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Post by snuffy » Sat. Sep. 15, 2018 7:56 pm

CN,
Nice tight and sweet looking. Are the pills for lumbar dislocation??
Not to add to your tech woes but maybe you could take us for a ride using a Hero Cam eh?
Enjoy!!


 
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Post by warminmn » Sat. Sep. 15, 2018 8:23 pm

Just remember CN, if it stays hard for more than 4 hours go to your doctor, but call all your friends to brag about staying hard first! 8-)

SWEEEET Car!

 
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Post by CoalJockey » Sat. Sep. 15, 2018 8:28 pm

Simon I think Barney will be the one needing the extra pills...

HE will never sleep tonight, that is one more car that Tesla will not sell. Oh my, now who is slaying who? :D

Sweet ride you lucky chit @ss. Words fail me.

Does it have a lever-action, yank-up E-brake so you can slide in sideways into your spot at the Shop Rite?

 
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Post by coalnewbie » Sat. Oct. 13, 2018 7:59 pm

This is my new shifter just in case an EV driver steals the car.

https://www.sickspeed.com/product/crowd-wrecker-s ... uaEKwr5xqo

 
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Post by BigBarney » Mon. Oct. 15, 2018 10:45 am

Next item to be eliminated is the emergency brake levers or pedals

cars will all have electrically operated emergency brakes . Shifters

all almost extinct.

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Post by franco b » Mon. Oct. 15, 2018 11:09 am

Just as in biological evolution, technology also has and will evolve. What survives is what has proven itself to be useful.

 
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Post by Sunny Boy » Mon. Oct. 15, 2018 11:18 am

Electric brakes are nothing new, car and boat trailers have been using them for decades.

However, emergency brakes have been kept mechanical for a good reason. It's a very simple, reliable system. Electrical systems can fail easily down in the wet, dusty, and salty environment of brake drums.

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Post by coalnewbie » Mon. Oct. 15, 2018 11:34 am

Shifters

all almost extinct.
Indeed they can be and perhaps they will be. To Francos point, CVTs were invented by the DAF (Dutch) motor group 50 years ago but the company died even though some will argue that is the best system. Some cars have them today and some do not. Some cars have ATs and some owners just prefer manuals. Some cars are even electric (go figure). None of these things are extinct they are just choices, something you EV guys will never understand. I just bought a manual. Do you think I was not aware of the alternatives?

 
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Post by Sunny Boy » Mon. Oct. 15, 2018 12:14 pm

High School buddy had an early 60's Rambler station wagon with the dash-mounted push buttons for the transmission. I can remember a few times helping to push the car out of a parking space because the reverse button didn't work. :lol:

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Post by mntbugy » Mon. Oct. 15, 2018 12:57 pm

I test stove a 2019 vw jetta last week. It had a push button parking brake. In a automatic tranny. Not sure how it worked. I was playing with all the other buttons and knobs.

 
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Post by Sunny Boy » Mon. Oct. 15, 2018 1:43 pm

Ahhhh,... German engineering.

We had a used 2000 turbo Passat for a few years. Great car,..... until something goes wrong.

AC compressor died before 100K miles. VW dealer wanted almost $1K to fix it. We used the 4-60 air conditioner instead.

When a transmission shop replaced the worn clutch ($2500,00), which involved removing the entire motor and transaxle unit, VW would not sell just a new clutch disc. We had to buy the entire clutch/throwout bearing/pressure plate "pack".

Because it's such a tight squeeze getting the engine out and back in, the shop cracked the plastic vent system at the base of the windshield. Rain water ran down the inside of the firewall and under the carpet of the driver's foot well,..... right where a connector was hidden in the lowest point for the wiring harness to the driver side rear door. It rotted out the connections in the connector. From then on we could not lock/unlock that door or operate the window.

Then a cheap little plastic guide clip broke on the lift bar of the passenger front window. Only way to get the window up was hold the glass aligned as someone pushed the up button. Dealer-only part, so I went to VW to get a replacement for what should have been at most, a $1.00 clip that just pops into place. Instead, VW only sells the entire inner door panel for $180.00 and it had to be ordered from Germany. In 45 minutes I made and installed a new guide clip out of 1/8 x 3/4 inch mild steel bar stock.

If we had paid the dealer to fix all the things that went wrong in the two years we had the Passat, we would have spent more on repairs and parts than we paid for the car.

Shortly after that the Passat got traded in on a new car before something else could break. Not long after that, the Passat's former owner got screwed because he replaced that Passat with a 2011 diesel Jetta. After a lifetime of owning VW's he turned in his Jetta to VW under their return plan and now drives a Prius.

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Post by mntbugy » Tue. Oct. 16, 2018 7:49 am

SB, Vw gas turbos are nothing but trouble, could not give me one.

Going to the stealership for parts after the warranty expires, no thanks.

Giving back a 2011 for a pile of cash, if it was paid for from new is a good deal.
If the bank still owned it Not so much.

I had a 02 tdi with 290k miles, 07 with 340k miles, the 14 has 120k on it.
Nothing but tires,brakes,battery,fluids,
timing belt,pulleys,water pump every 100k

 
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Post by Sunny Boy » Tue. Oct. 16, 2018 9:32 am

mntbugy wrote:
Tue. Oct. 16, 2018 7:49 am
SB, Vw gas turbos are nothing but trouble, could not give me one.

Going to the stealership for parts after the warranty expires, no thanks.

Giving back a 2011 for a pile of cash, if it was paid for from new is a good deal.
If the bank still owned it Not so much.

I had a 02 tdi with 290k miles, 07 with 340k miles, the 14 has 120k on it.
Nothing but tires,brakes,battery,fluids,
timing belt,pulleys,water pump every 100k
The turbo was one of the few parts that didn't cause trouble - other than we had to always use synthetic oil, which increased the cost of owning it. Even changing the oil was ridiculous with the whole underside of the engine bay covered by a large plastic shield that used clips that were a pain to get off. I was told it needs to stay on because it was part of the cooling system ducting to help airflow. After a few oil changes and lots of cursing, I left it off. Engine temps never changed, but the level of foul language when doing oil changes dropped.

We bought it to save money on gas, because Melissa was doing a lot of miles commuting. It turned out to be the most expensive savings we ever had. Her Ford Escape that replaced the Passat gets close to the same gas mileage, can use less expensive conventional oil with twice the length of oil change intervals, the AC still works long after the point at which the Passat's compressor died, and I don't have to go to the dealer for anything.

Paul

 
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Post by BigBarney » Tue. Oct. 16, 2018 2:55 pm

The reasons stated is exactly why electric cars with thousands of less

parts can be made more reliable. Tesla now shows drive gears after

1 million miles with no visible wear.

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Post by KLook » Tue. Oct. 16, 2018 4:40 pm

Tesla now shows drive gears after

1 million miles with no visible wear.

Must be the magic of electricity....how you drive a gear, makes no difference in its wear. Plus you yap about how powerful the electric motors are....must be a danger of breaking those gears. OR maybe they are titanium which makes the Tesla so expensive.....

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