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Thank you for the 19°F morning, but we did not order it here in Dixie.
Please recall this shipment as soon as possible.
Sincerely,
The Tar Heel State
Seriously! It was all the way down to 57*F this morning! But it made it up to 79 this afternoon.
Tomorrow's low should be starting around 63 in the morning so I'll see about getting the car reassembled. But Monk's house sure is pretty up there in Indy.
Pretty much, although 40° is approaching sweater weather.
If you are prepared for it, winter can actually be enjoyable.
Bourbon in front of an open fire on a cold day is bliss.
When i was on the roof today, in 6F weather, with a negative something windchill fixing the heat. I sure wished i was the old bag inside complaining about it being 65F.
We have a weather station doodad by my desk, displaying indoor and outdoor temps among other things.
My wife has to look at it in the morning to help her decide what to wear for the day.
So, I took the outdoor sensor inside one night and put it in the deep freezer.
Damn thing transmits from inside the freezer.. I was surprised.
Anyway, she woke me up the next morning with a deeply concerned voice.
Apparently it was -22C outside.
I laughed.
She was pissed.
So I took my wife out to brunch this morning and some dude at the table across the aisle for me in the restaurant straight up died. Just like flipped a switch. No noise, no drama, just click! There was an off-duty firefighter guy there who jumped in and started doing vitals, response, etc so I just stayed out of the way.
Sooo, I have some dental plaster, 2 part PU in containers, and short sections of 3" ID diameter steel pipe.
Which means I am about to start prototyping a set of engine mounts for my car.
I have been reading up and learning a ton on modulus, yield, compressive deformation, deflection and so on.
The goal is to come up with a progressive system where vibrations are damped but torque leaning is eliminated.
Kinda like best of both worlds.
I have a couple of different ideas to accomplish that.
It's pretty funny that companies building and selling motor mounts are just buying off the shelf bushings from places like Energy Suspension and just welding up brackets for them.
And then, they tell the customer to drive for 500 miles to break-in POLYURETHANE!
In other words, they make you crush a thin layer of 70A shore PU and create a slop where vibrations are no longer noticeable.
230 - 280 bucks for that?
Last edited by Godless Commie; Dec 17, 2016 at 06:04 PM.
Reason: Should be 3" ID diameter steel pipe, doh...
Sooo, I have some dental plaster, 2 part PU in containers, and short sections of 3" ID diameter steel pipe.
Which means I am about to start prototyping a set of engine mounts for my car.
I have been reading up and learning a ton on modulus, yield, compressive deformation, deflection and so on.
The goal is to come up with a progressive system where vibrations are damped but torque leaning is eliminated.
Kinda like best of both worlds.
I have a couple of different ideas to accomplish that.
It's pretty funny that companies building and selling motor mounts are just buying off the shelf bushings from places like Energy Suspension and just welding up brackets for them.
And then, they tell the customer to drive for 500 miles to break-in POLYURETHANE!
In other words, they make you crush a thin layer of 70A shore PU and create a slop where vibrations are no longer noticeable.
230 - 280 bucks for that?
But yeah: my wife's younger sister wants to get a giant 2017 nissan pathfinder. she's single and small/petite, and I can't wrap my head around why in the world she would want a giant SUV.
The mazda 6 is roomy, huge trunk, overall I like it. Just never owned a non-miata mazda before.
I've had a 2016 six for about 2 months, my brother has had a 2014 for 3 years. His has 76,xxx mikes on it and the only non-maintenance item has been a broken windshield(truck tire casing). He still loves it, gets consistent 30+ mpg. I'm getting 28+ on my highway-free commute.
I like mine a lot so far, quiet enough and comfy but handles well enough to make some startling average speeds. I replaced an 05 TSX, which was a terrific car - I think the handling is comparable, maybe better once I'm used to the greater size of the 6. The steering feel is better than any other electric-assist car I've driven, but I was spoiled by the Acura's.
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