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by ClutchFork
Sun Oct 02, 2022 11:16 pm
Forum: Tranny Talk
Topic: Fake manual transmissions coming to EVs?
Replies: 7
Views: 2383

Re: Fake manual transmissions coming to EVs?

potownrob wrote: Sun Oct 02, 2022 7:21 am knot shore how this post was mist. very interesting video and topic this is. very hungary eye yam.
It got mist in my eyes longing for the good old days when this absurd stuff only existed in the minds of science friction writers.
by ClutchFork
Tue Aug 02, 2022 11:28 pm
Forum: Rants and Raves
Topic: Sick of the Safety NAZIs
Replies: 19
Views: 2866

Re: Sick of the Safety NAZIs

Now that Dort is one fine machine. Look how easy to change spark plugs on it. Everything is easy to get to. Wonder if that engine will fit in my Fusion.
by ClutchFork
Tue Aug 02, 2022 11:26 pm
Forum: Rants and Raves
Topic: Sick of the Safety NAZIs
Replies: 19
Views: 2866

Re: Sick of the Safety NAZIs

Well the extenders came today and they work great. Of course the first shot at trying them out and the car was going to make a liar of me. Had to drive halfway down the block with no belt to get the chime to go off, but then plugged in the extender and it was gone. They work pretty good. Instead of...
by ClutchFork
Fri Apr 08, 2022 9:08 pm
Forum: Rants and Raves
Topic: Misc Thread VI: Return of the Threadi
Replies: 55905
Views: 3275131

Re: Misc Thread VI: Return of the Threadi

When Baby Seats for the car used to be fun https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ceorwMHJgAM/XWreqRawPvI/AAAAAAADndQ/J1LtixACM7Uv8xo1cc1In8wzFoG6imGLwCLcBGAs/s1600/vintage-baby-car-seats-14.jpg https://www.autoweek.com/car-life/but-wait-theres-more/g39573604/child-car-seats-of-1959/?source=nl&utm_source=n...
by ClutchFork
Tue Mar 22, 2022 3:07 pm
Forum: Rants and Raves
Topic: Misc Thread VI: Return of the Threadi
Replies: 55905
Views: 3275131

Re: Misc Thread VI: Return of the Threadi

Innovative used tire disposal strategy:
https://youtu.be/dHh93cv4HNE
by ClutchFork
Fri Mar 18, 2022 9:19 pm
Forum: Rants and Raves
Topic: What are you listening to?
Replies: 1981
Views: 191053

Re: What are you listening to?

....and Jethro Tull's real name was Jethro Bodine, but that was the name of Max Baer's character on "The Beverly Hillbillies", so they went with Jethro Tull instead. ...and then the band member changed his name to Ian Anderson, so his bandmates didn't keep sayin' "It's not all about ...
by ClutchFork
Sat Mar 12, 2022 2:55 am
Forum: Rants and Raves
Topic: Misc Thread VI: Return of the Threadi
Replies: 55905
Views: 3275131

Re: Misc Thread VI: Return of the Threadi

MOKE! MOKE! MOKE ID COMING FROM MY MAUT! BMW FACES BIG RECALL OVER FIRES… - Autoline Daily And in other BMW news, it’s recalling over a million vehicles worldwide due to fire risks. And these are ICE fires, not BEV ones. The heater for the positive crankcase ventilation or PCV valve may fail and co...
by ClutchFork
Fri Mar 11, 2022 10:27 pm
Forum: Rants and Raves
Topic: Misc Thread VI: Return of the Threadi
Replies: 55905
Views: 3275131

Re: Misc Thread VI: Return of the Threadi

MOKE! MOKE! MOKE ID COMING FROM MY MAUT! BMW FACES BIG RECALL OVER FIRES… - Autoline Daily And in other BMW news, it’s recalling over a million vehicles worldwide due to fire risks. And these are ICE fires, not BEV ones. The heater for the positive crankcase ventilation or PCV valve may fail and co...
by ClutchFork
Sun Mar 06, 2022 1:33 pm
Forum: Rants and Raves
Topic: Misc Thread VI: Return of the Threadi
Replies: 55905
Views: 3275131

Re: Misc Thread VI: Return of the Threadi

^ Is one of them actually you? I woulkd guess the first one as I don't think you are a young un. Neither one is me. There was a time I took a picture of the inside of my mouth and posted it here when someone asked for photos of our interiors. They're just lucky that's the orifice I chose. Either wa...
by ClutchFork
Sat Mar 05, 2022 7:39 pm
Forum: Rants and Raves
Topic: Misc Thread VI: Return of the Threadi
Replies: 55905
Views: 3275131

Re: Misc Thread VI: Return of the Threadi

^ Is one of them actually you? I woulkd guess the first one as I don't think you are a young un.
by ClutchFork
Sat Feb 26, 2022 2:08 pm
Forum: Tranny Talk
Topic: Winter....potholes....and automatics. Ugh!
Replies: 62
Views: 14251

Re: Winter....potholes....and automatics. Ugh!

February snow and cold weather here in the Detroit MI area have been brutal on the roads. Thursday evening in the dark I hit this missing section of pavement and it blew my front right tire and bent the rim. The left must have missed because it did not get any damage, but I replaced two tires since ...
by ClutchFork
Thu Feb 24, 2022 11:22 pm
Forum: Rants and Raves
Topic: If ..........., You Just Might Be Drivin' an Electric
Replies: 115
Views: 26719

Re: If ..........., You Just Might Be Drivin' an Electric

If we ever are forced to drive electric cars (i.e., if ICEs are banned), then I recommend keeping a generator in the trunk or you could end up like this guy:
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by ClutchFork
Sun Feb 13, 2022 2:17 am
Forum: Manuals in the News
Topic: Ford patents an automated manual transmission with fingertip control
Replies: 11
Views: 3712

Re: Ford patents an automated manual transmission with fingertip control

Your lawyer probably didn't submit the request on the latest version of the form and so the committee refused to review your shift request. Indeed! Shifting by committee. Whoever (engineer, bean counter, federal regulators, insurance lobby, etc.) had input into how those paddes work is driving your...
by ClutchFork
Sat Feb 12, 2022 3:18 pm
Forum: Manuals in the News
Topic: Ford patents an automated manual transmission with fingertip control
Replies: 11
Views: 3712

Re: Ford patents an automated manual transmission with fingertip control

I have tried the paddle shifters and they are no fun. Also they don't seem to work right, or else I don't know how to work them. Your lawyer probably didn't submit the request on the latest version of the form and so the committee refused to review your shift request. Indeed! Shifting by committee....
by ClutchFork
Fri Feb 11, 2022 11:35 pm
Forum: Manuals in the News
Topic: Ford patents an automated manual transmission with fingertip control
Replies: 11
Views: 3712

Re: Ford patents an automated manual transmission with fingertip control

I have tried the paddle shifters and they are no fun. Also they don't seem to work right, or else I don't know how to work them.