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General Discussion / Back to 2015?
« on: December 03, 2019, 08:59:55 pm »
A few clips.




272
General Discussion / Google reviews
« on: November 29, 2019, 06:34:19 pm »
"Google" is offering to pay me for reviews.  Supposedly.  Apparently, I wrote 4,5xx reviews, and have a bookoo-load of views.  Last year, they kept bumping up my rating.  I kept getting alerts that my reviews were popular, and asking questions sbout products and places.

Has anyone else received such an offer from "Google"?

273
General Discussion / Ah, Thanksgiving....
« on: November 28, 2019, 10:42:46 am »
A day for spending time with people for whom you're thankful; a day for sharing food; a day for discussing the important politics of the day, such as the acceptable thickness of a slice of bread, the best way to make gravy, and--most importantly--the ideal Thanksgiving dessert.  Efforts at civility and understanding sometimes fail, leaving only one result.

Watching Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade, first of all, most of the floats come through in battering-ram fashion.  Are they going to storm the castle?  Secondly, there were no Fieros. :(

Nice to see Blue Springs represented.

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

275
Expert Tech Advice / Safe driving
« on: November 27, 2019, 10:34:11 pm »
Some people don't know this, but vehicles drive differently.  I'll tell what happened, then explain why.

Yesterday, a driver (not me) was driving a pickup truck he had recently purchased.  There was wind, but the weather was otherwise clear (according to the police).  The driver in front slowed, and this driver rear-ended the other driver.  The driver of the pickup "had his body completely straight" because he was "pressing the brake the pedal so hard to help the anti-lock brakes."  When the impact occurred, he "felt as if his foot bone went through his shoe."  His explanation was that the road was slippery.

Let's start with a common fallacy.  4WD vehicles do not stop in less distance than 2WD vehicles.  In fact, 4WD vehicles weigh more than similarly 2WD vehicles, giving them more mass, resulting in longer stopping distances.

This driver was driving an unfamiliar vehicle improperly, largely because he did not abide by proper driving practices, and did not respect the vehicle he was driving.  Each vehicle drives differently.  It is important to learn the characteristics of a given vehicle before driving it.  Cars and trucks drive entirely differently.

Tailgating is never a good idea--particularly if the road surface is slippery.  This particular driver is inattentive, and frequently tailgates.  According to him, he was "30 feet behind the other driver", which is "more than adequate."  Remember the 1 car length per 10 MPH rule.  They were running about 65 MPH.

So, 65 MPH on a slippery surface, and tailgating!  What could go wrong?  Well, he was playing with the vehicle's infotainment center.  Yes.  Those are safety hazards.  If you need to play with those, do it while parked, off the street.

This was in a 60 MPH zone, at dusk, heading West, during rush hour.  So, visibility was bad, and everyone was driving badly.  This is the time to be very attentive.  This driver said he was looking through the menus, looked up, and the guy in front of him was stopping.  Again, safety hazards.

This particular driver sits way too close to the wheel.  How did that play out?  Well, if the air bag had deployed, the police said he would have suffered severe damage to his chest.  As it was, he fractured several ribs.  His knees smashed into the dash.  So, sit a comfortable arm's length back ftom the wheel.  Because he was sitting so close, he had to twist his body to see the infotainment center, meaning he was looking to the right, almost perpendicular to his direction of travel.  His neck was damaged in the accident.

Now let's talk posture.  This guy is a recliner.  You know, with the back of the seat laid way back.  Not only does this cause a lack of attention, but also detracts from the driver's ability to recognize and adapt to changing conditions.  It takes away from the driver's command and control.  The driver cannot see what is going on, and isn't alert.  Yes.  So, his back was damaged.  It just gets better and better.

Now his feet.  The angle and position of the driver's feet on the pedals is important.  I don't know the actual angle he used, but with the seat close to the pedals, his toe would have bern on the pedal, and his foot almost parallel to the floor.  The impact drove the bones between his toes and ankle back into his ankle.

At the time of the impact, his body was very tense, rather than relaxed.  This caused the extent of the injuries to be exacerbated.

He was taken to the hospital, and has had 2 surgeries, thus far.  He is on morphine, and sedated.  He will continue to have surgeries for the next few weeks.  His feet alone will require a total of 5 surgeries.  He will be put in traction, and may not walk for months.

Drive safely out there.  Respect the vehicle you are driving.

276
Tech Tips, Tech Questions / Special-cut gears
« on: November 27, 2019, 08:41:04 pm »
I remember something about the gears in the Fiero transmission having a special cut.  What difference does it make?

277
General Fiero Discussion / Power Steering cut-off switch
« on: November 26, 2019, 09:06:17 pm »
Does your Fiero have the switch to turn off your AC compressor during moments of high power steering load?  This is probably only an '88 Fiero thing.

278
General Discussion / Travelers heading Texas-way
« on: November 24, 2019, 07:35:08 pm »
There is a storm approaching.  Be prepared for some Winter weather.  This storm may not hit GA, but will almost certainly hit Tennessee.  It's supposed to arrive mid-week.

279
General Discussion / Tesla truck?
« on: November 22, 2019, 10:55:50 pm »
I don't get it.  It seems to have been designed by a child with mental disabilities.  At first, I thought it was meant as a joke, but apparently not.

280
The Market / '85 gas tank?
« on: November 21, 2019, 10:07:17 pm »
Someone sent an email to the club account looking for such.

281
General Discussion / Warthog?
« on: November 20, 2019, 07:00:01 pm »
I'm trying to figure out where I can go see one.

282
Tech Tips, Tech Questions / EGR open while parked?
« on: November 17, 2019, 09:04:19 am »
Is it possible to get the EGR to open for testing, while parked?

I don't want to drive on the salt.

283
General Discussion / Extreme makeover home edition
« on: November 14, 2019, 11:07:47 pm »
Have you watched it?  Years ago, I saw several episodes.  Probably more than several.  Don't judge.  It was on, and I had to sit there for hours.

Anyway, the thing that always struck me was all the 1-off things they did.  This team of...people...came to the house of people who could not afford to care for their house.  The owners were usually sitting around, watching TV in a house that was falling apart.  This team then did a quick hack and slash of the house, and rebuilt it with a bunch of 1-off items.  Basically, maybe 30% of the work was completely custom.  The exterior of the house was dramatically improved.  It didn't seem that the homeowners were involved in the work, or that the homeowners were given instruction on maintenance.  So, a rush job, with a bunch of untested work, and then the owners are left to deal with whatever happened afterward.  Many of the materials were closeout, or the last of whatever.  The team was always so happy to have gotten the last one.

Yes, some of the houses started having problems instantly.  Either way, property taxes went up.  How do the owners afford this?  Repairs come up.  The only solution is to remove down to non-custom stuff, and start over.  Who pays for that?

I'm no professional, but some of the work seemed to have been done incorrectly.  Apparently, some of the electrical wiring was done incorrectly.

My question is, were the owners of those homes actually better off from the makeover?

284
General Discussion / Meteor flies through
« on: November 12, 2019, 06:25:29 pm »
Some may be interested, others not so much.


285
General Discussion / I feel a chill coming..
« on: November 10, 2019, 09:29:10 pm »
Is the big freeze headed your way?  They told us it'll be 15 degrees F, tomorrow.

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