Stealth turbo

"and 100 more" (nth256) 10/27/2016 at 11:23 • Filed to: None

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Had to put the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! -er, shop- yesterday which led to unexpected expenses... like a rental car with which to get back home last night.

Enter, scene right: 201X Tom Cruise, by Chevrolet.

It’s... a car. I can’t speak terribly highly of the driving experience; it handles well enough , it accelerates well enough , it brakes well enough ... it’s not great. I’m 5'7", 160lbs on a bad day, and it feels a tad cramped to me. That’s a bad sign. Also, it’s a 20k-mile car that came pre-loaded with dash rattles, apparently.

The one absolutely stellar quality of this car is its headlights. OH MAH DAYUM. They are amazing! Low beams fill the area in front of the car with an intense, clean, even spread of light, and the high beams project out to the depths of space. WOW. My daily POS has a typical halogen/reflector bucket combo, which is actually one of the best I had experienced up to this point... the headlights on the Cruze are something else entirely though. I’m highly impressed.

ANYWAY...

As I was stopping at an intersection, i swore that I heard a faint whistle. I thought it might just be a resonance in the intake system. I heard it a couple times, and it got me curious. As i stopped in for gas this morning, I popped the hood, and to my surprise (because I religiously DO NOT follow news on GM products), there was a turbo.

Huh. I never would’ve known.

And here I thought it was just the ECU programming and electronic throttle that were causing the weird acceleration feeling.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > and 100 more 10/27/2016 at 11:32

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The problem I have with this is that you were going to stick the Patriot in a sheep.

and 100 more > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 10/27/2016 at 11:37

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So, what’s the problem with it?

If a Jeep can fit in there, why can’t i?

Wacko > and 100 more 10/27/2016 at 11:42

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you sure someone didn’t just play a joke and install a

and 100 more > Wacko 10/27/2016 at 11:55

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Fairly sure.

Funny enough, my dad told me they used to do whistle tips back in the ‘60s.

GET DAT WHOOP-WHOOP!

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > and 100 more 10/27/2016 at 11:57

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*calls SPCA*

A Scottish Patriot, maybe.

and 100 more > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 10/27/2016 at 12:02

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Wouldn’t that be a Highlander?

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > and 100 more 10/27/2016 at 12:45

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It would be more reliable, but it doesn’t necessarily have to be.