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Scratch Monkey posted:When head gaskets blow the mixture is usually like mayo, so I’m guessing he just accidentally (?) filled the engine with coolant instead of oil? Maybe the radiator is full of 10w30 "Milkshake" is an unstable colloid. All you have to do it let it sit for a few hours and it separates back out with coolant on the bottom and oil on the top.
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My interpretation of that article is that there was some kind of time delay between stopping and enabling the doors electrically to allow them to jump out, and it was far too long for a police vehicle. The article says they use the manual override now in emergencies. I still don't know how this ever got approved as safe by the DOT, or accepted by customers. I know I go on and on with how much I love Volvos but there are entire articles written about how serious Volvo is about making sure you can get the gently caress out of the car when you need to, in particular after a crash. They put a lot of work in to making sure the doors stay shut through a wreck and then open on command. And I've worked on a lot of wrecked Volvos, and it's very rare that the door doesn't open when you pull the lever.
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It's almost like a mechanical handle for opening the doors on a vehicle is a very good idea.
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An intuitive and easily accessible manual handle. A manual handle is significantly less useful if it's behind the speaker grill or requires a secret handshake to use.
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Darchangel posted:It's almost like a mechanical handle for opening the doors on a vehicle is a very good idea. imagine if the FAA just decided there would be no regulation of egress from a plane guess which of these two vehicle types is more likely to crash in it's lifespan lol, lmao
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Galler posted:An intuitive and easily accessible manual handle. A manual handle is significantly less useful if it's behind the speaker grill or requires a secret handshake to use. Sorry, you're right: that was implied, but should have been stated. BraveUlysses posted:imagine if the FAA just decided there would be no regulation of egress from a plane I know, right?
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Darchangel posted:It's almost like a mechanical handle for opening the doors on a vehicle is a very good idea. A mechanical handle? like off of a toilet?
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Powershift posted:A mechanical handle? like off of a toilet? Is that a riff off of "Idiocracy"? Because if it is, I respect that.
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...when your car is simply too big. https://twitter.com/SpeedSportLife/status/1574105069770854400?t=cP13QcqD5DbCqBIXprIfoQ&s=19
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Olympic Mathlete posted:...when your car is simply too big. Could definitely use that when pulling into my short garage I guess I could also get by with a hung tennis ball. Eh, hopefully will be buying a house and moving within a year.
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Caddies now coming with assault rifle cameras eh? When will the violence stop?
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Olympic Mathlete posted:...when your car is simply too big. Perfect opportunity to bust out a website I came across a while ago.  lol.
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Christ, that's ridiculous.
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loving hell. I am so glad such a vehicle is literally too large to use in the UK.
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Of course they didn't have a Scirocco, my poor forgotten VW. Its built on the A1 chassis though so close enough. The hood would completely hide my roof being shorter than the Golf sweet holy Moses. Cool find though, gonna waste some serious time on car size curiosity now.
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That site is kinda neat.   
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Lol a.smart car fits between the tires of the escalade.
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Olympic Mathlete posted:...when your car is simply too big. If these trends continue they might as well do away with windscreens all together only giving the driver a virtual window to look through. Behold the truck of tomorrow. 
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Powershift posted:That site is kinda neat. Although having seen an Escalade IRL (even a few here in Europe), the side view doesn't even do it justice. The difference in volume is even more ridiculous. e: 
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mobby_6kl posted:Oh wow so we're just catching up to peak barge now? man, those parking spaces are bullshit thats even worse than this crap i had to deal with in college:   i didnt park in that lot very often; one of the few times it was actually less hassle to just parallel park out on the street
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Powershift posted:A mechanical handle? like off of a toilet? My toilet has push buttons  Tesla should make toilets with automatic lids and flushing via smart phone
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Applebees Appetizer posted:My toilet has push buttons They'd be a decade too late. https://www.cnet.com/culture/flush-with-your-smartphone-toilets-get-bluetooth/
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Raluek posted:the site brags about having stuff back to 1908, but they don't have any of mine. lame Right? My car’s from the 90s and was one of the makers most successful models ever. Uthor posted:They'd be a decade too late. Literal internet of poo poo
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Raluek posted:the site brags about having stuff back to 1908, but they don't have any of mine. lame I emailed the info@site to see if I could help getting a few models added
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Is this your photo ? Where is it? Looks like rural Suffolk
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coldpudding posted:If these trends continue they might as well do away with windscreens all together only giving the driver a virtual window to look through. All I want is a truck with a decent, easy to work on engine, and a minimum amount of computers, and a stereo I can upgrade with anything I want from crutchfield. The closest I can find is anything 15 years old apparently
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nitrogen posted:All I want is a truck with a decent, easy to work on engine, and a minimum amount of computers, and a stereo I can upgrade with anything I want from crutchfield. I’m surprised it’s that young, honestly.
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knox_harrington posted:Is this your photo ? Where is it? Looks like rural Suffolk That looks like the Car Pervert https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQI_9dOL-l8
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nitrogen posted:All I want is a truck with a decent, easy to work on engine, and a minimum amount of computers, and a stereo I can upgrade with anything I want from crutchfield. Cars that are easy to work on are getting rare
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Doesn't a car that's 'easy to work on' imply inefficiency in several directions, i.e. an engine bay way bigger than it needs to be, no complex or computerized emissions or fuel efficiency systems, etc? My first car was an 87 Ram and it was dead easy to work on. A grown man could crawl into the engine bay and shut the hood without moving anything, easily. And it broke down all the time and got about 8 mpg. Meanwhile one of my current cars you have to remove the battery to change a headlight and yet it's never left me stranded anywhere and gets 30mpg.
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Imagined posted:Doesn't a car that's 'easy to work on' imply inefficiency in several directions, i.e. an engine bay way bigger than it needs to be, no complex or computerized emissions or fuel efficiency systems, etc? To a degree. My "easy to work on" car has an ECU and ignition computer as well as relatively modern MPFI, but it's not aerodynamic in any sense and the engine bay is cavernous. The end result is that it has ok fuel efficiency but almost nothing that can break is impossible to get to and replace.
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nitrogen posted:All I want is a truck with a decent, easy to work on engine, and a minimum amount of computers, and a stereo I can upgrade with anything I want from crutchfield. "Did you say you wanted a vehicle built like the latest iphone with parts DRM and glued security screws everywhere because that's what I'm hearing" Car company CEO
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Everybody wants to move up-market, and that means burying the heater core behind 3000 fragile plastic bits, with the first step in replacement is to yard sard the whole interior. You should be able to fit a mattress under the hood of a 2.7 Silverado but instead it looks like this.  That's a full size truck with a 4 cylinder engine.
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coldpudding posted:If these trends continue they might as well do away with windscreens all together only giving the driver a virtual window to look through. It's wearing a truck-sized oculus! 
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Olympic Mathlete posted:...when your car is simply too big. From the comments:
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Powershift posted:Everybody wants to move up-market, and that means burying the heater core behind 3000 fragile plastic bits, with the first step in replacement is to yard sard the whole interior. That's insane given how stupidly large the front end of those things are.
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