Modern features I wish I could add to my miata
#81
Whenever I think about features I think of the old subaru xt...
Fighter jet inspired cockpit
Retractable door-handle flaps
Steering wheel with a single vertical and a single horizontal spoke
jet fighter shifter joystick
Digital instrument cluster that tilted with the steering wheel
Headlight Washers
Pneumatic suspension with height control
Push-button four-wheel drive (later changed to all-wheel drive)
Hill holder brake system, prevented rolling on hills in the manual transmission version."
Fighter jet inspired cockpit
Retractable door-handle flaps
Steering wheel with a single vertical and a single horizontal spoke
jet fighter shifter joystick
Digital instrument cluster that tilted with the steering wheel
Headlight Washers
Pneumatic suspension with height control
Push-button four-wheel drive (later changed to all-wheel drive)
Hill holder brake system, prevented rolling on hills in the manual transmission version."
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Yes, by definition they require electronics to operate.
An MR damper is built like a conventional oil-filled unit, except that it is filled with a much lighter oil than usual, and the oil contains teeny tiny little magnetic particles (like iron dust) in suspension. Then, a big electric coil is wrapped around the damper.
When the coil is de-energized, the damper is "soft". When the magnetic field is energized, all the little magnetic particles align themselves, which effectively increases the viscosity of the oil, thus "firming up" the damper. The stronger the field, the greater the change in viscosity.
The control of this system is extremely complex.
An MR damper is built like a conventional oil-filled unit, except that it is filled with a much lighter oil than usual, and the oil contains teeny tiny little magnetic particles (like iron dust) in suspension. Then, a big electric coil is wrapped around the damper.
When the coil is de-energized, the damper is "soft". When the magnetic field is energized, all the little magnetic particles align themselves, which effectively increases the viscosity of the oil, thus "firming up" the damper. The stronger the field, the greater the change in viscosity.
The control of this system is extremely complex.
#83
Yes, by definition they require electronics to operate.
An MR damper is built like a conventional oil-filled unit, except that it is filled with a much lighter oil than usual, and the oil contains teeny tiny little magnetic particles (like iron dust) in suspension. Then, a big electric coil is wrapped around the damper.
When the coil is de-energized, the damper is "soft". When the magnetic field is energized, all the little magnetic particles align themselves, which effectively increases the viscosity of the oil, thus "firming up" the damper. The stronger the field, the greater the change in viscosity.
The control of this system is extremely complex.
An MR damper is built like a conventional oil-filled unit, except that it is filled with a much lighter oil than usual, and the oil contains teeny tiny little magnetic particles (like iron dust) in suspension. Then, a big electric coil is wrapped around the damper.
When the coil is de-energized, the damper is "soft". When the magnetic field is energized, all the little magnetic particles align themselves, which effectively increases the viscosity of the oil, thus "firming up" the damper. The stronger the field, the greater the change in viscosity.
The control of this system is extremely complex.
Do not want.
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BTW, props for Awesome Mode™.
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Yeah, this is the one thing which most bothers me, both about the whole concept of "unintended acceleration" and about the idea of incorporating new technological fixes to "solve" it.
I've seen this test performed several times on different cars by different testers. In every case, the end result is the same: if you step on the brakes, even with the throttle wide open, the car stops. (Everyone try this test yourself. Even a 250HP turbo Miata will stop on its own stock brakes at WOT.)
I've seen this test performed several times on different cars by different testers. In every case, the end result is the same: if you step on the brakes, even with the throttle wide open, the car stops. (Everyone try this test yourself. Even a 250HP turbo Miata will stop on its own stock brakes at WOT.)
If you are lame (like most drivers) and don't step hard the brakes will fade first.
AND there is an EASIER way - PUT THE DAMN CAR IN NEUTRAL.
I did a quick survey of random friends, more than HALF did not know what 'N' and '1' and '2' were for!!! They only knew P, D, and R.
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Based on the data that has actually been made public about the Toyota case, it would seem that this is in fact true, with one glaring exception- the drivers who claimed that they were standing on the brakes were in fact standing on the gas.
Unfortunately, you can't fix stupid, either with legislation or with engineering. If the driver presses down on the gas pedal without pressing down on the brake pedal, the car is going to accelerate. This is what we call "functioning as designed."
AND there is an EASIER way - PUT THE DAMN CAR IN NEUTRAL.
But like I said, I'm assuming that people are panicky and stupid.
I did a quick survey of random friends, more than HALF did not know what 'N' and '1' and '2' were for!!! They only knew P, D, and R.
Of course, there's one fundamental problem with that idea. In order to shift a modern automatic into P or R, you must first step on the brake pedal. And as I've stated above, the poor fools who seem to be having this problem weren't doing that in the first place.
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LSD may be but the herpes rate is probably fairly close to the mean for sexually active people.
thank fuking god there are very few hippies at burning man. in my experience, hippies are whining irritable bitches and the desert for a week is not a good place for them. Also, fact of the matter is that burning man is expensive. $350 ticket, airfare/bus/carfare out there, a week of no pay (unless you have leave), event specific supplies etc deter a lot of the fuking bums.
thank fuking god there are very few hippies at burning man. in my experience, hippies are whining irritable bitches and the desert for a week is not a good place for them. Also, fact of the matter is that burning man is expensive. $350 ticket, airfare/bus/carfare out there, a week of no pay (unless you have leave), event specific supplies etc deter a lot of the fuking bums.
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