Fun fact...

"Jim Spanfeller" (awesomeaustinv) 03/05/2020 at 17:13 • Filed to: None

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Wombat poop is cube-shaped:

Totally 100% genuine image of legit wombat poop.

Th e reason why is that they use it to mark their territory, so they need to make sure it doesn’t roll away. Therefore t heir bodies have adapted in such a way that they produce cubic poo s.

Also a totally legit photo of wombat poo.

The variable elasticity of their rectums is what makes this possible. And now you know more about wombats than you ever wanted to.

Behold the glorious master of rectilinear turds.

Nom De Plume > Jim Spanfeller 03/05/2020 at 17:30

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Needs more freshly made briquettes.

Kiltedpadre > Jim Spanfeller 03/05/2020 at 17:34

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You’re welcome

Jim Spanfeller > Kiltedpadre 03/05/2020 at 17:37

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Well man, that’s just crappy.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Nom De Plume 03/05/2020 at 17:37

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Chocolate flavored Popsicle sans stick?

Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever > Kiltedpadre 03/05/2020 at 17:43

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Keyboard scientist speaking : They could also choose to hide in an enclosed space to do this, where they might suffocate on the fumes of their own excrement.

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > Jim Spanfeller 03/05/2020 at 18:17

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Another fun fact... the Wombat was a car i n the Pink Panther cartoon:

SiennaMan > Jim Spanfeller 03/05/2020 at 18:22

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Ah the Cube, the only car that I've seen that was (manufactured) asymmetrical..

SmugAardvark > Kiltedpadre 03/05/2020 at 18:24

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To be fair, I already knew this. It’s one of the primary reasons that I want a pet sloth. The other primary reason is that if I forget and leave a window open when I go to work, it won’t make it too far.

SmugAardvark > Jim Spanfeller 03/05/2020 at 18:25

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About a week ago, when I still had a Cube, this would have offended me.

Just kidding, the Cube was a turd.

ranwhenparked > SiennaMan 03/05/2020 at 18:53

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The Pacer was, too.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > Jim Spanfeller 03/05/2020 at 19:03

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Now this is shitposting!

Cé hé sin > ranwhenparked 03/05/2020 at 19:32

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Also, the Renault 12 (and a few others). They had a symme trical wheelbases.

Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! > SmugAardvark 03/05/2020 at 20:04

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Curious, what was your biggest issue(s) with the cube? I bought mine new in 2010 and then traded it in 8 months later (not the smartest financial decision I’ve ever made).

I loved the space and the quirkiness of the car. I just couldn't handle the Nissan CVT. If it had a conventional automatic I might still have it. 

SmugAardvark > Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! 03/05/2020 at 20:54

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Honestly? It was mostly just a bore to drive. I bought it back in 2011, with the specific necessity of a car with ample storage space while being reasonably good on fuel for a cross-country move from Florida to California . Mine was a 6MT, which certainly helped. But I never planned on keeping it more than a few months. However, with the cost of living in California being a little (read: a lot) higher, it just made financial sense to hang on to it, at least until it was fully paid off.

So I paid if off a couple years later, and figured, since it hadn’t given me any real issues, I’d just hang on to it for a bit longer. Then I bought my Corvette, and thought that the Cube would be fine to hang on to as a daily driver.

Over 9 years of ownership (which for the record, is by far longer than I’ve owned any other vehicle), I realized that it was just starting to look too haggard, and didn’t have enough redeeming qualities to keep it any longer. I’d stepped up my career path a few times, and realized buying a much newer (and more fun) car for a daily driver made a reasonable amount of sense.

But since you asked, here were my issues with my Cube:

Slow. Very slow. I felt like I had to floor it just to safely merge onto a highway on-ramp.

Imprecise handling. I know Nissan never built them to be sports cars. But the body roll followed with plowing understeer was obvious on even the lightest of turns.

The interior. I loved the fact that it had about 140 cup holders, but everything else about the interior felt cheap, even by cheap standards. The seats offer zero support, and I would often have to stop on long drives and move around because of this. The plastic bits on and around the dash make my C5's interior feel luxurious.

Fuel mileage. For a car with such a tiny engine, 6-speed manual, and relatively low weight, it never turned more than 26 or 27 combined MPG. A big part of this is ...

Gearing and aerodynamics. At highway speeds (65-70 mph) , the car wa s practically screaming along at north of 3500 RPMs. Fine for city driving, but the bulk of my commute is on the interstate. And because of the aerodynamics, notably the concave shape of the windows, any crosswinds on the highway made the car feel rather unstable.

The other stuff is more subjective. Mine had some body damage accrued over the years. Smashed hood, several windshield cracks, multiple dings and dents, and so on. It was just time to retire it and move on. It wasn’t all bad though. It was a great vehicle to take camping. Low overhangs meant it could handle stuff like dirt trails and light fire roads with ease. And of course, it is great for parallel parking in a city, which is where I have lived since moving to California.

It was a perfectly reasonable, but thoroughly uninspiring, daily commuter car.

CobraJoe > ranwhenparked 03/05/2020 at 22:09

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And veloster

Kiltedpadre > Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever 03/05/2020 at 22:23

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That’s some fine inside the box thinking.

Kiltedpadre > SmugAardvark 03/05/2020 at 22:25

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Heck apparently if you made that mistake on pooping day they’d still be busy when you got back.

Maybe you could train them to run use a litter box at the base of a cat tree.

SmugAardvark > Kiltedpadre 03/06/2020 at 00:51

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Not only that, but I would train it to fetch me beer. Granted, it would be a warm beer when it got back to me...

...unless, I teach it to ride my dog like a furry little jockey.