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Re: Tweet Thread
« Reply #11000 on: March 25, 2015, 11:58:45 pm »
Had a transport truck pass me on the 401 going 125kph. So much for the limiters.
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Re: Tweet Thread
« Reply #11001 on: March 26, 2015, 05:38:41 am »
Quote from: Triple Bob on March 25, 2015, 11:30:29 pm
Quote from: blur911 on March 25, 2015, 08:38:37 pm
Quote from: tpl on March 25, 2015, 02:35:49 pm
Lotus Elans were RWD. 

You forget about the abomination



Everyone forgets about that one, wasn't it an Isuzu engine too?  :rofl2:
^^^   I didn't exactly forget about it.  I knew it existed but I wasn't sure if it was actually sold or ever appeared in NA and mostly, I didn't have the time at that point to go searching for it.   But whatever it was called it had about as much to do with a proper Elan as a Chevy Cavalier did.   
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Re: Tweet Thread
« Reply #11002 on: March 26, 2015, 05:43:32 am »
Quote from: quadzilla on March 25, 2015, 11:58:45 pm
Had a transport truck pass me on the 401 going 125kph. So much for the limiters.
I have noticed that...it used to be just out of province/out of country trucks but now it seems to be most of them.
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Re: Tweet Thread
« Reply #11003 on: March 26, 2015, 07:29:24 am »
Quote from: CanuckS2K on March 25, 2015, 10:31:13 pm
F'ing dumb@sses!   ::)


http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/air-canada-ad-suggests-atlantic-canada-is-a-separate-country-1.3008809
What is  the problem, international flight you do not have pay a luggage fee ;D

Really most of the advertisements out there are crap  ::)
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Re: Tweet Thread
« Reply #11004 on: March 26, 2015, 10:18:51 am »
Quote from: mmret on March 25, 2015, 09:34:06 pm
Quote from: Sir Osis of Liver on March 25, 2015, 12:33:50 pm
Cords and Citroens had the transmission in front of their longitudinal engines, which helped weight distribution, but made for a pretty long snout.

So why can't we have a transverse layout but with the transmission arranged in some way that allows the front axle to be pushed forward? ???

As I understand it RWD based AWD cars basically have a transmission stuck near the center diff, which is actually pretty close to the front of the car, and there is a small propshaft that goes forward to the front axle. So remove that back half of the drivetrain, replace the center diff with fixed gears (or just integrate that whole thing into the trans), and more or less voila.

I haven't seen a separate center differential except in 4wd truck type systems.  In my Audis and Subaru they are part of the regular transmission and no additional propshafts required.   In fact on my longitudinal Audi drivetrains the entire engine is ahead of the front axles which stick directly out of the side of the transmission.   The center differential is actually at the rear of the transmission.
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« Reply #11005 on: March 26, 2015, 08:30:56 pm »
Dad bought my little brother and sister a mint white 2010 Corolla CE, "enhanced convenience package" (A/C, power windows+locks, VSC, etc.), with 50 km on it. 1 owner, dealer serviced (full records), rust proofed, tinted windows, brand new brakes and all season tires, 1 season old winter tires. Should give years of trouble free motoring.  :)
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Re: Tweet Thread
« Reply #11006 on: March 26, 2015, 08:33:36 pm »
Quote from: 1TSX on March 26, 2015, 08:30:56 pm
Dad bought my little brother and sister a mint white 2010 Corolla CE, convenience package, with 50 km on it. 1 owner, dealer serviced (full records), rust proofed, tinted windows, brand new brakes and all season tires, 1 season old winter tires. Should give years of trouble free motoring.  :)

Atta dad!  :thumbup:  Smart choice.
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« Reply #11007 on: March 26, 2015, 08:35:42 pm »
A tank of gas will last months  ;D
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« Reply #11008 on: March 26, 2015, 08:41:21 pm »
They don't care about driving so a Corolla is the perfect car. Its also cheap on insurance.  :)

Oh and I forgot to add...no accidents, clean car proof.
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« Reply #11009 on: March 27, 2015, 02:28:51 pm »
Speaking of Owen Sound. We've outsourced the packaging production for a consumer product we're working on to an Ontario company (I'm doing my part to prop up your suck a$$ manufacturing sector) and I just looked to see where the plant is and lo and behold, it's in Owen Sound. Is there an airport there, I was considering sending some one for a press check?

I'll ask the rep. if he knows a grumpy local named Articsteve.  :)

#whobuildsaplantinowensound
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Re: Tweet Thread
« Reply #11010 on: March 27, 2015, 02:30:48 pm »
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« Reply #11011 on: March 29, 2015, 11:20:40 am »
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Re: Tweet Thread
« Reply #11012 on: March 29, 2015, 02:58:33 pm »
A crash that everybody survives is a landing  :)
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« Reply #11013 on: March 29, 2015, 03:00:53 pm »
Any landing you can walk away from is a good landing.


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« Reply #11014 on: March 29, 2015, 04:54:59 pm »
Seems like it may have clipped a power line, but if not, it definitely crashed.  That's not a hard landing to most people, if the flaps and an engine broke off.


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Re: Tweet Thread
« Reply #11015 on: March 29, 2015, 07:29:40 pm »
Pretty neat and rare barn finds of cars in need of restoration.  My Uncle owned a 63 split window and my dad owned a 69 Mach I, so they are both a little special to me. 


http://www.gleems.com/314411/10-classic-car-barn-finds-youll-wish-you-could-get-your-hands-on/
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Re: Tweet Thread
« Reply #11016 on: March 29, 2015, 08:51:37 pm »
Quote from: tenpenny on March 29, 2015, 04:54:59 pm
Seems like it may have clipped a power line, but if not, it definitely crashed.  That's not a hard landing to most people, if the flaps and an engine broke off.


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Landed  350 m short of the runway
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/air-canada-ac624-touched-down-335-metres-short-of-runway-tsb-says-1.3013979
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« Reply #11017 on: March 29, 2015, 09:59:17 pm »
Yeah, landed short and hit an antenna array, shearing off the landing gear.




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Re: Tweet Thread
« Reply #11018 on: March 30, 2015, 08:29:35 am »
Opened up the hot tub for the season. Of course it's snowing.
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« Reply #11019 on: April 02, 2015, 06:06:31 pm »
Got a Cortisone shot in each knee today , it cost $25 per  knee
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