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August 20th 20, 10:24 AM Posted to rec.autos.tech
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August 19th 20, 12:43 AM Posted to rec.autos.tech
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August 16th 20, 01:42 AM Posted to rec.autos.tech
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City Data Automotive Forums:
Steve W:
Nope. No politics this time! It's a common sense issue, not
a political one. Since my early forties, about ten years ago,
I've been shifting more frequently from Park into Neutral...
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Forum: Technology
August 15th 20, 11:13 PM Posted to rec.autos.tech
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City Data Automotive Forums:
This Moderator/Admin, "PJSaturn", had a personal vendetta on me.
I recently proposed moving "Neutral" from between Reverse & Drive on Automatic transaxle
vehicles, a good conversation ensued, no...
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Forum: Technology
July 31st 20, 03:19 AM Posted to rec.autos.tech
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July 7th 20, 05:13 PM Posted to rec.autos.tech
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Tire Pressure Gauges - Analog Vs. Digital
UPDATE
Longacre #52003 - 'Deluxe' Analog Tire Gauge
I took the above, plus an older Milton shirt-pocket gauge that I found in my garage
and cleaned all the grime off of, to my local mechanic...
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Forum: Technology
July 3rd 20, 10:44 PM Posted to rec.autos.tech
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Tire Pressure Gauges - Analog Vs. Digital
Longacre Racing #52-52003 Deluxe analoge Tire Gauge: http://www.longacreracing.com/products.aspx?itemid=1716&prodid=95470&pagetitle=Deluxe-2-%C2%BD
1. Unboxing - Typical Longacre retail hook-top...
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Forum: Technology
July 3rd 20, 04:51 PM Posted to rec.autos.tech
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Forum: Technology
July 3rd 20, 03:19 AM Posted to rec.autos.tech
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Forum: Technology
July 3rd 20, 01:57 AM Posted to rec.autos.tech
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Tire Pressure Gauges - Analog Vs. Digital
Hank Rogers:
Calibration every 2-3 years might be enough for a gauge used by a consumer,
esp. if they invested $50 or more in the gauge. I paid mid-$40s for the aforementioned
Deluxe Longacre,...
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Forum: Technology
July 2nd 20, 09:13 PM Posted to rec.autos.tech
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Tire Pressure Gauges - Analog Vs. Digital
Amuzi:
This http://www.longacreracing.com/products.aspx?itemid=1716&prodid=95470&pagetitle=Deluxe-2-%C2%BD”-Tire-Gauge
just arrived in the mail today, and I am most impressed by its heft and...
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Forum: Technology
July 2nd 20, 11:14 AM Posted to rec.autos.tech
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Tire Pressure Gauges - Analog Vs. Digital
Xeno wrote:
>No algorithm needed. They just translate a voltage signal
>from the pressure transducer into a digital value. Or they
>could use a variance from a reference voltage. Either way,...
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Forum: Technology
July 1st 20, 08:33 PM Posted to rec.autos.tech
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Tire Pressure Gauges - Analog Vs. Digital
Steve W. wrote:
- show quoted text -
> I;m not real worried if the
>tires are 33psi, or 35 psi, as long as they all read the same on the
>same gauge.
>--
>Steve W.
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Forum: Technology
July 1st 20, 08:21 PM Posted to rec.autos.tech
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Tire Pressure Gauges - Analog Vs. Digital
Steve W.
I guess more broadly: mechanical/analog gauges more directly measure the tire pressure, vs
digital models, which probably use some algorithm to determine the pressure?
Again, I've spent...
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Forum: Technology
July 1st 20, 12:52 AM Posted to rec.autos.tech
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Tire Pressure Gauges - Analog Vs. Digital
Tire Pressure Gauges - Analog Vs. Digital
The purpose of my inquiry, after two months of experience with two digital tire gauges, is not to find
out which brands of gauge are better than others,...
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Forum: Technology
June 23rd 20, 11:39 AM Posted to rec.autos.tech
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Torque Wrench Safety Question
Are you "computer" Paul?
If so, thanks for your advice in that newsgroup, and glad to see you away from the IT room,
lol and out in the garage! :)
Still waiting on some thought about my concern...
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Forum: Technology
June 23rd 20, 11:32 AM Posted to rec.autos.tech
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Torque Wrench Safety Question
Paul wrote:
When you'd been fiddling like that, you're supposed to
drive 50 miles, then recheck them. Apply torque wrench
and see if any have come loose.
If they're fine after the 50 miles, and...
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Forum: Technology
June 7th 20, 06:58 PM Posted to rec.autos.tech
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Views: 2,615
Adjust headlight
Mark Olson wrote:
>All the cars I have rented _in Europe_ have headlight
>adjustment dials in the cockpit, but none of the cars
>I've driven _in America_ have them, whether Japanese,
>European or...
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Forum: Technology
June 7th 20, 06:41 PM Posted to rec.autos.tech
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Adjust headlight
Xeno wrote:
>You need to look a little harder. Such adjustments are not
>uncommon. I have owned at least two cars with such things
>and they are by no means up market models.
_________
Years,...
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Forum: Technology
June 7th 20, 01:32 AM Posted to rec.autos.tech
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Forum: Technology
June 7th 20, 01:30 AM Posted to rec.autos.tech
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Adjust headlight
Xeno:
I've driven plenty of domestic and foreign post-2000 cars, and I have yet to see any with
dashboard controls for the aim of headlights. Everything from Impalas to Accords, Optimas
to...
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Forum: Technology
June 7th 20, 01:26 AM Posted to rec.autos.tech
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Forum: Technology
June 6th 20, 01:14 AM Posted to rec.autos.tech
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Adjust headlight
Steve W:
Provision of X and Y adjustment of motor vehicle
headlights is common sense. I think even as recent
as my 2008 Kia Optima had both.
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Forum: Technology
June 5th 20, 02:35 PM Posted to rec.autos.tech
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Adjust headlight
Steve W. wrote:
>Nothing but a vertical adjuster on that vehicle.
Cheaping out on such a simple, basic adjustment, for how much
profit? smh...
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Forum: Technology
June 4th 20, 08:02 PM Posted to rec.autos.tech
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Replies: 24
Views: 2,615
Adjust headlight
Year/Make/Model?
Basic info to help us guide you.
Sometimes the adjustment for one axis or the other is just in a really weird location
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