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"PanchoVilleneuve ST" (PanchoVilleneuve) 04/29/2016 at 16:46 • Filed to: None

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I watched the C4 Corvette episode and it consisted largely of two British men mocking the electrical system in an American car. There are many valid criticisms with American engineering and build quality they could have directed at the car, but if there’s one thing the British are in no position to talk shit about, it’s the electrical system in an automobile. It’s like asking the kid who ate crayons in kindergarten about fine cuisine.

lone_liberal > PanchoVilleneuve ST 04/29/2016 at 16:50

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I thought the same thing the first time I saw that episode. I couldn’t believe what I was hearing.

BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest. > PanchoVilleneuve ST 04/29/2016 at 16:51

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“Lucas”

PotbellyJoe and 42 others > PanchoVilleneuve ST 04/29/2016 at 16:51

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The day they restore an Aston Martin Lagonda...

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > PanchoVilleneuve ST 04/29/2016 at 16:51

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TWO WORDS: FUCKING ALUMIN I UM BULLET CONNECTORS
THAT’S FOUR WORDS BUT I DON’T CARE

PanchoVilleneuve ST > BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest. 04/29/2016 at 16:53

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They pioneered smoke as a conductor.

BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest. > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 04/29/2016 at 16:54

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*Aluminum

smallblock > PotbellyJoe and 42 others 04/29/2016 at 17:00

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... They renounce their British citizenship, burn the Union Jack, and punch the Queen?

V8Demon - Prefers Autos for drag racing. Fite me! > PanchoVilleneuve ST 04/29/2016 at 17:03

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The C4 Corvette is probably the most widely known electrical nightmare made by an American automobile company. It’s still probably a heck of a lot less headache than a Jaguar XJ of the same vintage. To be fair, I’ve known a couple of C4 guys and they do not seem to be as problematic as some would suggest. I think the problems were mainly the very early cars from that generation of Corvette.

MonkeePuzzle > PanchoVilleneuve ST 04/29/2016 at 17:06

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vondon302 > PanchoVilleneuve ST 04/29/2016 at 17:07

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Mandatory

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest. 04/29/2016 at 17:16

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When it’s on a British car and fucking up, I’ll spell it their way. To humour them.

BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest. > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 04/29/2016 at 17:19

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You’d think for being the ones who invented the language, they’d know how to speak it. Also humour and colour need the letter u. They look weird without it.

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 04/29/2016 at 17:20

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Actually aluminum is the original spelling. It was only changed later to aluminium to better fit with the other -iums in the periodic table. So while you are spelling it our way, you are spelling the internationally recognised way, albeit the wrong way.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 04/29/2016 at 17:23

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I know. Some dweeb in a press office who didn’t understand how latin names worked and thought he did, and wanted to impress people with how SMRT he was. “Is lead’s latin name ‘plumb ium ’, shit-for-brains? Is gold ‘aurium’? No, so shut the fuck up.”

MUSASHI66 > PanchoVilleneuve ST 04/29/2016 at 17:25

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Where do you watch that show?

Funktheduck > MUSASHI66 04/29/2016 at 17:40

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Velocity channel

bryan40oop > PanchoVilleneuve ST 04/29/2016 at 17:59

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Spot on post, should be front paged imho.

hike > V8Demon - Prefers Autos for drag racing. Fite me! 04/29/2016 at 18:08

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I've admittedly had a couple electrical issues, mostly with the radio. The power antenna no longer retracts, the speakers choose when they work, and sometimes the signal cuts out completely. The hvac controls also don't always work. Otherwise it works great!

MUSASHI66 > Funktheduck 04/29/2016 at 20:21

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Thanks!! Found some episodes on Comcast on demand :)

Die-Trying > PanchoVilleneuve ST 04/29/2016 at 20:37

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a friend and i were working on one (pay gig) and had one VERY NEARLY go up in flames on a test drive . a wire in the column shorted , making the whole thing live.

never trust the electrics on cars of that era..... have an extinguisher available at all times(one thats large enough to do some good). and be ready to pull the post on the battery.

Die-Trying > vondon302 04/29/2016 at 20:40

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yeah, once the smoke escapes from the wiring system, it wont work. you have to recharge the electric smoke (lucas pn s30433) to the factory specs, before you even TRY to do anything else.