Car Chat

[2o6]

https://www.facebook.com/stephen.meyers.39/videos/2181370025262639/


Here ya go. That's in Missouri.

[Eye of the Tiger]

https://www.facebook.com/stephen.meyers.39/videos/2181370025262639/


Here ya go. That's in Missouri.

Looks like a typical highway in South Carolina

[CaminoRacer]

Man you just can't beat the excitement of a pro-touring style muscle car. So much violence and yet it will stick the road (unlike previous muscle car builds that only went straight)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3wiPj3jT1g

[cawimmer430]

"terrible roads in Germany"- shows one picture of a patched pothole on a rural two-lane.

Mon ami, we've got potholes in city centers that swallow Fiats.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Dkx5OwWrOhs

ff to 0:30

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=M9IeeAMR5EI

HOLY SHIT. Where do all your tax dollars go!? 

[cawimmer430]

You call that terrible?  That would be considered average or above average here.  We've got holes that crush steel rims at 20 mph.  A coworker hit a hole so large that it set off the pyrotechnic pre-tensioners in his seatbelts because the engine subframe impacted the ground, prompting him to have to replace all of the seatbelts in his car.

The road I photographed was in relatively "good shape" considering some of the really crap roads we have here. The Autobahn I use almost daily for example has a section with POT HOLES that are about a foot deep from what I can see. They are thankfully in a speed limited section (80 km/h) and I wonder if whoever is responsible felt the need to put up a cheaper speed limit sign than actually repair those pot holes. Driving on that stretch requires constant swerving and attempting to avoid the pot holes. It's disgusting how these things are not repaired in this supposed "First World Country".

[cawimmer430]

Since we're sharing war stories, here's how a road I took last June looked:



Hard to see the massive pothole at the hill crest:

https://www.facebook.com/stephen.meyers.39/videos/2181370025262639/


Here ya go. That's in Missouri.

We have similar conditions on some roads in Munich. I will take some shots if I can, maybe on a Sunday when there's less traffic. Unbelievable how roads in First World Nations are allowed to disintegrate.

[giant_mtb]

Here's a random (potentially dumb?) question:  Why, when jump starting a car, are you supposed to ground the vehicle being jumped via the block or some other  non-battery ground?  I've always done so simply out of habit, but what is the difference between that and grounding it via the battery?

[MX793]

Here's a random (potentially dumb?) question:  Why, when jump starting a car, are you supposed to ground the vehicle being jumped via the block or some other  non-battery ground?  I've always done so simply out of habit, but what is the difference between that and grounding it via the battery?

Less chance of causing a spark in proximity of the battery.  Not as much of a problem with newer sealed batteries, but non-sealed batteries can off-gas hydrogen which can create a fireball in the presence of a spark.

[giant_mtb]

Interesting.  Good to know.

[CaminoRacer]

I always just use the battery posts. And try as hard as I can to avoid the temptation to make sparks.

[Soup DeVille]

I always figured it was just to bypass any potentially lousy ground wire.

[giant_mtb]

I always just use the battery posts.

I've done that a few times as well.  No issues, same results. 

[MX793]

I always figured it was just to bypass any potentially lousy ground wire.

Wouldn't a bad ground wire only be a problem if you were connecting to a chassis ground rather than the battery terminal?

Also, if you connect the terminals in the correct order, the risk of sparks is minimal.  The positive is more likely to spark than the negative, so as long as you connect the positives first and then the negatives, you can connect terminal to terminal with minimal risk.  I've always gone terminal to terminal the few times I've needed to jump start a car.

[Soup DeVille]

Wouldn't a bad ground wire only be a problem if you were connecting to a chassis ground rather than the battery terminal?

Also, if you connect the terminals in the correct order, the risk of sparks is minimal.  The positive is more likely to spark than the negative, so as long as you connect the positives first and then the negatives, you can connect terminal to terminal with minimal risk.  I've always gone terminal to terminal the few times I've needed to jump start a car.

Well, assuming you're trying to get power to the starter, no, you'd want to ground to the engine.

[CaminoRacer]

Stupid Mazda keeps flashing the battery light and I'm supposed to drive down state this weekend. Gonna rent a car because I'm not swapping an alternator on the side of the road in the snow. Nuh uh.

[cawimmer430]

Was supposed to have a four-SUV shoot today (Audi Q2, Hyundai Kona, Mazda CX-3 and Fiat 500X) but it got canceled due to the rain and moved to Monday. Last night they dropped off the Audi Q2 at my place.

The editor has encouraged me to drive around in the Audi for the weekend. Cool. I shall do that! 

It's an Audi Q2 30 TDI with 116-horsepower and a 6-speed manual. It's a 1.6-l engine and I think this is a non-Quattro car. Gonna enjoy this weekend - Diesel power and a manual transmission. 

[12,000 RPM]

Next consulting check comes, we're ricing out the Optima. Coilovers and 20s. I need new tires and it's probably due for shocks anyway. Make it enjoyable while I'm stuck in it. Recalls have killed all resale so I've accepted being 2 for 2 in writeoffs

Then accelerating the payoff, hopefully by the end of 2020... and buying the 10th gen Civic EX-L I should have bought 4 years ago

[Gotta-Qik-C7]

Next consulting check comes, we're ricing out the Optima. Coilovers and 20s. I need new tires and it's probably due for shocks anyway. Make it enjoyable while I'm stuck in it. Recalls have killed all resale so I've accepted being 2 for 2 in writeoffs

Then accelerating the payoff, hopefully by the end of 2020... and buying the 10th gen Civic EX-L I should have bought 4 years ago

What brand/style of Twamps you thinking of getting?

[12,000 RPM]

Fake BBS FIs

[SJ_GTI]

Those look good.

[Gotta-Qik-C7]

Fake BBS FIs

NIce!!!

[Raza]

Interesting.  Good to know.

So, is this not right?

https://youtu.be/hzw1P_uGFys?t=42

[MX793]

Well, assuming you're trying to get power to the starter, no, you'd want to ground to the engine.

Yeah, good point.  That's honestly probably more the reason why they recommend grounding to the chassis than the sparking near hydrogen thing.  I know that the guidance to connect the positive first is to prevent sparks.

Reminds me of a story my dad told me some years ago.  He and my grandfather were at some kind of event (I think it was a NASCAR race) and they see these people having some difficulty starting their car.  Then they see them carrying a battery over to the car that won't start.  My dad asks them what they were doing and they explained that they didn't have any jumper cables, so they were going to jump start the car by just touching the terminals of the batteries together.  My dad then offered them his jumper cables so they wouldn't hurt themselves.

[CaminoRacer]

I've started a car with a battery from another car and just swapped in the dead battery after it was running. Worked fine.

[dazzleman]

Man you just can't beat the excitement of a pro-touring style muscle car. So much violence and yet it will stick the road (unlike previous muscle car builds that only went straight)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3wiPj3jT1g

Now that's a car!  My uncle had a car that looked a lot like that - a Chevy Malibu.  I think it was the same body design but without the supercharged power.  His was a 69 or 70.  Before that, he had a 65 Mustang.

Thanks for posting the video, man.  I really enjoyed watching it.  A car like that is what I grew up with as my idea of the ideal car (even though my family never owned anything close to that).  I remember when cars like that were all over the road.  In a lot of ways, cars from the late 1960s and early 1970s are still my ideal, though I am fully aware of how much better today's cars are in a lot of ways.

The guys in the video seems pretty cool, too.  Was the guy on the left Matt Farah?  I've seen him with Rob Ferretti on some other videos.  Who was the guy driving the car?

[FoMoJo]

^There really should be a resto-mod in your future.

[CaminoRacer]

Guy on the left was the owner of the car. Just a normal guy. The guy on the right was someone else associated with Matt Farah. Not really sure what his name is or who he is.

[dazzleman]

Guy on the left was the owner of the car. Just a normal guy. The guy on the right was someone else associated with Matt Farah. Not really sure what his name is or who he is.

I realized after that the guy on the left was not Matt Farah.  I've seen other videos of his but not for a while.  I went to the website of that group, and it seems the guy on the right is some guy named Zack.  I forget his last name.  It was a pretty cool video and it looked like a fun ride.

[giant_mtb]

So, is this not right?

https://youtu.be/hzw1P_uGFys?t=42

HAH.  I love Dwight there.

[giant_mtb]

I want a Wrangler so bad.  Some day.  I'd almost consider selling Taco and buying a Wrangler, but having a truck bed is just too convenient for a lot of things I use it for, like transporting dirtbike, mountain bike, dirty stuff, firewood, camping stuff, shovels, snowblower, kayak, ladders, lawnmower, 2x4s/etc., and everything else that makes a truck bed so usable.  No external accessories required.