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That would be great for lemons.
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should be a union jack flag instead.
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It even comes with a punny name that only works in a Cornish accent. It's basically perfect.
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I would honestly consider daily driving that if it were closer and I had spare drive space.
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The general e? Oh, clk, nevermind i guess.
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It Came From Reddit: Kastein Edition
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The fact that it can't even level out the frame at rest is a pretty good sign you done hosed up, and yet, you pressed on anyways.
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You found Sweet Brown's ride!
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HONK LOVE IF YOU JESUS JESUS JESUS JESUS JESUS
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honk honk
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keykey posted:HONK LOVE ._.. ___ ..._ .
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Dagen H posted:It Came From Reddit: Kastein Edition How do they stay in place?
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You know that little clip that goes over the end of coil springs sometimes, held in by something like an M6 bolt?
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TotalLossBrain posted:You know that little clip that goes over the end of coil springs sometimes, held in by something like an M6 bolt?  Oh, sorry, it is a Jeep Thing after all. No wonder I don't understand
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The Door Frame posted:How do they stay in place? I suspect the answer is: They don't EDIT: Two days until a completely non thread related update is released: BINKY IS BACK! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOly7mJ-8O0 Humphreys fucked around with this message at 11:49 on Nov 23, 2016 |
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Nov 23, 2016 11:38
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If you're referring to what I think you're referring to, Zetec has now become a trim level rather than a nod to the engine contained under the bonnet. Which is wrong, obviously.
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Olympic Mathlete posted:If you're referring to what I think you're referring to, Zetec has now become a trim level rather than a nod to the engine contained under the bonnet. Which is wrong, obviously. Nope. It's kind of a trick for people outside Australia. The little red badge in the middle of the license plate indicates that this particular supermini econobox has been converted to run on LPG. Where did they even put the tank?
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...an LPG tank? Am I missing the failure?
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I'm just bewildered as to why someone would convert a subcompact car to lpg.
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Ford actually sold it on LPG from the factory in some places.
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You're all wrong. The problem is that I'm not at that huge food sale.
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jamal posted:The general e? Colonel CLK?
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Why use LPG? I don't even know where I could buy that stuff on that scale. Unless they also run on kerosene, I can't imagine how to even buy fuel for the drat thing Your range gets about as limited as an electric car, but instead of your house being the center of your range, it's the radius around your fill station... Unless it's an American problem and other countries can find it just fine
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Well, in the UK, for example, it's like half the price of petrol. Over 12,000 miles, even at 35mpg, it saves you something in the region of £600, even allowing for the ~20% higher consumption on LPG. And you can still run it on petrol if that's all that's available.
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LPG is pretty much at every Australian petrol station and most cars are dual fuel. Taxis use to be the main users until diesel and hybrids gained traction.
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InitialDave posted:Well, in the UK, for example, it's like half the price of petrol. Over 12,000 miles, even at 35mpg, it saves you something in the region of £600, even allowing for the ~20% higher consumption on LPG. So in the ballpark of 5 pence per mile? I suppose if there was a tax credit or some small, subsidized incentive to get one, I could see that being an ok choice with actual fill stations around since propane is less energy dense than gasoline. I'm seeing less and less of the Terrible Car Stuff I thought was there. Do they run like dog poo poo, or is it like an ethanol conversion where it's basically the same as regular gas as long as it's done right?
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The Door Frame posted:So in the ballpark of 5 pence per mile? I suppose if there was a tax credit or some small, subsidized incentive to get one, I could see that being an ok choice with actual fill stations around since propane is less energy dense than gasoline. In the UK right now: Unleaded petrol : 109p/litre LPG: 52p/litre You lose 10% as LPG is less energy dense than petrol - call it 15% to cover for the gas system maybe not being as perfect as the original system. It drives identically to unleaded. In theory, 10% less power - in practise, I doubt you'd notice it. My system run on petrol for the first 3mins until the LPG is warm enough, then it switches over automatically. Unless it happens at idle (slightly different idle speeds set for the two systems), I don't notice the change at all - I can be mid-acceleration and be completely unaware the the system has switched over. Downsides? That 45litre tank steals the space for my spare tyre. Range is 230m per tank of gas - petrol has a bigger tank and should get 370m (of course, since I can run both tanks, my range is actually 600m) Service/repairs seems a bit of a black art Original installation cost was £2k EDIT: just checked the internet and my Saab is supposed to get 29mpg on petrol. My real world use get 25mpg on LPG In terms of cost - I would need to be running a diesel that gets a solid 50mpg to incur the same running costs as my pokey turbo. spog fucked around with this message at 00:52 on Nov 24, 2016 |
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No pictures or video, just a story. Seafoamed my dakota earlier. The parking brake doesn't work, so I had it chocked. Removed the brake booster vac line. After letting it soak, restarted it and idled for a few. Decided to take a short drive, so I kicked the chock out and hopped in as it rolled down the driveway. And that's when I realized I forgot to reconnect the line. Cue me hurriedly getting it in to gear and driving back up before it could hit anything, then jumping back out as it rolled to toss poo poo behind the wheels so I could reconnect it 
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iwentdoodie posted:No pictures or video, just a story. The one-way valve in my brake booster hose used to freeze up in the winter on my beater Subaru. No power brakes for the first few minutes + holy poo poo, ice was not a fun experience the first time. New hose fixed it.
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iwentdoodie posted:Seafoamed my dakota earlier. The parking brake doesn't work, so I had it chocked. Removed the brake booster vac line. Hahahah, I've seafoamed a lot of cars but never forgot that one. I did almost hydrolock one of our beater work trucks getting a little too aggressive with the pour though; engine started bucking like it wanted to rip the mounts out. One of those "fuckfuckfuckshit" moments.
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The Royal Nonesuch posted:Hahahah, I've seafoamed a lot of cars but never forgot that one. I did almost hydrolock one of our beater work trucks getting a little too aggressive with the pour though; engine started bucking like it wanted to rip the mounts out. One of those "fuckfuckfuckshit" moments. Did that, too. I was just using the throttle plate to adjust it, and almost hosed myself.
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How did your truck not run like absolute dogshit with a massive vacuum leak.
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FatCow posted:How did your truck not run like absolute dogshit with a massive vacuum leak. map sensor probably, with those your engine idles high but otherwise runs fine.
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FatCow posted:How did your truck not run like absolute dogshit with a massive vacuum leak. Like Enourmo said. Map sensor. Idled a bit high but ran just fine.
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On the LPG talk, it used to be a thing where I grew up in Australia. It was popular before the diesel/electric/hybrid stuff came out. The second biggest bit of terrible car stuff of my childhood was helping a friends dad rebuild from scratch one of these XY GTs:  Not because I was a Holden kid, but because the dad converted it to run on LPG. The biggest? My mum wrecking her XU1 Torana showing off to my dad  (sad face cos the car isn't around anymore and it happened before I learnt to drive)
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Passed this a bit ago on I-20 in Texas Guess that whole Ferrari on fire problem hasn't been solved yet
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Minnesota Mixup posted:Passed this a bit ago on I-20 in Texas Give that one an hour or so, it will have solved itself by then.
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