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Horrible mechanic failurequote:Wash. mechanic leaves envelope containing resume, child pornography in woman痴 car http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/09/07/wash-mechanic-leaves-envelope-containing-resume-in-womans-car/
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:Horrible mechanic failure Why would you keep those things together??????
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Sep 8, 2014 05:38
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OFFICER 13 INCH posted:Cost aside we just trained a brand new technician to mount and dismount tires with TPMS in about fifteen minutes so any of you whining about the technician side of things needs to find a new shop that doesnt suck. Or doesn't use "these perfectly fine sensors are faulty and if you DON'T REPLACE ALL FOUR OF THEM RIGHT NOW YOU WILL DIE A FIERY DEATH!" as a way to increase their profit margins...
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Sep 8, 2014 06:12
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The Door Frame posted:Why would you keep those things together?????? I am glad he did. Also I wish I had TPMS. Got another flat. I check my tires periodically but not every single time of course. I noticed it was loud though and when I looked it was obviously low. Having a sensor would be nice because it might tell me before I notice it.
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Sep 8, 2014 06:17
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When I switched to my winter tires with no TPMS sensors it took an uninterrupted* ~20 mile drive for my Fit to notice the sensors were gone and and light up TPMS on the dash. Not sure how useful it would be in alerting me to a low tire. It probably reacts differently when it's communicating and something goes wrong vs not communicating at all but it still didn't inspire much confidence in the system. *The 5 or so ~10 mile trips I took before that didn't do it.
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Sep 8, 2014 06:36
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Galler posted:When I switched to my winter tires with no TPMS sensors it took an uninterrupted* ~20 mile drive for my Fit to notice the sensors were gone and and light up TPMS on the dash. Not sure how useful it would be in alerting me to a low tire. It probably reacts differently when it's communicating and something goes wrong vs not communicating at all but it still didn't inspire much confidence in the system. Our range is just that good 
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Sep 8, 2014 07:19
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OFFICER 13 INCH posted:Cost aside we just trained a brand new technician to mount and dismount tires with TPMS in about fifteen minutes so any of you whining about the technician side of things needs to find a new shop that doesnt suck. Warn him about Ford straps. :iamafag: Galler posted:When I switched to my winter tires with no TPMS sensors it took an uninterrupted* ~20 mile drive for my Fit to notice the sensors were gone and and light up TPMS on the dash. Not sure how useful it would be in alerting me to a low tire. It probably reacts differently when it's communicating and something goes wrong vs not communicating at all but it still didn't inspire much confidence in the system. Yours is probably using a "interrogate sensors after X continuous miles and at a speed above Y" logic. Pretty normal, and probably gets better sensor battery life than the more sensitive ones. Every manufacturer uses their own ruleset about how and why the indicator pops, and it varies even between models by the same manufacturer (sometimes by a lot). Hey look another STANDARDS  complaint, but the potpourri gets pretty old.20 miles to warn you that your tire is at least 5 psi (or whatever) below the others is great, though. A light on the dash is not going to be your only indication for a catastrophic blowout, heh. There's a lot of room on the pressure dial between 'TPMS sets indicator' and 'hey noticeable driveability issue' and most tire damage leaks slowly enough that you'll get the former hours before you get the latter. Splizwarf fucked around with this message at 08:57 on Sep 8, 2014 |
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Sep 8, 2014 08:55
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My old Yaris would flip the pressure light on for trivially small pressure changes.. like two or three PSI. When it got below zero in the winter that was enough to trip it. 
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Sep 8, 2014 13:52
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For another horrible mechanic failure, turns out the oil drain plug and ATF drain plug on a 2012 Subaru Forester look remarkably similar. Guess how I know?
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Sep 8, 2014 16:32
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My sister-in-law saw this driving down the road over the weekend.
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Sep 8, 2014 16:51
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xzzy posted:My old Yaris would flip the pressure light on for trivially small pressure changes.. like two or three PSI. My RX8 was like that, very picky about all the tires being within 3-5 psi of each other. TPMS light in the new to me 08 Jeep patriot would come on after 15 miles like clock work despite the tires being fine. Now the light is on all the time with correct pressure in the tires so I assume a battery or sensor has died. I don't know poo poo about servicing them... EDIT Thread needs more pics. Here are the crapped out end links I just replaced on the patriot. The lower balls pulled from the joints. Rusted and pitted.  The lower sockets, full of rust and dirt with no grease.   The upper joints were in better shape, smooth joints with still a little grease in them.   evilnissan fucked around with this message at 17:06 on Sep 8, 2014 |
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Sep 8, 2014 16:58
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I was sure you were showing me hitch balls there for a moment.
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Sep 8, 2014 19:02
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CornHolio posted:My sister-in-law saw this driving down the road over the weekend. World's largest wiper blade 
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Sep 8, 2014 20:47
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Galler posted:When I switched to my winter tires with no TPMS sensors it took an uninterrupted* ~20 mile drive for my Fit to notice the sensors were gone and and light up TPMS on the dash. Not sure how useful it would be in alerting me to a low tire. It probably reacts differently when it's communicating and something goes wrong vs not communicating at all but it still didn't inspire much confidence in the system. My Golf uses the wheel speed sensor and the 1 time I got a nail it told me within 10 feet of backing out of a parking spot. Superior German Engineering.
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Sep 8, 2014 21:26
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Motronic posted:It's not an edge case and I don't know who would claim that. It's something very common that SHOULD be solved through routine maintenance.
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Sep 8, 2014 21:35
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Beach Bum posted:I was sure you were showing me hitch balls there for a moment. I went the other way. Thought they were 6 or 8mm linkage ball joints for an accelerator or something.
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Sep 8, 2014 21:41
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InitialDave posted:Yep, my parents killed a set of rear tyres through low pressure because of this. It also highlighted the exact problem with this kind of creep of standard-fit bullshit - they didn't check their tyre pressures because the car had this clever system to tell them if they were getting low. Had the car not had anything, they'd probably have checked their pressures as a matter of course and caught it. I got sad the other day when I realised there will soon be a generation of people who are unable to reverse a vehicle not equipped with a camera for the purpose. Eventually I assume this will extend to parking in general.
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Sep 8, 2014 23:50
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Slavvy posted:I got sad the other day when I realised there will soon be a generation of people who are unable to reverse a vehicle not equipped with a camera for the purpose. Eventually I assume this will extend to parking in general. Luckily those same cars will also keep their stupidity in check by not letting them slam into the car parked behind them.
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Sep 9, 2014 00:28
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Funzo posted:For another horrible mechanic failure, turns out the oil drain plug and ATF drain plug on a 2012 Subaru Forester look remarkably similar. Guess how I know? They've looked similar since at least 2003, and I'm pretty sure I know for the same reason you know. Man, typing that out has me split between thinking a) "Goddamn, my "nice" car is like 12 years old," and b)"Goddamn that car looks pretty good for 12 years old."
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Sep 9, 2014 06:38
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Slavvy posted:I got sad the other day when I realised there will soon be a generation of people who are unable to reverse a vehicle not equipped with a camera for the purpose. Eventually I assume this will extend to parking in general. I have serious issues parallel parking my car as it is; I can't see the hood at all when I'm sitting in the drivers seat, and the rear window rake + factory spoiler means I have a tiny bit of usable rear window (worse at night due to the tint), and absolutely no idea where my rear bumper is. I've felt like I was mere inches from another car, when it wound up being a full car length.  I've had the car nearly 2 years, and I've gotten a lot better at parking it - but I still have issues with rearward visibility when parking.Dad's mk3 Prius was even worse when I went to visit - I wound up backing it across his neighbor's front yard when I tried to back it out of his garage (garage was 45 degrees from the street). It seriously fucks me up not being able to see the hood, and it seems like more and more cars are like that. It doesn't help that I'm slightly on the short side.Anytime I borrow mom's Avalon, I can park it perfectly - massive rear window, massive hood visible from the drivers seat; I can tell exactly where the bumpers are without parking by braille. Stepdad's F-150 is incredibly easy to park - what I can't see out the back window, I make up for by just sticking my head out the window and looking at the back bumper. I'm a horrible driver failure when I can't see the hood. randomidiot fucked around with this message at 06:56 on Sep 9, 2014 |
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Sep 9, 2014 06:48
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I've never understood that - the corners of the car are always the same distance from where you are sitting so for any given vehicle you should be able to pick up what spaces it can and cannot fit into fairly quickly. Then again I've never in my life had off street parking so parallel parking is fairly well ingrained.
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Sep 9, 2014 09:37
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I think it's partly me being half blind and relying on glasses to see (which do gently caress with how I perceive spaces slightly); partly being taught in drivers ed to always use the hood and trunk to judge how much room you have to park. I'm also super paranoid about actually touching another car. The car, if you look at paint, looks a couple of years old.. not 9 years old (2006 model year, built in July 2005). I've been doing delivery off and on for 14; parking was super easy until I got this car. What throws me is I have no idea where the bumpers are, just a general idea. Turning on the front fog lights, along with the backup lights, helps a lot, if you know how to read shadows. My overnight parking is a steep driveway that's a bitch to get in/out of without hitting anything. Better than parking on the street, but garage parking isn't an option.
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Sep 9, 2014 09:55
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TPMS chat: The systems in my wife's 2010 Titan and my 2013 Subaru will alert almost every spring/fall when the temperatures change. Seems sensitive to about 2PSI
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Sep 9, 2014 16:49
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If anything I think the cameras give a false sense of security. They are often fisheye and it looks like you have miles of space when in reality you're about an inch and a half from hitting something. The one on my truck is useless for anything other than lining up the hitch ball to a trailer.
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Sep 9, 2014 23:38
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Hillridge posted:lining up the hitch ball to a trailer. Oh hey, there's the killer app. Awesome.
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Sep 10, 2014 00:09
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revmoo posted:Oh hey, there's the killer app. Awesome. Anyone who can't figure that out after 5-10 tries shouldn't be towing a trailer.
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Sep 10, 2014 02:50
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Hillridge posted:If anything I think the cameras give a false sense of security. They are often fisheye and it looks like you have miles of space when in reality you're about an inch and a half from hitting something. The one on my truck is useless for anything other than lining up the hitch ball to a trailer. My STi OEM is like this but it also has green yellow red bars that tell me and I can correlate them to what I see out of the back window. Also helps me line up with the curb.
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Sep 10, 2014 03:04
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Motronic posted:Anyone who can't figure that out after 5-10 tries shouldn't be towing a trailer. Yeah, but it's loving awesome having a dashed line from the hitch that shows you exactly where it is. Doubly so when it's a lovely spot to hook up, and your only guidance is from your wife who mixes up left and right, as well as makes up her own hand signals on a whim. But for just backing up? I never even look at it. Feels way too alien.
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Sep 10, 2014 03:21
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I'm going to go against the grain here and say I love backup cameras. Yeah they're not necessary for most vehicles (though a lot of newer cars have pretty crappy rear visibility), but they sure are nice, especially when backing something unfamiliar. It's a view you simply can not otherwise have from the driver's seat (barring a bare chassis cab or maybe a low flatbed). I mean why wouldn't you want more ability to see what's behind you?
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Sep 10, 2014 03:43
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wolrah posted:I'm going to go against the grain here and say I love backup cameras. Yeah they're not necessary for most vehicles (though a lot of newer cars have pretty crappy rear visibility), but they sure are nice, especially when backing something unfamiliar. Same reason people buy desert eagles. A) They hate Palestinians -or- B) It makes them feel manly
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Sep 10, 2014 03:49
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wolrah posted:I'm going to go against the grain here and say I love backup cameras. Yeah they're not necessary for most vehicles (though a lot of newer cars have pretty crappy rear visibility), but they sure are nice, especially when backing something unfamiliar. Mandatory on every car sold in the US starting 2018.
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Sep 10, 2014 04:03
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I'm sure that nothing could go wrong with drivers looking exclusively at a screen that shows them what's 4-6 feet behind them and nothing else  What I can't believe is that GM is expecting to sell self driving cars by the end of 2016. Not that they can't make them, mind you, but that people would trust a car that drives itself from the company that couldn't make sure that your brand new car can stay on while you're driving it
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Sep 10, 2014 04:11
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I think rear-view cameras also help prevent people from backing over their small children/pets/bicycles ect as well.
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Sep 10, 2014 04:49
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Yeah, you池e not supposed to look at the screen exclusively. You池e supposed to glance at it to see if there痴 anything in your blind spot. Complaining that it shouldn稚 exist is like complaining that mirrors shouldn稚 exist because people will use them instead of turning their heads.
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Sep 10, 2014 04:54
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Platystemon posted:Yeah, you’re not supposed to look at the screen exclusively. You’re supposed to glance at it to see if there’s anything in your blind spot. With the introduction of additional driver aids, there is a net reduction in driver awareness regardless of what you're "supposed" to do. I'll admit that with blind spot indicators I'm not really checking every time, but that was only after rigorous testing in different driving conditions to sufficiently vet their effectiveness. Newer generations will only know the new stuff, we are doomed to bring sideswiped by 'naughts' that SWEAR their blind spot indicators were off.
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Sep 10, 2014 05:01
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FormatAmerica posted:With the introduction of additional driver aids, there is a net reduction in driver awareness regardless of what you're "supposed" to do. Heh, what? Driver awareness might be further distributed by additional driver aids, but they're not going to magically turn your overall $1.00 of attention into $0.80. Maybe if the backup camera screen had a tv show overlay all the time or something?
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Sep 10, 2014 05:33
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FormatAmerica posted:I'll admit that with blind spot indicators I'm not really checking every time, but that was only after rigorous testing in different driving conditions to sufficiently vet their effectiveness. You know you're supposed to still check yourself, right? So that you don't slam into some car full of children when a faulty LED fails to alert you to their presence? The thing is I'm not sure if this is hypocritical, or actually proves your point exactly.
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Sep 10, 2014 05:42
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Backing into parking spaces and pulling out forwards is safer overall anyway and I only see backup cameras making backing into spaces easier. 
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Sep 10, 2014 05:44
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Previa_fun posted:Backing into parking spaces and pulling out forwards is safer overall anyway and I only see backup cameras making backing into spaces easier. 99.9% of the people who fancy park take 5 times the time to do it as compared to just pulling in, it's awful. Always nice when higher traffic parking garages have a head in parking only sign, but that doesn't always stop it.
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Sep 10, 2014 06:16
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Splizwarf posted:Heh, what? Driver awareness might be further distributed by additional driver aids, but they're not going to magically turn your overall $1.00 of attention into $0.80. Maybe if the backup camera screen had a tv show overlay all the time or something? Are you serious? This poo poo's already happening. How many people do you see actually look over their shoulder before a lane change? Who the hell uses the parking brake anymore, or checks their tire pressure or even their oil? The car will tell them when these things need to be done.
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