The kind that lifts the front (drive wheels) off the ground, allowing the car to roll on its rear wheels.
See, that's the kind I've had to reject on occasion. But my cars are standards.
And the thing is, I like my evil like I like my men: evil. You know, straight up, black hat, tied to the train tracks, soon my electro-ray will destroy metropolis BAD.
Buffy ,'Sleeper'
Natter 43: I Love My Dead Gay Whale Crosspost.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
sarameg - Mar 28, 2006 12:04:18 pm PST #6850 of 10001
tommyrot - Mar 28, 2006 12:04:39 pm PST #6851 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Stick is fun, but it gets annoying when driving in heavy stop-and-go traffic. Plus you have no free hands while shifting.
ita, is your car engine not turning over? Or just not firing?
juliana - Mar 28, 2006 12:06:44 pm PST #6852 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
I have one cookie recipe that only tastes right when made with lard.
Me, too.
Gudanov - Mar 28, 2006 12:07:27 pm PST #6853 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
I prefer stick, but the traffic isn't that bad around here so I don't have as much stop and go.
Once I managed to drive home from a few miles away without a clutch.
§ ita § - Mar 28, 2006 12:08:03 pm PST #6854 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The engine is fine. Stuck in park is the problem. And then the EPC light came on.
tommyrot - Mar 28, 2006 12:09:19 pm PST #6855 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
It used to be that automatics gave both worse performance and worse fuel economy. But I don't think that's really true anymore (assuming the automatic in question is better than a three-speed).
Gudanov - Mar 28, 2006 12:13:05 pm PST #6856 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
Yeah, with five speed and six speed automatics becoming more common I've seen MPG figures that are better for automatics. CVTs seem to be starting to catch on too and they should be even better for fuel usage.
I still think four cylinder engines really suffer from automatics though. Manuals seem a lot peppier to me in cars with small engines. I don't really notice it with six cylinder engines.
shrift - Mar 28, 2006 12:15:28 pm PST #6857 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Wow. I just got caught in the neverending loop of conference call HELL.
The gulf between expectation and reality yawns wide enough to swallow Mars, or some other really big thing.
§ ita § - Mar 28, 2006 12:18:51 pm PST #6858 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
None of my six cylinders are doing me any good right now. And tow truck #1 has left, yet #2 has not arrived. I want lunch.
tommyrot - Mar 28, 2006 12:20:40 pm PST #6859 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I still think four cylinder engines really suffer from automatics though.
I think a manual is better for a multi-valve four cylinder engine. Multi-valve engines produce the most power at higher rpms, and it's easier to keep the engine in a higher rpm range with a manual than an automatic. Unless you have one of those automatics that lets you shift manually.
With an automatic and a four cylinder engine, if the engine is at a low rpm (and you're not in first gear) you won't have much power available until you push the gas pedal down far enough to force a downshift, and then you might have more power than you want. (However, most cars with an automatic overdrive transmission have a button that allow you to shift out of overdrive when you need more power on the highway.)
Huh. I think we've had this discussion before....