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Brigdh posted:Why do I have to drain and flush the brake system to change the shocks?! Because the engineer who designed it has never and will never do anything more to a car than pump gas into it.
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AirRaid posted:Not sure which thread this should go in, hedging my bets with here.  Does that have... Side pipes? 
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Geoj posted:Because the engineer who designed it has never and will never do anything more to a car than pump gas into it. More like a penny pincher elsewhere decided "who gives a poo poo about maintenance, choose the cheapest supplier"
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atomicthumbs posted:Wasn't there a goon who got a speeding ticket in his Volvo 850 for going 148 in a 65 zone or something similar? 
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goobernoodles posted:What, this? yes
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charliemonster42 posted:It's *awful*. I can't believe the questions people post in there expecting people to answer them. poo poo that 30 seconds with google would answer, probably from the actual R3V forums, too. every once in a while someone will seriouspost asking why their e30 throws a CEL when they start the car. (non e30 people: the e30's obc checks if your brake lights are working and it can't test them until you apply the brakes to complete the circuit, basically outs you as oblivious unless you bought the car that week.) your average r3v Facebook poster's intelligence is about on par with the guy from the forums who "poped" his tires and crashed into that poor old lady's house.
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goobernoodles posted:What, this? That's both impressive and terrible at the same time. How'd that court appearance go?
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Oh how cool! A VW Beetle in the parking lot at the pick and pull yard! Wait... What the gently caress?   
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That's the cleanest, most organized yard I've ever seen.
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Cracked_Gear posted:Oh how cool! A VW Beetle at the pick and pull yard! So did you open the engine cover and see what was in it, or...?
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Cracked_Gear posted:Oh how cool! A VW Beetle at the pick and pull yard! That guy lives in my neighborhood. What's up neighbor? You at the Parts Galore on 8 Mile?
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I'm pretty sure that's a boxter spyder.
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SaNChEzZ posted:That's the cleanest, most organized yard I've ever seen. Parking lot outside the yard, unless  ?
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Yes it was parked outside the yard and yeah it was at Parts Galore over on 8 mile.
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BoostCreep posted:Parking lot outside the yard, unless Ok that makes sense. Our yards are miserable anyhow 
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DiggityDoink posted:That's both impressive and terrible at the same time. How'd that court appearance go?
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Powershift posted:I'm pretty sure that's a boxter spyder. I'm sort of with you on this but on the other hand the wheels say GM or Chrysler.
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Slavvy posted:I'm sort of with you on this but on the other hand the wheels say GM or Chrysler. You might be on to something. Could it be a Solstice/Sky?
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It's almost always a Fiero.
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I'll see if I can catch him in the neighborhood and ask him what's under there. It's finally getting nicer out, so he'll be out and about more often.
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But before the Fiero existed, it was always a beetle. So a Fiero converted to a beetle actually makes a lot of sense, it'd just be continuing the tradition.
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CroatianAlzheimers posted:That guy lives in my neighborhood. What's up neighbor? You at the Parts Galore on 8 Mile? I remember seeing this at a show 5-6 years ago, I'm both surprised and excited that this is still on the road! Build thread should answer any questions: http://www.luckinbillmadeit.com/53B.html
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So, this was in the parking lot today. Something tells me the solar panel doesn't add much to the milage. I'm also not too sure this isn't just a solar panel theft in progress.
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I'm guessing by the fact that it says electric the solar panel is there to supplement plug-in batteries. I'd be curious to know why someone clever enough to rig up an electric car would angle the solar panel like that, though.
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Slavvy posted:I'm guessing by the fact that it says electric the solar panel is there to supplement plug-in batteries. I'd be curious to know why someone clever enough to rig up an electric car would angle the solar panel like that, though. Downforce? I mean the sheer amount of drag it must add must counteract whatever benefit the solar panel has.
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Slavvy posted:I'm guessing by the fact that it says electric the solar panel is there to supplement plug-in batteries. I'd be curious to know why someone clever enough to rig up an electric car would angle the solar panel like that, though. So they could park it so the sun hits it dead on instead of at an angle, increasing efficiency.. east in the morning, west in the afternoon. south in the winter.
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Powershift posted:So they could park it so the sun hits it dead on instead of at an angle, increasing efficiency.. east in the morning, west in the afternoon. south in the winter. I'd expect that it would fold down while moving, in that case, but that support doesn't look like it does.
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Powershift posted:So they could park it so the sun hits it dead on instead of at an angle, increasing efficiency.. east in the morning, west in the afternoon. south in the winter. I have the sinking feeling that you're right and that this is one of those instances where someone very clever - in a certain field - does something retarded because they're completely ignorant of another field entirely. The choice of base vehicle points in this direction also.
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Prototype solar time attack car
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Slavvy posted:someone very clever - in a certain field - does something retarded because they're completely ignorant of another field entirely. I, too, have met engineers before.
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Raluek posted:I, too, have met engineers before. Exactly. Ask me about the time an engineer decided to question the accuracy of my tyre pressure gauge in relation to the one at the petrol station and then I had to spend twenty minutes persuading him that 1 psi doesn't actually make any difference at all.
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CommieGIR posted:I may be biased, but if that is built properly, that is in the wrong thread. I wanna bag it so hard
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Slavvy posted:1 psi doesn't actually make any difference at all. Please don't bait the autocross drivers (like me  )
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Slavvy posted:The choice of base vehicle points in this direction also. The car *was* a professional EV conversion, but the solar panel ... well, wasn't.
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Mid 90s electric cars aren't highway cruisers, and i doubt there's much drag off that thing at 30mph. The solar pannel probably lets him drive home after work, and his mounts don't look to have cost much more than a hundred bucks in scrap.
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NoWake posted:I remember seeing this at a show 5-6 years ago, I'm both surprised and excited that this is still on the road! Wow... I wonder if the creator screamed ITS ALIVE! when the engine fired up
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Slavvy posted:Exactly. Engineers with no cross disciplinary skills or awareness piss me off. Reminds me. One of my coworkers made an impossible to assemble design, and was hoping to make it more impossible in the name of aesthetics. I got wind of it and told them it wasn't possible to assemble no matter how pretty it was in solidworks, and needed to be redesigned. Answer? "Eh, that's not my problem, techs deal with that." (Yes, just as condescending as it sounds. loving ivory tower engineers...) So I made sure to mention the specific spot to look to one of the tech/engineer guys I BS with a lot, he attends all design reviews and nothing gets approved for manufacturing without his word. Guess what design feature just happened to get changed?  I saw it on someone's screen yesterday and it is mysteriously now possible to assemble, easily in fact.I hope a lesson was learned.
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Aurune posted:So, this was in the parking lot today. Something tells me the solar panel doesn't add much to the milage. I'm also not too sure this isn't just a solar panel theft in progress. Sup, fellow south bay goon 
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I'm a civil engineer, and get to deal with constructability issues thanks to the "artist" architects and their ability to convince stakeholders that a bridge just HAS to have impossible curves or superfluous appurtenances that would cost more than the entire budget if we actually built them.
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eyebeem posted:I'm a civil engineer, and get to deal with constructability issues thanks to the "artist" architects and their ability to convince stakeholders that a bridge just HAS to have impossible curves or superfluous appurtenances that would cost more than the entire budget if we actually built them. Remember that building in Britain upon which the artist architect had fit mirrors in such a curve that it could light things passing by on fire?
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