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Platystemon posted:It looks to me like the numbers have consistent angular spacing, so the needle can turn the same as it would on a circular speedometer. When do you need to know how fast you are going beyond a few mph accuracy anyway?
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Boat posted:By song and dance, I mean those crazy key on-off + button pushing things you can do on some cars to disable traction control or whatever. Most people won't give a drat, but those who want to can have gauges that actually gauge things instead of idiot lights that happen to posses a needle for some reason. Gonna need VCDS to reset it though.
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Jonny Nox posted:When do you need to know how fast you are going beyond a few mph accuracy anyway? When a few notorious neighborhood speedway/accident zones got permanent installations, it got me croggling my head around how strongly the readings deviated no matter how consistently I maintained 25mph (in this instance) on my dial. Then again your driver's seat angle and height setting can change your perspective to the angled gauge and dial just like a sundial. Digital readouts take away the need for a constant director's eye for angle. With cruise control and GPS on the open highway you could suss out your car's own margin of error. A speedometer's just a weather vane. Better than a windsock, not worth betting your life.
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Xlorp posted:When a few notorious neighborhood speedway/accident zones got permanent installations, it got me croggling my head around how strongly the readings deviated no matter how consistently I maintained 25mph (in this instance) on my dial. Part of that is also the MASSIVE temperature drift and surprisingly low accuracy you get on radar-based speed measuring devices. It's even worse on ones that just give you a number and don't actually issue speeding fines, as those have no requirement to actually be properly calibrated. The portable ones they roll out down here ('straya) often read over by 5+kph 
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dissss posted:Trouble with that system is any given Peugeot is likely to have that lamp lit whether or not there is anything actually wrong. In defence of mine it's never come on (yes the bulb does work) but my dad had a 308 that loved to die as you pulled up at junctions, the STOP lamp helpfully informing you that the engine has indeed stopped. Platystemon posted:It looks to me like the numbers have consistent angular spacing, so the needle can turn the same as it would on a circular speedometer. Bingo, got to ride in a rental one once and it works like this. The numbers get closer and further away from the needle, which should come as a great aid to your average Rover driver, but the needles do at least point to the right place. As for the warning lights, it's clearly that your Life Clock hasn't been lit for long enough to own a Rover and you must return to the city for a different car.
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spog posted:Okay pop quiz. What's do these icons mean? These icons means you copied and cropped the picture from this page on retrofitting a traffic warning system to a Rover 75?
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Ferremit posted:I can't ever see that working- Toyota deliberately dumbed down the temp gauges in their cars for YEARS because retards would see it fluctuate with engine load and outsid temp and freak out and call the dealer. See also: obd2 BMW e36 3er. The OBD1 cars had a real gauge, but yuppies were buying the things and freaking out so the OBD2 cars are literally an overtemp idiot light. Anything above 12o clock is over 260F and if the high temp light does come on, the head gasket is very likely hosed.
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I was gonna post a pic of my stupid instrument cluster that has the engine warning light on, and still says "No Malfunctions" in the info screen, but it's turned the light off by itself. Great success.
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Xlorp posted:A speedometer's just a weather vane. Better than a windsock, not worth betting your life. Wait, are you saying a speedometer is better than a windsock or that a weather vane is better than a windsock.
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metaxus posted:These icons means you copied and cropped the picture from this page on retrofitting a traffic warning system to a Rover 75? Nicely googled. Of course, the reason I had to steal a photo is that the logos don't appear anywhere in the user manuals, or anywhere that you would look when a pair of logos pop-up on the warning screen: which is great when one of them looks like a brake pad in a wheel and the other looks like a stability-related icon and so, look serious. (actually means 'got a signal' and 'no issues on road') It as pure coincidence that they appeared during a brake test, but I sure as hell crawled home when they popped up, assuming that it was something serious. After that, I stopped get mad at people who couldn't tell the difference between 'washer fluid is only half-full' and 'engine's on fire, yo'
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The New England AI trade mission to southeast Asia is off to a great start.
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The OSHA-approved "turn your head to the side and squint" is being used by both the helpers, but the guy doing the actual grinding isn't even pretending like he wanted some safety gear for this job.
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Aug 2, 2015 18:28
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He's on grinder operation because he's already blind.
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Boat posted:Wait, are you saying a speedometer is better than a windsock or that a weather vane is better than a windsock. Reliable and accurate speed measurement device + situational awareness >> relying solely on typical speedometer > weather vane >= wind sock
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Splizwarf posted:He's on grinder operation because he's already blind. Kinda wanna make a tinder/autocorrect joke here.
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Aug 2, 2015 20:17
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But a wind sock tells direction and speed. A vane only shows direction. How is a weather vane better than a wind sock? This is important
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Number 1 Sexy Dad posted:But a wind sock tells direction and speed. A vane only shows direction. How is a weather vane better than a wind sock? This is important
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So this happened on the way home from a rallycross. Ive never had a wheel bearing go from ok to failed in 200 miles. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTQYEuc3WtE      Have the following in the mail: 1x wheel bearing 1x set of seals 1x snap ring 1x hub 1x cv axle 1x abs sensor 1x spindle I really should have gotten it towed.
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While out running I found these spaced evenly over about 150' of curb. Hope the wheel has at least a few more holding fast. http://imgur.com/NXuBQXo
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Mercury Ballistic posted:While out running I found these spaced evenly over about 150' of curb. Hope the wheel has at least a few more holding fast. that looks like someone got new lugnuts put on and never had them torqued for a second time. They look like the same ones discount tire put on both of my cars.
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Aug 2, 2015 23:24
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Number 1 Sexy Dad posted:But a wind sock tells direction and speed. A vane only shows direction. How is a weather vane better than a wind sock? This is important The weather vane has an anemometer attached. Problem solved.
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Sadi posted:So this happened on the way home from a rallycross. Ive never had a wheel bearing go from ok to failed in 200 miles. It was either a garbage bearing, didn't have enough grease, or wasn't torqued to proper spec. Or more than one of the above. I bought a ChinaPro wheel bearing for my outback a couple years ago, it lasted about 10 miles before doing that. Thankfully the rear bearings on the 3rd gens are units. The grease in the bearing after 10 miles was black and the whole thing was smoked. I don't know if they just resealed a defective part or what, but it was trash.
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spog posted:Okay pop quiz. What's do these icons mean? time machine Illuminati activated
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Alright who put that straw there? 
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Hey kids, did you know that diffusers work by pulling themselves downward toward the ground with great force? That's why they are usually held on to the car by reasonably beefy fasteners! This one was detached at the top and dragging along the ground. I about poo poo myself laughing
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Data Graham posted:Hey kids, did you know that diffusers work by pulling themselves downward toward the ground with great force? That's why they are usually held on to the car by reasonably beefy fasteners! Judging from that road surface id say it got eaten alive by all the small debris/pebbles and poo poo.
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Data Graham posted:Hey kids, did you know that diffusers work by pulling themselves downward toward the ground with great force? That's why they are usually held on to the car by reasonably beefy fasteners! Hey, that's how the splash guard on the front of my Subaru is. I knew I was doing the racecar thing and not just being a lazy gently caress who can't order popits at the dealer.
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veedubfreak posted:Is that the same car that was rear ended or is this a different 64? This is a different one, here they are together: 
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What car is that? I can't figure it out.
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458 with a liberty walk kit. http://www.libertywalk.co.jp/page.php?id=68
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MomJeans420 posted:What car is that? I can't figure it out. Looks like a Ferrari 458.
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bull3964 posted:Looks like a Ferrari 458. a horribly molested one
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"Your reckless driving is disturbing the Sleeper in the Pyramid"
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atomicthumbs posted:"Your reckless driving is disturbing the Sleeper in the Pyramid" The warning chime goes "ia! ia!" and makes mad dogs and Englishmen flee in terror.
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Splizwarf posted:The warning chime goes "ia! ia!" and makes mad dogs and Englishmen flee in terror. i! i! Roveri fhtagn. Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Roveri N'glan wgah'nagl fhtagn.
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Snagged from a buddy's facebook-
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