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bunnspecial
macrumors G3
Looks like I get to commit a felony and roll back the odometer on the MG.
In all seriousness, I documented changing the transmission in my MG a few pages back. The original transmission in my car would turn the speedometer drive gear at 1280 turns per minute, with the speedometer matching this. For whatever reason, in the 1974 1/2 model year, this was changed to 1000 turns per minute.
I could have sent my speedometer to Nissonger(US distributor for Smith's and Jaeger gauges) and had it recalibrated, but that's quite expensive. It would have been well over $300.
The easier and less expensive alternative, however, is to simply change the speedometer. 1000tpm was used on MGBs until the end of production(1980) however they instrument cluster was redesigned for 1977 with a larger speedometer(among other changes). For practical purposes, what this means is that a 1974.5-1976 speedometer will drop in to an earlier car. The bezel is a different shape, but fortunately that's a very simple fix.
The replacement has 69,000 miles, while my original has 85,000. I thought about rolling up the replacement, but did some quick calculations. My electric drill runs at 20mph(2000rpms). If I connected it to the speedo, I'd have to run for 33 continuous days to get the mileage to match.
Fortunately, the car is mileage exempt.
In all seriousness, I documented changing the transmission in my MG a few pages back. The original transmission in my car would turn the speedometer drive gear at 1280 turns per minute, with the speedometer matching this. For whatever reason, in the 1974 1/2 model year, this was changed to 1000 turns per minute.
I could have sent my speedometer to Nissonger(US distributor for Smith's and Jaeger gauges) and had it recalibrated, but that's quite expensive. It would have been well over $300.
The easier and less expensive alternative, however, is to simply change the speedometer. 1000tpm was used on MGBs until the end of production(1980) however they instrument cluster was redesigned for 1977 with a larger speedometer(among other changes). For practical purposes, what this means is that a 1974.5-1976 speedometer will drop in to an earlier car. The bezel is a different shape, but fortunately that's a very simple fix.
The replacement has 69,000 miles, while my original has 85,000. I thought about rolling up the replacement, but did some quick calculations. My electric drill runs at 20mph(2000rpms). If I connected it to the speedo, I'd have to run for 33 continuous days to get the mileage to match.
Fortunately, the car is mileage exempt.
Brett, very nice pictures. Love the environment in the last two!
@bunnspecial Wow, I haven't seen those keyboards in years. Original iMac, right?
@bunnspecial Wow, I haven't seen those keyboards in years. Original iMac, right?
bunnspecial
macrumors G3
The one in the background is the Apple "Pro" keyboard. It shipped with the Gig-E, Digital Audio, and Quicksilver G4s, the Cube, late 2000 and later iMac G3s, some eMacs, and iMac G4s. There is a matching black "buttonless" optical mouse. There was also a version with white keys and a matching white mouse that shipped with the MDD towers along with later iMac G4s and eMacs.
The original iMac keyboard had a plastic base in a color to match the iMac case. These also shipped with B&W towers(Bondi blue) and Sawtooth towers(graphite). It was small and uncomfortable. These also had a built in power button. They were paired with the colored "hockey puck" mouse.
I'd forgotten all of that. I was given a G3 clamshell back in the day when I was working at a company. They had these little handles so you could carry them like a briefcase. I can't remember if they had USB ports. We had those first iMacs too. And as you brought it up, I immediately recalled the puck mice. I refused to use those. I don't remember if the clamshell was popular among Mac users or professionals. At the place I worked at, each department had their own color. I don't remember a lot about it but I recall the laptop's key travel being abysmally short. The touchpad while accurate was annoyingly slow. The Intel based Macbooks were very good. The new ones are cheap crap.
bunnspecial
macrumors G3
Back when Steve Jobs returned to Apple, he simplified the product line up to what he called the "four box" model-basically a desktop and portable for each the consumer and pro segments. The iMac was the consumer desktop, and the iBook(in all incarnations) was the consumer laptop. All the Clamshells had a single USB port, although later ones also had a single Firewire port.
I only have one Clamshell. It's actually quite a fun computer and I like it for playing older games because of the 800x600 display. Admittedly, though, I like my Cube even better for that 🙂 . My Cube has an 800mhz processor upgrade, a Geforce 3 video card(the hottest card of the day, and the best official card that will fit a Cube) and is connected to one of the 17" ADC CRTs(the ones that are powered through the computer PSU). I like CRTs for older gaming because the resolution scales a lot more gracefully.
All that aside, it's amazing in retrospect how massive the Clamshell is. Their replacement, the "Dual USB" or "Snow" iBooks are a lot smaller.
Scepticalscribe
macrumors Haswell
I love trains and take them whenever possible.
Most European countries have excellent, reliable, and reasonably priced rail networks, and it is a fantastic way to travel; it is also a wonderful way to see a country - or to travel across several countries.
I needed to get some new micro fiber towels, but my current ones are super high quality (Chem Guys), so I washed them! Saved a few bucks, didn't unnecessarily dispose of something / add to the landfill, and they turned out +great+, nice, fluffy, ready to use.
Nope, you are not.
As long as the repairs are done at a quality shop, you should be fine.
senseless
macrumors 68000
That's a point for leasing I never thought about. Diminished value on a new car could be thousands of dollars lost at trade in.
Because financing a car saves your butt from diminished value? No, it doesn't. There's a lot of arguments against leasing, but they apply to financing your car. You don't own your car when you finance until the lender gives you the paperwork to the car. Leasing made more sense in previous years when the price difference was vastly different. These days, lease and finance rates follow each other very closely. Value is only important if you plan on keeping the car fore more than 2-3 years, sometimes four with certain leases. The only reason I kept my GL for so long was that I liked it and as a result the value went down the longer I kept it. Financing our cars over leasing them was a personal decision based on the minor price difference at the time and some restrictions leases put, such as mileage. Also because I can leverage the financed car to get a better deal on a trade in than they normally would.
I think the only time I'd ever lease a car was if it was an Italian car. They've never been reliable. I know Ferrari have a wonderful warranty now that can't be touched by common brands, but I'm talking about regular brands. Alfas weren't reliable when I was a kid or when I rented them in my travels, they weren't reliable when my father started driving or when he was a child and neither were they during my grandfather's youth.
But if Alfa did a Neiman Marcus edition? Oh my, I don't know what I'd do. /s
I think the only time I'd ever lease a car was if it was an Italian car. They've never been reliable. I know Ferrari have a wonderful warranty now that can't be touched by common brands, but I'm talking about regular brands. Alfas weren't reliable when I was a kid or when I rented them in my travels, they weren't reliable when my father started driving or when he was a child and neither were they during my grandfather's youth.
But if Alfa did a Neiman Marcus edition? Oh my, I don't know what I'd do. /s
A.Goldberg
macrumors 68030
Remmeber a few years ago when Lexus/Toyota had that big ordeal over runaway gas pedals and people not knowing how to deactivate their push-to-start ignitions?
Here's my PSA regarding the opposite. The other wet and rainy night I was driving my GF's S60 T6 AWD (auto trans). Merging onto a main road I gave the gas a little oomph (nothing crazy) and the car just stalls out halfway into the road.
It takes me a second to realize the car has stalled. The few vague warning lights on the dash don't really help when I'm looking out for traffic. I try to restart the car anxiously fumbling with the start/stop button and key fob, jamming on the brake pedal, only to ignore the message the car is not in Park or Neutral. Meanwhile I'm hoping the next wave of traffic doesn't hit us.
So 25+ seconds later I finally have the car fired up again. Seems dangerous not to have clear stall warning. Lesson learned about remembering to take the car out of gear.
Not sure what the stall was about. The car has a only little over 40k miles on it and is only 3-4 years old. The engine was all warmed up, no CEL indicator, .
So much for being the "naughty" Volvo they marketed it to be. 😀 (I will say the 3.0 twin turbo I6 isn't too shabby. The FWD-biased haldex kinda sucks though. I'd love to try out the Polestar software update). I think it's due for a brake job soon so they can check it out. Our local dealer here in Boston is god awful though in every respect.
Here's my PSA regarding the opposite. The other wet and rainy night I was driving my GF's S60 T6 AWD (auto trans). Merging onto a main road I gave the gas a little oomph (nothing crazy) and the car just stalls out halfway into the road.
It takes me a second to realize the car has stalled. The few vague warning lights on the dash don't really help when I'm looking out for traffic. I try to restart the car anxiously fumbling with the start/stop button and key fob, jamming on the brake pedal, only to ignore the message the car is not in Park or Neutral. Meanwhile I'm hoping the next wave of traffic doesn't hit us.
So 25+ seconds later I finally have the car fired up again. Seems dangerous not to have clear stall warning. Lesson learned about remembering to take the car out of gear.
Not sure what the stall was about. The car has a only little over 40k miles on it and is only 3-4 years old. The engine was all warmed up, no CEL indicator, .
So much for being the "naughty" Volvo they marketed it to be. 😀 (I will say the 3.0 twin turbo I6 isn't too shabby. The FWD-biased haldex kinda sucks though. I'd love to try out the Polestar software update). I think it's due for a brake job soon so they can check it out. Our local dealer here in Boston is god awful though in every respect.
heehee
macrumors 68020
This should go in PRSI but it'll probably get buried in 15 seconds today.
A report found Audi gasoline and diesel vehicles has emissions-cheat device.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/volkswagen-probe-in-germany-extended-to-chairman-1478429066
A report found Audi gasoline and diesel vehicles has emissions-cheat device.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/volkswagen-probe-in-germany-extended-to-chairman-1478429066
That's funny about the PBS, I had a moment of 'duh' last week - I wanted to hear a tick coming from the right/rear tire area, but without the engine running ... so I got it up to ~20, then was trying to figure out WTH to do (I mean, it's obvious). Finally pushed the button, car in neutral - totally didn't think about the "comfort entry" you know, where the seat moves back, hahaha so I'm coasting down the road, WAY back from the wheel/pedals, couldn't press the clutch the restart, coasted to a halt, good thing I was just in the neighborhood 😀 Anyway, it actually requires a full power cycle to reset the entry system, so another tap-tap would've gotten me back to being able to reach the clutch.
"These new fangled cars will kill ya!!"
*yells at clouds*
"These new fangled cars will kill ya!!"
*yells at clouds*
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AustinIllini
macrumors G5
It's getting really ugly. Already, it looks like VW is going to cancel the R8 to cope with costs
I know, and a buddy of mine just bought a turbo bug! (Premium parking at crossfit 😀)
Suture
macrumors 65816
Girlfriend picked up a 2017 GTI last night. It's amazing what you can get at that price point. You can get them CHEAP up here in Northern VA. Sort of wishing my S3 had CarPlay. I appreciate the simplicity. One thing I noticed as I was looking at the USB port -- I cannot find an MDI interface. Did they finally do away with that crap?
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Hah I want to see more of the old Apple tech 🙂
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Hah I want to see more of the old Apple tech 🙂
AustinIllini
macrumors G5
This kind of transitions into the rest of this forum, but has anyone else had boatloads of problems connecting their iPhone 7/7 Plus to their bluetooth. My Acura and my iPhone hate each other. The bluetooth is constantly disconnecting.
A few folks on the main Mustang forum I'm on have been reporting the same issue, sounds like the problem is on the phone side.
AustinIllini
macrumors G5
Definitely. For kicks and giggles, I reimaged by device last night (which it turns out isn't much of a big deal anymore). So far nothing, but I'm not keeping my hopes up.
Yeah, I've seen it all over the BMW and Audi forums. Tons of people having problems with new iPhones.
Yeah, I saw some smoking deals at Lindsay VW. Too bad you can't get a Golf R for $6-7k off.
MY17 A3/S3 gets Virtual Cockpit and CarPlay.
MY16+ MQB MK7 Golfs got the updated MIB II infotainment system with USB ports and CarPlay/AA.