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snugglz posted:my ‘88 Prelude has this... the 4WS steered the rear wheels in parallel with the front for the first few degrees of turn-in, THEN changed to steer the wheels opposite the fronts for tighter turning radius. I didn’t realize this till swapping the tires one day and was mesmerized by the movement I was installing a stereo in one of those many years ago, and after noticing the 4WS badge, sat for a few minutes spinning the wheel back and forth, hanging out of the door watching the rear wheel do it's thing. So, yeah. Mesmerizing.
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Olympic Mathlete posted:I can't remember which car it was but something recent has that exact thing for cruising on the freeways, it supposedly makes changing lanes smoother... '91-'92 Galant VR4 had it.
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Darchangel posted:I was installing a stereo in one of those many years ago, and after noticing the 4WS badge, sat for a few minutes spinning the wheel back and forth, hanging out of the door watching the rear wheel do it's thing. So, yeah. Mesmerizing. That's so clever, but does the geometry gently caress with vehicle stability in emergencies, or does it help?
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Apr 11, 2019 20:44
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MikeyTsi posted:'91-'92 Galant VR4 had it. Late 80s Mazda 626 too.
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Apr 11, 2019 23:08
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Four-wheel steering is getting quite common in big German luxobarges. The rears turn the opposite way at low speed to improve turning ability, and with the front wheels at high speed to improve stability.
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cursedshitbox posted:To bless the 4 threads holding the sparkplugs in. This happened to the F150 I briefly owned. While on a beach vacation it blew out a plug. Driving to the shop sounded like I was towing a large, running air compressor. To top it off, the rental place only had a single car left for my beach vacation - a 1995 Crown Vic in black. It actually did pretty well on the beach but people scattered whenever they first saw that thing.
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Wasabi the J posted:That's so clever, but does the geometry gently caress with vehicle stability in emergencies, or does it help? It helps a lot, so long as you're at least a little bit used to the car. From wikipedia: quote:In 1987, Road & Track published a test summary that shows the 1988 Honda Prelude 2.0Si 4WS outperforming every car of that year on the slalom, with a speed of 65.5 mph (105.4 km/h), even besting exotics such as Porsche and Ferrari. For reference, the 1988 Chevrolet Corvette C4 took the same course at 64.9 mph (104.4 km/h). Beating Porsche and Ferrari in a slalom? That's loving impressive. jamal posted:I think the first honda prelude 4ws was a mechanical linkage? And it did something like turn the wheels the same direction at small steering angles and then the opposite once you reached a certain point. Yeah, on the 3rd gen Prelude. I've been in one (didn't get to drive it though), it was really creepy how goddamn well that car handled being tossed around tight turns at stupid speeds. Friend was test driving it, but it wound up being a rust bucket. Said friend had a non-4WS 3rd gen before and missed it (hence the test drive), and I got to ride in that one plenty as well. it was a night and day difference. Good luck finding parts today. 4th gen got electronic 4WS, but again, good luck finding parts. Or for that matter, finding a running Prelude in general these days, they've become unicorns. I think I see more 3rd gens than anything else on the road now. I would think the 3rd gen 4WS systems hold up better since it was purely mechanical; most people disabled the electronic 4WS on the 4th gen once they discovered how hard it was to find parts. The mural is poo poo, but I kinda miss well done murals on truck tailgates. .... showing my age a bit I guess, but I've always wanted to own an extended cab slammed Nissan Hardbody with a mural on the tailgate, with the entire space behind the seat taken up by enough decibels to pop every eardrum within a mile. It helps that GF's first vehicle was a hardbody (first manual I ever drove), and she really wants one again... and absolutely loving HATES lowered trucks (even stock ride height is too low for her on a lot of trucks).  She thinks every truck should be lifted. So the first thing I'm gonna do when I win the lotto is throw a hardbody on hydraulics and daytons.  (then LS swap it with glasspacks... then some House of Kolor assistance for the body... then find an old school artist to do a proper mural)
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I was watching some classic canadian rap and i spotted something.  A Nissan Murano Convertible. 4 years before Nissan even showed their concept. Also, quote:Chuggo has released only one official music video, for the opening track on his first album, "Ah C'mon."[4] The video was posted on YouTube on June 11, 2006, but was relatively unknown. Indie rock forum Hipinion ostensibly began the video's ascent to popularity before it ultimately garnered widespread attention when it was featured on SomethingAwful during April 2008. ah, c'mon fuckin guy
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That just looks like they are poorly screened in, not a convertible.
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Rhyno posted:That just looks like they are poorly screened in, not a convertible. I mean, it's Chuggo so yeah it's this. AHHH, CMON gently caress A GUY
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The things you see parked at Walmart. I'm curious what the badge is? Looks like some bastardized BMW 8 series.
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C-Bangin' it 
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This almost works, like it stops just short of being so bad it's good. If only it didn't look like it was snapping in half...
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Apr 13, 2019 10:38
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I think the major fault I see is it probably could use some more tail lights.
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Colostomy Bag posted:I think the major fault I see is it probably could use some more tail lights. And why such huge tires?
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Mister Kingdom posted:And why such huge tires? Yes. I'm not one to comment on personal choices of rims/tires. It is their prerogative. As I get older I think different strokes for different folks. With that said, having dual fuel tanks should have an input on having a different set of tires on it given the GVWR of this vehicle's capacity. They obviously need to kick the ply count up a notch.
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look at that front plate tho 😅
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did someone say chuggo?
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RandomPauI posted:This almost works, like it stops just short of being so bad it's good. If only it didn't look like it was snapping in half... It looks like a real life Go-bot
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re: 4WS and boomers https://youtu.be/wfOZ-uajfNE
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i want my friend to steer the rear like a firetruck before i ever consider the 4ws gimmick
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Thief posted:i want my friend to steer the rear like a firetruck before i ever consider the 4ws gimmick Either your have better friends than me or a great sense of adventure.
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glyph posted:My first car was a [hand me down] Plymouth voyager. The shifter on mine was very similar, boot and all. Gotta bring all the way back to this, because I find it difficult to believe that there was another young person in the late 90s who had my van. But it's true - you know the ways of suffering like I did. Best parts - max speed of 35 up any given hill, having to rebuild the carb 3 times, and passing out in the back after drunken high school parties. Also, the little shelf next to the console is where I bolted in a boom box after the radio died. Mine was brown with fake woodgrain.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tc8nsWwO8fU Not 100% certain, does it wrap around to being wrong thread? It is a PT cruiser
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Trambopaline posted:Not wrong thread, PT cruiser Just needed to fix up your grammar and punctuation there.
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Imagine wasting time, effort and money on a PT Cruiser without realising that at the end of it all you'll still have a PT Cruiser.
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Olympic Mathlete posted:Imagine wasting time, effort and money on a PT Cruiser without realising that at the end of it all you'll still have a PT Cruiser. Yeah, chrysler isn't known for making good decisions. with money.
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Mr. Wiggles posted:Gotta bring all the way back to this, because I find it difficult to believe that there was another young person in the late 90s who had my van. But it's true - you know the ways of suffering like I did. My Voyager was a 94 automatic. Called it the Man Van. Pretty sure I was the only minivan in the lot when I took it off to college. Some days I miss that thing. I assume this indicates brain damage. Edit: or maybe it's the wipers with more than three settings. 
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more like PT Loser lmao gottem
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Sagebrush posted:more like PT Loser lmao gottem Don't sign your posts.
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I was gonna say right thread till those stripes changed colors. I don't care if its on a pt cruiser, that poo poo owns.
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What if you didn't have to pay for it? A Free T Cruiser if you will.
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Rhyno posted:What if you didn't have to pay for it? You (typically) don't have to pay for genital warts either. Doesn't make you happy to get them...
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Fair point. Hell, there are things I'd pay not to get.
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 They were so close.
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Do people still unironically think color-shift paint is cool and looks good? poo poo is nineties as all hell
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Un chien andalou posted:Do people still unironically think color-shift paint is cool and looks good? poo poo is nineties as all hell Whoa, get a load of this jabroni!
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Un chien andalou posted:Do people still unironically think color-shift paint is cool and looks good? poo poo is nineties as all hell Ford thought so for their Mustang, thinking 95 or so. Mystique purple or something. Probably was a one off color on the SN95 Cobra.* * No, most of my random memories are not googled.
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