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Acceleration and hills have the biggest effect on economy. So never stop, and always go downhill.
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xzzy posted:Acceleration and hills have the biggest effect on economy. So never stop, and always go downhill. yeah. about that. https://www.distancesto.com/route-elevation/ca/medicine-hat-to-airdrie/history/500729.html The lesson here is never live in the highest elevation city in Alberta.
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xzzy posted:Acceleration and hills have the biggest effect on economy. So never stop, and always go downhill. Thou Shall Never Lift
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Oct 13, 2016 03:18
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Getting to work everyday generally doesn't use much petrol for me as it is mostly 80km/h down a mountain. The getting home part kills it though where I end up burning through a 1/5th of a tank. Maximum range most of the time is 500-530km even when trying to conserve fuel. I hope I get a job one day that doesn't involve traipsing all the way down a hill and back up at the end of the day
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Oct 13, 2016 09:42
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Jonny Nox posted:Good options. All good options. Sensible choice. In Australia (and other places possibly), vehicle rules punish automakers if their speedo reads lower than road speed, at all, but as high as 14km/h over road speed is fine. Result: every speedo in a new-delivery vehicle reads about 10% over your road speed. Aside from this being terrible on its own, it means that your fuel computer reports better mileage than you're really getting and your odometer and trip meters read high compared to real distance. So if you have 100km road distance and 100km computed fuel range, you will run out of fuel with about 10km to go. E: Oops. Yes, I said things the wrong way around. Hopefully amended. IPCRESS fucked around with this message at 12:01 on Oct 13, 2016 |
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Oct 13, 2016 10:10
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IPCRESS posted:Sensible choice. I don't know if that's an urban legend or what, but I had a rental car in Queensland and the speedo definite read slightly high, conformed with GPS. If everyone's speedo read 10-15% low, the cops would have a field day pulling over everyone who thought they were doing the indicated limit. And knowing how tight the police there are about speeding, I don't see that being the case.
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Oct 13, 2016 10:54
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Finger Prince posted:I don't know if that's an urban legend or what, but I had a rental car in Queensland and the speedo definite read slightly high, conformed with GPS. If everyone's speedo read 10-15% low, the cops would have a field day pulling over everyone who thought they were doing the indicated limit. And knowing how tight the police there are about speeding, I don't see that being the case. I think he means the opposite. The speedo may show 100KM/H but you are actually doing 90. From the Australian Design Rule (via RACQ): quote:Before 1 July 2006 I used to know a LOT about those rules when I had a fleeting idea of importing the K1 Attack as a kit car production here. It did include a lot of sketchy international phone calls to Eastern Europe and UK. I gave up. This car: 
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Oct 13, 2016 11:29
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I thought it was supposed to be no more than 5 % under what it's indicated speed is. I know mine is doing 76km/h when the needle is at 80 and so far having it sit on 85 hasn't caused the cops to pull me up on it at all.
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Oct 13, 2016 11:31
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Dr. Garbanzo posted:I thought it was supposed to be no more than 5 % under what it's indicated speed is. I know mine is doing 76km/h when the needle is at 80 and so far having it sit on 85 hasn't caused the cops to pull me up on it at all. There's all sorts of fuckery and I don't trust a Speedo until I have tested it versus a GPS with at least 6 satellite links. EDIT: onboard speedo can be screwed by tyre wear or having different diameter wheels than stock.
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Oct 13, 2016 11:37
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Humphreys posted:K1 Attack I looked this up and the Wikipedia article is goddamn amazing.
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my girlfriend is Legos posted:I looked this up and the Wikipedia article is goddamn amazing. Hahaha, I haven't read up on it for many years, but this sounded AI worthy: quote:Now Prince Fuad Faresi Abboud is spending great amounts of money in modifying the body of the K-1 Attack and completely changing the drivetrain by putting a Formula 1 suspension and drivetrain from Honda into the K-1, and calling it the F1 Faresi, capable of doing the 1/4 mile in 7.9 seconds, making it faster than the Bugatti Veyron which does it in 9+ seconds, according to Bugatti.
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Oct 13, 2016 11:40
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The actual ADR that applies to speedos is +-10%. in reality its allways reading high; the fun thing is you can get done by a speed camera for less than the legal manufacturer tolerance on your speedo. e) stupid multi tab life
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Oct 13, 2016 11:55
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really stuck up there posted:The actual ADR that applies to speedos is +-10%. in reality its allways reading high; the fun thing is you can get done by a speed camera for less than the legal manufacturer tolerance on your speedo. Trying to argue ADR (if even in the right) to your average cop in Queensland though is like talking to a brick wall.
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Oct 13, 2016 12:00
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Humphreys posted:This car: Needs a picture of the front:  with the top of the shocks coming through the loving bonnet. e: I checked their site, and yes, you fill it with fuel through the other hole in the bonnet.
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Oct 13, 2016 12:50
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Wolfsbane posted:Needs a picture of the front: And THAT was a big problem I was trying to figure out before getting the deal. I just figured I could make fibreglass 'domes over them. ADR really was hard on pedestrian safety. EDIT: gently caress, now this trip down memory lane makes me want to go through the poo poo and get one of them finally. Audi V8 
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Oct 13, 2016 12:52
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That car's in the wrong thread.
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Oct 13, 2016 15:10
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I stay pretty up to date on stupid auto fads, but this one is new to me. What is up with the front wheel?
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Oct 13, 2016 19:55
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hot sauce posted:I stay pretty up to date on stupid auto fads, but this one is new to me. What is up with the front wheel? Drift modification for more lock to go more sideways
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Oct 13, 2016 20:00
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More steering angle for bigger drifts. The pro FD cars all seem to be trending toward very wide front tracks and the ability to steer the front wheels close to 90 degrees.
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Oct 13, 2016 20:04
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Oh, that makes sense. I thought it may have been something like hellaflush camber for aesthetics only.
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Oct 13, 2016 20:09
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hot sauce posted:Oh, that makes sense. I thought it may have been something like hellaflush camber for aesthetics only.
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Oct 13, 2016 20:36
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Seeing the civic type R up the page reminded me I got an email a week or so ago about the new civic type R coming to America. I have a 2015 Si now, so I figured I'd take a look. Truly terrible car stuff is having a civic type R only available in a sedan. VW got ahead of them by eliminating the 2 door GTI here already, which should be the only option available.
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Oct 13, 2016 21:16
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I'm short as poo poo and I hate driving 2-doors based on a 4-door chassis. My seat is set forward 6 inches so I can reach the pedals and the B pillar is set back an additional 6 inches, and it makes for a really awkward reach to the seatbelt hanging a foot behind my left shoulder. That said, it was my choice to get the 2-door when I saw it, because 2-doors = sports car.
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Oct 13, 2016 22:32
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Couldn't get a picture because I was driving, but I saw a lifted econoline van. It was dumb.
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Oct 13, 2016 23:44
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If it was 4wd (yes, this is a thing, look up Quigley conversion vans) it's far from dumb.
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Oct 13, 2016 23:53
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iospace posted:Couldn't get a picture because I was driving, but I saw a lifted econoline van. It was dumb. Was it 4x4? If so.... not dumb e: damnit, that's why I shouldn't take 10 minutes to click reply randomidiot fucked around with this message at 00:01 on Oct 14, 2016 |
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Oct 13, 2016 23:59
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Could be worse, could be a Dodge van based RB44, which is both 4x4 and, apparently, universally terrible and loathed by every camo-clad Brit who had to drive or work on one:
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Oct 14, 2016 01:20
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kastein posted:If it was 4wd (yes, this is a thing, look up Quigley conversion vans) it's far from dumb. The Quigley vans are very popular with some beach crowds. Definitely very cool and capable vehicles.
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Oct 14, 2016 01:52
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hot sauce posted:Oh, that makes sense. I thought it may have been something like hellaflush camber for aesthetics only. I thought it was just loving broken.
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Memento posted:I thought it was just loving broken.
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Oct 14, 2016 02:07
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slurry_curry posted:In Seattle? Because there is a yellow(i think?) yugo that has been around maple leaf forever and I still see it driving around from time to time. No, I'm out in Virginia. If I see it on one of my runs again, I'm definitely going to have to stop and try to snap a picture of this thing.
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kastein posted:If it was 4wd (yes, this is a thing, look up Quigley conversion vans) it's far from dumb. It may have been. Never seen a lifted van before and it was in the suburbs of Milwaukee, so I figured it was some dudebro showing off.
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InitialDave posted:Could be worse, could be a Dodge van based RB44, which is both 4x4 and, apparently, universally terrible and loathed by every camo-clad Brit who had to drive or work on one: Then there were the US CUCV series which were all Dodge Ram pickup chassis back in the 70s and early 80s and Chevy diesel pickups and Blazers in the mid-80s. All of them were poo poo.
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Humphreys posted:Trying to argue ADR (if even in the right) to your average cop in Queensland though is like talking to a brick wall. This is probably the case in most places under an english system. Speeding is generally a strict liability offense, meaning that you just have to be speeding, not know you are speeding. Otherwise, Mr. Cellphone driver could just say he was texting and his foot slipped and make him do 30 over. OTOH, Australia seems to have the dumbest speed limit laws and cameras with almost no margin of error with is both predatory and bad public policy.
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nm posted:OTOH, Australia seems to have the dumbest speed limit laws and cameras with almost no margin of error with is both predatory and bad public policy. This is the reason I stick to every speed limit and am super cautious driving in my city. There is NO leeway. I actually got pulled over once indicating into the local car parts store to buy a new brake light. Got a ticket for brake light being out. Look copper, I was literally there, to buy a light. Nope, have a ticket!
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Oct 14, 2016 09:23
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NoWake posted:I'm short as poo poo and I hate driving 2-doors based on a 4-door chassis. My seat is set forward 6 inches so I can reach the pedals and the B pillar is set back an additional 6 inches, and it makes for a really awkward reach to the seatbelt hanging a foot behind my left shoulder. That said, it was my choice to get the 2-door when I saw it, because 2-doors = sports car. It's as bad in some 2 doors, my 88 Supra has the belt on the b pillar which is a good 12" behind you. I'm 6'1" and it's a long reach for me so lord knows how a tiny Japanese person managed. They'd have to grab the belt before they stepped into the car...
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Olympic Mathlete posted:It's as bad in some 2 doors, my 88 Supra has the belt on the b pillar which is a good 12" behind you. I'm 6'1" and it's a long reach for me so lord knows how a tiny Japanese person managed. They'd have to grab the belt before they stepped into the car... The Japanese cars had little plastic clips on the side of the front seats to keep the belts handy  Of course they usually broke off...
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Oct 14, 2016 09:53
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That seat is also pushed right back on the rails, there's leg space there for someone 7' tall easily.
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Oct 14, 2016 11:57
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How about the seatbelt setup on every 15-pax van? The inside is a hellscape of belts and plastic clips crisscrossing each other in an impenetrable web. As the months go on and people try to be "helpful" and "fix" the setup, it only gets worse. I guarantee that, six months in, at least eight people can't even find their belts anymore because the buckles are gone or the plastic clips on those little bungee cords have been removed. Putting on the belt means garrotting the person behind them.
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dissss posted:The Japanese cars had little plastic clips on the side of the front seats to keep the belts handy Some Jap cars had that. My previously posted poo poo car Sera didn't have them. I am 6'2 and fit in the thing with seats all the way back. GFs younger sister loved the car and wanted me to drive her and her friends to school. They took the 'you won't fit' message the wrong way. No room at all in the rear. It was a terribly inconvenient car including the boot space. Also one of the rear hatch struts decided they didn't like the mount and slip out and smash that expensive to get glass. I drove it for a month with no glass on the rear before an unrelated defect caused it to be deregistered. Funnily enough that friend I mentioned that collected them (which I towed mine to). Her brother came into my work today on a contract and turns out she ditched all of the Seras (3 that I know of) about a year ago.And now has a Nissan Patrol. Good girl.
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