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No, you can’t fix a car with pantyhose: The true and false of car hacks
driving.ca ^ | March 17, 2015 | Brian Turner

Posted on 03/18/2015 2:15:44 PM PDT by rickmichaels

Life hacks, auto hacks, relationship hacks, computer hacks: the world seems full of hacks. But how many really pan out? Here are some from the car world. Most actually work, but others should be avoided unless you want to be taken for a fool.

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To: Tijeras_Slim

Ran out of gas, backseat, pitch dark

He: Gee, if I’d known you were a virgin, I would have taken more time.

She: Well, if I’d known you had more time I would have taken off my pantyhose.


21 posted on 03/18/2015 3:42:06 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Buffalo Trace is my bourbon....... Beer ? Cold.


22 posted on 03/18/2015 3:42:45 PM PDT by Squantos ( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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To: nascarnation
Pre-EGR/DEF diesel pickup trucks command a premium on the used truck market. My father's RAM, which I believe is an '06 with a Cummins diesel now has a book value GREATER than what he paid for it in cash when it was new. He barely drives it... it's like a stock trophy truck to him.

My '04 Ram 2500 was bought used for a lot more than most other '04s... partly b3cause of above, partly because it has the HO Cummins, full size bed, quad cab and a 6 speed manual. You can't get these anymore.

When I was in the market, I considered new Ford diesels... then saw the training video on how to deal with limp mode then ultimately complete computer override shutdown leaving yoi stranded on the side of the road with a frozen bottle of DEF you can't pour into the DEF tank. I am SO HAPPY "That Guy" will NEVER be me... and I am SO HAPPY I am not going to have to be replacing the EGR unit for $8k every 100k miles.

"Lord Vader, your Imperial Pickup Truck is ready for combat."

23 posted on 03/18/2015 4:18:42 PM PDT by Rodamala
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To: Rodamala

I think the NAFTA truckers from Mexico are gonna have a big advantage, because their emission regs are considerably more lax than USEPA. Better fuel econ and less maintenance.


24 posted on 03/18/2015 4:20:31 PM PDT by nascarnation (Impeach, convict, deport)
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To: al baby
I once used a IUD for a carburetor return spring

Have you ever worked on a submarine?


25 posted on 03/18/2015 4:28:10 PM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: al baby

In a traffic jam one summer afternoon on Wright Memorial Bridge (gateway to the OBX back when it was just one lane in each direction), I put the clutch in on my ‘67 Mustang convertible and it snapped to the floor. The cotter pin in the linkage had broken. Cars as far as I could see in front of me and behind me so I figured I had a little time but not much before things were moving again, I was digging through the glove box... nothing. Under the seats... nothing. I had my toolbox in the trunk, maybe there’s a bolt and nut or something I could use so I jumped out and popped the trunk, pulled the toolbox toward me and underneath, down in the corner I saw a couple of those hair bobbie pin things leftover from the lady I bought the car from a couple of years earlier. Yes!!!

Closing the trunk, I looked up in front of me and saw the cars had moved about 5 or 6 car lengths further and looked back to the guy behind me and told him to give me a minute.

I dropped down behind the front tire and gathered the linkage back together, opened the bobbie pins up and rebent them so the u-end was a little broader and stuffed both bobbie pins in the hole, bent the ends back and pulled my hand slowly away... Bingo!

Jumped back in and nursed the clutch a little each time I shifted preferring to keep it in 2nd when I could and spent the next 30 minutes in the bridge traffic waiting for my jury rig to fail. Finally got off the bridge, headed down NC-12 at a nice cruising speed and by the time I got home and had a couple of beers, I forgot all about it. Hey, that’s what 23-year olds do, right? A week later, got in the car to go to work and BAM! Damn it! I knew I forgot something! But I was very surprised to see those bobbie pins had lasted as long as they did. :-)


26 posted on 03/18/2015 4:51:30 PM PDT by Hatteras
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To: al baby

I’ve used a bullet to plug a vacuum line.


27 posted on 03/19/2015 4:08:21 PM PDT by Neidermeyer ("Our courts should not be collection agencies for crooks." — John Waihee, Governor of Hawaii, 1986-)
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