Good Morning, Oppo

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 07/27/2020 at 09:07 • Filed to: good morning oppo

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It’s the start of a new week, and  I’m still waiting for the future we were promised.

TheRealBicycleBuck > ttyymmnn 07/27/2020 at 09:34

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All of the auto designers back then must have been from the north. Anyone living in the south could have told them a giant clear bubble would never work in the s outh.

ttyymmnn > TheRealBicycleBuck 07/27/2020 at 09:39

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My wife’s Civic has a sunroof, but we never open it because it’s too damned hot. I only open it at night, which is actually pretty nice. 

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > TheRealBicycleBuck 07/27/2020 at 09:43

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Let me see Detroit is where again ah that's it. Checks out. And can confirm that that looks miserable. With my aircon on full blast I still sometimes sweat just from the heat coming in from the untinted windows. 

TheRealBicycleBuck > ttyymmnn 07/27/2020 at 09:46

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The best time for a sunroof, t-tops, or a convertible in the south is on a cool summer night.

Our Outback has a sunroof. If the car has been sitting on a hot summer day, I’ll open the sunroof to help flush the hot air out of the car. After the car  has cooled down from 1,000°F to something closer to ambient temperature (~100°F), it gets closed and covered.

SiennaMan > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 07/27/2020 at 09:56

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This fact check reminded me of one of the cars of my childhood,  a 1982 Chevrolet Celebrity.   The car knocked mercilessly under most driving conditions in Cincinnati.  The only time my parents found it didn't knock?  On the flat roads of southeast Michigan during a vacation there..

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > TheRealBicycleBuck 07/27/2020 at 09:58

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But nighttime convertible driving, oh yeah that is just fantastic!

f86sabre > ttyymmnn 07/27/2020 at 09:58

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Too true.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > SiennaMan 07/27/2020 at 09:59

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Coincidence? I think not. . .

Automakers test their cars in more than just the roads surrounding their plants and testing grounds now. 

onlytwowheels > ttyymmnn 07/27/2020 at 11:52

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What we got instead...

ttyymmnn > onlytwowheels 07/27/2020 at 11:58

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The Cybertruck factory is coming to Austin. Within hours of the announcement (and probably before) shovels were in the ground. I can’t believe somebody got paid to design that. 

onlytwowheels > ttyymmnn 07/27/2020 at 12:09

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Designed with a ruler on graph paper m ost likely. A c hild in grade c ould hav e done much better.