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| Thread ID: 95591 | 2008-12-11 07:36:00 | Car temperature issue thingy | Morgenmuffel (187) | PC World Chat |
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| 727842 | 2008-12-12 03:40:00 | While we're slagging cars lets mention all the Yank Tanks designed to go fast only in a straight line . Corners are not allowed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . And lovely pieces of joy like Ford Pintos . . . . . . . and . . . . . . . . . . and . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Funny you should mention the Pinto/Capri there . It was a UK/Deutschland hybrid-design . The Taunus engine was a Nancy-boy and it had the nice habit of eating up the fiber/fibre timing gears all the time . . wikimedia . org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/FordtaunusV4front . jpg" target="_blank">upload . wikimedia . org The fuel tank placement was designed by Toshiko Yamaguchi, the sole surviving Kamikaze pilot from WW-II . Besides, there are only straight lines from here to NY anyway! Nya . . and anyway . . . . . the shortest distance between two points . . . . . . . is . . . . . . . (fill in the blank) |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 727843 | 2008-12-19 06:43:00 | Funny you should mention the Pinto/Capri there . It was a UK/Deutschland hybrid-design . The Taunus engine was a Nancy-boy and it had the nice habit of eating up the fiber/fibre timing gears all the time . . wikimedia . org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/FordtaunusV4front . jpg" target="_blank">upload . wikimedia . org The fuel tank placement was designed by Toshiko Yamaguchi, the sole surviving Kamikaze pilot from WW-II . Besides, there are only straight lines from here to NY anyway! Nya . . and anyway . . . . . the shortest distance between two points . . . . . . . is . . . . . . . (fill in the blank) But the Pinto engine according to my mates whao raced them were one of the most tunable engines of there time |
gary67 (56) | ||
| 727844 | 2008-12-19 07:58:00 | But the Pinto engine according to my mates whao raced them were one of the most tunable engines of there time proberly refering to the cortina/escort motor which was also in the pinto's. |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 727845 | 2008-12-19 08:46:00 | Nya..and anyway.....the shortest distance between two points.......is.......(fill in the blank) "between a yank's ears" Sorry SJ, couldn't resist the invitation, if you are offended, substitute George Dubya. Cheers Billy 8-{) :banana |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 727846 | 2008-12-19 17:41:00 | "between a yank's ears" Sorry SJ, couldn't resist the invitation, if you are offended, substitute George Dubya . Cheers Billy 8-{) :banana I like a tail-yank (the verb, not the noun) once in a while, so good on ya there William . <Sometimes I leave a line there that begs closure!> |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 727847 | 2008-12-21 02:38:00 | What was that movie where the Pinto got a small nudge and burst into flames? One of the Leslie Nielsen "Naked Gun" series.Based on the fact that a design flaw in the Pinto meant that if it got hit from behind while indicating, the spark would ignite the fuel tank... Ford found out about it, did the math and worked out it was cheaper to compensate the victims families rather than change the process to prevent it from happening. Thumbs up Ford- NOT! Tunable engine or not, it's no good if you're sitting in a fireball... |
Sick Puppy (6959) | ||
| 727848 | 2008-12-21 03:54:00 | Well Ford hotted the car up for free, good ol Henry. | prefect (6291) | ||
| 727849 | 2008-12-21 06:02:00 | Based on the fact that a design flaw in the Pinto meant that if it got hit from behind while indicating, the spark would ignite the fuel tank... Ford found out about it, did the math and worked out it was cheaper to compensate the victims families rather than change the process to prevent it from happening. Thumbs up Ford- NOT! Tunable engine or not, it's no good if you're sitting in a fireball... Pinto would be safe as in Auckland if indicator use causes the fire. |
prefect (6291) | ||
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