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Forum: The Lounge 03-30-2025, 12:17 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 212
Posted By freebeard
Autists rule. I'd noticed your Thanks/Thanked...

Autists rule. I'd noticed your Thanks/Thanked ratio 4374/4545, that is a 96.19% correspondence.

[I have an extra hour a day since Scott Adams started using cat picture thumbnails]
Forum: The Lounge 03-29-2025, 11:53 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 212
Posted By redpoint5
Nothin autistic about that at all. I'd have gone...

Nothin autistic about that at all. I'd have gone down that math if Xist hadn't.
Forum: The Lounge 03-29-2025, 08:44 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 212
Posted By freebeard
Good Lord willin' and my blood pressure don't...

Good Lord willin' and my blood pressure don't rise...
Forum: The Lounge 03-29-2025, 08:20 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 212
Posted By Xist
You have been here for maybe 4,600 days and have...

You have been here for maybe 4,600 days and have averaged approximately 6.36565 posts per day.

You currently have 29,282 posts and, on average, it takes you 112 days to make 718 posts, so I look...
Forum: The Lounge 03-29-2025, 01:17 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 212
Posted By freebeard
Your Post/Thanks/Thanked ratio suggest you have a...

Your Post/Thanks/Thanked ratio suggest you have a generally grateful attitude.

I reserve the right to retire at 30,000 posts.
Forum: The Lounge 03-29-2025, 10:25 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 212
Posted By aerohead
' out '

I've been walking the edge since 1973. I suppose it's the masochist in me that keeps me going.
And being from a different universe helps too.
Forum: The Lounge 03-29-2025, 12:38 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 212
Posted By redpoint5
Cars have always been a status symbol and an...

Cars have always been a status symbol and an expression of personality. Their function as a status symbol and expression of personality has diminished over the years, not increased. Perhaps the...
Forum: The Lounge 03-29-2025, 12:20 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 212
Posted By freebeard
Thanks it was fun. I remember the screen under...

Thanks it was fun. I remember the screen under the carb discussion.

I'm in the same place, but don't have any other online presence. Neither car has moved in a week.
Forum: The Lounge 03-29-2025, 12:14 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 212
Posted By Isaac Zachary
I'm out.

I've stopped ecomodding years ago.

I've stopped caring about what car I drive or what car I'll get next. I don't even care if I keep owning a car.

The market has me very depressed. But no more....
Forum: EcoModding Central 02-19-2025, 09:09 PM
Replies: 437
Views: 95,832
Posted By MetroMPG
Snow fun

https://ecomodder.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=35485&stc=1&d=1740017318

We got an old-fashioned dump of snow on the weekend.

For the first time since I've owned it, I took the MPGiata...
Forum: Aerodynamics 12-27-2024, 05:04 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 790
Posted By freebeard
There's a blue button for that. :)

There's a blue button for that. :)
Forum: EcoModding Central 09-21-2024, 07:55 PM
Replies: 76
Views: 5,512
Posted By Gasoline Fumes
Now I want a JDM ECU! But only if it'll cure my...

Now I want a JDM ECU! But only if it'll cure my herky-jerky!

You could just leave the heavy spare at home on shorter drives? I have extra spares if you're ever back in the US with an empty...
Forum: EcoModding Central 09-21-2024, 04:19 AM
Replies: 76
Views: 5,512
Posted By Ecky
Right, so, got the car home. Here is a...

Right, so, got the car home.

Here is a non-exhaustive list of differences I've found:

-Different gearbox. More linear spacing, and a slightly shorter final drive (3.2 vs 3.4). It's subtle, but...
Forum: EcoModding Central 09-19-2024, 04:02 AM
Replies: 76
Views: 5,512
Posted By Ecky
I did, and I do. Decided to do a few days' tour...

I did, and I do. Decided to do a few days' tour while getting the car. It needs a lot of little stuff, but nothing major.

Lots of interesting differences between the USDM and JDM models. I'd say...
Forum: The Lounge 12-03-2023, 05:15 PM
Replies: 54
Views: 4,862
Posted By freebeard
What worked for me is to age out and collect...

What worked for me is to age out and collect Social Security. I could try to earn $16K before I owe taxes (or so I have been lead to believe?) but I don't try. It saves a lot of having to get up in...
Forum: EcoModding Central 11-23-2023, 05:40 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 2,119
Posted By Phase
I just drive a lot for vacation and boredom....

I just drive a lot for vacation and boredom. Oregon is a beautiful but huge state. Hundreds and hundreds of miles just to do a crater lake day trip or a trip to southern Oregon to gold pan. Plus...
Forum: EcoModding Central 06-03-2023, 12:19 PM
Replies: 50
Views: 3,270
Posted By Phase
Caught a tail wind in Utah. Whenever the load is...

Caught a tail wind in Utah. Whenever the load is reduced at high speeds, my car behaves this way and does it’s “ lean burn” mode or whatever you want to call it. High elevation at 5k feet and tail...
Forum: Aerodynamics 04-16-2023, 05:21 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 10,819
Posted By Nautilus
Just came back. Had some very unpleasant...

Just came back.

Had some very unpleasant adventures with the car as the last wave of the pandemic unfolded. The car is now on its second coolant radiator, second set of power steering lines,...
Forum: The Lounge 02-08-2023, 01:27 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,144
Posted By freebeard
Thanks. I suspect some cable mechanism because...

Thanks. I suspect some cable mechanism because they are in synch, but that's within the scoop of my capability.

I'm still starting it with a screwdriver. The replacement steering column just sits...
Forum: Hybrids 09-21-2022, 10:10 PM
Replies: 140
Views: 10,371
Posted By Tahoe_Hybrid
my tahoe hybrid has a 14 year old battery build...

my tahoe hybrid has a 14 year old battery build date jan 2008 needs to be replaced though

I need to manually restart the engine from autostop(by shifting to M4) This has caused a significant...
Forum: General Efficiency Discussion 07-28-2022, 02:22 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 5,894
Posted By StarchedPie
First big mod will be undertray; going for...

First big mod will be undertray; going for "invisible" mods first. I have new rims on the way from japan (too small to get locally! - 13x4.5 - which I'll be able to get LLR tires for) so might tape...
Forum: Hybrids 06-19-2022, 04:13 PM
Replies: 846
Views: 351,765
Posted By Bill the Engineer
Today's progress. Happy Fathers' Day! ...

Today's progress. Happy Fathers' Day!

https://attachments.priuschat.com/attachment-files/2022/06/223410_20220619_154430.jpg
Forum: Hybrids 06-16-2022, 12:05 AM
Replies: 846
Views: 351,765
Posted By Bill the Engineer
https://attachments.priuschat.com/attachment-files...

https://attachments.priuschat.com/attachment-files/2022/06/223262_20220615_153514.jpg

Started the long process of stripping the paint to see what is under it. As expected, I'm finding Bondo where...
Forum: Hybrids 05-27-2022, 09:10 PM
Replies: 846
Views: 351,765
Posted By Bill the Engineer
The traction battery for the Firebrid will be...

The traction battery for the Firebrid will be under the rear seat. The bottom cushion will be replaced with a thin pad with matching vinyl to give the correct appearance. I will be installing a roll...
Forum: Hybrids 05-22-2022, 05:13 PM
Replies: 191
Views: 20,175
Posted By cowmeat
First tank in the Maverick hybrid went over 550...

First tank in the Maverick hybrid went over 550 miles at 39.9 mpg with a mix of city, highway and towing miles. I'm pretty impressed so far, the truck is doing exactly what I was hoping it would and...
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