Can we have a thread for funny, weird or interseting car trivia?
>Many Rolls Royce cars have self stabilizing hubcups so that the emblem is always right side up, and umbrellas embedded on the doors.
>>15384490
I learned on the latest Top Gear that Rolls-Royce put heaters on the scabbard that holds the umbrella to dry the umbrella off after use.
>>15384520
this should be standard on all luxury cars
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New Mercedes cars let out a loud sound through the sound system when it detects that a crash is inevitable, this causes the stapedius muscle in your ears to tense up and tighten the ear drum so the crash doesn't damage your hearing
>>15384586
Dude that's badass
>>15384586
How did the germans test this feature I wonder?
>>15384586
really ? that's nice as fuck
>>15384605
WWII if I had to guess
Non M BMW E36/E46 have a weak subframe
>>15384490
60K aud Skoda has that feature as well, rolls btfo
>>15384621
*Rear subframe
>>15384586
>even if my face is broken and my body crushed between this car, at least my hearing is alright
honda a shit
>>15384629
>modern Mercedes
>face broken and body crushed
>>15384605
What do you think they're using all those refugees for
>>15384605
http://youtu.be/N9p0jLMssSk
>>15384490
GTIRs came with an umbrella in the door too.
Rolls btfo
Got a plastic textured door sill somewhat like this?
There's a purpose for that.
Wipin' the sand off the bottom of your shoes.
>>15384792
underrated post
57-59' Ford Skyliners had an optional fitted luggage set to fit in the storage bin in the trunk when the retractable hardtop was down
>>15384586
>New Mercedes cars let out a loud sound
Many years ago, Mercedes was the one that invented the deliberate weak spots in the hood so that it would crumple up when hit. Otherwise, a strong hood would simply be shoved through the windshield into peoples' faces.
They then gave up patenting it as a competitive advantage so that other car manufacturers could also use the patented idea for free. Thus the age of crumple zones began.
For BMW automatics, the transmission is adaptive, to reset it, press the start button, then hold the gas to the floor for 30 seconds. This will reset the transmission's learned settings. Great for when your wife drives your car...
>>15384490
Spotted the faggot subscribed to rob
>>15384792
>>15384621
only e46 iirc.
you can buy a brace that prevents the subframe from cracking but it'd only really prevent issues with a brand new undamaged subframe
>>15386399
I have no idea what you just wrote but my bullshit detector is off the charts
>>15384490
The 2016 Chevrolet Malibu (and possibly other GM cars as well but I have not checked) seem to be using a linear version of how the Dyson vacuum cleaner (and copycats) separate dirt and air. Thus, the cleaned up air enters the engine compartment while almost all the dirt and water droplets are thrown away. Thus not much dirt or water enters the Malibue compartment.
The front grille of the 2016 Malibu breaks up the air flow into lots of slower eddy currents with a strong downward flowing direction once past the grill. That's because of the lower air entrance feeding air to the underside of the car which has 6.75 inches of clearance. The front flexible plastic air dam has much less clearance, thus resulting in a lower air pressure behind the air dam. That lower air pressure causes all the air in the large rectangular cavity above it to be sucked downward as the car moves forward. Thus, all the dirt and water entering the initial grill gets a strong downward motion.
Due to inertia differences, the heavier dirt and water continues to move downward while some air bleeds upwards. The opening to the engine chamber, while large, is still relatively high up at the back of this chamber behind the grill. So if the two engine compartment fans are not on full blast, almost all the dirt and water particles never rises high enough to enter that opening. I know some dirt and water does try to rise up, but they hit that smooth wall below the hole and fall down.
The trail of dirt and water staining the rear wall of the front chamber and flowing downwards gives evidence to my guess as to GM/Chevy's design approach. I've had my car for awhile now, and the engine compartment remains super clean while the dirt stains the front chamber.
Bravo for using a linear version of what those vacuum cleaners use to separate dirt and air. But instead of keeping the dirt and throwing away the air, the Malibu "perversely" keeps the cleaned up air and throws away the dirt.
>>15386541
Are you fucking serious? That hearing protection horseshit earlier seemed completely believable to you but you can't deal with that one?
>>15386541
>I have no idea what you just wrote but my bullshit detector is off the charts
There are ways to make an automatic try to have the engine run in the optimum power band for acceleration up a hill. Similarly, it can also choose when to shift gears to effectively "move" the power band for long distance cruising on level surfaces. Drivers tend to drive certain ways that are statistically consistent. Thus, the automatic shifting points can be moved in order to EITHER have the engine operate more efficiently or to have the engine provide more power.
>>15386399
My 13 year old Mitsubishi Magna does this too.
Supposed to make it smoother by shifting at more appropriate times based on how you normally drive.
A bench seat was an option on base model ford Falcons right up until 1999 (EL and previous, GLI only)
t. NZ
>>15386594
The hearing protection is real
http://www.wired.com/2015/07/mercedes-using-loud-static-protect-fancy-ears-crashes/
>>15386594
cut him some slack, he's used to his 90s shitbox and doesn't know how modern shit works
>>15386747
I don't even own a car lmao, I just lurk here to learn automotive stuff with the hopes of when I one day buy a car, that I won't sperg out.
>>15386399
>>15386747
The reason why I am really confused is because flooring your accelerator doesn't sound like a good idea, regardless of what gear the car is in.
this shitbox has the most aerodynamic side mirrors which prevent the wind noise
also the radio automatically turns the volume up depending on the speed/rpm
>>15386863
Speaking of wind noise from mirrors, the Nissan Leaf was so quiet during testing that the wind noise from the mirrors was obnoxiously apparent, so they shaped the headlights to direct the air away from the mirrors.
>>15386863
I always liked the look of those mirrors.
>>15386858
You have to be eighteen to post here
This is a picture of an exhaustive pipe, but resembles an errect horse penis.
>>15387111
>tfw this makes me hard
wtf is wrong with me?
>>15384629
So you can hear people speak shit about you.
When you press the accelerator it makes the car go faster. The act of accelerating is named after this phenomenon.
>>15387124
Son, I have a news for you.
Dumping my infographic folder.
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>>15387216
Galaxy/sharan/alabhram?
Has seat that fold into baby/child that's good from +3 months.
Some people may have baby seats(each seat is separate and removable) in their car and don't even know about it.
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>>15387206
>A3 is a mid-sized car while Civic is a small car
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>>15387275
What's your favorite Batmobile?
>>15386574
Many trucks use a cyclone intake.
They are generally a cylindrical canister and at the bottom there is a rubber flap that generally opens up when air pressure is built up, often when you come off the trottle quickly.
It sometimes sounds like a mini BOV
>>15387271
Honda founded in England.
Henry Ford creating Cadillac before he made Ford.
>>15387271
>at least 25% of the shit is wrong
>no sources
>>15387311
The Tumbler, because it actually makes more sense than a rocket powered convertible
>>15387219
kek, how do they plan to get self driving cars weight down to 750-1000lbs and still be safe in a crash?
>>15384490
Hello OP, I also watch superspeeders
The modern computerized cars have hidden menus. Some are for diagnostics displays (better than OBD2), some are for settings, and some are for calibration. In the 1990's, someone published how to access Sony TV hidden menus to activate features of more expensive TVs. Sony used the same electronics in many TVs and for lower cost models simply disabled those features in software.
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>>15386399
>For BMW automatics, the transmission is adaptive, to reset it
The reset process uses the key and should be done when there is a new owner. BMW is not the only one with such automatics. Mercedes also has adaptives. Perhaps GM has then?
Over time the ECU in the trans learns your driving style and that is what it keeps in memory. The throttle is "Drive By Wire" and adapts and personalizes to your particular driving style. In some cars, the pedal may even feel stiffer due to feedback. There is a way to set the ECU back to factory default. The only difference with a push button to start/stop engine system is that you must use the start button instead of turning the key to it's first position and again to simulate the off position.
DO NOT REMOVE THE KEY DURING THIS PROCEDURE
Resetting Driver Memory for the transmission.
Works with any car that has Driver Adaptive Electronic Controlled Transmission.
1. Get in your car, it doesn't matter if you close the door or not.
2. Turn the key to the on (not start) position, the position just before the starter turns over. BMW: press start button – foot off brake - all idiot lights on.
3. Press the gas pedal to the floor with the key in the "on" position. BMW: All idiot lights on.
4. Hold the pedal to the floor for five seconds, then turn the key back to the "off position". BMW: foot off brake press start button - all idiot lights now off (don't remove the key), then release the gas pedal.
5. Wait a full 2 minutes for a full electronic alignment. Don't remove the key.
6. Start engine, drive the car, notice the difference.
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the cupholders of a lincoln mark 7 swivel, and in my own experience. Haven't spilled a fucking thing. Just make sure you don't filled to the brim drinks in it.
>>15387609
nicccccceeeee
>>15387203
>parking meter
A family also set up a card table and played cards all day while they fed the machine with nickels.
When they first came out parking meters were the shit, apparently.
some guy also parked his elephant there.
>>15387311
I'd love to build up an actual car like the 1941 Batmobile some day. 1940-ish fastback two doors aren't entirely out of reach in price, and that thing looks the heat.
Fun fact
You are 50% more likely to grow a pussy crop if you drive a fiero with a body kit, compared to any other car
>>15387605
All BMW 3series cars of the E90, E91, E92 and E93 family have hidden/service menus in the Board Computer (BC). Although on cars with iDrive, some of this information can be accessed in a more readable format through the hidden iDrive menus
Go here for an illustrated guide on accessing the OB hidden menus in the older car. Newer cars may have a credential check.
http://e90.wikifoundry.com/page/BC+hidden+menus
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For cars using the older iDrive system, here is an illustrated way to access those hidden menu features.
http://e90.wikifoundry.com/page/iDrive+hidden+menus
Is the car industry the fastest in terms of technological evolution?
>>15387685
Nope.
In twenty years of cars we went from an electric car to an electric car that automatically drives you into semi trucks, beheading you.
In twenty years of genetic engineering we went from injecting DNA that's been repaired by trial and error into viruses and infecting you, praying that the DNA will repair your broken one and praying that the virus won't kill you, to molecular scissors that can accurately cut DNA and replace it with new one that can be custom ordered, at any point you tell it to.
>>15387311
>1992
The best batmobile.
>>15387522
Take the American out of it
>>15387271
>Maserati founded by Sergio Marchionne
TOP OF MY KEKS
>>15387271
>Henry Ford founded Chrysler, Caparo and Cadillac.
>Corvette is a separate company. Didn't include SRT.
>Lotus is a Japanese company.
>etc bullshit...
My 4 year old daughter knows it well than the creator of this chart.
>>15387702
Good job omitting the problems with Crispr
I'm sure it's all fine and dandy right?
>>15387203
>1769 The first automobile accident; the damaged vehicle is still preserved in the Conservatoire Nationale des Arts et Metiers in Paris.
>1769
I'm having trouble believing this.
>>15385501
>wiping sand
wait what
If you drive a shit box or a luxury car, there's a stick double the size of your dick behind the steering wheel which has two arrows placed together pointing in the opposite direction from each. This is the stick of direction or indicator which your dick head instructor didn't teach you or you dreamt about getting fucked in the ass while he told you about it.
Now what it does is shows direction when you give a tap up or down. The lights flash in the instrument which is right under your fucking nose. Also a cool ass fact is, all the dour sides of your car is fitted with lights (amber light setting for you fat americans) that flash yellow when that previously mentioned stick is tapped.
The ultimate goal of this is to show the driver behind you of which direction you are heading to so it can be safe for both your asses.
>>15387755
No, but it's a leap forward compared to the few minor gadgets we've since gained in cars. Wow, satellite navigation and backup cameras, this'll change the world!
>>15387777
>that quads
>that explanation
This is GOLD!
>>15384490
rolls Royce used to be much more mechanically complex
.t something top gear does not tell you
>>15387311
92 a bess
what does even 86 mean holy shit?
04 is a CLK GTR?
>>15387777
7777 tons of salt but I agree
>>15387777
Holy Shit
>7777
God Exists!
>>15387211
This one is wrong. Nash didn't invent seat belts in 1950, the Tucker 48 had them in 1948.
>>15388078
also nice buick
>>15387777
If I had it within my authority, I would mark this as post of the year.
>>15387311
Arkham knight because utility and dd
>>15387758
I looked it up, its a typo.
Its supposed to say 1869.
>>15387605
>BMW is not the only one with such automatics. Mercedes also has adaptives. Perhaps GM has then?
All GM automatics since the late 1990's have been adaptive. Starting with the 4T65e/4T65eHD, and even the latest transmission in the Chevrolet Cruze.
All adaptive. I forget what the reset procedure is, but they do have one.
Fact most people don't know.
Cadillac invented almost everything we take for granted in out daily drivers from the control layout to anti-lock brakes, limp home mode, traction control, and memory seats.
>>15387777
Kekest of the keks
>>15387702
Not to mention computer technology.
>>15387705
Underrated post. You owe me new sides bud
>>15387311
Did Batman briefly become a nigger in 2004?
>>15387311
In the jdm community (I'm socal at least), having your car's right pop up light down and the other up means you're gay, kinda like the earing thing
>>15387216
how to prepare your car for winter:
>summer tires you've been running all year anyways
>no extra gloves or any of that shit
>keep neglecting to wash and wax your car
>don't keep chains in the car you probably won't need them
>treat your car the same way you would in summer
>tfw live in SoCal
>>15389299
Upside: winters are warm
Downside: you live in fucking socal
>>15387311
>1987
>>15389086
>Fact most people don't know.
>Cadillac invented almost everything we take for granted in out daily drivers from the control layout to anti-lock brakes, limp home mode, traction control, and memory seats.
People don't care who invented it. It is who sells it cheapest. China waits for someone to pay all the R&D and then copies it and sells it cheaply. The company that paid the R&D then goes out of business for not recouping the research costs.
>>15384629
>anon gets into inevitable crash
>Scotty Kilmer told him not to drive Mercedes
>face broken
>body crushed
>ears shot
>gets sent to hospital with Mercedes driver he hit
>sees Mercedes driver after months of physical therapy
>both have melted crayons for faces
>both are in a wheelchair
>but the Mercedes driver has an iPod
>>15386324
Fucking kudos to any companies that create a great idea and don't patent it, just so the world is a safer place.
>>15386877
So this is why all of Nissan's new cars look like toads.
>>15386877
That's a wonderful fact.
>>15389299
Phoenix reporting in, if anything we get our cars "summer ready"
>>15387758
It's actually 1770, and involved the first autonomous vehicle, the Fadier de Cugnot, built to tow artillery.
I was able to achieve walking speed but had useless brakes, so it ran into a wall during a demonstration.
>>15386324
iirc
I think something similar happened with the conventional Seatbelt, Volvo had invented it but did not patent it so all other car manufactuers can use seatbelts.
Really baller of them
A Civic EG hatch can be as fast as a '70s Fomula 1 car with just a few simple modifications.
>>15384490
No need to get a Rolls for that,you can get that in a much cheaper Skoda
BMW E92 M3 fun fact: during acceleration, the alternator disengages to prevent from leaching horsepower.
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>>15391460
so Volvo, General Motors and Mercedes...
A Swede, a German, and an American walk into a bar....
>>15387685
>Is the car industry the fastest in terms of technological evolution?
What you probably meant to say was that the car is a good example of the confluence of technology. A less accurate but still usable term for publication would be synergy. Because there are so many advances grouped together, it can seem to some people to be the pinnacle of technological evolution. But that is merely that a lot of tech is gathered in one place, thus bedazzling you and making you forget the crux of what you are trying to say.
It cannot be the fastest in tech evolution. That's because the car is a DOWNSTREAM product of many highly technical products. The car must wait for those other products to advance before it can move forward. Many components continue evolving on their own and thus contribute their benefits to each newer car model each year if the car maker decides to use the new tech, new assemblies, or new materials available.
Certainly, cars have their own unique advances in assembly that can qualify as their own tech advances. For example, the use of tail fins and canards. The creation of crumple zones not just for hoods, but to cause the frame to deliberately fail and have the passenger cabin rise above the engine in severe crashes, not that it has helped yet, but the higher taller passenger cars are still evolving the concept.
Of course, this comes at the cost of engine destruction. But instead of having big bumpers and a frame to support the bumpers protecting the engine, using the engine itself as the main bumper to protect passengers is a good example of thinking outside the box. My car does that since the engine is really the only major piece of metal in front of me now other than the firewall. The front of the car is mostly thin flat strips of metal with lots of folds and bends to give it strength enough to hold up the radiator and front decorative fascia. Even the "bumper" behind the fascia is nothing more than sheet steel rolled and bent.
>>15393846
But only one is white, ba dum tsch
>>15386418
spotted the other one
>everyone else has no idea what you're talking about
>>15389086
Also Cadillac made the first car to have the pedal layout that we know today with clutch, brake and throttle left to right.
>>15387232
I never realized F1 driver's feet were raised
>>15393865
The internal combustion engine isn't downstream from anything.
The car is much more advanced than an airplane, for instance.
>>15387777
>This is the stick of direction or indicator which your dick head instructor didn't teach you or you dreamt about getting fucked in the ass while he told you about it.
I lost at this part...
>>15384490
>Can we have a thread for funny, weird or interseting car trivia?
Italian cars are truely mechanical pieces of shit. They look pretty and run fast but they're as reliable as a Presidential promise to the citizens
Range Rover is the lowest-quality machine ever built.
Camaros are for fags too stupid to know what MOPAR and Shelby are.
>>15386399
To run a BMW water pump without starting the car, put all fan settings to lowest (not off) and heat to max, and hold the gas pedal for 15 seconds.
Enzo Ferrari did very little innovating.
First mid-engine production sports car? Lamborghini Miura
First production car with wide low-wall tires?
Lamborghini Countach
First sports car with anti-lock brakes and fuel injection?
Chevy Corvette in (I think) 1958 as an option
First sports car considered a supercar?
Porsche 959
First 200-mph production sportscar?
Lamborghini Diablo
First step to a modern automatic?
Porsche Tiptronic
>>15393936
>First sports car with anti-lock brakes and fuel injection?
>Chevy Corvette in (I think) 1958 as an option
The first car with both anti-lock brakes and fuel injection was a late 1970's Cadillac.
The Corvette did get fuel injection as an option in 1957 though. It wasn't a popular option due to the unreliability of the fuel injection system. The Corvette didn't get anti-lock brakes until 1984 when the C4 debuted.
>>15393868
my sides help
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>>15384623
My MX5 has that. Only it holds dildos
>>15387777
How do I give gold here?
>>15387777
>>15386695
bench seats were also optional on base model Chevy Impalas until 2009
>>15384586
[Citation needed]
The HVAC controls from the Zonda are from a Rover 45/MG ZS.
The tail lights from the McLaren F1 are from a bus and several other agricultural vehicles.
The headlights from the Lamborghini Diablo are from a Nissan 300ZX.
>>15395500
https://www.mercedes-benz.com/en/mercedes-benz/next/connectivity/pre-safe-sound-playing-pink-noise-in-the-split-second-before-impact/
>>15395521
Oh yeah and the taillights from the Noble M12 were from a mk.1 Mondeo.
>>15395557
Tl;Dr just assuming you made it up :)
>>15395586
Scroll down half a page retard
>>15384792
underrated post
>>15384520
That would make sense considering the water trapped in the scabbard may or may not cause rust
>>15395566
Parts bin raiding for small manufacturers goes back a long way.
The door handles on the Lotus Eclat were from a Morris Marina. And the rear lights of the Lotus Excel were from a Ford Capri.
Also, the Austin Ambassador's tail lights were the Morris Ital lamps flipped upside down.
>>15386852
So basically you're part of 90% of /o/
>>15386863
>also the radio automatically turns the volume up depending on the speed/rpm
That's becoming more common in general.
>>15387203
11mil is the most expensive car.
I know many Mercedes have doritos in their seatbelt tensioners.
>>15393921
>To run a BMW water pump without starting the car, put all fan settings to lowest (not off) and heat to max, and hold the gas pedal for 15 seconds.
I'm still stuck in the era when water pumps were powered by the engine and not separately by electricity from the battery. What year did BMW stop using the engine to power their water pump?
>>15395725
>That would make sense considering the water trapped in the scabbard may or may not cause rust
More like a source of bacteria and mold for the cabin. If not frequently cleaned, it also serves as a way to replace mold and bacteria onto the umbrella.
>Citroen Xantia Activa
>first production car to have active anti-roll bars
>still holds the speed record in the moose test (http://teknikensvarld.se/algtest/), doing it with 85 km/h
>for comparison, modern sports cars only get around 80 km/h
The way how flat it stays while cornering just looks so good
https://youtu.be/7iarg2_RdOA
>>15393888
>The car is much more advanced than an airplane, for instance.
>>15393905
Enjoy Auto Mec 101 this fall.
>>15395794
The Aston Martin DB7 has Mazda 323 taillights and Miata interior door handles.
>>15385501
awesome, let's just start making shit up
>>15386574
But it's a chevy malibu, nobody really cares
>>15386858
Not while the engine is running, genius.
>>15387609
I used to have a Mark VII... what a huge piece of shit that thing was.
>>15387206
>ranger dangerous
Maybe for whoever you end up hitting but not yourself
I hit someone's rear passenger door coming out of a parking lot at about 10 mph (they were going like 25-30) and their entire door was fucked.
Meanwhile my bumper was only slightly scuffed.
I had to get a foot away to even tell there was anything there, and that was the only damage my car sustained.
Fun fact:
The 1986 Subaru GL wagon had a tub in the back under a hatch in the floor that could be used as a beer cooler, and the roof height in the cargo area was just high enough that you could use a beer bong while lying down on the floor while waiting for your afternoon classes at community college to start.
>>15400341
and CRVs had a built-in picnic table
The horn in Twingos (and some other Renaults too I believe) is sound by pressing the indicator handle thingy. Like when you push it up and down to indicate right and left turns, you push it in to sound the horn.
The seatbelts for the rear passengers in E36s are coming from the middle, not from the sides like in most cars.
>>15387206
I'd say more white cars are involved in accidents because old people frequently buy white cars.
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>>15397885
I didn't realise there was any company that drives the water pump with anything other than a gear, chain, or belt
>>15385543
Is there any logical reason why you would fucking say that post is underrated? Has anybody expressed any kind of dissatisfaction or criticism at all against it? Are you delusional? Are you reading replies that are nonexistant? Maybe you come from communities with voting systems, but there is literally no way that you could know what other people think of that post you just replied to here. Maybe it's psychological. Maybe it's your own post you're replying to, like a 12 year old fucktard liking his own facebook posts thinking his swelling autism is going unnoticed. Maybe your self esteem depends on you tricking yourself into thinking someone out there thinks your post is worth something. Or maybe you are just a retard, the worst kind of retard, the one who thinks he's smart, the one who thinks he's the only one to have gotten the joke, to have understood the post. Well, guess what, faggot, that post is by no definition underrated so why don't you do the world a favour and go check out what the bottom of your toilet smells like?
>>15385501
just tap your heels together while their out of the door, no need for this.
>>15400402
MK2 Clio has this too.
The 1.8L Audi A4 ADR from the B5 has DOHC, but only has one camshaft operated from the front with the timing belt. Behind the engine is a timing chain for the intake valves camshaft with a solenoid controller to adjust timings and a hydraulic tensioner. Despite the complexity, the engine is considered to be reliable as fuck. Altough due to the high tolerances in this entry-level luxury vehicle, the maintenance intervals are strict and the car requires high quality lubricants and fluids.
There's also a small visor that flips down from above the rearview-mirror to block sunlight.
>>15400963
>I didn't realise there was any company that drives the water pump with anything other than a gear, chain, or belt
Times change. If you google, you will see BMW has been using electric water pumps for quite awhile now. Lots of things go unnoticed as car makers introduce new features as a test in a model and if it works out and teething problems are fixed, that feature is then formally rolled out for many other models. The problem with gradual rollouts is that the initial big fanfare is missing so people like you or me that don't read every issue of road and track, motor trend, etc, and then read jalopnik, well, we miss out and never know of all the "first times" a product first occurred for a major production vehicle.
Look at the chevy malibu. It has a number of firsts for GM in the past few years. Yet there is hardly any news of those. Well, certainly not in /o/ which apparently likes to mock GM whenever it can.
>>15401237
>just tap your heels together while their out of the door, no need for this.
Before I get into the car with muddy shoes, I look for a pool of water and rinse the bottoms of the shoes off. Then they are merely wet. I do as >>15401237 said and then bring my feet inside. Since I have rubber mats (no carpet) the water even dries off quickly. Any remaining grains of sand are easily vacuumed up later since they don't stick to a hard rubber surface but would in a matted carpet full of mold and germs.
>>15387777
If you put child lock on your car you can violently shove women inside and rape and myrder them afterwards
>>15391313
>Thinking money is everything
>doesn't want to be immortalized by making or achieving something great
>>15384621
Every BMW has a weak frame, that's why they're in the shop weekly
But that isn't trivia or interesting
>>15387206
>1,2 million people die in traffic
Meanwhile all people care about is terrorism, which kills a few thousand and sharks, which kill three people a year
>>15387271
>Mitsubishi
>1870
To be a pedantic faggot, they weren't an auto manufacturing company in that year. The core business was shipping. They didn't make their first car until 1917
>>15392547
>1770
>I was able to reach walking speed
H-How old are you exactly?
>>15400429
Plus there simply are more white cars than red. I personally don't know anyone with a red car.
>>15401541
>To be a pedantic faggot, they weren't an auto manufacturing company in that year.
And once again, in 2016, Mitsubishi ceased being an auto manufacturing company. They are now a division of the Nissan auto manufacturing company. It's the circle of life. Just like the USA rose up, it had been falling and will continue to fall in the circle of life. China is on the rise.
>>15400279
Malibu is the first production car with a WiFi router connected to the internet via 4G. Plans cost $10 per month for 1Gb per month, $20 for 3Gb per month, and $30 for 10Gb per month. If the discount scale went up, it would be competitive with other wireless plans plus have the bonus of being on 4G and doubly mobile because you can now drive your internet car to a lot of places and various people can connect to it (if they know the password). The SSID is obvious since it would probably be the only "normal looking SSID" if you were out in the mountain or national park area. I was in the park and saw lots of wireless phones and among them was the only normal one which was my Malibu with its HelloKitty router. No, it's password is not "meow" or "moot_please_come_back". It's "EcoBoost_is_the_best_thing_since_sliced_moldybread".
>>15401570
>I personally don't know anyone with a red car.
If you're going to speed, or hit and run a lot, don't pick a color that sticks out like red. It's also easy to remember red in careless casual vandal brains. So if you anger people a lot, they will be able to easily spot your defenseless car in a parking lot full of cars and give it a random vandalizing.
>>15384490
few small things about the s2000 you might now know:
-digital dashboard was based off of senna's f1 cockpit
-it has power locks, but no button inside the car to unlock it
-the alarm does fuck all. you can fully lock the car, reach in and unlock it and no alarms or anything will go off.
-the soft top takes about 5 seconds to go fully down, which is actually pretty fast for an automated system.
-the first year s2000's didn't have a clock
-they don't have a glove box.
-the front and rear hubs are different sizes, which idk if that's irregular for a staggered car but some anon commented on it once.
>>15401794
-slower than a c5z
>>15385519
Are those chickens?
>>15401843
>Are those chickens?
Vehicle Cargo Trivia: If the vehicle is on fire, is it legal for a bystander to unlock the cages and let the chickens go free? Or would the chicken company use that as an excuse to sue for all the chickens?
>>15401342
So that's what that little flap is for.
>reliable as fuck
they're reaching the end of their lifespan. They're a few years away from serious failure due to some of the plastics decaying. If I'm not mistaken, the tensioner at the back is also plastic. They also had a recall (?) due to the sludge fiasco, and later models were fitted with a rather large oil filter.
>>15401945
If you;re in the US, I've heard of people getting sued from doing the most mundane and often helpful/wellintentended(with no harm done) things.
>>15384792
Bazinnnnngggggaaaaa
>>15401995
>If you;re in the US, I've heard of people getting sued from doing the most mundane and often helpful/wellintentended(with no harm done) things.
I see. I see. The soul-less corporations don't want to eat the loss, so they look for someone else, anyone else, to sue in order to reduce their monetary losses. They don't care how crass it makes them look since Greed Is Good in the USA. Heck, some of these self-help churches even worship it and make it part of each week's sermon how in the Bible, God wants you to prosper and dominate the Earth. The pastor doesn't take the side of crass or not, but more of technicalities of looking out for your own welfare, so that you can grow and prosper as a human. Don't overlook opportunities to prosper because the devil wants you to fail, to have less, to fall down. Be yourself. Be prosperous! Or something like that on one of those satellite radio channels in my car.
>>15386877
At least I know why they are so fucking ugly.
>>15400295
I guarantee someone an hero'd themselves by trying this in drive.
>>15401945
>Fried chicken imminent
>Chickens will be lost either way
>Not standing by for the free food
>>15386418
I came here to say this
>>15384490
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LVZ48L2Yys
>yfw youtube prioritizes certain videos on cerain subjects and puts them in nearly everbody's recommended box who has watched something even closely related to that subject.
The Ty Lopez/reply girls phenomenon
>>15403509
And then OP thinks he's original or some shit and posts it in a thread, this is literally equivalent to posting something off /r/videos here and assuming noone has seen it and thought it was stupid.
>>15401305
some ancient English cars do also
>>15401982
B6 and FSI had issues with filtering and blocked oil filters. B5 already has bigger filters than they used to for oil changes, also lowered oil change intervals.
Fun fact: FSI experiences carbon buildup on intake valves because EGR / PCV and no fuel injected through the valves.
But yeh, scared about the chain guides on the ADR...
>>15403509
>800 dollar a tire
>12k-13k for a bunch of white LED's on the roof
The correct Czech pronounciation of Skoda is actually Shkoda.
>>15390279
>don't get snow
>upside
>>15393591
yes but the roller's interior isn't built like a Step2 play kitchen.
>>15395521
>The headlights from the Lamborghini Diablo are from a Nissan 300ZX
Only the 99 and up, the early models had pop ups.
the first production turbocharged car was an oldsmobile
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iieDedNEYuI
>>15404284
>>15404321
nothing wrong with the integra desu
>>15384490
Skodas have umbrellas in the doors too.
>>15386324
fuck that
>>15404349
>I just post without even....
>>15403629
I'll meet your vag fact nd raise you
The 1.8t were designed to run 3quarts of oil and have a low profile oil pan but vw techs keept fucking them up by putting in the usual 5quarts that most other vw's took. so their solution was to add a larger oil pan to accommodate the extra 2 quarts
>>15387271
this is literally one of the worst infographics I have ever seen
>>15401713
I thought the dodge ram was the first to have wifi
>>15400227
The McLaren F1 had wing mirrors from a VW Corrado.
Ford v8 diesel engines are prone to cavatation, where tiny bubbles form in the coolant on the cylinder walls and then pop, slowly eating away at the wall until water gets into the cylinder and causes hydroloc. And because the 7.3 was just a bored and stroked 6.9 it has thinner walls and is more susceptible to destruction. Ford didn't discover this until the later 90s, and fixed it by putting SCA in the coolant that would line the walls so the bubbles eat away at that
>>15404634
And if I remember correctly, this was already known in some brands of the trucking engine world, but even then it wasn't discovered until the 50s or something
>>15401015
Found the autist.
>>15404527
>I thought the dodge ram was the first to have wifi
There's no real claim as to which is first to have WiFi in their cars as the idea was around since individual dealers and car audio shops started putting in wifi routers into cars as soon as they existed. My favorite car audio shop had a request to install one about once very two weeks when I asked and that was just that shop. Many years ago, I had a PC and public WiFi (no password) running in my Chevy Cavalier for the purpose of mobile LAN parties. Yes, those went on in our area. Lots of people in my area thus had wifi hotspots in their cars. Unlike most other people, I refused to put my cell on because of the expense, but some people had those unlimited AT&T plans that they kept on renewing. AT&T made the mistake of offering lifetime plans back then with data access. They've tried to various illegal (they got caught by the FCC) tactics to persuade or force or trick people into giving up those plans and for the most part that has worked.
But for manufacturer supplied options, Dodge was the first to offer 3G WiFi as an option in their vehicles. General Motors offered 4G as a standard feature in all new Chevy Malibu for the first three months and then as an option plan thereafter. Thus, all new malibu owners were able to experience having a 4G mobile wifi hotspot.
>>15403646
The tax alone could buy my current car multiple times.
>>15391446
Music is joy m8.
The Mercedes driver has joy.
>>15387311
Terry McGinnis toppest
1992 is tied for first.
>>15386863
>also the radio automatically turns the volume up depending on the speed/rpm
>be me
>winter driving
>drive inferior two wheel drive car with no goat studded winter tires
>suddenly spot of ice
>pedal to the metal
>ears explore from sudden increase of volume
>>15393591
You actually have to go out of the car and into the rain in order to pull out the umbrella.
>>15387777
There is a God.
>>15391446
9/10 - I chuckled audibly
>>15395566
The door handles from a DB7 are the same as on an NA Miat, and it's taillights are the same as on a Mazda 323F
>>15405227
I mean, these 323 lights and miats door handles (both inside and outside) are exquisite, but really aston, really?
>>15401461
What's the point of screencapping a shitty post? Too much room on your harddrive?
>>15384490
Citroen Xantia activa can achieve 0,94G lateral acceleration in a skidpad wearing stock 205/55R15 tires, while Honda NSX can do only 0,93G and Ferrari 512TR 0,92G in the same skidpad.
Some cars have a little arrow on the fuel gauge so you know what side the fill cap is on.
>>15407060
Mine's got that
>>15384586
it wouldnt tighten the ear drum, that would make it easier to damage it
>>15405158
Your driver opens the door and holds the umbrella for you mate. Driving your own rolls is for new rich scum.
>>15408073
Right. Didn't think of that.
On a quiet night you can hear an Opel rust away.
Opel gives you joy twice, both when you buy it and when you sell it.
>>15387777
I never laughed this hard. Thank you.
>>15400386
Now THAT'S actually p. cool.
>>15400386
>and CRVs had a built-in picnic table
It makes sense. To strengthen the flat space above the spare tire well, they had to make a stiff plastic platform. So why not add a little weight by giving that platform legs so it could be used as a picnic or work table?
I wish more car manufacturers would build into their cars ways to have things serve more than one purpose just like this CRV feature.
>>15387311
1989 obviously
They are truly fine automobiles
>>15387241
Wow wtf, never do this with any semi-modern/unibody car
>>15407283
you are retarded
>>15404773
Yeah, my new GM car came with that with the first 3 months free. I didn't use that. So GM sent me emails asking why aren't I using it. Give it a try they said. See if your passengers find it useful to watch streaming video on a trip. If you are out of solid coverage on your personal cellphone, try if OUR more powerful external 4G cell antenna and amplifier has better reach than the small one of your cellphone inside the car.....heh heh
I bet GM wanted more people to subscribe to their WiFi plan because it defrays the cost of running Onstar on all of their cars thru the cell network as the cars phone home your driving data.
>>15384490
>Can we have a thread for funny, weird or interseting car trivia?
OP didn't specify 'new' cars, so here's some olde shite.
You may have heard the term "being a back-seat driver". Once upon a time, it had a real meaning that was different than what you might assume now.
When early gasoline-engine cars first appeared, none of the engine mechanisms were automatic--so there was usually about 10 to 12 different controls that the driver had to be able to adjust while driving.
So there was only one driver's seat, in the front and on one side. Duplicating all those controls wasn't practical to do economically.
Electric cars were far more simpler, and only needed three controls: a steering control, a throttle control and a brake (-some early electric cars eventually used active [motor] braking, and eliminated the foot pedal-).
Early electric car companies took advantage of this, by offering cars that had driving controls in both the front seat, AND the rear seat.
The reason given for this was when a driver was taking a guest motoring, that the guest could sit in the front seat and have a less-obstructed view.
In many cars, the front seats would even swivel around backwards, so that everyone could converse politely face-to-face.
They used tiller controls for the steering and throttle, so that when not in use, the controls would fold away neatly. The instrument panels were usually placed above the windshield, so that they were visible from either the front or the rear seat.
Pic related: an advertisement for a (USA) 1913 Broc, showing the dual controls, one seat turned around and the instrument panel on the ceiling.
>>15410929
(continuing)
Here is a journal page from 1913, showing some of the different dual-control systems in use at the time.
Interestingly enough--the opinions about electric cars ~100 years ago was not much different than today:
1--very high purchase cost, much higher than a comparable gasoline-engine car
2--very smooth and quiet operation, with very good low-speed torque
3--very poor range
>>15410944
(...back-seat drivers, continued...)
This concept of letting passengers sit in front didn't stop at cars. Some motorcycles were built this way as well.
Pic shown is a antique Henderson motorcycle (year unknown) that has dual seats.
If you study the picture closely, you will see that the engine and transmission controls are only accessible by the person sitting in *back*...
And on the front wheel hub, there is a second set of foot pegs, and on the handlebars cross-bar there is a second set of hand grips.
The passenger on this motorcycle sits in front--not in the rear.
http://thevintagent.blogspot.com/2008/05/judging-legends.html
![Mercedes-Benz-600-Pullman-Limousine-2[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/6PZlQZQ.jpg "Mercedes-Benz-600-Pullman-Limousine-2[1].jpg")
The Mercedes 600 doesn't have electrically operated windows, mirrors or seats. Instead they're powered by a ridiculous hydraulic system, supposedly strong enough to make the windows capable of severing someone's arm
>>15411151
>supposedly strong enough to make the windows capable of severing someone's arm
Did you sharpen the edges of your guillotine windows yet?
>>15400402
mk1 sierras had this too
>>15411753
IT GOES IT GOES IT GOES IT GOES IT GOES IT GOES IT GOES IT GOES
>>15411769
MERCEDES
>>15400386
CRVs also had a shower as a factory option.
>>15405227
How do the rear lights fit? Is it just the bodywork overlapping the Mazda light housing?
