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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.

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You realize that crashing head on into a semi at highway speeds will probably kill you no matter what you are driving? Bigger cars don't mean you will be better off in an accident than a smaller one.

 

Honestly the only way you'd be crashing into a big rig head on is if you were driving on the wrong side of the road drunk. And technically, bigger cars have more metal, hence more weight, so it uses that weight to kinda protect the passengers.

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Honestly the only way you'd be crashing into a big rig head on is if you were driving on the wrong side of the road drunk. And technically, bigger cars have more metal, hence more weight, so it uses that weight to kinda protect the passengers.

Peoples spin off th road, through the median, go through the gap through the rails/wires (sometimes there are none!) into the other side of traffic and hit a semi traveling the other way

It happens. Especially when things are slick (winter)

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I tell the one thing I'm terrified of( and will never see where I live)

Ice and especially black ice...

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Honestly the only way you'd be crashing into a big rig head on is if you were driving on the wrong side of the road drunk. And technically, bigger cars have more metal, hence more weight, so it uses that weight to kinda protect the passengers.

No, not in modern cars. More metal does not mean safer in a crash test...

 

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I tell the one thing I'm terrified of( and will never see where I live)

Ice and especially black ice...

Made me think of this

 

Ice isn't too bad with proper tyres. Never encountered black ice though (Or at least i don't think so)

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any one watching leMons

 

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Made me think of this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efiW2K8gASM

Ice isn't too bad with proper tyres. Never encountered black ice though (Or at least i don't think so)

You can't travel that close limit though...slowing everything to a crawl then...

Highway pile ups during ice season

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looks like local motors rally fighter and a Lykan had a baby 

 

 

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looks uggly af

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Made me think of this

 

 

Ice isn't too bad with proper tyres. Never encountered black ice though (Or at least i don't think so)

thats sooooo good

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You can't travel that close limit though...slowing everything to a crawl then...

Highway pile ups during ice season

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especially people in England :P

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Snow in Washington happens maybe twice a year. So its pretty ugly. I personally was ok at driving in it, but I've never driven a small car with a manual in the snow. So hopefully if it snows its on the weekend and I can practice. 

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especially people in England :P

On the topic of england

And those are studless

 

Snow in Washington happens maybe twice a year. So its pretty ugly. I personally was ok at driving in it, but I've never driven a small car with a manual in the snow. So hopefully if it snows its on the weekend and I can practice. 

Shouldn't be too bad^^ A small car is pretty good in the snow.

And pactice is always good  ^_^

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Most likely loose serpentine belts.

 

Well the car isn't starting up when it makes that noise. It's just the noise that I hear. 

 

Could it be a starter starting to go bad?

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Sorry to keep banging on about this every winter season but safety is very important.

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especially people in England :P

 

Yeah people are clueless about snow here. To be fair we rarely see the stuff down south, and our winters aren't always severe enough to warrant winter tyres. For example last winter it was warm enough during the day to wreck winter tyres.

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Almost sounds like an RX7

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Well the car isn't starting up when it makes that noise. It's just the noise that I hear. 

 

Could it be a starter starting to go bad?

squeak = belt problem

 

knock = pulley or other problem

 

whine or whirr = electric motor problem (alternator/starter/Compressor)

 

 

 

Id start with checking the amount of tension the belt has since you said it was a squeak (i think)

 

 

I had a problem with my belt tensioner once. After startup it would sometimes squeak. Also too when it was wet and I got on the throttle hard you could hear it slipping and squeaking. Replaced the tensioner (it was hydraulic) and the belt and it was good as new.

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Not if you drive carefully (since you care about the car) and, somehow, avoid the semis. IDK, I've never been in the States, so I can't say a thing...

You can get sucked under a semi..

 

Even still, as careful as you drive, a semi can still hit you, and the results are pretty deadly.

*squuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiish*

 

Semis here are scary yet I've made a game of it sometimes to see how close I can get to one. :ph34r:

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This car from yesterday might get some of you excited

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someone said something about watching the 24 hours of LeMons here a while ago, can you watch that online? I would love to watch that lol

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someone said something about watching the 24 hours of LeMons here a while ago, can you watch that online? I would love to watch that lol

 

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This car from yesterday might get some of you excited

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Did you come so hard it ripped a hole in your undergarmets?

 

 

 

 

 

Also is anyone else excited for the new 2.8 I4 duramax comeing in the Chevy Colorados?

 

I'm excited for a 5.0 Cummins in a Tundra...

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Did you come so hard it ripped a hole in your undergarmets?

 

 

 

 

 

Also is anyone else excited for the new 2.8 I4 duramax comeing in the Chevy Colorados?

Hard to be excited for anything diesel in USA now.

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