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Farmer Crack-rear end posted:i've gotten to the point where i'll sometimes just leave the windows fully down. gently caress it. nobody's gonna take the time to steal a 25 year old buick lol If it has the 3.8 I may steal it for a LeMons car.
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Mr.Acula posted:It depends what i leave in the vehicle and how long i will be op yeah I thought that about a baseline no-tach manual 99' white orkin ranger until someone cored the ignition out for jumpers and didn't even look at the $300 headphones on the passenger seat wasn't the poo poo inside the car they wanted, that was secondary MrQwerty fucked around with this message at 20:18 on Jun 6, 2023 |
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BAGS FLY AT NOON posted:If you use the A/C your gas mileage goes down 1500% AC will actually trash your gas mileage in start/stop city driving in combustion only gas cars especially if you've got a car with the older AC designs that run steady regardless of engine rpm (the ones that don't suddenly work shittier at stoplights. with those in start/stop traffic 30-40%+ of your fuel can go to just running HVAC) they add quite a lot of parasitic loss to the engine in its already least efficient states (low rpm & light throttle) at idle engines generate power really inefficiently. it can take about as much fuel to just run the AC as the engine itself (hardly any fuels used @ idle but it's a huge drain while going from idle up to 1700+ where most engines are efficient ) if you wait until you're moving to turn it on it makes a noticeable diff in fuel use not worth being obsessive over & switching it on and off constantly isn't good either but anything from about 2010 and earlier it does make a difference you can get a sense for how much power yr ac pulls by going up a hill at 25-35, with the rpm steady, and turn the AC onto full blast without moving the throttle at all - going uphill makes the extra load more obvious. The lower the engine RPM, the higher the relative load from the AC and the more you'll have to push down on the throttle to keep the engine at the same speed, if you do it at 3k+ it probably won't be v. noticeable, at 1-2k itll probably makes your engine feel like it just lost 10-20% of its power output, because it did (unless it makes a lot of power & has good lowend torque, like you won't notice much in a Corvette or w/e) far less of a thing in newer cars though & obv not for hybrid/electric but in old cars the AC is pretty much an engine sabotage device that makes you not sweaty as a byproduct FirstnameLastname fucked around with this message at 20:22 on Jun 6, 2023 |
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Farmer Crack-rear end posted:i've gotten to the point where i'll sometimes just leave the windows fully down. gently caress it. nobody's gonna take the time to steal a 25 year old buick lol I know someone that recently had their 90s Chevy Lumina stolen but this was in Portland so nothing is safe.
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Jun 6, 2023 22:47
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This made me think of the oldtimey practice of opening your house windows when a tornado was coming to "keep it from exploding." (Tornado does not give a gently caress, your house gonna get wrecked either way. Probably worse if you opened the windows.)
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Jun 6, 2023 23:42
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my motorcycle doesnt even have windows
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numberoneposter posted:my motorcycle doesnt even have windows Soon your body will
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Jun 7, 2023 00:13
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Mr.Acula posted:It depends what i leave in the vehicle and how long i will be op and the weather in my area. there's factors at play but I definitely have leave them cracked at times. also for the record, none of the times my car has been stolen have the windows been open at all.
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Jun 7, 2023 02:08
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nvm
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MrQwerty posted:lol gently caress no I live in the hood 
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Jun 7, 2023 02:24
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somebody told me if you drive with all the windows down then your back window will blow out so idk seems like messing with the windows at all seems dangerous 
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Samuel L. ACKSYN posted:somebody told me if you drive with all the windows down then your back window will blow out this makes sense because it's just like if you open all the windows on one side of your house, all of the windows on the other side of the house will blow out, due to the fact that the earth is moving at 67,000 miles per hour
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Jun 7, 2023 02:26
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i got too much CRACK in my rear end already op I don’t need more in my windows tks
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numberoneposter posted:my motorcycle doesnt even have windows cant you crack shoei visors
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Jun 7, 2023 02:39
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Samuel L. ACKSYN posted:somebody told me if you drive with all the windows down then your back window will blow out I don't even let my children know what windows are
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Private Cumshoe posted:I don't even let my children know what windows are drat u raising linux users
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Jun 7, 2023 03:00
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No, I use preconditioning so I don’t have to get into a car that is slightly less hot than the windows cracked. Are you even allowed to crack the windows on cars these day, I tried a few times on my last BMW when I had it detailed or something and the alarm would go off because of an interior pressure sensor.
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Jun 7, 2023 03:22
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Samuel L. ACKSYN posted:somebody told me if you drive with all the windows down then your back window will blow out i bet that happened in older cars with lovely flat paned windows in specific weird conditions in a crosswind or something, like how some cars will buffet your eardrums apart if you only roll down the rear windows there's Audis from the 80s/90s that'll blow out the sunroof seal if two people slam the door at the same time from opposite sides
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Jun 7, 2023 03:54
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Neither of my bicycles have windows, so no.
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Seth Pecksniff posted:I thought it was just my mom who told me that
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Jun 7, 2023 04:59
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Sunglasses are windows for your eyeballs.
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Is it cold? No. Is it rainy? No. Is it sunny and hot without a chance of rain and am I going to be gone a while? Then probably, yes I would crack the windows.
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Lorthdon posted:I know someone that recently had their 90s Chevy Lumina stolen but this was in Portland so nothing is safe. alls i can say is if they were desperate enough to steal a 90s lumina they must have needed it very badly
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Jun 7, 2023 06:35
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Szyznyk posted:If it has the 3.8 I may steal it for a LeMons car. i got unlucky and my 3.8 is not doing so well these days, won't hold oil pressure for poo poo  that said i've had a good run w/ the big grandpa car, think i'm gonna go for something smaller. got my eye on a 96 celica convertible.
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Jun 7, 2023 06:37
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Sometimes yes, sometimes no.
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My mum always does this. I think it's an old person thing from when seat coverings or what ever could overheat (that is her explanation)?
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verbal enema posted:No because someone might take my dog Lol 
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If it's really hot leave them cracked about 1/2", works best on 4 door cars of course. You can park in the shade if possible which also helps, although if you park under a tree you run the risk of bird poo poo. You can also put a collapsible window screen in the windshield. If you combine the window screen and cracking the windows your car will be much cooler in extreme heat conditions. Theft should be a non-issue because you need to be a wizard to reach the unlock button with a wire hanger through cracked windows. If you have A/C and you want it to last, use it all the time. What kills A/C is disuse, the gaskets dry out and the refrigerant escapes. Your mileage does take a hit when you use it, the pulley that powers the A/C is on the serpentine belt that powers the radiator fan so this saps some engine power.
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erosion posted:Theft should be a non-issue because you need to be a wizard to reach the unlock button with a wire hanger through cracked windows. Lmao, such a sweet kid
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SilvergunSuperman posted:Lmao, such a sweet kid It's possible, I'll admit. Don't keep things in your car you don't want stolen. At the very least, never leave something of value visible. Cars made in the last 20 years or so have an ignition lockout that requires proximity to a chip embedded in the key, so hotwiring should not be a concern. If you do have a 90's or earlier car, don't crack your loving windows I guess.
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Passive Aggreeable posted:cant you crack shoei visors If you sneeze with your eyes open on a motorcycle, your helmet will launch straight off your head.
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I drive a 2012 Sonata just like the ones that don't have immobilizers except mine does because it's push-to-start so my first move when I park anywhere is to roll all the windows all the way down so they can skip it and look for a softer target without breaking the glass first Also it idles at 600 RPM which doesn't make enough current for the alternator to keep up with the AC (compressor is electric, not on the belt) so I have actually killed the battery by waiting in line at the drive-thru for too long Jesus I hate this child labor piece of poo poo drat kids can't build anything right shame on an IGA fucked around with this message at 01:05 on Jun 8, 2023 |
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