60 Impala sport sedan that has been recently resurrected from a 25 year slumber, with non power drum brakes all around, non-power steering that takes six turns from lock to lock, and a straight six with a questionable set of points. The car is big and old, the springs, shocks and bushings are all bad the front roll bar end links are broken and the manual trans hops out of second gear. Any significant bump in the road over say 50 will cause the steering to bounce left and right until you get a good grip of the wheel. Sixty feels like the entire barge is going to come apart thanks to an exhaust leak and lack of overdrive, seventy and you think your crazy for driving this car which wanders all over Tahiti, and at eightyish, the six anemic squirrels that power such a beast give up on you and acceleration stops. The wipers are of the two speed variety, to fast and two slow and the seat belts are whatever you manage to hit when the car finally stops. The weird thing is, even thou I have a newer, yet still thirty year old car, it loses out to the screaming metal death trap I've described, for the sheer joy of driving a vehicle that I personally brought back to life, even if it wants to try and end mine.
To ad to what tekamul said, the dc electric motor in the trans of hybrids acts as a starter/propulsion unit when current is pushed towards it, and a generator when is it spun by the wheels (as when the car is slowing down). This gives you your high capacity starter (with much lower wear than a conventional one) and regenerative braking. The stop start feature is just an added bonus when using a dc motor.
Me as well
Nice, very cool car I wish i had the 229 six, but I'm stuck with a 267 v8
I'm sorry I don't follow, please explain.
Holy Crap I currently drive and 80 El Camino exactly like that, In fact it's my first car.
As a San Antonio Native I am a bit offended by your comment, however I agree on the ice storm portion, and that is mainly due to the fact that the last time it ACTUALLY snowed here was 1985, most of us have no experience driving in super-slick conditions. Also since the only two seasons we have are Hot as Hell, and Nearly Hot as Hell, nobody owns "winter" tires we kinda just wing it on what we already have.
El Camino on el camino again!!
Well, on the point of over-serving, In Texas, the person who served the last drink to a person can be held accountable to an extent, for the death of a person caused by the drunken party. Anybody who sells or serves alcohol must got through a course for certification, and this point is highlighted very well. So by Texas state law, the bartender, his boss and the owner are all responsible for the drunk driver. If your drunk, the servers must refuse drinks and do all within reason, to prevent the intoxicated person driving.
I would like to know how.
Silly question, is an El Camino, considered to be caminoized?
It's really a great car, but you bought a piece of work, look at it, everything needs to be fixed from the bonnet to the bumpers, hopefully we can keep it under budget.
Cmon mate, the bodywork is all buggered, it's going to need a total respray, and the interior is pasted, I'll give you four hundred quid, c'mon stick out ya hand...
@BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ: Looks more like it growling at you than ducking at you.
Can anybody say axle hop?
I used to be convinced, that in a first-gen Ford Explorer, it you pulled on the little handle on the passenger side of the back seat, the car would go faster, I would do this every time i saw a cool car, or wanted to pass somebody.
I've Got a v-6 with a Vortec in my truck.
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I' gunna get a nos, not N-O-S, or nitrous, nos.
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I' gunna get a nos, not N-O-S, or nitrous, nos.
