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xzzy posted:I think it's imagination, because once you get past the bow shock you're in "clean" air. What I think happens is that when the truck's turbulence pushes you away, you turn the steering wheel to compensate. Then you suddenly get past the turbulence with the wheel still turned, causing you to lurch back towards the truck. I don't think so. It's essentially the same as two ships running parallel with each other. The bow shock of both vehicles reverberates down the space between them and causes a low-pressure zone, pulling them together. Alternately, think of it as flow through a pipe, with the two vehicles forming the walls of the pipe. It's much stronger with ships because of the different properties of air/water. Not 100% positive, though.
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# ? May 11, 2024 10:09 |
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If two cars are driving down the freeway, and one is on a treadmill..
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# ? Dec 18, 2013 21:11 |
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Krakkles posted:I wonder if there's a way to wire up a button / switch to add "don't shift into 1, you dipshit" functionality. There is. An SPDT toggle switch will do for 87-96 XJs and there's a Montana Fabrication kit to add it to 97 and later XJs. The toggle switch works on 97+ vehicles as well but WILL trigger a DTC.
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# ? Dec 18, 2013 21:13 |
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kastein posted:There is. An SPDT toggle switch will do for 87-96 XJs and there's a Montana Fabrication kit to add it to 97 and later XJs. Edit: Looks like it is: http://montanafab.com/2011/07/awa-transmission-override/ Christ that website is terrible. Krakkles fucked around with this message at 22:05 on Dec 18, 2013 |
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SFH1989 posted:My '11 does too, I think they've had them since at least 2008. They may have been available on select models in '08, but I had a '10 Fusion that didn't have them but the '12 Fusion that replaced it did (company cars replaced every 80,000 miles at my prior job); I'm fairly certain Ford went company-wide with them in 2011.
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Geoj posted:They may have been available on select models in '08, but I had a '10 Fusion that didn't have them but the '12 Fusion that replaced it did (company cars replaced every 80,000 miles at my prior job); I'm fairly certain Ford went company-wide with them in 2011. My '11 Fusion has the blind spot sensors, but I still don't trust them as gospel. They work well, but it's no excuse not to look before you merge.
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# ? Dec 18, 2013 23:11 |
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Krakkles posted:Got a link for that? I found https://www.montanafab.com but their website doesn't work and I'm not even sure if it's the right company. It used to be a lot better, I wasn't even sure if they were still in business. Great product though, from all reports.
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Krakkles posted:I wonder if there's a way to wire up a button / switch to add "don't shift into 1, you dipshit" functionality. I have a 2010 Grand Caravan with the six speed. It doesn't have manual select it has "Electronic Range Limitation" meaning it will not go ABOVE the selected gear. But if you have it set to 2 it will happily shift to 1 whenever it wants to. On the other hand it's handy as hell on the Highway for passing, and with 6 speeds you can drop a couple cogs without the engine red-lining. edit: I'm wrong, acutally, you can't force it to make dangerous downshifts by selecting a lower gear, it will wait to change down until your speed is low enough.
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# ? Dec 18, 2013 23:45 |
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Red87 posted:My '11 Fusion has the blind spot sensors, but I still don't trust them as gospel. They work well, but it's no excuse not to look before you merge. I was referring to built-in blind spot mirrors, AFAIK the lane sensors are still optional.
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# ? Dec 19, 2013 01:15 |
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ijustam posted:Especially when you get passed by a semi and the wake created makes the RV veer to the right. Anticipate, correct, carry on. Most interstates are naturally pitched to the right for the right lanes, and left for the left lanes so a pass on either side will double the pulling effect. Also, grow some balls guys. If I can drive 75ft weighing 79k lbs worth of truck and trailer at 70mph with no problem, you can get that rental box or rv cooking just the same.
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# ? Dec 19, 2013 01:47 |
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I honestly found larger box trucks easier to drive than RVs. RVs tend to have really soft, boat-like suspension so the wind causes all sorts of weird poo poo. Box trucks, while still giant sails, at least resist the wind a tiny bit.
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# ? Dec 19, 2013 02:31 |
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Geoj posted:I was referring to built-in blind spot mirrors, AFAIK the lane sensors are still optional. The problem I have with my blind spot mirrors is that the focal points between them and the regular side mirrors seem so far apart. I barely remember I have them because I can't see them. I use my side mirrors all the time. For example, using the regular side mirrors, I'm focusing past the mirror. For the small blind spot mirrors, I'm focusing directly at the surface of the whole mirror.
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# ? Dec 19, 2013 02:32 |
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ijustam posted:I honestly found larger box trucks easier to drive than RVs. RVs tend to have really soft, boat-like suspension so the wind causes all sorts of weird poo poo. Box trucks, while still giant sails, at least resist the wind a tiny bit. Lololololol, wind resistance...
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# ? Dec 19, 2013 04:07 |
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buttcrackmenace posted:Spotted on the way to work today. Where the hell do you live that they sell Total fuel and American pickups?
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# ? Dec 19, 2013 08:38 |
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U.S. Virgin Islands.
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# ? Dec 19, 2013 08:52 |
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Snowdens Secret posted:I don't think so. It's essentially the same as two ships running parallel with each other. The bow shock of both vehicles reverberates down the space between them and causes a low-pressure zone, pulling them together. Alternately, think of it as flow through a pipe, with the two vehicles forming the walls of the pipe. It's much stronger with ships because of the different properties of air/water. Not 100% positive, though. You're on the right path here and you're correct enough for this conversation. However, cars do not and will never create bow shocks. A bow shock is a well-defined phenomena in Fluid Mechanics, which cars will not experience until they start moving at transonic speeds ~ 340 m/s. Bernoulli's principle is what makes cars veer. When cars move close together, the air between them moves a bit faster, which makes the pressure decrease, causing them to move closer together. This would be mch more pronounced between two semi's compared to a semi and a car, but it still happens.
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# ? Dec 19, 2013 09:20 |
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th vwls hv scpd posted:He woke up this morning. He has a fractured tibia right below his knee, a couple of fractured ribs and a little road rash on his right knee, shin and top of his foot. I'm very thankful he is doing well so far.
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buttcrackmenace posted:Spotted on the way to work today. Sorry for the lovely pic but yours reminded me of this, taken a little over a year ago. SUPER safe.
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# ? Dec 19, 2013 19:23 |
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This rolled in this morning. Apparently it was making a strange sound yesterday then this morning on the way to work it started handling funny so she drove to the dealership 20+ miles away. Good thing the TPMS sensor was there, she likely knew she had a low tire.
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NitroSpazzz posted:This rolled in this morning. Apparently it was making a strange sound yesterday then this morning on the way to work it started handling funny so she drove to the dealership 20+ miles away. Good thing the TPMS sensor was there, she likely knew she had a low tire. You removed the tread before taking this picture... right?!
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# ? Dec 19, 2013 19:58 |
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Beach Bum posted:You removed the tread before taking this picture... right?! Well it still appears round, so..
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# ? Dec 19, 2013 20:25 |
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NitroSpazzz posted:This rolled in this morning. Apparently it was making a strange sound yesterday then this morning on the way to work it started handling funny so she drove to the dealership 20+ miles away. Good thing the TPMS sensor was there, she likely knew she had a low tire. What does all these lights on my dash MEAN?!?!?! Did I just get a facebook update????
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# ? Dec 19, 2013 21:42 |
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I remember having this experience last year when I went to pick up a buddy's Dodge Ram from a bar and take it home. I said ok. I got dropped off at the bar by my wife at around 10-11pm. She followed me to my buddy's place from behind. At this time, the weather was a little cold and was forecasted for some snow so I was expecting some spreaders on the road for salt. Driving down the highway at 70km/hr with the wife in the Jetta behind me. I saw that a salt truck was quickly approaching in the passing lane and I was like, "ok sure" and pulled to the slow lane so they could pass doing their thing. The salt truck sped up past me and then promptly cut me off spraying tons of salt on me. I shrugged and dropped it down to 60km/hr so he can get some distance ahead of me. He then slowed down to match my speed. I was really confused at this point. It kinda seems to me that he was intentionally trying to be a dick to me. I quickly texted my wife and said to pull over and wait for the guy to keep going. So she did as I did. The guy loving pulled over too. I was flabbergasted and had to assume maybe he was on the radio or something. I called my wife and said, "ok we're going. Get ahead of me and stay ahead. I will meet you there." She said ok and drove past the salt truck. I waited for a bit and then pulled out and drove forward. The salt truck pulled out just a few seconds later. I doubles the speed limit and blasted past him in the passing lane and kept ahead. I slowed down to the speed limit because I'm pretty sure the cops don't accept, "killer salt truck stalking me." The salt truck sped up and started TAILGATING ME. Then he flashed me with his high beams and tried to pass me and started to slowly run me off the road. I honked the horn several times with no response. I slammed on my brake before I ran out of roads and pulled over. He pulled over again. I reached into the backseat and grabbed a large wrench (buddy's work tools) and got out of the truck to confront the driver. I guess he saw the wrench and drove off???? I called the cops and the city and reported what happened. They said they don't know whether it was a contractor or a city worker. I asked for a follow up and I haven't heard anything. It was a weird moment on the road.
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# ? Dec 19, 2013 22:27 |
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quaint bucket posted:It was a weird moment on the road.
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# ? Dec 19, 2013 22:52 |
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InitialDave posted:Is you buddy's pickup running a Duelly rear axle? Nope. Why? vvvvv I don't get it... vvvvv E: oh I get it now. I thought you made a spelling error. quaint bucket fucked around with this message at 23:52 on Dec 19, 2013 |
# ? Dec 19, 2013 23:34 |
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*crickets chirp*
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# ? Dec 19, 2013 23:43 |
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Like the axle wanted to duel? Is that what your joke was? I hope I just don't get it.
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# ? Dec 19, 2013 23:46 |
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Astonishing Wang posted:Like the axle wanted to duel? Is that what your joke was?
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# ? Dec 19, 2013 23:48 |
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WORST PUN EVER. For a second I thought I was reading a craigslist ad.
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# ? Dec 20, 2013 00:15 |
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also this?
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# ? Dec 20, 2013 00:26 |
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CharlesM posted:U.S. Virgin Islands. Yup. Also we drive on the left because of donkeys. Seriously.
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The Midniter posted:
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# ? Dec 20, 2013 00:39 |
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That yellow gtr was an illegal "stage registered" import, and was impounded and crushed last year.
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# ? Dec 20, 2013 01:03 |
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I might be getting a job with a driving instruction company. Here's to hoping I don't get killed while teaching people how to drive. I'm known by friends and family to be the safest and "most professional" driver and was told I should get into that sort of business. Maybe I can make a difference. I'm also tempted to ask about having dashcams in the testing cars because I know there's going to be a lot of mistakes. A LOT. When I was taking drivers ed in high school, one girl in my class did not understand the concept of on-ramps and off-ramps, as in that you have to turn the wheel while driving. So many times the instructor reached over to make sure we didn't fly off into the ditch.
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# ? Dec 20, 2013 01:22 |
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jamal posted:That yellow gtr was an illegal "stage registered" import, and was impounded and crushed last year. Last i heard frankie munez owns, or at least owned, the white volkswagen. The Fast&Furious cars all seem to have interesting little back stories.
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# ? Dec 20, 2013 05:10 |
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Uh, no. Johnny Tran owns that car.
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# ? Dec 20, 2013 06:46 |
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jamal posted:Uh, no. Johnny Tran owns that car. Too soon, Junior.
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# ? Dec 20, 2013 07:16 |
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It happened today! I flashed my brights (two long ones, as to convey friendliness, if that's at all possible) at a white Hyundai with no rear lights and then he turned them on!
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bolind posted:It happened today! I flashed my brights (two long ones, as to convey friendliness, if that's at all possible) at a white Hyundai with no rear lights and then he turned them on! I followed a Triumph Spitfire on a unlit dual carriageway, with no rear lights, but fully-working headlights (a rarity for a British car of that age that they worked). The driver must have been confused at the stream of people flashing him from behind when he could clearly see that his lights were working. I even pulled in front of him, hit the hazards and pumped the brakes 3 times and he still didn't get the message. What else could be done? Morse code?
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