TIL, again, that it's worth figuring out what you have before you offer it for sale. The filthy old not Camaro bucket seats that came with my 67 turned out to be from a 71 Barracuda, and my $100 asking price had people climbing all over each other to throw cash at me.
At least I didn't throw them in the dumpster like I originally planned.
Dusterbd13 wrote: Today i learned that a nb1 miata is much more comfortable than my nb2. I also learned that I will be buying one.
Why not just buy the door cards from an NB1? Isn't that the real difference in the interior?
And seats and console are different.
TIL that the A/C compressor in my RX-7 is used by one other car - a 911 S/C.
Well, that makes it fun. At least I was able to find a replacement bearing for the compressor clutch.
Knurled wrote: TIL that the A/C compressor in my RX-7 is used by one other car - a 911 S/C. Well, that makes it fun. At least I was able to find a replacement bearing for the compressor clutch.
Really? That's interesting.
TIL all about Turbonique.
Thanks Hot Rod Magazine. I wonder if any of these are still out there unused.
In reply to NickD:
After reading that, I'd bet homeland security, the FBI and every other government agency that has to do with explosives would be really, really excited about the fuel they used.
Pure nutso. I've seen the ads in old Hot Rod mags, but I had no idea they were so completely outrageous.
In reply to Streetwiseguy:
I knew about some of their stuff, like the Drag Axle. But the small jet engines making 1,980lbs of thrust for GO-KARTS?!?!?!?!? I know things were more lax in the '60s, but still, how did anyone think these were good ideas?
TIL that if you leave your phone at a nice restaurant during a nice Valentines Day dinner, no one will mess with it. I also learned that if its an Android phone and you google "how to find your lost android phone" while logged into your google account, it will map where your phone is and let you lock it from your browser. It will also let you put a single "call this number" on the lock screen.
Pretty slick little feature.
I've learned 2 things so far today. The first is that despite sub freezing temperatures and snow all week, my yard is more mud than frozen ground. I also learned that my general altimax arctics may not be the dual purpose winter/off-road tire I thought they would be when I had to pull the crown Vic out of the yard with the haunted Cherokee.
TIL Pennsylvania has a Grand Canyon, and it's quite impressive!
paranoid_android74 wrote: TIL Pennsylvania has a Grand Canyon, and it's quite impressive!
I have flown over that area many times, every time I have been impressed.
TIL, that the door latch mechanism is a two part connection. The cable/rod is on the lever but I didn't snap the housing back into place. Replaced the window regulators in the old beater Passat yesterday and now my front doors don't open from the inside.
Oh well, the second time in should be a little easier.
TIL that the new Camaro ZL-1 with a manual transmission is faster around Big Willow, with Randy Pobst driving, than the 10-speed automatic. Just barely, but sill faster.
Today I learned that Brazen Orange was exclusive to '05 on the '04-'06 GTOs and accounted for less than 1200 (8%) of production.
"Useless as an Amish electric chair" is a terrific insult. It got even better when he then had to explain to the insultee why an Amish electric chair is useless.
Today learned the origins of the Yiddish word schmuck.
TIL that removing an automatic transmission from a 2005 Honda Civic sucks.
In reply to spitfirebill:
I thought when the transmission in a 12 year old Civic died, you threw the car away and bought something else.
Someone's PAYING to rebuild the trans??
Today I learned that almost every car under 5k has either a berkeleyton of miles, salvage title, extensive rust, has had the E36 M3 kicked out of it, or any/all of the above.
I also learned to trust your gut when the long way home sounds appealing.
TIL people in North Carolina complain about rust.
RossD in Wisconsin
In reply to RossD:
TIL people in Wisconsin think they have rust.
Knurled who drove an empty trailer to Wisconsin to pick up a clean 24 year old car, that was more rust-free than the car he just bought out of Alabama
In reply to RossD:
Apparently when people move south, they price their cars under 5k. Two different cars today had no front strut towers to speak of. On tbe protege, the motor mount was suspended by air. And the scumbag said the car was a southern car before I drove 2 hours to see it.
I grew up in northern Pennsylvania. I have no time or patience for any rust whatsoever.
RossD wrote: TIL people in North Carolina complain about rust. RossD in Wisconsin
I always thought the cheese brine they treat roads with up there was better than the metric tons of rock salt dumped on the roads here in PA.
Rev, who's NEVER owned a car without rust even in California.
Knurled wrote: In reply to spitfirebill: I thought when the transmission in a 12 year old Civic died, you threw the car away and bought something else. Someone's PAYING to rebuild the trans??
This is to replace the "rebuilt" transmission in my son's 2001 civic. I told him this is why you don't buy automatic civics.
Knurled wrote: In reply to RossD: TIL people in Wisconsin think they have rust. Knurled who drove an empty trailer to Wisconsin to pick up a clean 24 year old car, that was more rust-free than the car he just bought out of Alabama
The nice thing about Wisco is that summer cars tend to get put in garages for the winter, rather than driven year around like it could be down south.
Some rust here is a hole in the fender. Rust free is only surface rust on the frame.
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