"Fujiwara" (fujiwara)
03/15/2017 at 11:48 • Filed to: None
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"Fujiwara" (fujiwara)
03/15/2017 at 11:48 • Filed to: None | 10
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So with the ongoing effort to introduce my toddler to my love of cars, I got him this for some light bedtime reading.
It’s marketed as a kids book, but I admit I’m learning from it too.
Just look at this juicy goodness
He knows that this thing does some crazy voodoo to get the car going
I put him in the front seat in our driveway to play with the shifter. Then showed him this. Mind blown.
Told him about these when we went over a set of speed bumps. He didn’t care; just wanted more speed bumps.
So many parts. I have a lot of explaining to do.
Next step is getting a model engine set to build.
After we read this, he ran to mom yelling “intake, compression, combustion, exhaust!”
So, it has begun. First the take-apart truck, now this. Just goes to show that kids see us as role models and we gotta get this right.
vondon302
> Fujiwara
03/15/2017 at 11:54 |
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Thats sweet. Might want to pick this up too. Your doing gods work good sir.
Alfalfa
> Fujiwara
03/15/2017 at 11:59 |
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Oh damn, I’d forgotten all about Eyewitness books. I loved these as a kid.
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Fujiwara
> vondon302
03/15/2017 at 12:01 |
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Oh wow, that is amazing. Might have to get two copies, because I am certain we have different ideas for what proper spark plug wires should be colored.
ttyymmnn
> Fujiwara
03/15/2017 at 12:02 |
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Required toddler reading. Make sure to get the unabridged edition.
random001
> Fujiwara
03/15/2017 at 12:02 |
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aaaaaaaaaaand ordered.
WilliamsSW
> Fujiwara
03/15/2017 at 12:10 |
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Oooh. I want this for me. And my son, when he’s ready (7 months might be a bit early for this haha)
Also vondon302s suggestion. I need to save this post — thanks!
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vondon302
> Fujiwara
03/15/2017 at 12:14 |
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Lol agree. They have a bunch more too.
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Fujiwara
> WilliamsSW
03/15/2017 at 12:18 |
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Why wait? Just get it for yourself! I’ve flipped through the book on my own and have been amazed. What adult car lovers obsess over tends to make us forget about the fundamentals.
Sometimes it’s nice to have things explained to me like I’m three years old.
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WilliamsSW
> Fujiwara
03/15/2017 at 12:21 |
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Oh, I am! I meant for later today, not next year, really. Just tied up right now is all. Great ideas by all!!
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Fujiwara
> vondon302
03/15/2017 at 12:21 |
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You, my friend, are not helping me focus on work today.
HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
> Fujiwara
03/15/2017 at 12:24 |
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At least he didn’t say Suck Squeezs Bang Blow!
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vondon302
> Fujiwara
03/15/2017 at 12:24 |
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Isn’t that what oppo is for?
RT
> Fujiwara
03/15/2017 at 13:26 |
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That book is in my local library, I remember reading it as a kid.
Decay buys too many beaters
> Fujiwara
03/15/2017 at 13:59 |
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This should probably be relegated to pedantry, but on the “how the engine works” page that piston being at top dead center has already fired, and the description about why it is called a 4 stroke engine is convoluted (worded in such a way that it could be interpreted to mean the crankshaft turns over 4 times per power stroke instead of 2)