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My 2011 Prius is my daily driver. I consider it to be an Electrician's car or Electronic Techs car. I do have two Jeeps and a Dakota pickup, if that a redeeming quality. |
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That makes me feel better! Haha. At least when it breaks I can go thru and sub out the affected battery module in the pack. Been there, done that. Also headgaskets are a peach to change. 300k mi on it now. The Escalade has the nice 6.0 LQ9 engine. about the same lower end as the LS2. All in all gets the job done. wife drove the Prius into a parked car last December. Bent up fender and all but ahh who cares.
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I sat in the bank drive through yesterday with the AC on, for 5 min and the engine never ran. The AC runs off the invertor pack, 3 phase AC. How's that for good engineering. |
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A new project.
1947 Plymouth Special DeLuxe Business Coupe. Bought it in early July, and am gradually getting it serviced and back on the road. |
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That coupe is sweet!
I kind of have a phobia of new modern cars. Crossovers, Self driving, hybrid, all electric, CVTs, tiny displacement over stressed turbochaged 4 bangers, gas direct injection, dash tablets/infotainment, automatic transmissions......All stuff I don't want or need. My mom has one of those Subraru Crosstrek things, worst car I've ever driven. It's top heavy, cramped, completely gutless, it eats oil, uncomfortable seats, no cargo space, and worst of all it's ORANGE! |
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Evidently the car buyers want all these items. The good old days are over, when people bought a car they could truly afford. |
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CVTs are just misunderstood. Like any new tech. That, and getting parts can be impossible. So yeah, I wouldn't advise getting a CVT, just because parts are scarce and/or expensive! Gas direct injection would be perfect if they could just vent the crankcase to the atmosphere instead of letting all that oil into the intake to get burnt onto the valves. Pity. |
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With auto transmissions it's a driving preference thing, I just feel like they always shift at the wrong time. (notable exception is the later Ford CVPIs) For me driving feels wrong without the tactility of working a shifter lever and clutch. And yes there are very good auto transmissions out there that outlast most manual ones.
Also for small sports cars (like my NB Miata) auto transmissions are stupid. period. It's part of the driving experience for this type of vehicle. I don't think I would even buy a Corvette if it was auto, and yes the new midship 'vette is auto only, damn shame To be fair about CVTs all the ones I've driven have been half-baked slip-o-matic jobs that are doomed to failure (coughNISSANcough). And finally for the GDI solution, just run port injectors along with the direct ones to wash the crap off the intake valves |
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