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Resin = microplastics in your waste water btw. So if you're still using tru earth to solve the problem with plastics, eh you might want to keep looking. I also nearly ruined my bedsheets be leaving behind oils and sweat and causing a gunky build up over time.
This is only for consumer friendly clothes. In the theater many costumes cannot be washed or dry cleaned daily so Vodka is used intermittently to remove all traces of unwanted orders until the end of the run of a show.
Thank you so much for this informative video. You explained so well and I am no longer confused. Thanks for making it so easy to understand.
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Insurance: Oh wow, that was a hard hit for sure... And how did the driver make it completely into the trunk? Officer: Um... Driver is scattered in the cabin... Insurance: ... Officer: ...
The 2018 Ford Focus ST-3 has auxiliary cornering lights with adaptive (HID) headlamps. They only work when the light switch is turned to the "Automatic" headlights position. I believe the ST-2 has them, too, but I am sure the ST-1 does not. They are effective, and you only notice them when you really need them. They activate when you are in gear. As soon as you turn the wheel, they work in concert; the headlights turn, and it will turn on the auxiliary light for the direction you are turning. Cool, additional fact; when your wipers for the windshield are active, regardless of the setting, you shift into reverse, and the rear hatch wiper activates automatically on the intermittent setting. P.S. The Focus ST (& RS) have one of the best anti-theft systems in the world... it is called a "6 speed MANUAL transmission".
Start-stop systems have evolved a lot since they were first introduced and reliabiility concers are mostly unfounded. My 2018 Passat BiTDI has done 230k kms and never had issues with the start-stop. I usually keep it active, but do turn it off occasionally during heavy city traffic. I did replace the car's battery a bit sooner than expected, but that's had a hard life from other sources too (parking heater, Dynaudio sound system).
Just curious, how do you decide when a car is worthy of an entire episode like this? This is great analysis, but picking an X2 seemed a bit odd. Fantastic work nonetheless.
I'm sorry, the BMW doesn't seem worth buying to review. It's not that different than the X1, and not at all an improvement, from what you say. I was impressed by the third question. As I recall, 2005 was the first year of the Tucson, and if it's lasted 19 years, that's remarkable. We've owned a lot of Hyundai products, and always gotten good service from them.
I don't expect many manufacturers to dedicate much effort and expense to create lighting systems specifically for the U.S. since the U.S. NHTSA has dug in its heals and refused to follow EU lighting standards which have become the default for the rest of the world including Canada. After I had the LED-matrix headlights of my U.S. market German car reprogrammed, perhaps illegally, to function as if the vehicle was located in German, I now have curve adaptive headlights, a super wide beam pattern at lower speeds (far greater than 180 degrees) that functions as corning lights, the high beam headlights are on most of the time over 18.6 mph with oncoming and preceding vehicles "shadowed" by turning off and on individual LED's in the matrices to keep from blinding and irritating other vehicle occupants, pedestrians on or near the roadway are now targeted with concentrated beams of light (3 flashes) to warn both the them and me. Toyota and other manufacturers began lobbying the NHTSA to allow these adaptive beam headlights in around 2014 and here we are 10 years later with the NHTSA having done nothing except needlessly studying technology that the rest of the world adopted years ago.
You all bring up a great point about auto start-stop paired with a dual-clutch transmission. When paired together they tend to be unpredictable and jerky at times. I drive an Audi Q5 which is a mild hybrid and the auto start-stop is flawless, but as soon as the transmission catches after starting up again it becomes very unsettled most times. It’s sort of a shame because I do see really impressive improvements in fuel economy when I have auto start-stop on. In my short 10 minute commute I see about 4-6 mpg better than if I have it off.
I mentioned to my mother when she pointed out a much older classic car in a used car lot that she’d likely die in it if she got in a serious crash especially with a newer modern car, she outright laughed at it and put me down saying stupid shit like “because it being made of metal means nothing. 🙄” and “you really shouldn’t let your ignorance show so much,” the stupidest most over confident shit her ignorant oblivious ass could have possibly said, there was hardly any way for me to refute such a degree of ignorance, so I just played this out loud, didn’t even show her any of the footage, and as I typed out this comment I just spoke the words aloud and didn’t even make an attempt to say anything directly to her because what the fuck is the point, I just want her to know she’s more wrong and stupid on the fundamental subject than she can personally accept with her pathetic ego. I mean good god her ego is pathetic and shameful. The shit it allows her to quip is brain damaging and rage inducing. The dogma she *knows* is solid immutable fact because she *knows* it is. She makes me want to put my head through every patch of drywall I can see, over and over. Edit: and I know it seems overly harsh or an overreaction to be saying all this about what can be read from this little comment, but keep in mind you have only imagined/visualized your own personalized version of the scenario based on your own life experiences through interpersonal relationships, the actual experience is… like I said, brain damaging. To surpress every single visceral urge, emotion and impulse her tone compounded with the dumbfounding remarks and degrading comments she spews takes a heavier toll on my psychological wellfare than the actual toxic inputs, because I know they are all equally as poisonous, but bottling it up, compressing it and letting the toxic energy build up pressure in a confined space is even for dangerous and unhealthy, and unfortunately with the way she raised me (or didn’t), the only way I truly aspire to release that energy at THIS point in my life is through absolute violent felonious abhorrent behaviors, by inflicting pain and physical injury corresponding to the heavy mental/psychological distress and pain, which would still be graphic or at least that’s what my imagination/visualizations detail, shit that I cannot describe on any moderated social media platform, shit I would spend the rest of my life in jail over, and I’m too smart to put myself in such an unfortunate position. But as I continue to bottle it up with absolutely no outlet or exhaust system, the metaphorical carbon monoxide gas increases in density in the confined space, and the neurotoxic effects continue to shoot up, the thoughts and images getting more grotesque and disturbing, to any and all but myself willingly consciously fostering them. I wish on fucking everything I could act on them, I could commit to them, manifest them, do unspeakable things. But I just have to keep taking it. I am always wrong until proof is thrown in her fucking face otherwise, and until it’s a packet of proof, there is still *no* proof or I’m making shit up/pulling shit out of my ass, and I am a dumbass with not a clue in the world.
1:08 and by "sportier" these days it means in the smallest possible unit of measurement "more sporty" that it can be. what would a "unit of sportiness" be?
Thank you for talking about visibility. When I think back to the BMW 2002 and it's tall side widows and thin pillars, I had to wonder why designs these days have such small windows and huge blindspots, especially in the back. When I mention visibility with my car friends all I hear back is that there are cameras now so visibility out the windows is not important.
The engine start-stop feature is intended to reduce emissions as much as (perhaps more than) improve MPG. Imagine a busy intersection where 50% of the stopped vehicles are NOT idling and emitting noxious fumes. Then multiply that by the thousands of intersections in this country. Start-stop can be definitely a pain to adjust to, but it does serve a purpose. It could make a real difference if enough vehicles had the feature and if people would stop disabling it.
In theory, I like the idea of stop-start, but as you discussed, the execution of that technology can be a limiting factor. For example, my 2020 Outback XT (with the turbocharged engine), has stop start but not only does it not stay stopped for very long (10-30 seconds on average only; even with climate control off and my foot firmly on the pedal), but the re-start is what I would describe as "violent." The car will buck/lurch forward. It makes me especially wary of using it when I'm first to the crosswalk and I have pedestrians in front of me. In contrast, the same Outback with the normally aspirated engine, had a much more seamless re-engagement. That said, I still do use it sometimes and over the last 2000 miles (there's a gauge that tracks this) I've saved roughly one tenth of a gallon of fuel, from having stopped for about 40 minutes total.
Stockburger is that irritating person next to you on a plane who doesn’t shut up and eats Pringles, apple slices, and Raisin Bran from baggies she packed the day before.
