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26 minutes ago, Drak3 said:

Don't lump me in with them. I'm an enthusiast of mechanic design, be it engines, weaponry, or productive machinery. Not a guy with a wrench that reads the marketing garbage AFE/insert other "enthusiast" brand that can't legally warranty half of their products.

 

I fail to see a correlation between people screeching variations of "forced induction is more efficient!!! Reclaimed energy!!!" and anything I've said.

If you can't be civil. Please leave

 

Edit. That goes for everyone in the thread

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2 hours ago, jagdtigger said:

Pull off the connector from one of the ABS sensors.... (make sure you seal it properly so it wont end up stuffed with dirt and grime)

ABS motor fuse may be easier to grab at.

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32 minutes ago, Bitter said:

ABS motor fuse may be easier to grab at.

That wont disable the ESP, it can still play with the butterfly valve. If it cant sense rotation on one wheel it will "kill" both the ABS and ESP.

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57 minutes ago, jagdtigger said:

That wont disable the ESP, it can still play with the butterfly valve. If it cant sense rotation on one wheel it will "kill" both the ABS and ESP.

I'm not intimately familiar with Volvo but every ABS/Trac system I've worked with needed all system components working to operate, and having the ABS pump motor dead will set a code and disable the system. Sometimes connectors for wheel speed sensors are absolutely buried in the engine bay or under panels in the cabin (for rear wheel sensors). If Volvo can still work without all system parts working that's pretty cool and new to me.

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A squirrel decided to gift us with some more work to do on my mom's car right before I went back to college! Nothing in the passenger side headlight assembly was working and I was getting really strange voltage readings on the wires that connected to it; 0V on the headlight and DRL and 0.5V on the turn signal. My dad and I took 2 days checking wiring to see if anything was broken, and I found this under the driver's side headlight assembly when I went to check the voltage on it. A squirrel chewed on some grounding wires that somehow took out only one set of lights and nothing else. I'm glad I was able to find this, because beneath the opposite side headlight assembly was one of the last places I would've thought to look.

 

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1 hour ago, dcgreen2k said:

A squirrel decided to gift us with some more work to do on my mom's car right before I went back to college! Nothing in the passenger side headlight assembly was working and I was getting really strange voltage readings on the wires that connected to it; 0V on the headlight and DRL and 0.5V on the turn signal. My dad and I took 2 days checking wiring to see if anything was broken, and I found this under the driver's side headlight assembly when I went to check the voltage on it. A squirrel chewed on some grounding wires that somehow took out only one set of lights and nothing else. I'm glad I was able to find this, because beneath the opposite side headlight assembly was one of the last places I would've thought to look.

 

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This is like 70% of my job, finding and fixing things like this. Some customers get so mad that fixing one wire cost them 3 hours of labor time and I'm mechanic I should already know what's wrong from the codes in the machine, just plug it into the machine and it tells me everything I'm just a scammer.

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3 years and not a single M car then 2 come along at once.

Manual M2 Comp.

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DCT M4 Comp

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Needs money for car parts :P

 

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5 hours ago, iDeFecZx said:

Manual M2 Comp.

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13 hours ago, vetali said:

n u t

h a r d n u t

Needs money for car parts :P

 

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Why every now and then this thing decides to give me 40 mpg instead of 30-32 like usual? Pic taken 15 miles into my commute home. 

 

Second time this has happened. First time was like a week after I got it. 

 

I'm like not doing anything differently to get significantly more. I mean that's at least a 20℅ difference from normal,  its not small 

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16 minutes ago, Bitter said:

I have to calculate my MPG with an abacus.

hey i did that for 8 years

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1 hour ago, Bitter said:

I have to calculate my MPG with an abacus.

I like that the red beads taste like cherries.

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3 minutes ago, AlwaysFSX said:

I like that the red beads taste like cherries.

I hear if you swallow string at the same time you can make your own anal beads, just have to wait about 24hrs.

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So there's a chance later this year I might be able to purchase one of these

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If I was more open to buying a manual and sacrificing a bunch of creature comforts, the Corolla Hatch is pretty nifty lol

but this seems like a nicer blend of every day commuting and weekend utility, eventually I want to get something more fun possibly something Saab again, just probably not a 9-3 unless it was the wagon.

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On 1/19/2022 at 6:41 PM, bcredeur97 said:

Why every now and then this thing decides to give me 40 mpg instead of 30-32 like usual? Pic taken 15 miles into my commute home. 

 

Second time this has happened. First time was like a week after I got it. 

 

I'm like not doing anything differently to get significantly more. I mean that's at least a 20℅ difference from normal,  its not small 

 

Sometimes I get significantly higher MPG depending on how many hills there are in the area. Maybe it could be that?

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On 1/19/2022 at 10:17 PM, Bitter said:

I hear if you swallow string at the same time you can make your own anal beads, just have to wait about 24hrs.

You must have experience

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27 minutes ago, AlwaysFSX said:

You must have experience

Auto techs should be used to getting it up the ass regularly.

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On 1/20/2022 at 3:41 AM, bcredeur97 said:

Why every now and then this thing decides to give me 40 mpg instead of 30-32 like usual? Pic taken 15 miles into my commute home. 

 

Second time this has happened. First time was like a week after I got it. 

 

I'm like not doing anything differently to get significantly more. I mean that's at least a 20℅ difference from normal,  its not small 

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Could be many things, temperature, trafiic, regeneration of particulate filter (yes gasoline cars have it now too), etc....

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New here! 

Tech and Cars YES! 

 

Sold my 2017 Mustang GT PP last summer and during the fall , the wife and I came across a 2021 Mach-E at MSRP so we jumped on it since her commute is pretty crazy, it's been amazing having an EV for commuting: 

 

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1 hour ago, Takticalrican said:

New here! 

Tech and Cars YES! 

 

Sold my 2017 Mustang GT PP last summer and during the fall , the wife and I came across a 2021 Mach-E at MSRP so we jumped on it since her commute is pretty crazy, it's been amazing having an EV for commuting: 

 

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Fun fact, these are one of the slowest accelerating cars over 60mph you can buy.

Needs money for car parts :P

 

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2 hours ago, iDeFecZx said:

Fun fact, these are one of the slowest accelerating cars over 60mph you can buy.

Over 60. I see what you did there.

 

man we thought the manufacturers were stupid extending 2nd gear to 60. Now we have cars that won’t even move after you hit 60 😂

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2 hours ago, bcredeur97 said:

Over 60. I see what you did there.

 

man we thought the manufacturers were stupid extending 2nd gear to 60. Now we have cars that won’t even move after you hit 60 😂

Going back to the 2 speed powerglide days.

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5 hours ago, bcredeur97 said:

Over 60. I see what you did there.

 

man we thought the manufacturers were stupid extending 2nd gear to 60. Now we have cars that won’t even move after you hit 60 😂

0-60 in 3.7 seconds

60-120 takes over 54 seconds

Needs money for car parts :P

 

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7 hours ago, jagdtigger said:

Thats pretty sluggish, i kick my 600ccm bike into 2nd gear at that speed... 😄

mine is still in 1st until like 71mph 😅

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