1997ThunderbirdLXV6
PostWhore
@theterminator93
What car was that?
What car was that?
Does lane assist also assist drivers in texting while driving? Never used it
Unfortunately yes. Ford's system is smart enough to trigger a coffe break alert if you take your eyes off the road for too long.
Preach on brother! I've been driving my '91 Crown Vic for the last week and a half since some guy ran me off the road on my way to work last Monday. It really annoys me when the CAN bus wigs out on it and turns off my lane assist and....nope. Mechanical fuel pump, carburetor, some sort of electronic ignition distributor designed in the mid 70's that supposedly wasn't still being installed on cars in 1991 - check. Maybe if that guy that pulled out in front of me in my Saturn had all of that electronic crap working on his truck I wouldn't have had to put it into the curb and be dealing with a bent front subframe now.
I use cruise control so little that I owned my Silverado for over 2 years before it was pointed out to me that it doesn’t have it. Even on long road trips I hardly ever use it, other than for a few minutes at a time.
Moust be an Illinois thing, as everyone was in my way Monday. Seriously why go 68 mph in a 70 after just going 75. I may have been going 80 and needed to pass anyway, but who is countingIs your Crown Vic a police package car? I thought all the civilian ones had EFI by 91? 5.8?
Cruise control to me is like a parlor trick “ look no feet!” It’s never been something I needed, my Focus doesn’t have it and it’s the only vehicle I’ve ever driven on 2000 mile cross country roadtrips.
The thing is is you need to set cruise to below the speed limit/flow to actually cruise without any actions to enjoy it, and that simply does not compute with my driving mindset whatsoever. My goal in life behind the wheel is to get ahead of the pack and is specifically what keeps me alert and engaged to not just doze off.
Moust be an Illinois thing, as everyone was in my way Monday. Seriously why go 68 mph in a 70 after just going 75. I may have been going 80 and needed to pass anyway, but who is counting
Oh OH and did everyone forget that you can pull into an intersection while turning left on a non-left turn light intersection? Not just wait at the fucking line until opposing traffic clears/the light turns red???
^^^this. +1
I absolutely depend on cruise control. I've driven cross country three times, essentially without ever touching the throttle.
Speed limits...I may have an unpopular opinion about them. They are speed limits, not speed targets.
Speed limits to me are a great example of cultural dysfunction. If we just generally agree that driving 10 mph over the limit is ok, then why not just raise the limit by 10 mph?
Part of it may be the fact that I grew up in Germany. Famously, parts of the Autobahn don't have a speed limit, but those sections that do, the limit is the limit.
I feel the same about what in America is called a "grace period". In my German mind, it just doesn't compute. Just enforce the rule as it's written; don't add fine print.
Yes, it is a police package car. The 351 was only available in fleet vehicles after '83 or '84 in the states. It was available in Canada for civilian and fleet through '91. They had absolutely no motivation to put EFI on the 351 for passenger cars so it soldiered on with the variable venturi 2 barrel until the end. I drove it with the VV for a while, but the fuel enrichment circuit was giving me issues so I just put a Holley 650 with vacuum secondaries on it. Runs and drives great, but sometimes I feel like I might as well just have a funnel on top of the intake and pour gas into the engine the way it burns through it. Not a great in town commuter car.Is your Crown Vic a police package car? I thought all the civilian ones had EFI by 91? 5.8?
If you want better fuel mileage, an Edelbrock carb would be a better choice. The Holleys are great for performance, but for a DD the Edelbrock is far superior.Yes, it is a police package car. The 351 was only available in fleet vehicles after '83 or '84 in the states. It was available in Canada for civilian and fleet through '91. They had absolutely no motivation to put EFI on the 351 for passenger cars so it soldiered on with the variable venturi 2 barrel until the end. I drove it with the VV for a while, but the fuel enrichment circuit was giving me issues so I just put a Holley 650 with vacuum secondaries on it. Runs and drives great, but sometimes I feel like I might as well just have a funnel on top of the intake and pour gas into the engine the way it burns through it. Not a great in town commuter car.
Me either.... hence why my 4 cars i own is a '55 Ford Fairlane, '77 Ford Maverick, '96 T-Bird and a '02 Chevy Monte Carlo to drive in the winter....I cannot stand new cars! Backup cameras promote an extremely bad habit of not looking where the fuck you are going! Same thing with adaptive cruise control, lane assist, and automatic braking! The interdependence of all the various modules on each other makes the entire system vulnerable to any one of them failing, and also make diagnostics 10x more difficult. I don’t need a computer to control the windows, or the seats, or the headlights of taillights, or the doors, or the windshield wipers! The only thing worse than schizophrenic 8 and 10-speed transmissions that are can never pick a fucking gear are the soul-sucking CVTs that never shift! The lag from drive-by-wire throttle control if flat out dangerous! Not only is that the cause of murderous Mustangs, but if someone pulls out in front of you while you are accelerating, it is extremely pucker-inducing trying to stand on the brakes while the computer keeps accelerating you toward catastrophe…because emissions! The lack of a manual transmission option on almost all new cars is bad enough, but now these push-button or twist-knob shifters are a new level of retarded! Hey guys, let’s make a shifter that doesn’t do jack shit when the electrical is dead making it impossible to tow the car, and make sure the override for that requires disassembling half the interior to get to a cable that you have to pull which we could have just connected to the shifter in the first place but fuck the people that want to fix our shit they should just drop $80k on a new one every 4 years. Speaking of which, why the hell are all the manufacturers having oil consumption and camshaft failures? Those issues were fixed 40 years ago! I guess now that everything has to look like the same amorphous jellybean crossover vehicle, flattened cam lobes are the new retro fad!
All five lanes at a standstill yesterday afternoon, because of an accident about a mile ahead.
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60-67 is the sweet spot for full-size coupe/sedan styling for me. 61-62 Impala or 65-66 Galaxies really look good, IMO
Cool! First one I've ever seen.Here's one for everyone. A BYD truck stateside! When I first approached it I thought it was a tacky kit on a Ranger / Colorado. I had to do a double take on this thing before realizing it was a BYD vehicle.
I didn't see who it was, but this truck is clearly owned and operated in Mexico. For whatever reason they brought it up here for either a business or personal trip. IDK about you guys, but seeing a Chinese vehicle stateside where styling is obviously ripping off the Electric F-150 is kinda neat.
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I like the late 63 sport roof Galaxie, the 65 Impala HT does it for me from that brand.60-67 is the sweet spot for full-size coupe/sedan styling for me. 61-62 Impala or 65-66 Galaxies really look good, IMO
Hopefully the last one for meCool! First one I've ever seen.