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Powershift posted:
Reminiscent of this thing, which had some good ideas but also played directly into some bad stereotypes.
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Before I clicked the link I knew exactly what it was going to be. I get not wanting people to go under the hood loving around but making it sound like you will instantly die if you do has shades of anti right to repair propaganda about it.
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Dec 21, 2021 21:02
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BigPaddy posted:Before I clicked the link I knew exactly what it was going to be. I get not wanting people to go under the hood loving around but making it sound like you will instantly die if you do has shades of anti right to repair propaganda about it. I just like that they tried to think of all the ways someone will hurt themselves. There are definitely going to be break through cases.
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Dec 21, 2021 21:25
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does the first one seriously say "risk of accident due to driving with hood opened/unlocked" like just how loving dumb do they think their customers are?
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Dec 21, 2021 21:31
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Sagebrush posted:does the first one seriously say "risk of accident due to driving with hood opened/unlocked" well they did buy a new Mercedes
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Dec 21, 2021 21:40
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Powershift posted:
No user serviceable parts inside. Sagebrush posted:does the first one seriously say "risk of accident due to driving with hood opened/unlocked" Have you met users?
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Dec 21, 2021 21:54
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Sagebrush posted:does the first one seriously say "risk of accident due to driving with hood opened/unlocked" Last month I picked up my wife's Renegade from the dealership after oil change and inspection. I was on the interstate, halfway home, when I something caught my eye and holy gently caress the right hood latch hadn't caught when they closed it. I was able to get off the road almost immediately and shut it, but it was one of those where it sure looked closed but could have been really, really bad.
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Dec 21, 2021 22:03
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Sagebrush posted:does the first one seriously say "risk of accident due to driving with hood opened/unlocked" Oh sweet summer child
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Dec 21, 2021 23:11
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When I was a kid my uncle ended up with a busted windshield and a hell of a scare after jumping my moms car and later driving off without his hood latched, so yeah people do dumb poo poo
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Dec 21, 2021 23:31
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Sagebrush posted:does the first one seriously say "risk of accident due to driving with hood opened/unlocked" opengl128 posted:Oh sweet summer child I am pretty careful with my car and I have popped my hood-- meant to go check something, got distracted, and then drove away. When I got home I noticed that the hood was ajar, but still latched (fortunately). Humans are dumb, and a warning chime or something would be nice to have.
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Dec 21, 2021 23:55
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Powershift posted:
OK submit your high scores? I'm only one for five, burned myself on coolant.
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Dec 22, 2021 02:42
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I used to work at a GM dealer and I had a car out from the used car lot to run an errand for my boss or something. It was a Grand Am, and it was RED!! And a TWO DOOR (= SPORTS CAR!!) and had a SUNROOF (also= SPORTS CAR). As I had only finished highschool that June or something and it was now September or somewhere around there, it probably wasn't that weird or creepy for me to cruise past my old highschool, and see if some friends were still around. They weren't, and as I sped up to try and look Well, I got out, slammed that poo poo back down and went back to work. My boss was all like "what the poo poo"!?!?!? I told him I didn't know what happened, the hood latch must have hosed up or something. I got made fun of for a while over that one.
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Dec 22, 2021 03:07
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Powershift posted:
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Dec 22, 2021 03:10
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How do people change the washer fluid/ engine coolant at the very least? I had to point those out as part of my driving test
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Dec 22, 2021 08:32
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The idea is that the bonnet is never raised apart from in the dealership And then it get sold when it's ~5 years old, and it becomes Someone Else's Problem.
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Dec 22, 2021 08:45
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I’m the risk of injury from using the windshield wipers. E: in the UK you can be ticketed for not having washer fluid (rare but the potential is there), are you supposed to go to a dealer every time you need that refilled?
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AirRaid posted:I’m the risk of injury from using the windshield wipers. The BMW i8 has a similar “do not open the hood”-policy, plus a “only open the hood with two persons” (because due to weight saving, it might crack in half if you open it alone). To refill the washer fluid, you just pop open a small plastic latch that sits right next to the wipers, outside of the hood. No, the plastic latch has no locking mechanism. Yes, it’s basically open for anyone to piss in or fill it with cement or…. E: which reminds me…wasn’t there a super rare and sought-after Porsche where you refilled the engine oil somewhere on the roof/a-pillar? tuo fucked around with this message at 09:41 on Dec 22, 2021 |
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Dec 22, 2021 09:36
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tuo posted:The BMW i8 has a similar “do not open the hood”-policy, plus a “only open the hood with two persons” (because due to weight saving, it might crack in half if you open it alone). To refill the washer fluid, you just pop open a small plastic latch that sits right next to the wipers, outside of the hood. Same for the Alfa 4C, except instead of a neat latch or clips, the cover that you remove to refill the WW fluid uses self tapping machine screws. Oh, also, you need to use your travel-pee-funnel to refill it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBDzy2lpc_Q
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Dec 22, 2021 09:48
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The EQS is electric so there isn't really anything user serviceable under the hood. As to how you refill the washer fluid they took inspiration from the common washing machine: 
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Dec 22, 2021 11:30
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Way easier to piss in that standing on a flimsy hood that might crack any moment, imo.
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Dec 22, 2021 11:34
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Shai-Hulud posted:As to how you refill the washer fluid they took inspiration from the common washing machine: I’m just going to assume that’s from the way that slides out it’s not the top of a filler tube, that little tub is the entire reservoir. My fiancés Civic has a ridiculously tiny washer fluid tank. It takes less than a litre and needs filling all the drat time.
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Dec 22, 2021 12:22
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coldpudding posted:I would not be surprised if in the near future we started seeing cars omit regular hinged hoods entirely in favor of just gluing and screwing the thing shut with security screws from the factory like a smartphone. Yeah, I just mentioned the BMW i8 (it’s not glued shut, but it has no regular opening mechanism. There are two plugs you have to pull on each front door, pull a thingy out, and then you can lift the whole hood up (no hinges), and it’s really, really flimsy…. Then again, with an EV (or in this case hybrid) I can totally see the reason why you shouldn’t be able to easily access a motor powered by way to much electricity for you to survive.
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Dec 22, 2021 14:07
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This may sound yokel-ish, but....is people pissing in your car's fluid reservoirs that common of a problem?
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Dec 22, 2021 17:17
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Problem? No, it's the solution.
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On the other hand, every EV should have a frunk because there is no big ICE and associated hardware to take up volume under the hood.
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Here is some terrible car stuff: I was up in sales collecting money for servicing one of the sales managers' vehicles and overheard the conversation they were having. Apparently for new Ford Raptors dealerships appear to be marking up available inventory by 20K OVER MSRP! What. The. Actual. gently caress.
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coupedeville posted:Here is some terrible car stuff: I was up in sales collecting money for servicing one of the sales managers' vehicles and overheard the conversation they were having. Apparently for new Ford Raptors dealerships appear to be marking up available inventory by 20K OVER MSRP! What. The. Actual. gently caress. Tale old as time. I'm still dealing with the aftermath of my dealership loving up my car. I am trying to see if it can be swung into them giving me a steal on a 2022 Miata, but that's probably unlikely.
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Dec 22, 2021 20:12
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coupedeville posted:Here is some terrible car stuff: I was up in sales collecting money for servicing one of the sales managers' vehicles and overheard the conversation they were having. Apparently for new Ford Raptors dealerships appear to be marking up available inventory by 20K OVER MSRP! What. The. Actual. gently caress. They have basically been doing that here since 2011. It's happening in the states too. At mecum this spring, a 2016 sold at auction for over a 2021s MSRP.  Ford has started prioritizing orders and sending stock to dealers who sell at MSRP, but shithouse dealers would still rather make $25k on one truck than make $5k each on 5.
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Final Blog Entry posted:When I was a kid my uncle ended up with a busted windshield and a hell of a scare after jumping my moms car and later driving off without his hood latched, so yeah people do dumb poo poo I may or may not have gotten so excited that I got my FC RX-7 running that I forgot I had removed the hood latch. Thankfully, the hood was already bent from being shoved under a truck at some point, and it didn't break the windshield or damage the roof. I was only going about 30 MPH testing it around the neighborhood. I mean, I may or may not have been.
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https://twitter.com/chaostiktoks/status/1463202177791541250
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Dec 23, 2021 06:20
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The Twitter handle is extremely accurate
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Darchangel posted:I may or may not have gotten so excited that I got my FC RX-7 running that I forgot I had removed the hood latch. The tech didn't latch the hood properly when I had my Miata inspected once, and I discovered it when it popped up while going 90kmh up a road with no shoulder. Managed to limp to an intersection without destroying anything thankfully.
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Dec 23, 2021 09:36
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I left the hood half-latched on my XJ Cherokee once on a trip to the auto parts store six blocks away to get a new battery for my brother's XJ Cherokee. The hood popped open at 30mph and pretty much destroyed the cowl and the windshield. Oops.
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Dec 23, 2021 17:07
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I've never done it to myself but I was futzing with my moms '78 Monte Carlo when I was little and popped the hood without realizing. She came home from work madder than I've ever seen her
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Dec 23, 2021 18:04
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i never met my maternal grandmother because of a failed hood latch on a flat-fender jeep. modern double safety latches are a big deal to me, and its definitely something to take seriously. i can imagine why she'd be upset, lol
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Dec 24, 2021 02:10
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Arson Daily posted:I've never done it to myself but I was futzing with my moms '78 Monte Carlo when I was little and popped the hood without realizing. She came home from work madder than I've ever seen her One day as a kid I was swinging on the clothesline and it collapsed on mums SLR5000. Another day she was driving it up the driveway and I was playing action hero or some poo poo with a mate and decided I would jump out of the hedges and try and slide across the bonnet. That ended with a dented bonnet and me almost being runover. And no TV for a week.
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Dec 24, 2021 05:11
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Raluek posted:i never met my maternal grandmother because of a failed hood latch on a flat-fender jeep. modern double safety latches are a big deal to me, and its definitely something to take seriously. i can imagine why she'd be upset, lol Oh I totally get why she was mad, the hood apparently flew up on her going down a 2 lane highway going like 55. In my defense though I was like 5 at the time I didn't know wtf I did to her car I was was just playing around.
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Humphreys posted:And no TV for a week. Oh God I can't remember the specific set of circumstances, but you just reminded me there was like a few year period my parents refused to let me watch Godzilla (1998). Like it was on tv years after it released and they sent me to my room while it was on.
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Wasabi the J posted:Oh God I can't remember the specific set of circumstances, but you just reminded me there was like a few year period my parents refused to let me watch Godzilla (1998). The TV was literally removed from the house my entire 12th year of highschool due to my grades. This backfired cos I just simply never came home except to sleep sometimes. Spent most of my time at my rich GFs house hosting movie marathon events. "Watching TV all day won't get you anywhere" Fast Forward a few years and I'm Lead Cinematographer in a remote location and won a number of awards in LA. I desperately wanted to make that phonecall to mum rubbing it in.
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