Minor Automotive Obsession of the Now

"Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection" (itsalwayssteve)
02/11/2018 at 13:29 • Filed to: minor automotive obsession, wait what?, sunroof

!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! got me thinking of something from my youth that has been a minor obsession for a while. When my dad’s dad died, he left us his 1981 VW Rabbit Diesel 4-speed. 4-door. It was a prize from a scratch-off in the Pennsylvania lottery, and he drove it for five years before he had a stroke and passed. It was white with a blue vinyl interior and had a hand-crank sunroof. The one below is from a BMW, but the concept is the same.

If I could find a decent 4-door Rabbit 5-speed with a hand-crank sunroof, for a good price, I would get it.

On another note, his post about stereotyping “car people,” reminded me of an experience I had a while back:

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DISCUSSION (4)

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection
02/11/2018 at 14:52

My brother and sister had 80s Volvo’s that also had those hand crank sunroofs. They were neat.

In the exact opposite direction, I’ve had 7 cars with sunroofs, all of them powered, but I just got my first car with a one touch sunroof. It’s sooo Fawwnseeehh

e36Jeff now drives a ZHP > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection
02/11/2018 at 15:29

my e30 had a crank sunroof. I always kinda wanted to see the mechanism behind it because if you cranked one way it opened, and in the other it vented. My current ZHP has no roof-holes, which is probably for the best because I’m not sure I’d fit with the helmet.

Echo51 > e36Jeff now drives a ZHP
02/11/2018 at 15:57

Having fixed, or attempted to fix a crank-able but electrified sunroof that also did the same thing depending on the way you turned, it’s a quite clever system with hinges, small tabs it runs on, and a whole lot of lever arms. PITA to get working, nice when it does function.

atfsgeoff > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection
02/12/2018 at 00:00

I had an E30 BMW with manual crank sunroof. Worked great. One of my favorite features of the car.