Tell Me Useless Car Facts Oppositelock

"S65" (granthp) 10/30/2016 at 10:35 • Filed to: None

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Are any of you even awake yet?

CB > S65 10/30/2016 at 10:36

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A golf ball has 336 dimples in it.

yamahog > S65 10/30/2016 at 10:40

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>implying I even sleep

PS9 > S65 10/30/2016 at 10:42

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Both you and your car are made of the same things; atomic elements that formed in the cores of exploding stars and the midst of supernovae. Both you and your car are complex machines made of smaller, simpler complex machines. Both you and your car consume and store large hydrocarbon chains to create heat and energy. Both you and your car use fluids to sustain systems critical to operation.

Despite all these similarities, you’ll still die if you try to drink gasoline, and your engine will be destroyed if you try to put hamburgers in it.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > CB 10/30/2016 at 10:43

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Car fact? :P

S65 > S65 10/30/2016 at 10:43

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On the Honda B18C VTEC engages at 5800 rpm

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > S65 10/30/2016 at 10:44

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The original FIAT 500 and FIAT 126 had a reverse lockout, you push down on the gearshift and shift into reverse.

S65 > S65 10/30/2016 at 10:45

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The EK9 CTR has a Helical LSD

S65 > S65 10/30/2016 at 10:45

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The first generation NSX has double wishbone suspension all around

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > S65 10/30/2016 at 10:46

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The Toyota 5vz has different spark plugs on each bank.

S65 > S65 10/30/2016 at 10:46

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The NA2 NSX-R has 215 tires in the front and 275 tires in the rear

CB > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 10/30/2016 at 10:47

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It’s so useless it’s not even about cars.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > S65 10/30/2016 at 10:49

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My subaru outback has a slot for a fishing pole molded into the styrofoam that holds the spare tire.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > CB 10/30/2016 at 10:50

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...... touche salesman. :P

S65 > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 10/30/2016 at 10:51

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What gen Outback

Honeybunchesofgoats > S65 10/30/2016 at 10:52

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The proper location to store your owners manual in a 2001 Jaguar XJ8 is in the trunk, not the glove compartment. There’s even an elastic strap for it:

There’s a special compartment under the hood for holding a factory toolkit:

But as far as I can tell, these were never included with US market cars. It would be such a waste of money, but I’m determined to purchase a set at some point.

yamahog > PS9 10/30/2016 at 10:54

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you’ll still die if you try to drink gasoline

psh, maybe you peasants do

*swigs down morning 93 octane*

S65 > CB 10/30/2016 at 10:54

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Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > CB 10/30/2016 at 10:55

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TIL: My Fiesta’s roof is a golf ball.

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > S65 10/30/2016 at 10:55

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The only remaining Street going version of the XJ220S in its original color and state resides just south of Nashville where it is stablemates with a XJ15, Carrera GT, Ferrari 512 BB, G63 AMG, S65 AMG, and Audi R8

S65 > Honeybunchesofgoats 10/30/2016 at 10:56

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Jaguar is so weird, who even does that?

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > yamahog 10/30/2016 at 10:56

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Fun fact: In Rock Hill, SC they are people who willfully drink gasoline contaminated water because they think we were sent from the city to bully them into getting city water.

Mercedes Streeter > S65 10/30/2016 at 10:56

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The first generation smart fortwo (1998-2007) had a petrol engine that needed to be rebuilt as often as a Mazda RX’s rotary.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 10/30/2016 at 10:58

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I think that guy has a house in Pensacola as well. Someone there has a 512 and XJ220 among other things.

S65 > Mercedes Streeter 10/30/2016 at 10:58

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What? why?

Honeybunchesofgoats > S65 10/30/2016 at 10:58

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I’ve become a complete believer in the trunk-stored manual. It saves so much space!

OPPOsaurus WRX > S65 10/30/2016 at 10:59

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I’m alive... I mean awake.

Allroad’s have 2 compressors one for the suspension and one for the spare tire

E90M3 > S65 10/30/2016 at 11:00

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A rental Mercedes B180 from Sixt is limited to 195 km/h

E90M3 > Honeybunchesofgoats 10/30/2016 at 11:01

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I believe the owners manual for the M3 is supposed to be stored in the trunk, it barely fits in the glove box.

Probenja > S65 10/30/2016 at 11:02

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Some Jag’s and Nissan’s have a pulsating start button:

Honeybunchesofgoats > E90M3 10/30/2016 at 11:03

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That, or they just assume that you’ll always have it on your lap trying to figure out what the lights on the dash are telling you.

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 10/30/2016 at 11:08

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Nissan Frontiers/XTerras are the same. I managed to roll a friend’s XTerra backwards into a phone pole while staring at the shifter trying to figure out why it kept going into 6th and not R last year. Fortunately I have a very understanding friend.

aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe > S65 10/30/2016 at 11:10

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Everyone knows emissions and safety regulations got tougher and tougher in the US in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s. It would appear that 1969 was the last year that car companies could easily pass these inspections with very minimal adjustments to their designs. 1969 cars are also protected from later, more restrictive regulations.

It would seem that some of the more devious people at places like Ferrari and Lamborgini got a really great idea. “Since cars produced before 1970 don’t have to bother with all those fiddly emissions laws,” you can almost hear them say in the board rooms, “let’s just stamp ‘Made in 1969’ plates on all our new cars!”

Apparently they did exactly that, and it took the customs people about a year and a half to catch on. To this day, apparently, people trying to bring in certain makes’ 1969 models have the serial number of the car cross-checked by customs. If the number is below a certain threshold, in you go. Above, and you have to conform to later, more stringent rules.

copy & paste i found on the interwebs

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > yamahog 10/30/2016 at 11:22

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I prefer e85 personally.

Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras > Mercedes Streeter 10/30/2016 at 11:26

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Jesus

Pich, with Z32 now featuring Civic [Si] / No > S65 10/30/2016 at 11:30

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Nissan tuned the intake on the Z32 Fairlady but not the R32 Skyline GTR

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > S65 10/30/2016 at 11:31

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The Niva has a brake proportioning valve in the rear to increase rear bias when you add load. It accomplishes this by having a rod running to the axle that pushes a lever as the suspension compresses.

It also has a device under the hood that is called a “rough road sensor”. I was about to say I have no idea what it’s for but I just googled it for shits and apparently it’s an accelerometer that tells the ecu to ignore the knock sensor when traveling on rough terrain, and in other Ladas it has some ABS function as well. I’ve never found ANY useful info about it until now.

Frenchlicker > S65 10/30/2016 at 12:00

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Since others posted about owners manual spots it reminded me of this. The Jeep Libert(KJ) had a special spot in the glovebox for one that came in a canvas bag.

Also when rebuilding a Ford 8.8 rear end and using new gears a 28 shim will normally do the trick.(this is with the shims that are labeled, I cannot remember the decimal placement).

Mercedes Streeter > S65 10/30/2016 at 12:19

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That quality DaimlerChrysler reliability. :)

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 10/30/2016 at 12:25

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I lived in Rock Hill for about a year in the early 2000s. This doesn’t surprise me.

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 10/30/2016 at 12:27

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Most VW 5 speeds have the same thing. My wife’s old New Beetle convertible had it.

S65 > Mercedes Streeter 10/30/2016 at 12:30

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That’s it? I thought it was in some weird state of tune or something

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 10/30/2016 at 12:32

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My old 2002 Subaru Impreza had no lockout, but my current 2009 Hyundai Accent has a lift-up lockout ring, but also I consider the fact it is a dogleg-before-first Reverse shift pattern a ‘lockout’ feature as well :P

Mercedes Streeter > S65 10/30/2016 at 12:35

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Nope, just not incredibly reliable. The roadsters had turbos that leaked oil too...just cuz. lol Thankfully Mercedes wised up and started engineering their 3 cylinder engines with outside help, they don’t have the best experience building tiny engines.

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 10/30/2016 at 12:35

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Both the Kia and Renegade have the lift-ring lockout.

DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time > S65 10/30/2016 at 13:32

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90's Hondas that have manual transmission have to use the Honda brand transmission oil. Because they were originally designed to run on engine oil. However, in the late 90s/early 00's oil companies started removing additives from the oil (nitrate I believe was one of the critical ones). And without the additives the transmissions would wear significantly faster. So that’s when Honda came out with their own MTF that’s really engine oil with additives.

(You could still buy engine oil and put in additives, but the Honda MTF isn’t expensive when you consider how infrequently you change MTF)

gmctavish needs more space > S65 10/30/2016 at 13:41

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The Jeep Gladiator uses an AMC door handle for a tailgate handle

The Volvo 140 series were the first cars to have three-point seatbelts standard

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > S65 10/30/2016 at 13:43

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2013, but my 2002 impreza had the same slot, just a little shorter.

GolfR Guy > E90M3 10/30/2016 at 13:49

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As proven by this image!

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 10/30/2016 at 14:18

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This is a real situation that I encountered. I work for a private company contracted by the state. I have nothing to do with the city of Rock Hill. We showed her that the water had contamination. We let her smell the water, which smelled like gasoline. Still, we were paid of by the city, and her water was fine. The same day I called animal control about a Pit Bull farm.

Another fun fact about Rock Hill, that is the city where I decided it was time for a CWP.

yamahog > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 10/30/2016 at 14:56

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ah, vegan?

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > S65 10/30/2016 at 15:14

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The Mini Cooper has a heated and air conditioned glove box (The little black thing at the bottom rear)

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > PS9 10/30/2016 at 15:16

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you’ll still die if you try to drink gasoline

Fun fact: You can actually drink more gasoline than straight caffeine before it kills you.

AfromanGTO > S65 10/30/2016 at 15:19

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The new Pontiac GTOs have the same hub and wheel stud specs as a BMW, so you can bolt almost any M wheels on them. GTOs do look good with M6 wheels on them.

Back in the day (2004-2007ish) people used to use Porsche studs on GTOs, because the factory ones tend to break on the drag strip.

The 3.8 V6 and 2.slow turbo Gen Coupes have different rear differentials.

That’s all I can remember now, but I know more. Need more caffeine!

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > yamahog 10/30/2016 at 15:26

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Not a chance. it just tastes better.

PS9 > yamahog 10/30/2016 at 16:15

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Maybe he has a VEGETARIAN BOOOOOODDYYYYYYYYY

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > S65 10/30/2016 at 16:31

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The tool kit that came with the Niva was more complete. Not only was it a basic set of wrenches and screwdrivers, it also had tools for fixing a flat tire... not just changing the tire, but actually removing the tire from the wheel and patching it.

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 10/30/2016 at 16:35

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The Niva’s new transmission does this. I was so confused at first, and thought something was broken, cause the old one didn’t, but I eventually figured it out. So I went back to the old trans and the shifter did in fact push in on that one too. So now I’m thinking the old transmission was just much more broken than I knew it was.

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 10/30/2016 at 19:17

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It sounds like my ex-girlfriend’s mom. If she hadn’t died ages ago

thebigbossyboss > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 10/30/2016 at 23:52

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That is a useless feature if I ever thought of one.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > thebigbossyboss 10/31/2016 at 11:03

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I think it is actually for pressure relief if you run the blower with all the vents closed but the effect is that you get a heated and air conditioned glove box.

Nauraushaun > Honeybunchesofgoats 11/02/2016 at 04:23

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This is awesome! I feel having designated spaces in the car for things like these help ensure owners won’t just discard them. Better for future owners :)

I also love when it looks like a manufacturer has really considered how the car will be used. Rather than just creating a gaping trunk and being done with it.