coast and I'm glad I didn't wait - because prices have appreciated considerably since I bought. 

I think the FMIC on the M235i isn't completely up to the challenge - and gets heatsoak really fast. I pulled away from a newer body style Mustang 5.0 from a rolling start - hard, when I first got it. But the second run, he took me and I didn't have the same kind of power I had on the first run. That was in the dead of summer here though, and it was well over 100 degrees. 

I'd love to get a track day. Don't even know where to begin, though. 

Mon Oct 18 2021 19:58:23 EDT from LoanShark

We agreed, light turned green - and 0 to 60, I had him by a
SIGNIFICANT margin. He was starting to pull me in, and would have
passed me on a 1/4 mile, though. 

Does yours have 8-speed auto? The software launch control makes that business WAY too easy.

 

]]>https://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=2099280143Mon, 18 Oct 2021 23:58:23 -00002099280143@UncensoredWe agreed, light turned green - and 0 to 60, I had him by a >SIGNIFICANT margin. He was starting to pull me in, and would have >passed me on a 1/4 mile, though.  Does yours have 8-speed auto? The software launch control makes that business WAY too easy. ]]>https://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=2099280119Mon, 18 Oct 2021 19:54:58 -00002099280119@Uncensored

LOL... a sim is a sim. I suppose it gives you some idea of where your line should be and what speed you can take the corner at - but mostly - it helps you memorize a track and learn if there are any tricky corners. :) 


But yeah... when you're not just going to bounce off the wall without any actual damage and keep going, one tends to be less cautious than in meatspace. 

Nothing the matter with knowing the cars limits are way beyond yours. 

I raced a Dodge Challenger 392 a few days ago, in my M235i. 

I was pulling out aggressively across 3 lanes of oncoming traffic from the Left into a merge lane on the right. As I merged, I noticed a black car off to my right back corner. He punched it, hard... and the engine really growled - so I dropped right in behind him and punched it. Traffic opened, and I pulled aside him at the next light - and I could see he was already full of regret. We exchanged some pleasantries, and he said, "So, do you want to do this? I

Mon Oct 18 2021 14:38:32 EDT from LoanShark

got the chance to drive a GT-R on track this Saturday for 4 laps (after riding in the back of a Hellcat on the same track for a warmup)

Turns out that my Gran Turismo skillset (not practiced in 15-20 years) does not exactly translate over, so my approach was pretty darn cautious. This was a small track, and I'm scared shitless of this car.

If I was going to really do this, I'd need a lot more practice laps, probably in my 330i which I'm more comfortable with.

 

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So... this is my story of virtual hot rodding. 

As I said over in Microsoft Bashing> - I have a Xbox rig that includes a real drivers seat and a frame with a steering wheel, clutch/brake/gas pedal, and a manual transmission gear selector. I got it a couple of years ago - and instantly found driving *harder* than with the controller. Eventually I adapted to it - but it was always rougher driving with this setup than with a D-Pad. I was pretty disappointed. I had Forza Horizon - and research indicated a lot of people found it completely uncontrollable with the Logitech G920 (which Amazon tells me I bought in March 2020). 

Initially I went to the Forza web and tech support sites - where lots of people were complaining about this. Everyone was focused on steering - and it does manifest itself as steering. You get bumped, you start to lose control, you press the brakes and try to counter steer, and nothing works. The other cars recover perfectly, you end up out in a field. You go int

 

You can watch one of the videos here...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWGurV4mdFc&t=301s

And they say the course is laser scanned and completely accurate. The hilarious thing is you'll see that over and over again, the film is of drivers losing it on particular corners. my first several times on this track. 

Now here is the hilarious thing... my first few times on this track, I inevitably lost control in the same manner, and instantly realized it was on the same corners I had been watching actual drivers making the exact same mistakes, over and over again. I was running wide, going in to hot, hitting the gravel, spinning, hitting the walls - just like in the videos - at the same exact locations. And I was realizing that there are weird decreasing radius turns, with elevation changes, and uneven road surfaces that unsettle your handling, going into those corners. And after several laps, I know what to expect, I know when a corner is deceptive and I have to brak ]]>https://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=2099279240Wed, 06 Oct 2021 20:22:29 -00002099279240@Uncensored

Just dont strip the bolts ( make sure the engine is cold.. ) and use a GOOD brand you will be fine.

Wed Oct 06 2021 02:58:03 PM EDT from IGnatius T Foobar

I'll be replacing the valve cover gasket on my son's 2002 Camry this weekend.
First time for me doing a project like this. Wish me luck!

 

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Seems that i lost a 'bow strap' on my jeep top. FInally ripped. Both have been fraying for years. Been too lazy to replace them. They are not critical, but the do keep the top 'tight' when up. ( and i guess keeps the wind noise down too. But its a jeep, its going to be noisy so i never really cared )

"time to order a couple new ones"  Head off to my normal jeep store..  even aftermarket is an average of 45 bucks a PIECE.  what... the...hell.. its just a 3' long 2" wide poly web-strap..   same stuff you get in a ratchet strap or a tow strap.  they are freaking insane.

 

Sure , they cut it to length and drill holes for you, but i can buy 30 feet of the stuff for 15 dollars.

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I know, youtube, sorry, but man this is interesting.   Not a fan of his humor, but as a car guy, lot of respect. This car is freaking amazing.  With less than perhaps 10 in existence, i dont think id be driving it around town like that..  Id be terrified. 

He also has the car i almost almost kill for,  a chrysler turbine..  i think less than 10 of those are left too. I dont think any of the 'converted' 1965 coronets are left. Only seen that referenced once in my life, in an old car turbine book.  Had a picture so it wasn't rumor.  ya, i'm a fan of turbines :)     

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYQ2PiX_Z9o

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LoL ( poor animal tho. )

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We lost a datacenter in India because a monkey got fried on the electrical wires going into the building. 

This is evidently a fairly frequent problem. 

 

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Could go in a lot of rooms.. but i chose here :P

What a mess. I saw the signs long before it slowed and bailed off, went home thru town. 

http://www.therepublic.com/2021/08/10/all-lanes-of-i-65-closed-near-exit-76-due-to-low-hanging-power-line/

 

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It's like you've got all of the complexity of a KITT but without any of the cool stuff.

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The LDVS cable wasn't properly seated. The guy who put it in for me, he is great at car disassembly and all that - but not so good at hooking up molex style PC connectors. 

Seated it firmly, felt the connection slide in and grab - you know the feeling... and all those problems went away. 

The alarm is still going off randomly - but only when I am within range of the car *and* my BT and Wireless are on in the car and it is armed. If I disable radios on the car, the issue goes away. 

I think it has to do with the phone hopping between the signal from the car and wifi at the location I'm in. That is my best guess. 

Annoying. 

 

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Engineer#1 : Lets use metric for this car.

 

Engineer#2: That's a great idea, easy for our repair guys to decide the tools they need.

 

Engineer#3: Lets stick in 3 random SAE sizes every so often, just to screw with them.

 

Engineer#1: LoL

 

Engineer #2: ya lets do it. LoL

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Its going to be funny in a decade or two when the internet gets shut off and the upcoming generations wnt even know how to use a real map..    

 

]]>https://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=2099273481Mon, 02 Aug 2021 18:55:31 -00002099273481@Uncensoredhttps://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=2099273480Mon, 02 Aug 2021 18:53:45 -00002099273480@Uncensored 2021-07-28 13:55 from ParanoidDelusions >So... this is related to cars *and* the IoT discussions - but I'll >put it here.  ... Things are getting pretty ridiculous these days. You Kids, Get Off My Lawn. So shortly after I bought my 2017 F30, I noticed somebody had cracked my headlight lens in the parking lot. I eventually got around to getting this fixed at the dealer. Apparently it's quite complicated just to fix a headlight lens. At a minimum, you have to replace the whole reflector assembly, and you're talking about disassembling the front fender, I guess. But if there's any water damage to the control module, you have to replace the control module. And this talks to some central control unit over the CAN bus, I guess. So it's basically a networked device, and you can't just plug a new one in, it also has to be coded in via ISTA+. Mine is a 2017, so at least it has CarPlay natively, although not Android Auto. CarPlay worked fine for the first several months, but with this car it's only Wireless CarPlay, it doesn't support Carplay-over-USB. About a month ago I started getting random disconnects and reconnects, often triggered an attempt to start navigation on the phone (which is the whole reason to use CarPlay in the first place.) And the Bluetooth integration does not work reliably either. Until last month I was using an iPhone SE, 1st generation. I've been noticing for a while now that it gets quite hot when it's navigating in Apple Maps. And remember how Apple deliberately reduces the CPU speed of older iPhones that have degraded battery capacity? Might explain the connection dropouts. Upgrading to an iPhone 12 Mini seems to have solved the problem. My girlfriend's iPhone 12 had also been working fine. ]]>https://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=2099273171Thu, 29 Jul 2021 04:11:11 -00002099273171@Uncensored

The fancy pants stuff is part of the problem. Everything goes through the entertainment unit. I'm pretty convinced there is a wire that isn't making a good connection - and it is probably the fiber optics - but the guy who is helping me install thinks I'm full of shit. We broke the "latch" on the clip that holds the fiber optics in - and he just crazy glued it there - but I suspect it has too much flex. Something is going on. 
Gonna have to pull the entire dash apart, pull it out, check all the wires, put it back in... We're getting quick at it. They've come a long way at making it more modular - but it is still fraught with complications. 

 

 

Wed Jul 28 2021 16:37:46 EDT from Nurb432

Fancy pants stuff...

 

The Fiero has power mirrors..   We dont even get power steering :)   ( it was coming in 1990.. )

 

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My Eldo, if you pulled the radio, the engine would quit.  So if your radio gets stolen, to add insult to injury, you are now stranded. 

 

 

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Fancy pants stuff...

 

The Fiero has power mirrors..   We dont even get power steering :)   ( it was coming in 1990.. )

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So... this is related to cars *and* the IoT discussions - but I'll put it here. 

My 2016 M235i doesn't have Android Auto or Carplay. There is a company, called Bimmertech, that sells an aftermarket "MMI" that plugs between the factory head unit/entertainment center and the LCD. It adds Android Auto and CarPlay. It costs about $700. 

Identical Chinese models go for about $300 - and the online reviews indicate that they're basically the exact same thing. So, after reading reviews and struggling with the decision, I decided to jump on it. 

After installation - the parking assistance wasn't working. Once we finished up, the lights on the driving cluster near the driving light dial wouldn't turn off, and the smaller LCD in the gauge cluster didn't turn off, even if I hit the start button "twice", once to turn the car off, once to shut down the electric system.  As I drove home, the Pedestrian Avoidance system failed, and some other safety/stability systems. It warned me to

Got here and reported the problems... after shutting it down and restarting it several times, still "No Signal". Rebooted the phone, and everything came back. 

Reporting these issues to their tech support. They said their engineer would research. Suddenly, I kept hearing an alarm going off out in the parking lot. Then shutting off - over and over again. I finally went to check and sure enough it was mine. Disarmed, got in, checked a few things, locked it up again... went back inside, same problem - several times. 

Now, that has stopped happening. 

Because, that engineer is in my BMW. I can send remote signals from my phone to turn on ventilation, honk the horn, locate it by GPS and do other remote commands on it. I have no doubt they have remote software in their MMI unit that allows them to get in and do remote diagnostics at any time. 

I mean, the car is just sitting there in the parking lot, no one near it, and the alarm is going off... then turning off..

 

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In fact, as I look at it, it has better lines than my M235, today. Cleaner and more consistent. Not as busy. Just business. 

Sat Jun 26 2021 01:46:59 EDT from ParanoidDelusions

And that is a 71 or 72, and as far as exterior aesthetics - the design still holds up well today. 

 

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And that is a 71 or 72, and as far as exterior aesthetics - the design still holds up well today. 

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Maybe the most joy I've ever had driving a vehicle. 110-120 HP, interior like a VW bug, super light weight, incredibly well balanced, steering communication that rivals the best BMW M. 

Not super fast, even with an L18 truck engine - but some people throw in LS engines (which screws up the balance)... 

But there is some middle ground - some supercharged or twin turboed straight 4 or 6 with about 200 to 250 hp and a 6 to 8 speed tranny that would *sing* in this chassis. 

It just isn't *economical*. 

But I love this basic design in a sports car. 

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This is honestly what I want: 

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Yeah, I mean... it is weird. The first time I felt it, I had punched it to get onto the highway - and to see what it could do. The lanes were open so I whipped across to the fast lane from the on-ramp, and when I straightened it into the fast lane, the back seemed like it wanted to keep going into the diamond lane - as I was already letting off the gas, and then it felt like it came back the other way. Just a subtle little thing - but it made me go... "Ooooh. That was unexpected and made my heart rate go up a bit." 

And then my wife described something similar. 

But - the steering is so *quick* compared to the M4 - that after driving the M4 all weekend and on Monday, then going back to the M235i, I noticed that feeling a bit again today - so maybe even though I think I'm being delicate with the steering - that is part of the problem. Compared to the M4, the M235 might have steering that is a bit on the twitchy side. I've been intentionally inducing oversteer since I was 17 and had

 

That would be awesome. I know Wild Horse Pass Raceway here in Phoenix has similar deals with open track days - I just haven't done any research on what needs to happen to make it happen. 

Tue Jun 22 2021 19:28:50 EDT from LoanShark

I've decided I'm going to take off the rear wheels, replace the 7.5"
rims with 8" factory rims, and just reshoe it all around with

Yeah. You said "rear wants to go in different direction than front", but that sounds like "power oversteer" to me. Sounds like some fatter, stickier tires in the rear will help. And the way you say you drive, you SHOULD be on performance tires..

As to the track time we just booked: my gf found it, and I'm not quite sure what it is, but it's probably just a couple laps with an instructor for $199-$399 depending on which car you chose.

There are other options around here; I could drive my BMW on track through BMWCCA if I got a mechanic to certify a few things first. Which should not be too hard, the car only has 20K on it. Everything seems to be in pretty good shape.

 

]]>https://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=2099270089Tue, 22 Jun 2021 23:28:50 -00002099270089@UncensoredI've decided I'm going to take off the rear wheels, replace the 7.5" >rims with 8" factory rims, and just reshoe it all around with Yeah. You said "rear wants to go in different direction than front", but that sounds like "power oversteer" to me. Sounds like some fatter, stickier tires in the rear will help. And the way you say you drive, you SHOULD be on performance tires.. As to the track time we just booked: my gf found it, and I'm not quite sure what it is, but it's probably just a couple laps with an instructor for $199-$399 depending on which car you chose. There are other options around here; I could drive my BMW on track through BMWCCA if I got a mechanic to certify a few things first. Which should not be too hard, the car only has 20K on it. Everything seems to be in pretty good shape. ]]>https://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=2099270057Tue, 22 Jun 2021 19:44:51 -00002099270057@Uncensored

I think this is a smart choice. The M4 intimidates me. I find I've reached the limits of my nerve long before I feel like I'm at the limits of what the car is capable of. It is like throwing me on the back of a thoroughbred and putting me out on the racetrack. The horse can go faster - but I'd probably be better off on a quarterhorse. I'd think the same thing about a Lambo or McLaren or Porsche. They may be "more capable" cars - but they require a more experienced driver - and can get a less experienced one in over his head very quickly - and a GT-R is still a lot of car to sit in. 

I've decided I'm going to take off the rear wheels, replace the 7.5" rims with 8" factory rims, and just reshoe it all around with Michelin Super Sports. I'll try and resell the back 7.5" rims and the Pirellis - they're almost new. If I can get $300 or $400 out of all of it, it'll help subsidize the upgrade. 

Once I get that paid off, I'll look at an ECU flash or piggyback mod. 

Enjoy the tr

 

 

 

Tue Jun 22 2021 12:48:59 EDT from LoanShark

You're gonna like it even more after your all-seasons wear out and you swap them for Michelin Pilot's...,... I.

(still deciding what exactly I'm going to put on for tires when the stock stuff on my 330i wears out... high-performance all-season in a non-runflat, maybe.)

The real news here is that my girlfriend bought me a little gift - track time in a Nissan GT-R (we'll have to wait for October, but it'll be fun.)


I had some choices here. Could have chosen the Lambo or the Porsche or the McLaren, but I wanted something with AWD at a similar power level - in part because of my experience level as a track driver

 

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I also blame the Fast and Furious franchise for raising a generation of drivers - younger drivers - who put a big emphasis on style over substance. I think debadging really started with Audi and VW boy racers with this excuse that they were making their cars "stealth sleepers". But there is a hypocrisy in putting on an exhaust tip the size of a coffee can, purple neon LED ground effects, smoked out lights and side markers, and slamming your car to millimeters above the ground on super-fat tires and then taking off the badges and claiming that makes it a stealth sleeper. 


I suppose 95% of it is that the Track Tramps respond to the guys in these cars - and it is mostly about getting laid - not actually having a great driving experience. 


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So... I realize that part of it is that I'm an old man - but increasingly I can't stand anyone online - and like Clint Eastwood on his porch scowling at the new neighbors - I'm pretty sure the problem is that younger people suck. 

The mean/medium in society, especially society in online communities today - are Millennials. I mean, this is *their* time - their late 20s to edge of Autumn. The tail end of what is probably gen X - the guys hitting mid 40s, a lot of them are part of the problem too. But most of them can at least remember when dial up networking was becoming a thing, had CRTs... phones were cordless - but you couldn't leave your house with them - and they didn't have apps. 

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I disagree. The wife was always opposed to me having better hair because I think she thought that might lead to the acquisition of better boobies. She was opposed to a Porsche when I was younger for similar reasons, I believe. Now she wants better boobies and I have no hair - and the conclusion of where that leads isn't suitable. 

So, she can have new boobs - but I get new hair first. This is how the balance of power is maintained. You could say it is a little tit for tat. 

 Besides - I like my things stock. If I had wanted two bolt on balloons in my way - I would have ordered one that came factory equipped like that. 

Mon Jun 21 2021 20:28:51 EDT from zooer Subject: Re: Fenders. Arrgh.

 

Thu Jun 17 2021 12:56:50 PM EDT from ParanoidDelusions Subject: Re: Fenders. Arrgh.

My wife who was always opposed to me getting new hair started talking about new boobs recently. 
Nope. That absolutely will not happen unless I get a full carpet up top first. 

 

Your priorities are all out of wack.

 

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Thu Jun 17 2021 12:56:50 PM EDT from ParanoidDelusions Subject: Re: Fenders. Arrgh.

My wife who was always opposed to me getting new hair started talking about new boobs recently. 
Nope. That absolutely will not happen unless I get a full carpet up top first. 

 

Your priorities are all out of wack.

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Meanwhile, its a nice evening out ( ~65 ) i should take it out...    When i swapped engines last time i never put the AC back on, so when its hot, i cant drive it, or i die. It was no longer my DD, so it was optional really.

Thinking of cheating and setting up some sort of electric compressor and putting it up front with the spare tire instead. Hook it to the existing condenser and evaporator ( with new lines of course since currently they head to the back of the car. ).  It does not need much, its just 2 seats.

Help with weight distribution too. 

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I wouldn't be surprised by any of this. The Big 3 were the model of corporate dysfunction for most of my life. Thinking that the Vette is the one sports car to compete with the MR2, the 300ZX Twin turbo and the Supra Twin Turbo of the era was a stupid move. I would have *never* considered a Vette at that time - but the Fiero could have absolutely competed with the MR2 - and potentially with the bigger GT class Nissan and Toyotas, too. Might have a Fierro that could have competed with those 3 have cannibalized some Vette sales? Probably - but - it seems better to lose those sales to Pontiac than to Japan. 

And the C08 Vette is finally basically what the Fierro could have been nearly 30 years ago. Good to see GM finally caught up with itself. 

The ZL1 Camaro actually can beat an M, the Mustang has an independent rear suspension, although it still has a lot of trouble keeping its ass from getting in front of its nose, and makes a lot of sound to still get beat by German inline turbo 6ers... 

GMC gets it more than Ford... and Dodge is still over in the corner going, "We've got the drunk, belligerent redneck market cornered - why change what works?" 

But, things are *better* in domestic car land than they've ever been. Even *good*, sometimes. 

Meanwhile... BMW can't figure out if it wants to be Audi Boy Racer market or Merc Old German Luxe market - and unfortunately, it shows through much of their line. 

 

Sun Jun 20 2021 18:22:59 EDT from Nurb432

Part of the problem was with the politics at GM, with Chevy calling a lot of the shots. " no one interferes with the vette. No one". My understanding is that the 84 is NOT really what Pontiac wanted to do. But its the only way they could get it approved. Even the marketing had to be re-crafted. The plan was to sneak stuff in each year to get it to where they wanted.  The 90, which was the plan all along ( restyled body, 88 suspension and a decent engine ), was too much for corporate and it got shut down.  At the 25th anniversary the lead of the project spoke, and that was his feelings too.

In reality there was room for both markets. They really didnt overlap. They were shortsighted. They suck. ( ya, im bitter :) ) 

Sometimes i wonder if the bad press was actually started by 'insiders' trying to harm the project.

 

Sun Jun 20 2021 05:11:09 PM EDT from ParanoidDelusions

I think among people who have a passing interest in cars, these got a reputation that they never lived down - but among those who have a more enthusiastic interest in cars - most people understand that Pontiac got it right, but not in time. 

 

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Part of the problem was with the politics at GM, with Chevy calling a lot of the shots. " no one interferes with the vette. No one". My understanding is that the 84 is NOT really what Pontiac wanted to do. But its the only way they could get it approved. Even the marketing had to be re-crafted. The plan was to sneak stuff in each year to get it to where they wanted.  The 90, which was the plan all along ( restyled body, 88 suspension and a decent engine ), was too much for corporate and it got shut down.  At the 25th anniversary the lead of the project spoke, and that was his feelings too.

In reality there was room for both markets. They really didnt overlap. They were shortsighted. They suck. ( ya, im bitter :) ) 

Sometimes i wonder if the bad press was actually started by 'insiders' trying to harm the project.

 

Sun Jun 20 2021 05:11:09 PM EDT from ParanoidDelusions

I think among people who have a passing interest in cars, these got a reputation that they never lived down - but among those who have a more enthusiastic interest in cars - most people understand that Pontiac got it right, but not in time. 

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I think among people who have a passing interest in cars, these got a reputation that they never lived down - but among those who have a more enthusiastic interest in cars - most people understand that Pontiac got it right, but not in time. 

Which Pontiac seemed to do *a lot*. By the end, the 6 Cyl version had a lot of potential - and they had the lines very refined by then, so it was a great *looking* car too. 

Sun Jun 20 2021 15:09:27 EDT from Nurb432

One of the ones i dont have anymore ( it came from north eastern Ohio so had cancer in the frame and knew it had a limited life. Once i blew a head gasket ( about 300k miles.. i put on 200k of that ) i pulled some parts off ( like the rear clip and roof ) and let it go. The plan was to strip the entire body and do a transplant to the blue one, saving me a paint job, but due to all the rust, it wasn't doable without breaking things.

I have had better and worse, but other than my 68 roadrunner, they have been my favorite cars to drive.  ( tho, i love my jeeps too, but they are not really cars )

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One of the ones i dont have anymore ( it came from north eastern Ohio so had cancer in the frame and knew it had a limited life. Once i blew a head gasket ( about 300k miles.. i put on 200k of that ) i pulled some parts off ( like the rear clip and roof ) and let it go. The plan was to strip the entire body and do a transplant to the blue one, saving me a paint job, but due to all the rust, it wasn't doable without breaking things.

I have had better and worse, but other than my 68 roadrunner, they have been my favorite cars to drive.  ( tho, i love my jeeps too, but they are not really cars )

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its a Fiero. Actually its my first. I have had others come and go since but just cant let the first go..  ( i put a 3.4 in this one at one point but been considering a 3.8 SC for a few years..  But it means new wiring harness to move from ODB! to ODBII, and a lot of other work. A northstar 5.0 would be nice too..  i like those engines ( when they work right.. repair is a BITCH ) and they are light. 

I can paint, yes.  Dad had a paint/body shop when i was highschool so i grew up with it.  Just no place to do that now :(

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Can't tell if MR/2 or late Fierro. 

Either way, nice car. You paint them yourself?

 

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Finally got rear tubes on.  didnt turn out all that bad.  I will extend the rock guards tho.  There was something that was there, just under the logo, before i did the fenders.  its gone now.

 

( and yes i know. blue car needs paint. bad.   I dont have a good place to do it the right way, so i haven't.  The OO of it screwed the paint up just before i bought it ( some 20 years ago ). so its a monumental task. I have to strip it 100% down to plastic or it will just come right back off. )

 

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My wife who was always opposed to me getting new hair started talking about new boobs recently. 

Nope. That absolutely will not happen unless I get a full carpet up top first. 

 

Thu Jun 17 2021 12:16:21 EDT from Nurb432 Subject: Re: Fenders. Arrgh.

I think that part was worse than the pain. 

 

Thu Jun 17 2021 10:09:18 AM EDT from IGnatius T Foobar Subject: Re: Fenders. Arrgh.

obviously it meant that I had lost enough hair for it to happen.

 

 

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I think that part was worse than the pain. 

 

Thu Jun 17 2021 10:09:18 AM EDT from IGnatius T Foobar Subject: Re: Fenders. Arrgh.

obviously it meant that I had lost enough hair for it to happen.

 

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Putting on rear tube fenders today, after i ruined the stock ones a week or so ago.  3rd bolt.  Threads gave way 1/2 up the bolt.  No good way to safely get in there to cut it out.   Frustrating. 

 

it doesn't *need* them all but that bolt may rattle.  Squirted some sealant on the backside. see if that works. 

]]>https://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=2099269593Thu, 17 Jun 2021 14:09:18 -00002099269593@UncensoredGot a sunburn too. ON MY HEAD...   never had that happen before. It was very disappointing the first year that happened to me ... obviously it meant that I had lost enough hair for it to happen. Not as bad as a few years ago when I got a sunburn on the top of my belly. ]]>https://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=2099269472Wed, 16 Jun 2021 03:00:33 -00002099269472@Uncensored

I know. It is pretty typical Bimmer bullshit though. It does remind me of Cisco selling you an entire switch but only opening the number of ports you've "licensed". There is no extra cost... there isn't a COST savings to you... 

What they did was increased their PROFIT margin by selling you something crippled and then charging you more to enable what was already a sunk cost for them. 

It basically admits, "We could have turned a profit selling you this with everything on it enabled... but this way, we can gouge you to have the FULL abilities of what we already sold you." 

The difference is that BMW can claim plausible liability on selling you a car with tires that aren't the best suited to the car. But they should absolutely have to take off that limiter if any owner, at any time, removes those lesser tires and replaces them with ones to spec for the higher speed limit. 

The fact that THIS isn't possible - is bullshit. "If I bought it from the factory, and p

 

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Nice of them not to allow you to have what you bought. 

Fri Jun 11 2021 08:42:39 PM EDT from ParanoidDelusions

Did you know that if you opted for the 225 All Seasons all around on a M235i the electronic limit locked into the ECU was 130 MPH? 

 

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You've led me down a rabbit hole that is going to be expensive. 

Did you know that if you opted for the 225 All Seasons all around on a M235i the electronic limit locked into the ECU was 130 MPH? 

Neither did I. 

Really the only way to fix it is a custom ECU tune. 

So... in addition to two new wheels, and probably Michelin Super Sport rubber all around, I'm also probably going to have to get an ECU flash. 


I've reached out to a local tuner. I suppose it is going to probably run less than $2000 and it'll probably bump me to somewhere around 360 HP - right around an M2. 

I'm wondering what kind of complications this is going to lead to. I like to run MOSTLY stock. But... what the hell. I suspect an intercooler will probably be next. 

And then smogging might get interesting in the future. 

 

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I think I most likely have code 2TR style 436M (front/rear 18.75 225/40 R18) factory wheels (and I'd need to find a set of factory code 2PG, style 436M rear wheels if I wanted to go 18x8, 245/35 R18 staggered while keeping my factory front wheels.

Thu Jun 10 2021 12:02:32 EDT from LoanShark

Got any ideas for a source where I could pick up two rear 245 wheels
matching my factory 225s in the front? I like the look of them. 

Looks like you've probably got style 436M, 18x7.5 on all four corners.
There are two options for this wheel style - regular, or orbit grey.

For the rear, you want the 18x8.0 version of this wheel style.

Last time I bought a set of 4 BMW wheels (for my winter tire setup) I just did a junkyard search on car-part.com and ended up driving about 40 minutes to a place on Long Island that had the identical style to my stock setup.

 

]]>https://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=2099269037Thu, 10 Jun 2021 16:02:32 -00002099269037@UncensoredGot any ideas for a source where I could pick up two rear 245 wheels >matching my factory 225s in the front? I like the look of them.  Looks like you've probably got style 436M, 18x7.5 on all four corners. There are two options for this wheel style - regular, or orbit grey. For the rear, you want the 18x8.0 version of this wheel style. Last time I bought a set of 4 BMW wheels (for my winter tire setup) I just did a junkyard search on car-part.com and ended up driving about 40 minutes to a place on Long Island that had the identical style to my stock setup. ]]>https://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=2099268963Wed, 09 Jun 2021 23:11:02 -00002099268963@Uncensored

It was originally purchased in Georgia with all seasons - so it does have 225s. 

So... maybe I'll start with staggered rubber with 245s in the rear. 

Got any ideas for a source where I could pick up two rear 245 wheels matching my factory 225s in the front? I like the look of them. 

 

Wed Jun 09 2021 14:16:24 EDT from LoanShark

if the car was originally ordered with all seasons, it will have 225 section width tires all around. if it was ordered with performance tires, it will be 245 in the rear. might make a difference.

 

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All these fancy cars.

 

My little car, does not even have power steering ( which is fine by me actually... ).   Tho it does have power windows, which is nice as you cant reach over to the other side for manual.  You have a huge center console in the way, that hides the gas tank. Keeps weight in the middle. Be dumb to have mid engine just to screw it up that way. 

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I also considered a rear deck spoiler to add a little more downforce on the rear wheels. 

I find it interesting that this person describes almost exactly the same sensation: 

https://www.bimmerfest.com/threads/m235i-rwd-convertible-2016-tire-and-handling-issues.1387467/#post-13557781

Wed Jun 09 2021 12:15:24 EDT from LoanShark

I'm going to assume you've got the Adaptive suspension... Bilstein makes replacement dampers, which are drop-in replacements and compatible with the electronic control. Might be worth looking into.

Beyond that, it's custom springs.

 

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I was with the wife and at around 110 and still accelerating on a fairly bumpy highway she kind of tersely said, "Ok... that is enough. That is enough..." 

And so I let him go. ;) 

 

Mon Jun 07 2021 20:47:14 EDT from ParanoidDelusions

Every BMW I've had has needed gaskets replaced around 75k miles because they were leaking like sieves - and most of them were normally aspirated straight 6s. I replaced the head gasket on the Z3 a couple of years ago, and it was a competent guy who did it. It really cut back on the leaking, and the smell of burning oil (and sometimes smoke) in the cockpit. 

But I still managed to slip on the oil that missed the pan and ended up on my garage floor while setting up the opener for the M234 last night. :) 

I'll probably clean that up next weekend, and count on having to do it again about 25k miles from now. :) 

I remember the first generation after the e36 M3 (I think it was the e40?) they experimented with a super high compression i6 trying to compete with Audi's twin turbo V6 on the S4 and they were blowing heads all the time - then they switched to the V8 which was ALSO high compression and ALSO blew heads... and - then they came out with every variant of BMW they could think of and I lost interest for a while. 

I'm kinda back. I ended up racing a Mustang 5.0 GT from a rolling start last night in the 235. The first run, I pulled FAR ahead - WAY quicker. Not the kind of decisive spanking that the M4 gives to a car like that - but just a constant creep ahead of him. 

I gave him a second chance and let him get rolling a little first, and couldn't catch up to him as we hit the high end - My understanding is that at the high end when the turbos kick in that is where the 235i should walk away from the 5.0 - and the videos I've seen were consistent with that I was in sport, not sport+, and th

Mon Jun 07 2021 14:49:05 EDT from LoanShark

headed during that era - first the super high compression M3 straight
6s that blew their heads - in an attempt to keep up with Audi twin

These turbos (present in both my B46 and your 6-cyl turbo in the 235i) have pretty high compression. Higher than what used to be possible in a turbo, and probably about the same as that old naturally aspirated 6 and V8 before they switched over to turbos on everything.

But they also have direct injection, which definitely helps control detonation. It'll be interesting to see how long they last. My N26 made it to 90K+ miles before the accident, and it had *not a single hint* of gasket leaks or anything like that. It never consumed a drop of oil between changes.

 

 

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Every BMW I've had has needed gaskets replaced around 75k miles because they were leaking like sieves - and most of them were normally aspirated straight 6s. I replaced the head gasket on the Z3 a couple of years ago, and it was a competent guy who did it. It really cut back on the leaking, and the smell of burning oil (and sometimes smoke) in the cockpit. 

But I still managed to slip on the oil that missed the pan and ended up on my garage floor while setting up the opener for the M234 last night. :) 

I'll probably clean that up next weekend, and count on having to do it again about 25k miles from now. :) 

I remember the first generation after the e36 M3 (I think it was the e40?) they experimented with a super high compression i6 trying to compete with Audi's twin turbo V6 on the S4 and they were blowing heads all the time - then they switched to the V8 which was ALSO high compression and ALSO blew heads... and - then they came out with every variant of BMW they could think of and I lost interest for a while. 

I'm kinda back. I ended up racing a Mustang 5.0 GT from a rolling start last night in the 235. The first run, I pulled FAR ahead - WAY quicker. Not the kind of decisive spanking that the M4 gives to a car like that - but just a constant creep ahead of him. 

I gave him a second chance and let him get rolling a little first, and couldn't catch up to him as we hit the high end - My understanding is that at the high end when the turbos kick in that is where the 235i should walk away from the 5.0 - and the videos I've seen were consistent with that I was in sport, not sport+, and th

Mon Jun 07 2021 14:49:05 EDT from LoanShark

headed during that era - first the super high compression M3 straight
6s that blew their heads - in an attempt to keep up with Audi twin

These turbos (present in both my B46 and your 6-cyl turbo in the 235i) have pretty high compression. Higher than what used to be possible in a turbo, and probably about the same as that old naturally aspirated 6 and V8 before they switched over to turbos on everything.

But they also have direct injection, which definitely helps control detonation. It'll be interesting to see how long they last. My N26 made it to 90K+ miles before the accident, and it had *not a single hint* of gasket leaks or anything like that. It never consumed a drop of oil between changes.

 

]]>https://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=2099268553Mon, 07 Jun 2021 18:49:05 -00002099268553@Uncensoredheaded during that era - first the super high compression M3 straight >6s that blew their heads - in an attempt to keep up with Audi twin These turbos (present in both my B46 and your 6-cyl turbo in the 235i) have pretty high compression. Higher than what used to be possible in a turbo, and probably about the same as that old naturally aspirated 6 and V8 before they switched over to turbos on everything. But they also have direct injection, which definitely helps control detonation. It'll be interesting to see how long they last. My N26 made it to 90K+ miles before the accident, and it had *not a single hint* of gasket leaks or anything like that. It never consumed a drop of oil between changes. ]]>https://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=2099267944Sat, 05 Jun 2021 05:18:09 -00002099267944@Uncensored

Broken bolts do suck. Valtteri Bottas hates stripped lug nuts too, right about now. 

https://www.carscoops.com/2021/05/the-stripped-wheel-nut-that-ended-valtteri-bottas-monaco-gp-is-still-stuck-on-the-car/

 

Fri Jun 04 2021 21:53:14 EDT from Nurb432

Just for the record.  i hate broken bolts.   

 

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Just for the record.  i hate broken bolts.   

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You know, I stopped after the E series for quite a while. A combination of finances and lack of enthusiasm for where BMW was headed during that era - first the super high compression M3 straight 6s that blew their heads - in an attempt to keep up with Audi twin turbos, then going with the 4l V8 - (which is evidently a beloved version of the M3)... I bought the Z3, hated the lines of the Z4 (though they got better with the hard top versions...) and that SAAB style flat expanse of dash on the Z4... the crease on the side... They started coming out with all of these model lines. X5, X3, 8, 6, A B C D E F G... 

My wife had an X5 - but I never really cared for it. I had an Escalade, after that a GMC 1500, then a GMC 2500 - and the Z3 through all of those. 

So... I guess my mind just filled in the F30 with E30... 

The E36, I once ended up in a neck-and-neck race with a SAAB 95, headed from Sacramento up to Folsom on the way to Intel. There is a famous curve on Highway 50 call

I did destroy a Merc E350 today. Basically just played with him up to the point where it was clear he had given up. 

 

Fri Jun 04 2021 15:32:08 EDT from LoanShark

(Seems to be a little confusion about E30/F30 here - whatever, I guess *both* of them are known for their occasionally floaty suspension.)


Err, maybe that's not quite right. I've never driven an E30, but we were talking about this a few months ago. With E30, maybe the problem was the rear was too firm and nervous, whereas with the F30 the problem can be floatiness.

 

]]>https://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=2099267817Fri, 04 Jun 2021 19:32:08 -00002099267817@Uncensoredhttps://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=2099267816Fri, 04 Jun 2021 19:26:50 -00002099267816@UncensoredThe F30 era 3 series did have a notoriously skittish rear end - I >can't really do this without sounding like I'm bragging - but it was >also a very well balanced car, and if you knew it well, you could do >*amazing* things with it. My first "eurostyle" coupe was a Datsun 510 I mean... I have taken curves on the Taconic Parkway at >90, kinda scaring myself in the process, and I wasn't even pulling that many G's, I wasn't that close to its limits. It held steady. Yes there were moments when I felt the rear end was floaty, but as you say, it's manageable. The lifecycle update seems to iron some of that out. I've owned both versions of the F30. The new one seems a bit better. The steering is numb as fuck, but laser precise. ]]>https://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=2099267700Fri, 04 Jun 2021 05:25:13 -00002099267700@Uncensored

Yeah, had a blast with it tonight. Really just cruising around - but even doing that, it is a blast to drive. 

The F30 era 3 series did have a notoriously skittish rear end - I can't really do this without sounding like I'm bragging - but it was also a very well balanced car, and if you knew it well, you could do *amazing* things with it. My first "eurostyle" coupe was a Datsun 510 with an L18 engine, weber carb, and 240z 5 speed tranny. It was an incredible car - and I could basically do skate-tricks in it, consistently. I could always put it right where I wanted it... I mean, I'd go into a turn, whip it around 180, spin it, and end up facing the way I originally wanted to turn... On rainy days taking left turns I'd always slide the rear end out and drift it through the corner - in two-turn-lane traffic... when I was 17 or 18... I just really knew the balance of that car - and I never ended up in a wreck with any other vehicle or object. The E30 became like that for me. 

Once I wa

 

 

Thu Jun 03 2021 17:24:02 EDT from LoanShark

2-series suspension has a much better reputation than the F30-era 3-series.

I guess maybe it's not an M4, but the 2 should be a pretty darn good driver's car nonetheless. Small and nimble too.

 

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I mentioned it casually tonight, and she took it in good spirits. 

I guess maybe she realizes just how *not great* this turned out for me that I was so quickly determined to just go fucking buy my own. Usually she isn't really good at getting messages like this. She mentioned tonight that I still have to drive the M4, because even though she *loves* the car - she'll never drive it like it is meant to be driven. I don't *exactly* see the point. 

From the start this was one of my concerns. I knew my 328i and 325iC because I drove them daily - so I learned their limits, the point where they broke loose, how to induce just enough oversteer, when to brake. Switching back and forth between a GMC 2500, an M4, and a Z3 constantly was making me drive all 3 of them badly. Too fast in the GMC, too slow in the M4, forgetting to shift in the Z... braking too easy in the GMC, too hard in the M4. It wasn't *just* about the petty things... my pride or being upset that it was a shared vehicle that

Wed Jun 02 2021 19:32:04 EDT from Nurb432

I will hose the mud off the jeep myself.   Does that count? 

:)

 

Wed Jun 02 2021 05:06:17 PM EDT from ParanoidDelusions

I think she is going to be upset when she realizes I don't hand-wash cars with ceramic coats that aren't *my* M, though - but I'll be glad to let her use my bucket and sponge to wash her car herself. We can even make a couple's date out of hand-washing our M's together. ;) 

 

 

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I will hose the mud off the jeep myself.   Does that count? 

:)

 

Wed Jun 02 2021 05:06:17 PM EDT from ParanoidDelusions

I think she is going to be upset when she realizes I don't hand-wash cars with ceramic coats that aren't *my* M, though - but I'll be glad to let her use my bucket and sponge to wash her car herself. We can even make a couple's date out of hand-washing our M's together. ;) 

 

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Picked up a M235 last night. 50k miles. Take delivery tomorrow. Traded my 1997 Z3 2.8 with 100200 miles on it in... got $4k... which is a pretty decent trade in, I think. 

Also got quite a bit off the asking price. I did throw in a warranty. We'll see how smart that was. 

Manageable payments. An M240 would have put me at a much higher payment, and an 135 would have been more affordable - so this was a nice middle ground. Aftermarket cold air intake and exhaust that claim to be good for about 18 more hp. 

Got an auto - because... the manuals are frickin' hard to find. 

Feels a little more unsettled in the rear end than the M4 - similar to the Z3. Shorter wheelbase? I got it up to triple digits - but not a prolonged period at ~130 mph... I'm not sure I'd care for that kind of speed in this, compared to doing those kinds of speeds in the M4 - where it still feels very firmly planted and civil. Anyhow, the last thing I'm looking for is a felony speed stop while

 

 

Tue Jun 01 2021 17:16:53 EDT from LoanShark

I've driven a friend's 230i (M Sport edition with Track Handling Package and manual transmission.) We took it out for some sweeping corners on a mountain road upstate -- taking some less-than-70mph corners at 70mph, enough to induce a bit of body roll.

No complaints. The suspension all seemed tight.

If the body was rolling a bit, you know he was pushing it way harder than, say, a Miata... it did not seem to exhibit any of the F30's lack of damping.

 

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Yeah, a 135 Cabrio is surprisingly affordable with very low mileage. I'm torn between it and a M240 or even M235 cab. Either one will put a particularly painful impact on my income - but, I can't spend everything I make and what is left over all goes to pay "Family" bills anyhow... so maybe I should spend as much of it as I can per month on myself, anyhow. Although from that logic, I could probably swing a pretty new M4. Should get one exactly the same and park it next to the one in the garage now. 

I loved my e36 328i and my e30 325i both. They're very fun cars. The problem is... in the last 15-20 years BMW went from undisputed driver's choice to one choice of many. Americans finally figured out handling - and the Koreans are kicking ass too. 

Chevy Chase was once in a movie called "Funny Farm." It is a movie about the wife having success as an author while the husband fails as one. There is a scene that stuck out to me back then... their stuff has all gotten lost during move-in a

Tue Jun 01 2021 13:30:08 EDT from LoanShark

I just upgraded from a 2014 328i to a 2017 330i (with the N26 and B46 engines, respectively) and I'm quite satisfied with the powertrain. If you want a little more bhp, I don't think you can go wrong with the 135i (I assume you're talking about the older 1-series that still was based on a RWD/longitudinally-mounted platform)

 

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I had a 67. 

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Literally... this... 

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So... I've come to the conclusion that having "our" M4 isn't working for me. I'm sticking with MY 97 Z3 for now. 

And considering buying *my* newer Beemer that is still pretty damn old and well-worn - if I can find one that checks all the boxes. 

The frustrating thing - and I don't know if this belongs in hot rodding or sex and relationships... but... 


When I was an heir to an estate with a house worth about $500k paid free and clear, making six figures as an IT guy, putting my wife through her Masters while she was making $50k a year... I made sure she had the Discovery she wanted, even though I thought they were pieces of shit mechanically. I had a much newer 328i, and a much older 325ic - but she also had the car she wanted - that she could have never afforded otherwise. 

But on the other side of the dot.com implosion, I'm the one bringing in $50k and she is bringing in twice what I made at my highest, maybe 3 times. 

And... I think she

 I should have taken my shares from Intel and bought something then - but I put it into the family and bought new AC units. Our financial future wasn't as clear at that time though - so I did the responsible thing. 

I feel like I've been doing that since I was 24... and the pay off has been that I get to drive a rich woman's M4, occasionally. 

Which - I guess isn't the *worst* deal, if you're able to swallow your pride. I don't think I can do that. 

 

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6 hours ... finally have ONE fender on.  What a freaking nightmare. Supposed to be a 2 hour job per side. More like 4, if you dont run into all the problems i did. ( and i expect some on the other side. its going to wait until next weekend )

AND come to find out, the blinkers i bought.  only work during the day.. arrrgh.

Got a sunburn too. ON MY HEAD...   never had that happen before.

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Yeah. Most of our generation did. 

But my In laws still write checks and carry checkbooks and most of their generation is in step with them. 

 

Wed May 19 2021 13:26:16 EDT from Nurb432

I actually stopped using checks close to 20 years ago. The day my bank offered to send them for me via "psudo electronic payments" i jumped. ( its where they would print/mail a check, not true bank-to-bank transfer. but it came out of my account directly so nothing for me to do but push a button ) I quit using them for groceries, gas and such perhaps 30 years ago.  They would wait FOREVER to cash them and it was a pain to keep track of. First went to cash, then later bank cards when POS terminals were available. Sure, with cash i had to pre-plan what i was going to get, but it was still better.  

Had to set up something for direct deposit a few years ago ( i think it was to get an account with coinbase ). "the routing number you can get from a check" um...  ill need to call my bank. 

 

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I actually stopped using checks close to 20 years ago. The day my bank offered to send them for me via "psudo electronic payments" i jumped. ( its where they would print/mail a check, not true bank-to-bank transfer. but it came out of my account directly so nothing for me to do but push a button ) I quit using them for groceries, gas and such perhaps 30 years ago.  They would wait FOREVER to cash them and it was a pain to keep track of. First went to cash, then later bank cards when POS terminals were available. Sure, with cash i had to pre-plan what i was going to get, but it was still better.  

Had to set up something for direct deposit a few years ago ( i think it was to get an account with coinbase ). "the routing number you can get from a check" um...  ill need to call my bank. 

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It probably is a better way of doing things. We're just dinosaurs, like old men still carrying around checkbooks. 

Wed May 19 2021 11:40:07 EDT from Nurb432

lol

Of course now you can pre-order it and just go pick it up.  dont even need to search around the shelves. 

Wed May 19 2021 11:29:48 AM EDT from zooer

I went into an auto store to pick up a new air filter.  At one time the stores had those books to look up and find the correct model number for your vehicle.  Eventually they had "Computer" type database, you entered the information.  Now the stores have signs telling you to go to the stores website and look up the correct model number.  

 

 

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lol

Of course now you can pre-order it and just go pick it up.  dont even need to search around the shelves. 

Wed May 19 2021 11:29:48 AM EDT from zooer

I went into an auto store to pick up a new air filter.  At one time the stores had those books to look up and find the correct model number for your vehicle.  Eventually they had "Computer" type database, you entered the information.  Now the stores have signs telling you to go to the stores website and look up the correct model number.  

 

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I went into an auto store to pick up a new air filter.  At one time the stores had those books to look up and find the correct model number for your vehicle.  Eventually they had "Computer" type database, you entered the information.  Now the stores have signs telling you to go to the stores website and look up the correct model number.  

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lol

 

Sat Apr 03 2021 11:33:44 EDT from ParanoidDelusions

Too late. :) 

 

Sat Apr 03 2021 07:48:51 EDT from Nurb432

Never too late to pick up a new hobby

 

 

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Too late. :) 

 

Sat Apr 03 2021 07:48:51 EDT from Nurb432

Never too late to pick up a new hobby

 

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Never too late to pick up a new hobby

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Yeah, but I'm not a wrench turner - and also, something my wife can drive around town. BMW knows their demographic. 

 

 

Thu Apr 01 2021 17:09:25 EDT from Nurb432

Kitcar. 

Thu Apr 01 2021 16:21:45 EDT from ParanoidDelusions

Speaking of fancy cars with XM radio as standard options... I test drove an M4 last night. It was a previous daily rental from Hertz, and an automatic - I didn't spend enough time in the parking lot familiarizing myself with the transmission, so I was figuring it out while driving down crowded surface streets in Scottsdale Arizona. Lurching along in first gear trying to figure out how to switch from the paddle-shift to auto mode... I also forgot about the different modes, so my experiments with handling and acceleration were kind of pointless - as I think I did it all in comfort mode. Compared to the brand new M4 Competition coupe I drove the evening before - it felt like a Buick or Chrysler. It was probably far more impressive than that - but I think test driving the Competition Coup 1st was a mistake. I did accelerate from 0 to just under 100 getting on the highway - and I'm not sure if it was something on the highway, something with the tires, or something with the suspension or the front axle - but th

Yeah... What I really want is a powerful convertible with a manual gearbox and 4 seats without a bunch of technology bells and whistles. I miss when BMW had 3 lines, and maybe two M series cars. Nobody seems to have the car I *want*. I want the 2021 M4 in a competition pro spec with a convertible top and a manual 6 speed transmission. I told my wife we should just get a M5 and I'll just keep my Z3 for top down driving. 

 

 

 

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Kitcar. 

Thu Apr 01 2021 16:21:45 EDT from ParanoidDelusions

Speaking of fancy cars with XM radio as standard options... I test drove an M4 last night. It was a previous daily rental from Hertz, and an automatic - I didn't spend enough time in the parking lot familiarizing myself with the transmission, so I was figuring it out while driving down crowded surface streets in Scottsdale Arizona. Lurching along in first gear trying to figure out how to switch from the paddle-shift to auto mode... I also forgot about the different modes, so my experiments with handling and acceleration were kind of pointless - as I think I did it all in comfort mode. Compared to the brand new M4 Competition coupe I drove the evening before - it felt like a Buick or Chrysler. It was probably far more impressive than that - but I think test driving the Competition Coup 1st was a mistake. I did accelerate from 0 to just under 100 getting on the highway - and I'm not sure if it was something on the highway, something with the tires, or something with the suspension or the front axle - but th

Yeah... What I really want is a powerful convertible with a manual gearbox and 4 seats without a bunch of technology bells and whistles. I miss when BMW had 3 lines, and maybe two M series cars. Nobody seems to have the car I *want*. I want the 2021 M4 in a competition pro spec with a convertible top and a manual 6 speed transmission. I told my wife we should just get a M5 and I'll just keep my Z3 for top down driving. 

 

 

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Speaking of fancy cars with XM radio as standard options... I test drove an M4 last night. It was a previous daily rental from Hertz, and an automatic - I didn't spend enough time in the parking lot familiarizing myself with the transmission, so I was figuring it out while driving down crowded surface streets in Scottsdale Arizona. Lurching along in first gear trying to figure out how to switch from the paddle-shift to auto mode... I also forgot about the different modes, so my experiments with handling and acceleration were kind of pointless - as I think I did it all in comfort mode. Compared to the brand new M4 Competition coupe I drove the evening before - it felt like a Buick or Chrysler. It was probably far more impressive than that - but I think test driving the Competition Coup 1st was a mistake. I did accelerate from 0 to just under 100 getting on the highway - and I'm not sure if it was something on the highway, something with the tires, or something with the suspension or the front axle - but th

Yeah... What I really want is a powerful convertible with a manual gearbox and 4 seats without a bunch of technology bells and whistles. I miss when BMW had 3 lines, and maybe two M series cars. Nobody seems to have the car I *want*. I want the 2021 M4 in a competition pro spec with a convertible top and a manual 6 speed transmission. I told my wife we should just get a M5 and I'll just keep my Z3 for top down driving. 

 

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I saw that too, great to know it was not lost.

 

Id almost kill for a Chrysler turbine coronet. 

Thu Mar 25 2021 07:22:19 EDT from zooer

How about a turbine powered tractor trailer?

https://www.thedrive.com/news/37925/we-found-fords-incredible-turbine-powered-semi-truck-big-red-thats-been-lost-for-decades

 

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How about a turbine powered tractor trailer?

https://www.thedrive.com/news/37925/we-found-fords-incredible-turbine-powered-semi-truck-big-red-thats-been-lost-for-decades

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Sun Nov 22 2020 16:04:57 EST from LoanShark @ Uncensored

Well, not sure if you meant traffic getting there or traffic on the Tail itself. The pictures of oversize semi-trailers are a good laugh. Reminds me of Vermont State Route 107 which has the same issue.

I was specifically thinking of images of semis on the Tail when I said that, to be honest. 

Lots of laid down Harley's, too. 

 

]]>https://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=4611088Sun, 22 Nov 2020 21:04:57 -00004611088@Uncensoredhttps://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=4611087Sun, 22 Nov 2020 21:03:41 -00004611087@UncensoredA lot of traffic, though.  Maybe not this year. ]]>https://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=4610858Sun, 22 Nov 2020 18:04:53 -00004610858@Uncensored

 

Sun Nov 22 2020 12:23:46 EST from Ragnar Danneskjold @ Uncensored

Tail of the Dragon is amazing. Worth the trip.

A lot of traffic, though. 

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Wed Nov 18 2020 15:25:16 EST from LoanShark @ Uncensored

I suppose so. I used to drive Subarus until 2017, but I'm on board with "blame Jobs envy."

To summarize what I undertand, the sports-car press seemed to have a reasonably high opinion of the E90, but many think the F30 is where they *really* lost the plot. I can't personally compare, I can only say that my first F30 was noticably floaty in the rear at times, and that leads to a need to be a bit more careful about load transfer in cornering than I might have expected from the Ultimate Driving Machine.

On top of that, my '14 would feel a bit underdamped when I put non-runflats on for the summer. Next time I may try a non-runflat with a reputation for a slightly tauter ride: Michelin Pilot Sport A/S 4. 50% pricier than the Generals I had on the '14, but still cheaper than run-flats, and a highly-regarded performance all season.

Driving on the East Coast, from Chicago to New York, has a whole different set of concerns than driving on the West Coast - for sure. The entire region is a cone zone MOST of the year, trying to fix the damage that was done to the roads in winter in time for the next winter to ruin them again. There are also not a lot of wide open empty stretches of desolate road leading into awesome, empty curvy mountain grades... Population density is so much higher back there... I know you've got some great rides like Tail of the Dragon - but you can't really open it up like you can on some of the roads off 1, 101, 50 and 80 in California, 17, and 10 here in Az... 

I hate a car with a floaty suspension, and would find it very upsetting on a BMW. The Z3 rear end isn't floaty... but it *is* twitchy... it'll skip, bounce and skitter over freeway joints - and the ones here in Arizona on sweepers are made to expand and contract a LOT in the heat, and I've had a few heart pounding moments where I wasn't sure if I

 

I talked to my mechanic about it, and he said the tires were old and bad, to replace them. I thought for sure it was something in the suspension. The next time I brought it back, after replacing the tires, he said, "your rear right shock needs to be replaced," so I had him do them both. Still a little unsteady back there - but much improved. 

 

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Wed Nov 18 2020 08:55:25 EST from LoanShark @ Uncensored

The Z3 is basically a Miata with a better engine and a sketchier
suspension. One might argue it was the beginning of BMW making
questionable decisions. 

Oh believe me I have a whole rant about F30 suspensions.

I had a 2014 F30. That was the one that rolled. I replaced it with a 2017 F30. The 2017 is the facelift (LCI). They say the LCI has a revised suspension with more anchor points. And supposedly stiffer spring rates, but I don't know whether that applies to the standard suspension or the M-Sport. I have the standard; M-Sport was not available in the xDrive.

At least as far as the '14 goes (I drove it with non-runflats in the summer, and runflats in the winter, but I have only had the '17 for a few weeks now) I can sorta see how Car and Driver etc were a little less than impressed. I gave some thought to upgrading the dampers to Bilstein B6 on the '14, but never did anything about that before the wreck.

The '17 feels a bit more planted but I've still got the stock all-season runflats on it, and that makes a difference. Thinking about replacing those with something different than last time, when the time comes.

The E36 had a fantastic suspension. It was well-mated to the horsepower and acceleration of the drive train, the braking, the weight and balance of the car. The M3 was better... 

But the E30 had a great suspension too. It was a little less *forgiving* and required you to pay more attention to what you were doing - But overall it was well integrated into the performance of the rest of the car. I've done 145 in a e30 325i cab with the top down eventually catching up with an e36 M3 and an S4, to the surprise of both of those drivers. 

But the Z3, mating the E30 rear end with the E36 front end, the whole thing was a cobbled together response to capitalize on the popularity of the Z3. It is one of those times where manufacturers simply totally didn't understand the market demand. But it makes the Z3 a twitchy car to drive. Not as bad as something like a Mustang GT 4.6l... 

Later BMWs - I saw subtle changes that indicated that they had lost their focus on driving. The E36 was

 

]]>https://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=4606801Wed, 18 Nov 2020 13:55:25 -00004606801@UncensoredThe Z3 is basically a Miata with a better engine and a sketchier >suspension. One might argue it was the beginning of BMW making >questionable decisions.  Oh believe me I have a whole rant about F30 suspensions. I had a 2014 F30. That was the one that rolled. I replaced it with a 2017 F30. The 2017 is the facelift (LCI). They say the LCI has a revised suspension with more anchor points. And supposedly stiffer spring rates, but I don't know whether that applies to the standard suspension or the M-Sport. I have the standard; M-Sport was not available in the xDrive. At least as far as the '14 goes (I drove it with non-runflats in the summer, and runflats in the winter, but I have only had the '17 for a few weeks now) I can sorta see how Car and Driver etc were a little less than impressed. I gave some thought to upgrading the dampers to Bilstein B6 on the '14, but never did anything about that before the wreck. The '17 feels a bit more planted but I've still got the stock all-season runflats on it, and that makes a difference. Thinking about replacing those with something different than last time, when the time comes. ]]>https://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=4606782Wed, 18 Nov 2020 13:41:38 -00004606782@Uncensored

 

Mon Nov 16 2020 09:52:08 EST from LoanShark @ Uncensored

I'm pretty sure that if you roll a convertible, you're dead. The equivalent in a motorcycle would be more survivable but yes I agree, overall greater risk on a bike.

This makes me think about the guy in a pursuit who rolls his Vette, and as it disintegrates into fiberglass dust, you see him thrown from the car into the desert. 

He survived. 

The same principle that makes laying down a motorcycle at 80 MPH and walking away from it possible probably applies to convertibles... 

You might be safer in a convertible WITHOUT a seatbelt, as being thrown from the mass of the car in a roll over *might* be the safest place to be. 

But... I think you can roll a convertible and walk away... especially one with an aftermarket roll bar - but if you're rolling, you're *already* in a fucked place. 

I liked the later Z4s, with the hard tops. The earliest ones did not have very good lines. 

Their dashes were like SAAB... just a wall of wood. 

The Z3 is basically a Miata with a better engine and a sketchier suspension. One might argue it was the beginning of BMW making questionable decisions. 

 

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I mean, will you ride a motorcycle? A bicycle? I think I'd probably rather roll IN a convertible than be a cyclist having a convertible ROLL onto me, as far as relative risk is concerned. 

People go out for a jog and end up in a body bag, every day. Not that I'm urging you to ever get a convertible. They're not for everyone - even the hard tops. They creak, they're drafty, they leak, they're more dangerous, they suffer more from flex in corners. But among the risky behaviors I've engaged in on a regular basis since I was about 14... convertibles are relatively low on my risk assessment chart. :) 

 

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Sun Nov 15 2020 11:01:52 EST from LoanShark @ Uncensored

When I crashed and rolled over, my 3-series automatically made an SOS call to a BMW call center. Side-curtain airbags deployed and we just came to rest on the roof. I will never buy a convertible after this experience. Most of them don't have any kind of roll bar, and the ones that do, don't look robust.

What were you doing when you rolled, how did it happen? 

There is absolutely an increased degree of risk in convertible ownership. I've owned a Miata, a Mustang GT, a 325iC and currently a Z3. 

Most of them haven't HAD a rollbar. If you flip - you're probably fucked. I kind of consider that if your car is flipping, things have already got pretty hairy. 

 

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Sat Nov 14 2020 17:29:39 EST from zooer @ Uncensored

I tucked all my wires between the windshield and the headliner. The camera is hard-wired to the fuse box.

 More recent cars probably have some sort of "Black Box" data containing the past few minutes of travel.  

 

Soon enough the cars will be autonomous, and we won't have to worry.

We pretty much leave our cars "factory". No aftermarket head units... There really isn't anything extra to put in them. 

Which is probably all the more reason we should have dashcams. But... *shrug*... 

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I tucked all my wires between the windshield and the headliner. The camera is hard-wired to the fuse box.

 More recent cars probably have some sort of "Black Box" data containing the past few minutes of travel.  

 

Soon enough the cars will be autonomous, and we won't have to worry.

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Sat Nov 14 2020 11:10:25 EST from LoanShark @ Uncensored

Unfortunately cameras do not show the sides of a car, having four

This may not hold true if you're talking about a newer vehicle with a driver-assistance "technology package." Some of these are starting to offer integrated, always-on videologging as an option, and it probablbably includes the other cameras (?)

The wife would go for that. She just doesn't want wires and chargers and devices on the dash. But it isn't a *clutter* thing, as much as a "I'd rather minimize announcing to other nerds that I have a nerd on board." 

I've been recognized a couple of times at rest stops or small stores by people who read Tech Republic when I was writing for them... and she just rolls her eyes, "Great, this guy is going to want to nerd-talk with you for hours... or maybe he wants to kill you because you trashed his favorite tech. Either way, we're not doing this..." 

 

 

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Your recent accident is why I asked.

Unfortunately cameras do not show the sides of a car, having four cameras is ridiculous, but I do recommend a camera with at least 170° viewing angle.  They have dedicated head units that have a forward facing camera and a cable connection to a smaller rear facing camera.  Having the built-in GPS will show your speed.  If you don't have the microphone recording at all times, quick access to the microphone on/off toggle is important.  You might want the ability to turn the microphone on and repeat license plate and car information in case the camera isn't able to get a clear picture of the vehicle.  "Blue Ford Festa, Alpha Igloo Foxtrot, one two three" (repeat)

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Fri Nov 13 2020 12:13:48 EST from LoanShark @ Uncensored

got in a car accident in the end of September; SNOBOL3 was rolled over and totalled. The other driver was being an aggressive maniac, probably hopped up on drugs. We'll never be able to prove intent, but I believe he *deliberately* sideswiped me into the Jersey barrier on I-95.

Dashcam is indeed a good thing to have; I didn't have dashcam but one of the witnesses caught the whole thing on video.

The Jersey turnpike is absolutely one of the more "Aggressive Driver" hotspots in the country. It and L.A. Jersey is just aggressive everywhere. The subway is aggressive. Walking down the street in the suburbs of Redbank you get aggressive people. 


Arizona is a bunch of So Cal immigrants who drive like they're in L.A., a bunch of retirees, and a bunch of snowbirders who drive like they're on an empty country road in Nebraska and they've got nowhere to be in a hurry. 

That makes for interesting driving experiences. 

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Thu Nov 12 2020 13:27:13 EST from zooer @ Uncensored

One of the reasons I wanted a rear facing cameras is because of all the times I have stopped at a traffic light and the person behind me was picking their nose.  Of course the couple having an argument or the person singing and dancing in their seat are entertaining as well. 

When I drive I will catch people driving poorly, there isn't always an accident but there is plenty of poor driving.  

A few weeks ago I witnessed a school bus speeding and making an improper pass. I uploaded the video to youtube, reported it to the busing supervisor.  I am not trying to be a Karen here, this was a school bus. I am sure there wasn't any action taken.

 

I've had a cell phone since 1990, when I was 20. At first I was very resistant to claims that driving and talking caused accidents. At some point I realized that there is an 80/20 rule going on here, and in the past, the people who had Cell Phones were inevitably on the 20% side of that rule. Cell phone owners were in professions that demanded detail oriented, strategic planning, multi tasking personalities. People in the top 20% of their professions. 

We've made them available to the other 80% of the population, including the bottom 20%... and those people can barely make it from point A to point B when there is NOTHING to distract them, let alone a flashing, vibrating, chirping Instant Self Affirmation machine plugged into a 24x7x365 connection to that dopamine reward. 

Carnage ensues. 

People already drive badly - hugging blind spots, darting into spaces without considering if the vehicle behind can actually stop, swerving to make a turn they've missed rather than ju

 

 

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One of the reasons I wanted a rear facing cameras is because of all the times I have stopped at a traffic light and the person behind me was picking their nose.  Of course the couple having an argument or the person singing and dancing in their seat are entertaining as well. 

When I drive I will catch people driving poorly, there isn't always an accident but there is plenty of poor driving.  

A few weeks ago I witnessed a school bus speeding and making an improper pass. I uploaded the video to youtube, reported it to the busing supervisor.  I am not trying to be a Karen here, this was a school bus. I am sure there wasn't any action taken.

 

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Thu Nov 12 2020 09:37:34 EST from zooer @ Uncensored

People get into car accidents all over the world, if you have some evidence that can help you it is good to have. 

I am wondering why it annoyed your wife.

I suspect because outside of Russians, it is a *particular* kind of computer-geek/ubernerd that wants a dash cam - and she still wants to think that at the very least she has that part of me so beat down that it is afraid to show its face in public. :) 

She isn't really *wrong* about any of it. If I see a guy with a dashcam on their car, I'm never surprised to find out they run a Telnet BBS or have a Ham Radio license... "3D printer? Makerbot? C'mon - guy... there has to be *something*... SCA events?  We'll figure it out!" 

"Well, I collect retro computers from the 80s... just like like, NES and Genesis consoles - like... CP/M machines. And I use them still... " 

"BING BING BING!" :) 

 

 

 

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People get into car accidents all over the world, if you have some evidence that can help you it is good to have. 

I am wondering why it annoyed your wife.

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I had one, but it annoyed my wife, and we're not Russia, and eventually it just ended up tossed in the glove compartment. 
Also, low quality image. It was a cheap webcam that ran on 12vdc and saved to memory card, basically. 

Tue Nov 10 2020 19:27:55 EST from zooer @ Uncensored

How many people here have dash cams for their cars?

I was able to get a free dash cam at one point, I use the second camera facing out the rear window. 

 

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How many people here have dash cams for their cars?

I was able to get a free dash cam at one point, I use the second camera facing out the rear window. 

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We haven't forgotten :)

Cooler weather coming, so give us a full report!

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Wed Jan 22 2020 11:03:44 AM EST from IGnatius T Foobar @ Uncensored

Not to mention, if you're going to build a special road where optimal conditions are guaranteed and rogue drivers are not permitted to coexist on it ... we already have that; it's called a railway.

 

Clearly you've never experienced UK rail travel! 

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Surging SUV demand is canceling out the environmental benefit from electric cars

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/17/surging-suv-demand-is-canceling-out-the-environmental-benefit-from-electric-cars.html

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It is a CSUV, Compact Sports Utility Vehicle.  It is similar to an SUV without all the things you would need in an SUV.

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Did you assume your car's vehicle class?  If it identifies itself as an SUV you should treat it as one. 

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I don't remember in which room we were talking about electric cars.  The electric car of the 70s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilIozuRmTQs

 

 

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I think there is a video of the truck and its previous owner on the GTOger channel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRXr4ig319s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRXr4ig319s

Maybe it is a video of the current owner... he is known to visit web hosting parking lots.

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And here it is.

I've already noticed that people behave differently in traffic.  When you're big they get out of your way.  :)

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I like an SUV, when I travel I usually travel with three, there is plenty of room for three, our luggage and the occasional dog. 

I don't have to worry about yard waste, all of the green yard waste I take to the undeveloped land behind the property.  If I need to lug "stuff" around I fold up the seats. I take household waste that doesn't go into the regular trash down to the county waste/recycling center.  I can fit about 25 bags of that god awful mulch crap in the back of it.  I can carry 2x4x8s in it if need be.  

I like it because it can carry five people if need be, and it has a lot of room for cargo.  

]]>https://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=4438835Tue, 09 Apr 2019 15:43:02 -00004438835@UncensoredI like my CR-V and it works perfectly for what I need it for.     What do you do with it, that makes it a good fit? I'm looking for a pickup truck to carry yard waste and the occasional collection of large objects. ]]>https://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=4436158Mon, 01 Apr 2019 14:23:06 -00004436158@Uncensored

I like my CR-V and it works perfectly for what I need it for.    

Here is an article for you, Review: Fiat Chrysler’s 2019 Ram 1500 is the best pickup you can buy today. 
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/29/review-fiat-chryslers-2019-ram-1500-is-the-best-pickup-you-can-buy.html

 

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Yes, I keep it tied up in the back of my CRV.

]]>https://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=4435119Thu, 28 Mar 2019 16:24:24 -00004435119@Uncensored 2019-03-27 21:25 from IGnatius T Foobar >So, like, a Kia Sportage or a Honda CR-V? > > I guess that's okay if you're idea of being a man is to have a vagina. ]]>https://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=4434944Thu, 28 Mar 2019 01:25:00 -00004434944@Uncensoredhttps://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=4434879Wed, 27 Mar 2019 20:05:55 -00004434879@Uncensoredhttps://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=4434633Wed, 27 Mar 2019 00:07:08 -00004434633@Uncensored

What a serendipitous development.  I had to rent a car for a business trip, and the rental place offered me a free upgrade.   So this F-150 is my ride for the next three days.

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I, too, am considering a pick up truck, for my next vehicle, although a decision will not be made for at least 2 years

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You could look into the Ford Ranger or Chevy/GMC Colorado/Canyon, both are compared with the Toyota Tacoma usually.   Dodge/RAM doesn't have a midsize truck at this time in the US.   

Though I am not sure the price savings is there for the Midsize trucks.   From what I looked into the average price wasn't that far off from the full size trucks, but the upper end was WAY lower on the midsize versus the full size.   

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I didn't ask for this project but I'm notoriously frugal so I'm going to attempt this one myself.

4399914@Uncensoredhttps://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=4399613Thu, 29 Nov 2018 19:21:12 -00004399613@Uncensored

For now I just need something that works ... which is more than I have now.

looks easy enough, and I started disassembling to get to it at lunchtime today.  I have deep sockets, and I have metric sockets, but I don't have deep metric sockets ... off to the tool store.

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With the 2018 Mustang it has the ability to change the exhaust note, so you can be really quiet when leaving the house in the early morning, then change it to more or less bypass the muffler completely.   I also found a company that offers the same thing for pretty much any car.   Though I am not sure why you would want to do that a Prius, but it could be really funny.   

 

JEGS and Summit Racing both offer Electronic Exhaust cutouts.  

 

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A few weeks ago I took a road trip, I was surprised at the great gas mileage the car's computer said I was getting.  A few months ago I took a much longer road trip with all highway travel and was not getting as good gas mileage as I was for this trip.  A few days after the trip my check engine light comes on.  My mechanic runs the test on it and says it is the catalytic converter, he resets it and says if it happens again I would need it replaced. Of course the check engine light comes on and the mechanic tells me to take it to the dealer because it should be covered under warranty.  The dealer says "too bad so sad the warranty expired in August."  They said to run the same test my mechanic did for free would cost me $99, which involves hooking the OBD reader up to the cars port.  You can buy a reader for $50.  The dealership owns every car dealer in the area and like to screw people over.

I found out that California and New York require SUPER-special catalytic converters and do not allow after market converters to be installed.  This cost me about $1800.

Fuck.

  

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I purchased a standalone navigation app, CoPilot, for my phone, in order to minimize the data utilization of my phone while navigating.

The nice thing about it is that the app is frequently updated and applied (unlike Apple maps which can only be updated, functionally, via a firmware update) as are the maps.

$10 gets me forever updates.

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Apple wants you to get more exercise.

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Google turned evil ... maybe gasbuddy turned non-evil?  I dunno, sometimes I can't keep track anymore.

The more I think about it though, the more I want my next vehicle to be a pickup truck.  Dunno whether it's gonna be gas or diesel.

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I know you hate  gasbuddy because the owners of the website might have made a liberal statement but you can search gasbuddy by fuel type.

You were once a fan boy of all things google, google maps will list gas stations with diesel fuel.

You can check out https://www.dieselforum.org/diesel-drivers/fuel-locator for various diesel fuel options.

 

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IGnat, didn't you/don't you have a diesel generator? How difficult is it to find fuel?

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for example the 190/190E - the E in 190E stood for the german for fuel-injection (whatever that is)

The fish says it's "Einspritzdüse"

fleeb, how did you find the availability of diesel in the US when you owned the Beetle?  Was it a nuisance to find or was it readily available?

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https://tagisu.com/user/5171/1456950977-2505-468

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The Batmobile, Starsky and Hutch's Ford Torino, the General Lee along with several other TV cars burned when the truck carrying them caught fire. 

http://www.foxnews.com/auto/2018/05/24/truck-carrying-batmobile-and-general-lee-wrecked-in-massive-blaze.html

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Nostalgic for the days when cars had carburetors but most of us hadn't been born yet?  :)

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Tue Apr 26 2016 08:18:07 AM EDT from IGnatius T Foobar @ Uncensored

Sears carries a full line of tools that are pink. 

Sears?

]]>https://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=4269563Mon, 15 May 2017 21:36:58 -00004269563@UncensoredSelf driving technology is going to ruin NASCAR and Formula One NASCAR is a Real Sport because the sportsball/ESPN crowd hates it. That by itself is a +5 for me. ]]>https://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=4202619Mon, 27 Feb 2017 00:48:07 -00004202619@Uncensoredhttps://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=4201753Fri, 24 Feb 2017 21:25:10 -00004201753@Uncensored 2017-02-23 20:50 from wizard of aahz @uncnsrd >Did Ragnar just make sports references???? > > Yup. Aren't you proud? ]]>https://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=4201412Fri, 24 Feb 2017 01:50:54 -00004201412@Uncensoredhttps://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=4201338Thu, 23 Feb 2017 20:01:30 -00004201338@Uncensoredhttps://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=4199036Sat, 18 Feb 2017 20:52:55 -00004199036@Uncensored

What is there to ruin? Both are among the most stupid events that happen on this planet.

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Self driving technology is going to ruin NASCAR and Formula One racing.

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Though it didn't get as much press (Toyota and Honda got most of it), Ford was effected as well.   I got a recall notice in June of 2015 on the airbag in my Mustang, this was one of the few Ford models effected.   It took Ford a year to get the parts.  I didn't get notice they had parts till July 2016 to replace the airbag.   

The Mustang was taken care of by the dealership in August.  

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I think it is easier to tell you which cars are not affected by this recall.  The defective Takata airbag is in many make and model of cars.

http://recalls.owners.honda.com/service-maintenance/recalls

Never before in the long history of the automobile industry have so many vehicles been recalled for the same issue – the replacement of defective Takata airbag inflators.  This unprecedented recall of inflators affects vehicles from 11 different automakers. This includes 10.7 million Honda and Acura vehicles, and our dealers already have replaced nearly 8 million inflators.

http://hondaairbaginfo.com/

 

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Hmm.  I have two hondas.  What's this recall and which models does it affect?

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hmmmmm, that was taken from the Honda website today.  I have not received the legally required letter either. 

RECALL STATUS: Recall INCOMPLETE. Remedy not yet available.Last Updated: Dec 18, 2016

]]>https://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=4150978Mon, 19 Dec 2016 16:52:24 -00004150978@Uncensored>REMEDY: >> >>THE REMEDY PARTS NEEDED TO CONDUCT DRIVER'S AIRBAG INFLATOR RECALLS >>WILL START BECOMING AVAILABLE IN FALL 2016. > > > >  > >You have TWO DAYS Honda, two days and FALL of 2016 will be over. Call your dealership...I got mine taken care of a couple of days ago. ]]>https://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=4150945Mon, 19 Dec 2016 15:23:14 -00004150945@Uncensored

REMEDY:

THE REMEDY PARTS NEEDED TO CONDUCT DRIVER'S AIRBAG INFLATOR RECALLS WILL START BECOMING AVAILABLE IN FALL 2016.

 

You have TWO DAYS Honda, two days and FALL of 2016 will be over.

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There is a way to clean dirt.  I do not remember the process as I last worked with Environmental scientists 20 years ago, and I am hoping they have come up with better methods in that time.  

There is/was an EPA superfund for cleaning up "Brown Fields" which are sites of industrial accidents and/or where manufacturing companies that used toxic chemicals to do their work.    At the time (mid 90s), it took 4 - 10 years to clean those sites.  I am guessing that cleaning the dirt from a truck accident would be fairly similar.   

I remember reading a few years ago that there was a new enzyme that would "eat" oil, and was being tested for oil spills.  

 

In doing searches, I found several products that say they will help with oil spill cleanup.   No idea if they work or not.   

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In germany, dirt like that gets burned at ultra high temperatures. They'll probably mix it with other stuff to get a smoother experience.

No clue what they do with lead paint here.

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Because you people are the smartest people on this website, I have a question.  You were able to answer the question about the lines in the road so I know you can answer this one.

Earlier this week a semi carrying fuel tipped over and spilled fuel.  The DEC, hazardous materials and environmental teams cleaned up the area.   I saw them using a backhoe digging up dirt and putting it in a dump truck.  My question is, what do they do with that dirt?  I don't think you can clean dirt.    Is it just cleaned up from one area and dumped in another?  Do they stick in in barrels and bury it?

On a side note I found out if you have your old windows replaced in your home and they have lead paint in them, they just wrap the windows loosely in plastic and dump them in a landfill.  

 

]]>https://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=4128005Mon, 17 Oct 2016 17:30:27 -00004128005@Uncensored This worked! Except instead of days I let it sit for a couple of >weeks. I did that with a Mercedes diesel engine that had been seized. A little oil in where the glow plugs should be. Try turning the crank with a breaker bar. Freed the engine after a couple of weeks of soaking. ]]>https://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=4127563Sat, 15 Oct 2016 21:18:41 -00004127563@Uncensored Take the spark plug out and put some oil in and let it soak for a >couple of days. Then try to turn the engine again. This worked! Except instead of days I let it sit for a couple of weeks. With some fresh oil and some help from a "Mr. Leverage" I got it freed, then turned it a few dozen times by hand, and it started. The pressure washer is now running again ... just in time to winterize it and put it away. :) I also ordered the replacement carburetor for the chainsaw. Hopefully that will be all it takes to get the chainsaw running so I can use it to dispatch any wandering zombies. Or maybe I can join that Mexican drug gang that behads people with chainsaws. ]]>https://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=4127294Fri, 14 Oct 2016 19:53:43 -00004127294@Uncensoredhttps://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=4127284Fri, 14 Oct 2016 19:13:51 -00004127284@Uncensoredhttps://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=4126956Fri, 14 Oct 2016 00:45:48 -00004126956@Uncensoredhttps://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=4126924Thu, 13 Oct 2016 20:46:11 -00004126924@Uncensored

And if you want ethanol free gas, you might be able to buy it at places like a tractor supply store, as long as it's for "off road use." The pure gas website is for people who want ethanol free gas for road use I believe. You can also get ethanol free gas from the docks.

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Yea, I'd try carb cleaner first. Ethanol is the biggest problem when it sits, but it just going through the carb can cause premature wear on the rubber bits, plus even draining the fuel there's still some that's left in the carb. Lucus makes an ethanol treatment, it's well worth the money. My falcon can sit 6 months and be fine, but the one time I forgot it and it sat for a month you coudl tell there was water in the fuel when I finally started it back up.

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...and not vice-versa, that will just clog it back up.

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Sun Oct 02 2016 10:59:35 PM EDT from IGnatius T Foobar @ Uncensored

Clogged carb jets?

That's kinda what I'm thinking too ... but I don't know much about carbeuretors.
Is it like, a big piece of debris could be floating around in there, and when the engine is revved it plugs up a hole somewhere?

Probably more like something's gunked it up and, while there's enough flow to get it started and let it idle, when you go to throttle it up, there's not enough flow and the engine starves.

]]>https://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=4122854Mon, 03 Oct 2016 02:59:35 -00004122854@UncensoredClogged carb jets? That's kinda what I'm thinking too ... but I don't know much about carbeuretors. Is it like, a big piece of debris could be floating around in there, and when the engine is revved it plugs up a hole somewhere? ]]>https://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=4122826Sun, 02 Oct 2016 20:17:45 -00004122826@Uncensored

 

Sat Oct 01 2016 05:36:38 PM EDT from IGnatius T Foobar @ Uncensored

How about a story that ends with someone getting chopped into pieces with a chainsaw? It can happen ... if someone here helps me fix a chainsaw engine.

My dad gave me a 20+ year old Craftsman chainsaw, in non-working condition.
We knew the fuel line was broken, so I replaced the fuel line all the way from the carbeurator to the tank, and replaced the pickup/filter just for good measure.

At this point it would run for a moment or two if I sprayed some carb and choke cleaner into the throttle body, then it died. The next thing I did was to clean the spark plug. At this point it now starts, runs fine at idle speed for as long as I want it to, but it reliably stalls after just a few seconds of running at high (cutting) speed.

What could this be? The way it stalls sounds like it's starved for fuel, but I see fuel in the line, no bubbles.

Clogged carb jets?

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expectation not satisfied

story should have ended with an engaged gear or at least one car fire

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I witnessed two guys trying to jump start a car in a parking lot.  Myself and one other guy who lent the jumper cables said, "Positive to positive, negative to metal frame on the dead car."  These guys say, "it's fine it's fine."  They are testing how well the dead car's battery is charged by keeping the headlights on and looking into them.  It was a bright sunny morning and he is on one knee looking into a headlight saying "I can't tell, I can't tell, must not be very bright so it needs to charge more."   Eventually the dead car starts.

It belonged to a little old lady who thanked the men, got into her car and said. "Let's see if it starts again." and turned the car off.

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Wow, you are correct.  I thought they had ethanol free everywhere.  Expensive, but it would be available.  

]]>https://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=4108100Mon, 29 Aug 2016 15:27:42 -00004108100@Uncensored 2016-08-29 11:21 from zooer @uncnsrd >Where are "these parts"?   > >http://www.pure-gas.org/ > >  > South-eastern New York - Westchester County specifically. ]]>https://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=4108097Mon, 29 Aug 2016 15:21:52 -00004108097@Uncensored

Where are "these parts"?  

http://www.pure-gas.org/

 

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Your fuel.  Have you been using ethanol free fuel in your small engine?  If you don't use ethanol free fuel, your gonna have a bad time.

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Not a car, but a small engine ... today my pressure washer seized up, between runs.  I shut it down to do some other work, then went to start it up again about 20 minutes later, and couldn't pull the cord.  Took off the recoil starter and tried to turn it by hand ... wouldn't budge.

What can make a small engine totally seize up like that?  It has oil, which has been changed on a good schedule, and I disconnected the water pump from both ends to make sure it wasn't stuck on the implement end.

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The handles are purple and black.

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I often try to think of tasks she can help with when I'm fixing things. She was so thrilled the first time she helped me "fix the car" she was around 4 or 5 and replaced the air filter for me.

 

I have a purple set of tools. My ex-husband kept running off with my tools and not putting them back, so a friend bought me a purple set, so when I wanted to do something simple I didn't have to go hunting. I keep that bag in the trunk of the falcon, along with a full set of wrenches and sockets. It's a nice bag for holding tools in a trunk.

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https://tagisu.com/1456950790-2421-410

This is her trying to help me troubleshooting a charging issue.

I love this.  Young girls learning mechanical stuff is awesome.  My daughter helped me put together a garage door when she was around six years old.

Sears carries a full line of tools that are pink.  I'm kind of skeptical about that.  I think if a girl is interested in mechanical stuff enough to want her own set of tools, it's not an area where she's going to be asserting her girlie side.

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You guys are naive and brainwashed! Those are clearly accompanying chemtrails and are used to enhance the mindcontrol waves the TZOG is sending out. They came to the conclusion that it would be way more effective to apply it on the road and let the active chemical components be released to your in car air when you swirl them up with tire friction and exhaust fumes.

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I looked it up, I thought maybe the rennet thickened the salt brine helping it stick.  What you are talking about is the whey, and yes they do use it.

http://gizmodo.com/screw-salt-wisconsin-is-de-icing-its-roads-with-cheese-1468422497

However I don't think it will last, whey is very acidic and not good for surrounding vegetation and waterways.  Neither is salt so I don't know.

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Thu Feb 11 2016 04:17:36 PM EST from zooer @ Uncensored

I thought a heavy salt like that before a storm would turn the road white or at least whiter.  I have heard of brine before but didn't know how it worked.  It gets in the cracks and prevents freezing reducing pot holes.  It can be applied 48 before a storm, but it seems to last longer and doesn't spread out, it stays in those lines.

I've also read something to the effect that there's a cheese component that helps it adhere and stay on the roadways after application, but I'm not 100% certain of that part.

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Thu Feb 11 2016 04:12:32 PM EST from zooer @ Uncensored

okay, I believe you.

4042980@Uncensored

https://tagisu.com/1456342314-27697-537

This is my youngest in my new car

 

https://tagisu.com/1456342146-27606-788

This is the car from the front

 

https://tagisu.com/1456950790-2421-410

This is her trying to help me troubleshooting a charging issue.

 

https://tagisu.com/1456950977-2505-468

This is my falcon when we went to a treat downtown.

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I feel the same way zooer.  My wife however does not.  Had to ditch the last car (never could park it in the garage as it had a habit of starting on fire due to electrical recalls).  I just get mail on recalls for it now that I toss, but it does always have a sales pitch on the letter.  Kinda pisses me off as well, even though I have a different car now.

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So the other day I get a phone call from the local dealership informing me about a recall on my car.  The person told me that the manufacture does not have a solution for the recall as of yet but by the summer they hope to have a solution.  (I checked after the phone call, all of this is true RECALL STATUS: Recall INCOMPLETE. Remedy not yet available.)

The sales person wanted to know if I wanted to come in and trade in my current car for a new car to get that headache off my mind.

I was livid.  First of all, I like driving a car until the wheels fall off.  Second I thought that this was an opportunist little fux and using fear to get me in a new car.  These are the same people that ran out of inspection stickers.  This really pissed me off.

 

 

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It's also good to keep turkey moist during cooking, if you can find a way to cook a turkey on a frozen winter road.

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I thought a heavy salt like that before a storm would turn the road white or at least whiter.  I have heard of brine before but didn't know how it worked.  It gets in the cracks and prevents freezing reducing pot holes.  It can be applied 48 before a storm, but it seems to last longer and doesn't spread out, it stays in those lines.

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okay, I believe you.

4011822@Uncensored

I noticed this long before and foretasted snow.  Is it a paste?  I never saw it wet.  The wet line in the picture is because it had recently stopped raining.

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Tue Feb 09 2016 11:18:41 PM EST from zooer @ Uncensored

Hot rods run on roads so I will ask this question here.

Does anybody know what the lines in the road are?

I have noticed them the past two or three years.

 

Any ideas?

It's a brine...pre-salting the road by spraying a brine solution on the roads, rather than chunks of salt, to get a head start on melting snow/preventing melted snow from freezing.

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I don't doubt it, but they are not raised or very minimally raised as I can see.  They started appearing two or three years ago and only during the fall/winter.  They don't seem to go to a storm drain and I have seen them on hills.

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Hot rods run on roads so I will ask this question here.

Does anybody know what the lines in the road are?

I have noticed them the past two or three years.

 

Any ideas?

 

 

]]>https://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=4008960Fri, 05 Feb 2016 16:07:31 -00004008960@Uncensoreduh. I'd rather heat with open fire than with electricity since it >produces poor air quality. Could you expand on that please? It would seem that electric heat leaves the exact same air quality that you started with, since it only raises the temperature, while open fire converts O2 to CO2 and produces combustion by-products (bits of smoke etc). ]]>https://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=3992573Sun, 27 Dec 2015 10:09:57 -00003992573@Uncensored

uh. I'd rather heat with open fire than with electricity since it produces poor air quality.

But nowadays the wind turbine operators are very keen on electric storage stoves, and flip them into heating mode when there is too much electricity in production at random times, while it was done at night time only when they were invented and deployed in the 60'ies...

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We europeans have enjoyed that the US wouldn't use all its diesel they get by oil fractioning for the last decades. It was shipped over to us, and helped to maintain a lower price tag.

At least in germany diesel engines in cars have a higher tax rate. Since the tax rate is constant, it rather pays of for those with bigger milage per year.Considering that diesels are harder to get started but once warmed up run more smooth (nowadays;-) its not that silly to not use diesels for those that don't drive a lot.

 

While most other manufacturers went the route of filtering particles out, the VW solution was to just send them once more through the engine, so you would get smaller (even more aggressive but non regulated) particles.

Since they did the same for regular gas cars, they now may have the same troubles they have with diesels with the other cars.

Regarding the filtering approach - if you have the filter filled up, you need to find a good place to flush it. Either by service, or if the car is running on the highway, so the exhaust is reasonably hot to burn some more of these particles.

Given that most diesel generators are a backup for regular landlines, or just for people living abroad where its to long to put the landlines to, I can't really understand why they wish to regulate them.

Anyways, somebody operating it as an everyday device will want to get more from the money spent on diesel than just electric - You want to have one that also radiates your house.

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Although it's hard to defend fraud, VW had a hard time with this one.  EPA has become ridiculous in its regulations; basically they want all new cars to get 100 MPG and cost $250,000 effectively forcing everyone to buy pussymobiles (hybrids and plug-ins).  They did it for light bulbs, so why not cars?

Congratulations, you've made it to the second paragraph and past my usual hyperbole.  What I'd really like to see is for diesel to become commonplace in the US.  (Those of you across the pond might not know that we basically only use diesel for trucks.  Passenger cars overwhelmingly run on gasoline here.)  Evidently it's a tax structure thing.  This is of course very silly, considering that diesel engines are far more efficient than gasoline engines.

The EPA seems determined to exterminate small diesel engines too, though.  I don't know why.  For example, the engine in my beloved Aurora AGI6500 diesel generator can no longer be sold in the US.  The EPA stopped approving all products with small air-cooled diesel engines a couple of years ago, resulting in every single-cylinder diesel generator being taken off the market.

I'd like to drive a diesel powered car.  But they're more expensive and not every filling station in the US has diesel, so it's a bit of a disadvantage here.

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heh, that guy actually got to the same conclusion with more facts:

https://medium.com/climate-desk/the-volkswagen-scandal-is-just-the-beginning-ba02110925cf

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fahrvergnuegen your ass - I guess thats why reverse engeneering is forbidden in the US?

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Mon Jul 27 2015 12:12:53 AM EDT from vince-q @ Cascade Lodge BBS

Not here, either.... ;)

Good.

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you may find some cars start up with emergency mode in the engine control, tuning up the parameters during the first hours of use.. have fun with that ;-P

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hm.

Turning it off and on again not possible until a dealer fixes it

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/07/02/ford_recall_software_bug/

(from the feeds ;-)

 

]]>https://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=3881180Sat, 14 Feb 2015 15:28:50 -00003881180@Uncensoredhttps://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=3880539Fri, 13 Feb 2015 21:00:25 -00003880539@Uncensored Feb 13 2015 8:03am from IGnatius T Foobar @uncnsrd (Uncensored) >  >> Sun Feb 08 2015 10:00:07 AM EST from vince-q @ Cascade Lodge BBS >> >> If, for any reason, you are hit by a self-driven car, WHO DO YOU >>SUE? >> >> >> >> > > > >You sue Google because they have deep pockets.  Duh. > That all depends. My bet is that any auto manufacturer selling a google-based driverless car will have to sign a "save and hold harmless" contract with google which will make google impervious to any litigation unless you are prepared to prove fraud and/or criminal liability. *Very* difficult in a civil court - that sort of claim normally does not survive Defendant's Motion to Quash/Dismiss ("Demurrer" in California) unless Prima Facie proofs are attached to the First Papers as Exhibits. And *that* is a practice most Plaintiffs do *not* follow since it does too much "hand tipping" at the very beginning instead of forcing Defendant into a round of Interrogatories which allows both sides to make *very* long, expensive and not always productive. "Motion Practice" is the key to any successful bout of civil litigation. The goal is to make the ongoing process time-consuming and load up the legal fees of your opposition which goes to "encouraging them to settle" rather than continue to face what could easily amount to years of court hearings on motions, which will quickly run up legal fees that, in many cases, could rival the amount sought by the Plaintiff in the original filings, under the "theory" of "pay me or pay court fees and more lawyer bills, either way you're paying." Of course, the Defendant can also play the "motion practice" game, so it can easily work both ways. ]]>https://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=3880252Fri, 13 Feb 2015 16:03:03 -00003880252@Uncensored

 

Sun Feb 08 2015 10:00:07 AM EST from vince-q @ Cascade Lodge BBS

If, for any reason, you are hit by a self-driven car, WHO DO YOU SUE?

You sue Google because they have deep pockets.  Duh.

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being late to the smartwatch party, maybe not as late to the smart car party?

http://uk.businessinsider.com/apple-employee-well-give-tesla-a-run-for-its-money-2015-2?r=US

We'll see.

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yea, looks pretty well connected by highway...

but probably not in terms of public transportation ;-)

one of the reasons to pick my current job and force my way out of gemalto (which one could argue did cost me some financial benefits on top of those I got) without trying to get other alternatives was the direct train connection, since I did not expect to find any job matching my profile remotely as close.

So far I'm pretty much satisfied with my choice.Best job I had in over a decade.

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Bart - I used to work in Raanana - I live in Modiin (you can check a map if you care). At the time, a car ride took about 45-50 minutes, and bus would take 1:30-2:15 each way (1:30 was only if everything timed out perfectly, and it rarely did) and required a minimum of 3 buses. It's easy to understand why someone would prefer to take a car rather than spend an additional two to two and a half hours in transit daily.

 

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.oO(I ride trains or busses for that)

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zooer: would you give up driving if it meant that you could read/write/work/watch a video while getting from point a to point b with significantly lower risk of accidents, and probably at about the same speed?

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5 years from now, we'll start seeing self-driving cars. Drunk? no prob. you're not driving anyway.

 

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Fri Jan 30 2015 09:24:36 ESTfrom IGnatius T Foobar @ Uncensored

May I remind you that our American rifles are the reason you Germans aren't still living under a Nazi regime.

You only did that in order steal our german car engineering knowledge, you would still ride horse carriages without that. V-dub in the house!

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as the privately owned number of cars drops - aka the owner is almost never the driver - this probably will become more and more reality.

Since, if you lend cars away by the RFID of a passport, you have to protect your property, right?

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The cars of the future are virtual, when everyone of us is hooked up to the matrix.

Anyway, detecting fatigue is hard as fuck on itself (even when you monitor heart rate), the next thing is convincing the asshole on the drivers seat that it is better for him and way better for everyone else not to continue driving.

Believe it or not, our bodies already have really rather good smart fibers to detect fatigue and intoxication due to alcohol and other drugs. Has that ever prevented your average asshole from driving in that state? What we'd need is a car that slows down in a safe and controlled way, pulls over and refuses to start again. Is it likely that we get that? Chances are low, I guess.

Even if we get a car like that, some smartass will include a "manual override" function so the assholes can continue driving. Imho, all the money wasted on such projects should be redirected into making a comfortable and working automatic traffic system, where the human factor is removed at all. But the again, the germans treat their cars and freedom to travel at the speed of sound on ze autobahn in the same way as you americans treat your rifles: "From my cold dead hands!" 

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so, to calm down road rage...

http://www.ibv.org/en/news/show_new/76/4621

... the cars of the future will limit engine power and play calming music in the not to distant future.

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Not heard of one.  Thought of buying an Isetta once, but decided to live instead :-)

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anybody of you know the before-wirtschaftswunder car Messerschmidt?

http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/messerschmitt-fred-zimmermann-baut-den-kabinenroller-nach-fotostrecke-120171.html

Image #7 shows the originals from the 1950'ies

The original has a weight of 250 kg - the electricay assisted new one is 125 kg.

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Anyone owning a (modern) ford?

http://openxcplatform.com/vehicle-interface/hardware.html#ford-reference-design

http://www.crosschasm.com/technology/openxc-hardware/

]]>https://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=3785684Thu, 02 Oct 2014 06:51:01 -00003785684@Uncensored Very similar process for my license renewal last time. I still looked >like my picture from the previous license (a sign I am getting old, no >doubt; 5 years used to involve significant visual evidence of change), >so I paid a fee online and was mailed a new license. Obviously they don't care a whole lot. Here in PRNY I've got a license with a photo taken many years ago as well. I kind of wish I could get it updated ... but not enough to actually go to a DMV. ]]>https://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=3785469Wed, 01 Oct 2014 09:26:01 -00003785469@Uncensored

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI5kwSap9Ug

 

Asterix - The Twelve Tasks of Asterix - #8: Find Permit A 38 in "The Place That Sends You Mad"

]]>https://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=3785367Wed, 01 Oct 2014 01:39:45 -00003785367@Uncensoredhttps://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=3785233Tue, 30 Sep 2014 18:33:58 -00003785233@Uncensoredhttps://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=3784476Mon, 29 Sep 2014 17:56:41 -00003784476@Uncensoredhttps://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=3783295Mon, 29 Sep 2014 04:45:47 -00003783295@Uncensoredhttps://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=3783250Sun, 28 Sep 2014 21:00:33 -00003783250@Uncensored >Since we have an administration worshipping the gods of bureaucracy, >we have another document which is used as id card, the >Personalausweis (invented by the Nazis, >ja!) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_identity_card > Heh. Before moving to California I lived in New Jersey for roughly 30 years. Back in the very early 1930s, Charles Lindbergh's baby was kidnapped from his home during the evening of Marh 1, 1932. The subsequent investigation was handled by local cops, and soon after headed by the New Jersey State Police. I mention this for the following: The head of the NJ state police was Norman Schwarzkopf (father of General Norman Schwarzkopf of 'Desert Storm' fame). He was, to be polite, the consumate authoritarian. He is remembered for his handling of the kidnapping, and... ... for commissioning the design of the uniforms worn to this day by NJ State Police troopers and officers. Schwarzkopf personally designed the uniform. Later on, it turns out that a certain organization in the (now) infamous Third Reich found out that the actual manufacturing of the NJ "StaatsPolizei" uniforms was done by a German company and this group fell in love with the design, adopting it for their own. That group, originally formed in 1925, is noneother than the ShutzStaffel, now much more commonly known as the SS. ...which is why most residents of New Jersey have this subconscious urge to snap to attention, click our heels, and shout Sieg Heil whenever pulled over by a member of the NJ StaatsPolizei! ]]>https://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=3782992Sun, 28 Sep 2014 16:47:35 -00003782992@Uncensoredhttps://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=3782922Sun, 28 Sep 2014 10:28:29 -00003782922@Uncensored

Wait, what, you register your driving license? Not your car?

My driving license (or rather the document itself, not the fact that I have a license) will expire 18. January 2033, for some odd reason. I guess the TZOG will force us to have a biometrically chipped device in order to track the movement of our cars better. From there on, it will expire every 15 years. This means, unless I lose my document, I will have a picture taken in 1999 on my license until 2033. :D

Since we have an administration worshipping the gods of bureaucracy, we have another document which is used as id card, the Personalausweis (invented by the Nazis, ja!) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_identity_card

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In Minnesota, they send the renewal in the mail.  You just have to mail off a check with the included return envelope and they mail it back in about a week.  I think there is a website, but I guess I see that as an overly complicated way to do it.

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You are aware that there is a whole movie called The Dentist? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116075/

This DMV "service" seems to be a global conspiracy. In Germany, the departments are usually completely overcrowded, on any day, at any time. Normally, you send your mom or any other relative who does not have a regular day job to get the paperwork done for you. In this rather small town where I live now, you only wait half a day to get to the desk. And the guys that press your plate are in direct neighborhood, instead of 1km+ away. But the guy behind the desk is in a bad mood, if you are lucky. He might be bored, overworked and suicidal, if you are not lucky. The insurance guys always make a big fuss that you need to apply weeks in advance for an insurance move, if you plan to unregister your old car and register a new one. When all you have to do is ask them on the phone for a stupid 10 digit code that the clerk has to enter into his computer and Presto! everything will work fine. But both the clerk behind the desk and the insurance person on the phone will make sure that you feel like an utter scumbag f ]]>https://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=3780126Tue, 23 Sep 2014 15:17:56 -00003780126@Uncensoredhttps://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=3779524Mon, 22 Sep 2014 20:15:45 -00003779524@Uncensored I'm thinking if I ever become a sadist I should apply there for a job. Have you ever considered dentistry? ;-p ]]>https://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=3779523Mon, 22 Sep 2014 20:15:25 -00003779523@Uncensoredhttps://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=3779480Mon, 22 Sep 2014 18:52:35 -00003779480@Uncensoredhttps://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=3773636Mon, 15 Sep 2014 16:31:23 -00003773636@Uncensoredhttps://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=3773634Mon, 15 Sep 2014 16:30:58 -00003773634@Uncensoredhttps://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=3772749Sat, 13 Sep 2014 22:10:46 -00003772749@Uncensoredhttps://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=3769167Tue, 09 Sep 2014 15:05:38 -00003769167@Uncensoredhttps://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=3769162Tue, 09 Sep 2014 14:42:24 -00003769162@Uncensoredhttps://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=3768942Mon, 08 Sep 2014 21:02:58 -00003768942@Uncensoredhttps://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=3768910Mon, 08 Sep 2014 18:49:54 -00003768910@Uncensored > He bottomed out the suspension once, on the Cross Bronx, at a poorly >maintained overlap. Sparks flew. He learned for the next one, and >slowed way down... > > The Cross Bronx still exists? It was the living proof of decaying highway infrastructure the *last* time I drove it - and *that* was in the early 1990s.... ]]>https://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=3768894Mon, 08 Sep 2014 18:35:49 -00003768894@Uncensoredhttps://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=3768160Mon, 08 Sep 2014 03:11:52 -00003768160@Uncensoredhttps://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=3768123Sun, 07 Sep 2014 21:13:13 -00003768123@Uncensoredhttps://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=3762747Tue, 02 Sep 2014 13:44:26 -00003762747@Uncensored

No doubt.

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Classic!

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Was this, by chance, the same person who once set the telco switch so that a friend of his received a message indicating that the number from which he was calling had been disconnected? ;-)

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Iggy,

In MA and CT, if you "appeal" the ticket and the officer does not show up to defend, the ticket is expunged (guilty or not).  Most of the time (at least in MA and CT), the officers don't show up because it's a PIA and they have to go off-radio and sit in the courthouse until their ticket comes up for review.  Would imagine NY has something similar.

(My dad has a double-lead foot.)

]]>https://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=3753202Mon, 11 Aug 2014 03:21:26 -00003753202@Uncensoredhttps://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=3753195Mon, 11 Aug 2014 02:45:14 -00003753195@Uncensoredhttps://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=3751692Sat, 09 Aug 2014 15:57:45 -00003751692@Uncensoredhttps://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=3751616Sat, 09 Aug 2014 02:44:32 -00003751616@Uncensoredhttps://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=3751594Fri, 08 Aug 2014 22:28:56 -00003751594@Uncensored > There is a traffic school point reduction program in NY, and that may >end up becoming part of the package. Because the stakes are high in >this case I have decided to outsource the pleading of this case to an >attorney who will represent me in court using whatever strategy he >deems appropriate for the situation. > If you were 'clocked' by police radar ("radiopositioning equipment") MAKE SURE that your attorney is completely conversant in how to do pre-trial discovery. You need: 1. a certified copy of the FCC license covering the law enforcement agency that issued the citation 2. a certified copy of the inventory of radiopositioning equipment on hand on the day of your citation. If #1 is less than #2 then it is the obligation of the Prosecution to ***prove*** that the radar unit used by the cop in question is one of the LICENSED units covered by the FCC license. The FCC does NOT license by serial number or model, only by "total number of units." Thus is it absolutely impossible for the prosecutor to meet his burden of proof, and the case must be dismissed. 3. make sure you have a record of the time of day/night, temperature, humidity and ambient weather conditions (clear, cloudy, drizzle, rain, whatever). This information is essential should it be necessary for you to mount a defense based on the known technical shortcomings of microwave-based radiopositioning to accurately determine speeds in less than ideal weather conditions. Ground scatter, temperature inversion(s), and the presence of other moving objects are all sources of error, all of which lead to introducing "reasonable doubt" which is all that need be done to lead to a verdict of not guilty. Remember, traffic court is ****criminal court**** and must follow all the rules of evidence, etc. and offer the defendant (you) all the constitutional protections. 4. the exact radar "gun" the cop used to "clock" you must under law be periodically calibrated. Here in CA it is once in every 48 hours. Calibration is a simple process and is easy to do, but it is fun to put the cop on the stand and ask him/her about it, "salting" the examination with lots of Physics Traps to make the cop look incompetent, which introduces doubt into the accuracy of the calibration, which introduces doubt into the validity of the only evidence against you (the radar reading) and leads to a dismissal. So, as you can hopefully see, "Joe Lawyer" is absolutely NOT good enough. You need a radar specialist. You will need an expert witness. Put the right lawyer and the right expert in that courtroom and YOU WILL PREVAIL. ]]>https://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=3751572Fri, 08 Aug 2014 20:12:06 -00003751572@Uncensoredhttps://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=3751554Fri, 08 Aug 2014 17:43:28 -00003751554@Uncensored > Everyone may now commence with your best "how to deal with a speeding >ticket" strategies. I'm willing to spend any amount of money to keep >the black marks on my license and insurance minimized. > > I don't know about New York, but in California if you have not had any tickets in the past 18 months, and your ticket is classified as an "infraction" and is not DUI/DWI you are eligible to attend traffic school (many are online and those are acceptable). After completing traffic school, the school will notify your State DMV and the ticket will be "invisible" to your insurance company and your rates will *not* increase. Here in CA you get to do this once every 18 months. Again, "your mileage may vary" and I have NO idea if this is even possible in NY, but it is certainly worth exploring. You probably will have to plead guilty to the ticket and pay the fine, but it does save you the insurance premium hike (which in most states "sticks around" for 3 years after the date of conviction/plea). **Note: In CA you can get as many tickets as your wallet and lifestyle can withstand. You get to "eliminate" one every 18 months. If you are normally a good driver and get nabbed by "the typical asshole cop" this saves your skin. If you are "Joe Speed-Racer" you deserve what you got. ]]>https://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=3751515Fri, 08 Aug 2014 15:31:52 -00003751515@Uncensoredhttps://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=3751513Fri, 08 Aug 2014 15:21:23 -00003751513@Uncensored > I really do hope the officer died in a car fire (for real) on the way >home that evening. > > If he did then you can't be convicted.... ]]>https://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=3751509Fri, 08 Aug 2014 15:03:04 -00003751509@Uncensoredhttps://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=3751267Thu, 07 Aug 2014 18:23:55 -00003751267@Uncensoredhttps://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=3751261Thu, 07 Aug 2014 17:46:09 -00003751261@Uncensoredhttps://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=3730812Sat, 28 Jun 2014 15:48:45 -00003730812@Uncensored....and here I figured you for "Hello Kitty" hubcaps. For your daughter of course... yeah. Nope, actually we are, er, I mean she is into My Little Pony. Somehow I doubt I would survive pulling up into the parking lot at work in a car whose wheels are adorned with Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, and Apple Jack (with Fluttershy on the spare, of course). Also, K-Mart didn't have them. ]]>https://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=3730349Thu, 26 Jun 2014 19:04:49 -00003730349@Uncensored

The gasoline pipe on my care was rusting once. I only noticed after a few days. When you drive to another town and get out of the car and notice that gasoline smell you already noticed when you got to your car in the other town, there has to be a correlation. Looking under the car, there was a surprisingly large amount leaking. I tried to avoid the guys throwing burning cigarettes out of their cars while driving to the garage.

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Sun Jun 22 2014 07:14:19 PM EDT from vince-q @ Cascade Lodge BBS

They let you into New Jersey???????????????????

I remain amazed he managed to get out.....

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some guy standing at an intersection which seems to have often accidents, doing a video explaining why... and...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gquMdLOnI_0

see yourself (german speaker, but you'll get the message ;-)

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http://t2.ftcdn.net/jpg/00/24/60/55/400_F_24605553_IG8j7Y9wG2TFuVl4Dg8Nv8uITKFIkMWs.jpg

 

Muahaha...

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speeding always kills.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvLaTupw-hk

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imho coolness of segway is gone for 10 years.

they found their niches, but mostly for carying overwheight tourists through cities (yak)

and... to me the vino always looked like a cheap knockoff an old vespa.

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Both, with effects that cancel each other out.

All of the coolness points you get for having a Segway, are erased by the Vespa style.

If you're going to ride a "cute scooter" it's got to be a Yamaha Vino, not a wannabe like a Vespa.

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can't decide if it's cool or dreadful

 

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http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/zero-scooter-elektro-mobil-in-klassischer-vespa-roller-verpackung-fotostrecke-105141-5.html

a new segway in vespa scooter design...

interesting.

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Nice joke on Dat-sun.  One of my best friends that I knew growing up had a 280z.  Fun little car.  Glad I did not die in it.  It was a bit of a hand and glove type car in the fact that you could "feel" what it was going to do in situations.  My friend loved to do the parking brake "Rockford Files" flip turn around and go the opposite direction.   Glad to have survived his controlled maneuvers as his previous car (an early model Estate Wagon - one that you could fit the 280z in the back of ala Knight Rider on ramps in to the semi), had bad brakes and he regularly depended on snow banks to slow or even stop the car when coming up on intersections or the final destination.  It made exiting the car extra fun.

]]>https://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=3620438Tue, 17 Dec 2013 18:21:00 -00003620438@Uncensoredhttps://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=3613771Thu, 12 Dec 2013 20:53:46 -00003613771@Uncensored "Yes! Very good! We will call it Dat-sun!" Ouch !! ]]>https://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=3613317Wed, 11 Dec 2013 12:57:26 -00003613317@Uncensoredhatchback. And.... FAST !! [Note - 'Datsun' is the name they used >before switching over to the corporate Nissan brand name here in the "Yokomatashimitakabi-san! You must think of a name for our American division by tomorrow!" "That soon?!?" "Yes! Very good! We will call it Dat-sun!" ]]>https://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=3613243Wed, 11 Dec 2013 03:23:43 -00003613243@Uncensoredhttps://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=3613055Tue, 10 Dec 2013 04:39:10 -00003613055@Uncensoredhttps://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=3613026Tue, 10 Dec 2013 00:31:16 -00003613026@Uncensoredhttps://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=3612915Mon, 09 Dec 2013 15:40:59 -00003612915@Uncensoredhttps://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=3610941Sat, 07 Dec 2013 17:35:22 -00003610941@Uncensoredhttps://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=3597834Thu, 21 Nov 2013 23:08:06 -00003597834@Uncensored I am in my mid-60s. That very solid "kick in the ass" that my MR2 >Spyder gives me when I hit that gas pedal is just as important now as Now there's a car. If I didn't need something larger and more practical, I'd have bought one years ago. That, or a Z4, or a Miata, or a BRZ... ]]>https://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=3597833Thu, 21 Nov 2013 23:06:29 -00003597833@Uncensoredcomfortable. It doesn't have a strong pick up, but there are more It doesn't have to. I swear more Prius owners pass me than I them -- and it's because they drive that thing like they stole it. ]]>https://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=3597647Thu, 21 Nov 2013 20:27:51 -00003597647@Uncensoredhttps://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=3597645Thu, 21 Nov 2013 20:20:17 -00003597645@Uncensoredhttps://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=3597642Thu, 21 Nov 2013 20:16:54 -00003597642@Uncensoredhttps://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=3597457Thu, 21 Nov 2013 18:47:36 -00003597457@Uncensoredhttps://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=3597455Thu, 21 Nov 2013 18:44:50 -00003597455@Uncensoredhttp://www.koeln.de/files/images/fahrkunst-cz-1000.horizontal.jpg *tsk* Women drivers... Just kidding!! ]]>https://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=3594426Tue, 19 Nov 2013 16:08:05 -00003594426@Uncensoredhttps://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=3594048Tue, 19 Nov 2013 12:59:38 -00003594048@Uncensoredhttps://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=3591954Mon, 18 Nov 2013 21:46:54 -00003591954@Uncensoredhttps://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=3590553Sun, 17 Nov 2013 01:45:25 -00003590553@Uncensored Nov 11 2013 5:47pm from IGnatius T Foobar @uncnsrd >What I don't understand is why the cabin had a fuel smell in it. > Properly connected fuel tanks should not ventilate into the cabin >no matter how big they are or where they're located. > The EVAP system lines may be gone. When you fill the tank with liquid, you're displacing a large volume of fuel vapors that have to go somewhere. They travel up lines into a charcoal canister and are burned later when a purge solenoid lets them into the intake. If they've rotted out fuel vapor will come out of everywhere. This happened in my van. ]]>https://uncensored.citadel.org/readfwd?go=Hot%20Rodding?start_reading_at=3590110Sat, 16 Nov 2013 05:45:15 -00003590110@Uncensored

 

Mon Nov 11 2013 05:47:12 PM EST from IGnatius T Foobar @ Uncensored

What I don't understand is why the cabin had a fuel smell in it.  Properly connected fuel tanks should not ventilate into the cabin no matter how big they are or where they're located.

Propane fridge in use at the cabin?  Might want to check the pilot light.  I am surprised you have Internet, but not enough electricity to run the fridge.  If it stinks like rotten eggs (my dad sold natural gas for years)... you might want to get that figured out sooner rather than later.  It is not explosive at most mixtures, but when it builds up to the right ratio, it is not a good situation.

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It's pretty easy, you just throw the automatic transmission into "Sideways"

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Damn! That must have taken some doing.

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Yesterday morning in cologne:

http://www.koeln.de/files/images/fahrkunst-cz-1000.horizontal.jpg

(and, no photoshop. http://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/q74/s720x720/1469964_171889906343463_276014476_n.jpg saw it too ;-)

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What I don't understand is why the cabin had a fuel smell in it.  Properly connected fuel tanks should not ventilate into the cabin no matter how big they are or where they're located.

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Somebody should do a re-do and do "in flight" re-fueling from another tanker truck while rolling down the highway at speed.

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Welcome back 8088er  :-)

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This listing was on Craigslist and entered the awesomeness hall of fame before some whiny little pussy got offended by it and flagged it for removal.

 Old POS plow truck - $2500 (fairmont)

1992 Chevy 3/4 ton
97,000 miles
350-EFI
4WD
Automatic TurboHydromatic 400- slips
Red and Black with factory flairs
Fisher Plow power lift and turn


$2500 cash or trade


Here's the deal, kids:
This is a Chevy Truck. This is not a luxury SUV, or a maintenance-free disposable import. It has almost new oversized rims and tires, wind noise, and character.
It's a Truck. It rides like a Truck. It drives like a Truck. All of these are GOOD things.
It is not new, it is not pristine, it is used. This will be apparent in the pictures



If you do not own a toolbox, have never changed your own oil, and are scared of firearms: THIS VEHICLE IS NOT FOR YOU.
If you have been posting on facebook all about how excited you are for pumpkin latte season: THIS VEHICLE IS NOT FOR YOU.
If you get offended easy and often, whine to your co-wo

• Location: fairmont
• it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests

Posting ID: 4132248567

 

Posted: 2013-10-15, 11:07PM CDT

 

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