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IHADAV8 Playground / Snow???
« on: February 08 2022, 12:38:14 PM »
For the guys out there that live in an area that gets hit with snow, how much did you get?  We currently have 43 inches and are expecting more!  My arms are tired from shoveling.  And of course you'll get people saying, global warming.  Which my response is or Mother Nature.  We didn't have much rain in the summer so we are making up for it this winter.

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IHADAV8 Playground / Re: Happy Birthday, David!
« on: January 28 2022, 07:17:03 PM »
Happy Belated Dave! :cheers:

The site has gone to hell due to politics.  People are not interested in cars.

I agree, I'd like to come here and forget all the crap that is going on.  One thing I think everyone can agree on is we will all be happy when this is over! :)

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IHADAV8 Playground / Re: chip shortage effects
« on: January 08 2022, 03:29:01 PM »
I love my heated steering wheel!

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General Buick Tech / Re: MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL AND YOUR FAMILY
« on: December 25 2021, 04:07:15 PM »
Merry Christmas, everyone!!  And here is hoping for a much much much better 2022!!! :cheers:

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IHADAV8 Playground / Re: What is everyone paying for gas or diesel?
« on: October 25 2021, 11:46:28 AM »
3.25 a gallon for 87 here.
e85 is $2.50
diesel - I don’t really pay attention

Damn that is cheap!  I heard on one of the news stations that some where in the States gas was $5, which I thought sounded way too high.

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General Auto Tech / Re: nocooler's firechicken thread
« on: October 25 2021, 11:43:53 AM »
Looks good!  You need to buff the headlights on the civic.

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IHADAV8 Playground / What is everyone paying for gas or diesel?
« on: October 24 2021, 02:41:52 PM »
Gas prices appear to be at an all time high.  Here we are paying $1.429/liter for gas which equates to $5.41 us gal.  Diesel is $1.359/liter which works out to $5.14 a gallon.

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IHADAV8 Playground / Re: Chevy's new Truck interior
« on: October 19 2021, 02:44:13 PM »
H3 is basically a colorado/canyon. I5 is the base, 5.3 optional

That's right.  I was looking at them but it was really hard to get the 5.3 here.

The 2019 Elevation I had had 5.3 with 3.23 gear and 8 speed transmission and the cylinders drop down to 2 on the highway and got 27 MPG highway. The 2021 I have has the 5.3 with the 3.42 gears and drops down to 4 cylinders on the highway and gets 22 MPG highway. It's a work truck so I couldn't get the 3.23 gears. Real world numbers for those that are wondering.

Wow, that is a huge difference.  What is the rpm difference?  Does the new truck have an 8 speed or 10?

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IHADAV8 Playground / Re: Chevy's new Truck interior
« on: October 18 2021, 02:58:12 PM »
Reminds me, I did not know GM put 5 cyl sixes in some of the Hum3's.  Learn something all the time.

I remember you talking about the up north country.  If you ain't careful, effing people from California will buy it up for week end property.  They will pay twice what the going price is and then the government will raise the taxes by four times to be able to supply all the luxuries the Calinuts demand and real Canadians will be moving south or further north, or God help them, East.

It's so bad here that they have declared property less than a 100 acres as a special tax group because Californians that have moved to Austin are now looking for week end properties (175 miles from Austin) and paying stupid prices for land with little water or other utilities.  So if you have less than 100 acres, you own potential vacation property and you should be taxed on the potential value if some idiot buys it rather than what it is actually worth to live on...

People in Austin are raising hell because Californiusts' are buying houses at twice the going rate because it seems cheap to them and taxes and real estate has gone off the chart.  Now they are looking to the country side to spend the rest of the money they brought with them.

And effin' Bezos is launching beefed up sky rockets to take idiots to "edge of space" so far western Texas that is worth about ten bucks an acre is going up as well. No place to run...  Gonna force a stand and fight mentality....

They should have put a 5.3 in the H3!  I have a friend who is an ICU nurse in Austin, I won't tell you what she is dealing with.  But she was saying how the house prices have sky rocketed with all these Californian's moving in.  The local government will like that, increased assessed property values and more property taxes! 

Time to flip some houses, Steve! :icon_lol:

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General Auto Tech / Re: nocooler's firechicken thread
« on: October 16 2021, 03:29:57 PM »
Looking good!  Where is the stripper pole and bar? :icon_lol:

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IHADAV8 Playground / Re: Nevermind that slow Tesla!
« on: October 16 2021, 03:18:14 PM »
Save a lot of money if you wait for the Tesla roadster and it's just as quick as of right now.

The Roadster went mid 8's with traction problems?  When all the car shows tests these cars they all say Tesla does not make a good riding or handling car.

I believe Musk said that each neighborhood would need four times as much electricity if everyone had an electric car.  I did not go back and look that up but I'm sure Ron will LOL.  With our current electrical infrastructure, that ain't possible.  that is insignificant compared to what a few well placed EMPs would do to a country.

There is definitely not enough electrical infrastructure for sure!  And so far these vehicles don't seem to like extreme cold like -50.  At that temperature I would rather be stuck in a snow bank with a full tank of diesel or gas as opposed to a full battery.

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IHADAV8 Playground / Nevermind that slow Tesla!
« on: October 15 2021, 02:18:47 PM »
I seen this in the spring.  Absolutely amazing car.  I'm going to start a go fund me. :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4orCB71BgY

https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/a36607982/2021-rimac-nevera-drive/

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IHADAV8 Playground / Chevy's new Truck interior
« on: October 14 2021, 05:24:04 PM »
Have you guy's seen the new GM truck interior?  About time they stepped it up.  Apparently, the new Canyon should have a similar one.  I would trade mine in for a new one with the exception that there is no more diesel. :(

Anyway, roll up to 1:24 on the video and tell me what you guys think?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nknuMPejIRE

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General Buick Tech / Re: GRUMPY'S TEAM (MELISSA AND RUSS) DID IT!
« on: October 12 2021, 02:20:18 PM »
Amazing run!! :cheers:  The car and Melissa just keep on impressing! :cheers:

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IHADAV8 Playground / Re: math ?
« on: October 04 2021, 01:19:08 PM »
Constant grade tells me we are working with a triangle with 60' corners.  Your car weight is constant.  You minus gravity at a grade of 60' going up hill to obtain your final velocity and subtract it down hill to find the final velocity.  I just wokeup from night shift other wise I would attempt to solve it. :icon_smile:

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