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Detroit, 5:26 AM
Sat Dec 5
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12/03/09
/damnit, neither does uploading a picture from this PC, either.
(insert picture of 20-year-old key here)
12/03/09
But I do see some problems. How is the app going to find which car is yours? Download the app when you plugin your phone to the car and have a access long code that changes every X minutes? Or a screen name and password for your car?
I could see someone trying to find a way to steal cars with this. Install it on their phone and try to unlock other Mercedes-Benz cars and steal whats inside, or the car itself.
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12/03/09
You know what else works great? Feeling the keys in your hand. Feel the keys, shut the door. Step 1, step 2. Easy to do, even in the rain, even with hands full. Number of times I've locked myself out in 25 years: 0.
You know what sucks? Crutches. Being so messed up you can't walk right and have to hold yourself up with something. They complicate stuff, get in the way. Boy they're great when you need them, but the doctors will tell you, after you've been on them for a while, okay, time to walk again. That's enough crutches. Your legs work, so no more crutches for you.
Your brain works, so no more iPhone app for you. Remember your keys. Take note of where you are. If you can hold down a hot enough job that you can afford a Benz, you can keep track of your car and its keys.
12/03/09
/rolleyes
12/03/09
"Get off my lawn!"
12/03/09
So yeah, get off my lawn too.
12/03/09
But she'll hurt you. She'll make you wish you'd left her the hell alone. For the rest of your punk life. She'll suck the air out of your lungs and the light out of your sky. You'll never forget the day you first set foot in it. You'll wish you could, but you never will."
Is that why you don't lock it? I have a house like that.
12/03/09
So far, nobody has.
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12/03/09
Somebody tried to steal my truck a few months ago. I didn't even realize it had happened until I picked up a piece of plastic off the floor, wondering, what the hell...? Flagged a cop on my way to work, he said "yeah, you weren't the only one, and we got the guy." It's a small town.
Didn't fix my column shroud, but at least the punk is making new friends in the showers. That makes me feel a little better.
Turn the damage in on the insurance? Are you nuts? They'd total it out for sure. Yeah, it's that close. I keep it locked now. It probably wouldn't make much difference, but if the bastard breaking in gets all cut up, serves him right.
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12/03/09
You might need to put on an arrow to indicate where the door handle is.
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11/19/09
No problem...I got plenty of Cimarrons....jus' waitin for for the market to shoot up!
11/19/09
Lose the strap, use a higher quality movement, and it would make a bitchin' pocket watch.
11/19/09
/indefinite face-palm
11/19/09
And it wouldn't cost me a dime
You'll know it's me when I come through your town
I'm gonna ride around in style
I'm gonna drive everybody wild
'Cause I'll have the only one there is a round.
11/19/09
@Pessimippopotamus: beat me to it. BTY, That car was built.
11/16/09
I'm surprised remote door locks aren't on the list. I haven't seen anyone without one that isn't driving a rental car in years. #cartech
11/14/09
11/14/09
1) tires (two)
2) engine: V4, 12k redline, oodles of torque, gear driven cams
3) transmission: manual 6-speed, sequential shift
4) chassis: aluminum, bombproof
5) brakes: unassisted, independent front/rear control
6) suspension: tried and true, with single sided swingarm in rear for the hell of it
7) custom leather saddle that fits la derrière parfaitement
8) removable lockable luggage for trips
9) helmet
10) leathers and/or Aerostitch
You don't need anything else, and probably could be happy with even less. #cartech
11/14/09
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11/14/09
There are still cars on which AC is optional nowadays? #cartech
11/15/09
Air conditioning is only necessary since they stop making those triangle vent wings. With those wings, you don't need A/C even in the tropics.
Also, manufacture save a few dollars by not putting insulation in the firewall. You get warm air coming thru the vent.
All this makes A/C a must have in modern cars. #cartech
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FWIW, the hand-cranked windows in our Corolla go completely down in three and a half cranks. It's not like you're depriving yourself of anything by going with the base car. #cartech
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11/19/09
Insulating blanket on the firewall make a big difference.
Grand Pa's 80's Cadillac with tons of insulation and broken AC even after 2 fixing. You can drive that in summer time because air coming out of the vent is actually cool and not warm.