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Phone posted:The new TPS systems don't have in-wheel sensors. So how do they work?
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PCOS Bill posted:So how do they work? They go off wheel speed sensors. And really nothing that new, just making its way from fancy cars to your average cars now.
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Oct 14, 2015 03:17
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Yup, uses the wheel speed sensors (aka: ABS sensors).
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Oct 14, 2015 03:39
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nm posted:Non car people are just so bad at cars it is staggering. Non-car people are more concerned about the status that having a certain brand or badge offers. I owned an old Lexus LS400 back in 2007. Just saying the words "I have a Lexus" got people oohing and ahhing, regardless of how old and scuffed up it was.
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PCOS Bill posted:So how do they work? I'm assuming just like magnets.
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Tubesock Holocaust posted:Non-car people are more concerned about the status that having a certain brand or badge offers. I owned an old Lexus LS400 back in 2007. Just saying the words "I have a Lexus" got people oohing and ahhing, regardless of how old and scuffed up it was. We had an intern at my last job who showed up in a beat to poo poo e36. Every single person in the office judge the poo poo out of her for having "a BMW" while still a college student with no regard for the fact that it was probably the cheapest car in the parking lot by four figures. They also couldn't believe a car guy would own a station wagon. . . . Ozz81 posted:Same here, slide a dime/penny in, twist and pop open, and they run on the CR2032 batteries forever. Plus it's nice not having the stupid TPM sensors that people complain about, I just watch my tires and check periodically if any look low, no annoying, expensive sensor to replace.
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Oct 14, 2015 06:34
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nm posted:
My Cherokee's tires look low when they're 5psi overinflated.
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Oct 14, 2015 07:02
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1500quidporsche posted:I've never seen a Tesla go round a corner come to think of it. Some fool in a Tesla S recently launched himself into my neighbor's tree a couple months ago. It was probably the fastest 0-70 and back to 0 that a Tesla has ever done. http://imgur.com/a/4yHA4
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Oct 14, 2015 12:11
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the Mods, they knew!
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coltron4040 posted:Some fool in a Tesla S recently launched himself into my neighbor's tree a couple months ago. It was probably the fastest 0-70 and back to 0 that a Tesla has ever done. If he was indeed going close to 70 when he hit that tree then I'm impressed at what decent a shape that car is still in. Passenger compartment looks untouched. I like how there's no skidmarks on the grass.
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Oct 14, 2015 12:28
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Imagined posted:If he was indeed going close to 70 when he hit that tree then I'm impressed at what decent a shape that car is still in. Passenger compartment looks untouched. I like how there's no skidmarks on the grass. I am pretty sure he hopped the curb right into the tree, never even has a chance to break. The yellow car was his starting point.
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Oct 14, 2015 12:43
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nm posted:They also couldn't believe a car guy would own a station wagon. . . .
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Oct 14, 2015 14:04
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david_a posted:I've seen this notion too and it's infuriating. These people, of course, all drive lifted minivans without useful doors masquerading as crossovers/"small SUVs"... fixed
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Oct 14, 2015 14:17
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nm posted:Non car people are just so bad at cars it is staggering. I encounter a lot of people who don't know what a Miata is. I thought it was a fairly well known car but it's apparently an impractical exotic.
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Seat Safety Switch posted:I encounter a lot of people who don't know what a Miata is. I thought it was a fairly well known car but it's apparently an impractical exotic. Nobody knows the name Miata over here, it's called a Mazda MX-5
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Oct 14, 2015 14:36
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dr4Y838Lg1w Best car review of terrible car stuff.
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Oct 14, 2015 14:44
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"Structural rigidity of an earthworm" 
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The thing's so loving huge to be so tiny inside. I never knew it was $47k though... Ridiculous.
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Oct 14, 2015 15:51
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nm posted:We had an intern at my last job who showed up in a beat to poo poo e36. Every single person in the office judge the poo poo out of her for having "a BMW" while still a college student with no regard for the fact that it was probably the cheapest car in the parking lot by four figures. Not necessarily, I do a quick look around my car and the most they've been low is 5-7 PSI - that's when I check all tires, inflate properly, then make an appointment to have the tires checked for leaks. Plus TPM sensors have potential to be unreliable, I got to sit at a local Firestone and listen to a guy drone on about how a couple sensors in his brand new Challenger kept going off even when the tires were all properly inflated. Sensors had to be replaced and it wasn't exactly cheap from what he said, meanwhile I got an oil change and patched tire for under $40 after tax.
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Oct 14, 2015 18:20
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The "2 SXY" license plate really sells it.
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Oct 14, 2015 18:22
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88h88 posted:The thing's so loving huge to be so tiny inside. I never knew it was $47k though... Ridiculous. You could buy a rural congressional seat for that!
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Oct 14, 2015 18:28
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Scruff McGruff posted:You could buy a rural congressional seat for that! I'll take the manatee.
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Oct 14, 2015 18:40
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88h88 posted:The thing's so loving huge to be so tiny inside. I never knew it was $47k though... Ridiculous. Fourty Seven Thousand One Hundred and Ninety.
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Oct 14, 2015 18:56
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coltron4040 posted:break. Oh but I'm afraid he did.
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Oct 14, 2015 20:12
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 background: cayenne and panamera headlights can be removed basically just by pulling on them. the HIDs make really good grow-op lights. i guess they get stolen enough times, you just give up.
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Oct 15, 2015 00:10
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I was going to ask "but who the gently caress would own a Cayenne and 'fix' it like that" until I noticed the plate.
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Oct 15, 2015 00:33
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nm posted:I'll take the crab juice. 
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IOwnCalculus posted:I was going to ask "but who the gently caress would own a Cayenne and 'fix' it like that" until I noticed the plate. Old Cayennes are almost valueless these days - I see plenty of tatty ones and am no where near Russia
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Oct 15, 2015 00:41
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dissss posted:Old Cayennes are almost valueless these days - I see plenty of tatty ones and am no where near Russia If ~$20k for a 2004 is valueless to you, can I borrow $20k?
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PCOS Bill posted:If ~$20k for a 2004 is valueless to you, can I borrow $20k? I mean I have sorry credit and four thousand for a down and places were throwing cars at that range at me for OK payment (for a million months), so its not out of reach by a long shot.
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Oct 15, 2015 01:24
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Wasabi the J posted:I mean I have sorry credit and four thousand for a down and places were throwing cars at that range at me for OK payment (for a million months), so its not out of reach by a long shot. I'm just saying, $20k for an 11 year old car is hardly valueless.
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PCOS Bill posted:If ~$20k for a 2004 is valueless to you, can I borrow $20k? $20k? http://m.autotrader.ca/a/5_25578997?prx=250&orup=2_10_20 Try half that. In Canadian dollars.
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Linedance posted:$20k? Cool, the first one that came up near me was $20k, it's almost like things are different in different places.
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Oct 15, 2015 01:46
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PCOS Bill posted:I'm just saying, $20k for an 11 year old car is hardly valueless. They're way cheaper than that here - I can see a decent looking turbo for $13k USD which is way cheaper than you'd find a similar age LandCruiser or similar
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Oct 15, 2015 01:48
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The Locator posted:"Structural rigidity of an earthworm" Funniest thing he said at any point in the video. And it isn't even that funny. The truly hilarious thing was the amount of rattling and headshake inside this ~~luxury convertible suv~~
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dissss posted:They're way cheaper than that here - I can see a decent looking turbo for $13k USD which is way cheaper than you'd find a similar age LandCruiser or similar The crucial difference being that the LC is a well designed vehicle and the first gen Cayenne is a broken Toureg based maintenance hog that the dealerships don't even want to touch. Nevermind how many of them have been relentlessly beat on with 150k+ miles and four drug dealing previous owners. That's why you don't see a lot of them anymore. Kinda like E38s.
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Oct 15, 2015 04:50
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MortLansky posted:The crucial difference being that the LC is a well designed vehicle and the first gen Cayenne is a broken Toureg based maintenance hog that the dealerships don't even want to touch. You say this as if any subsequent versions are somehow less maintenance intensive or poorly designed or not made by VAG.
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Oct 15, 2015 07:12
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What's with the VAG hate never has there been a more honest and pure corporation.
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fyodor posted:What's with the VAG hate never has there been a more honest and pure corporation. Well that's a very low bar to jump.
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PCOS Bill posted:I'm just saying, $20k for an 11 year old car is hardly valueless. That, and even at half that most $10k cars don't get the "bondo and sealed beams" treatment from their owners.
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Is a ///m 235i a real thing or was it another douchenozzle trying to act hard?
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