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[-] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 88 points 10 months ago

Or how about when a car is overheating and you turn on the heater for that extra bit of heat capacity?

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 45 points 10 months ago

I regret to inform you that I have experience with this in the middle of summer.

[-] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 10 months ago

I've been there friend, it's pretty shitty

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I'm not sure what you people are doing but I'm usually pretty hot and sweaty. Don't shit in your car.

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[-] akilou@sh.itjust.works 8 points 10 months ago

Of course! That's when the engine is going to over heat. If you're hot, they're hot

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

That reminds me of this:

"Of course your keys are always in the last place you look! Why would you keep looking after you find them?"

[-] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 14 points 10 months ago

Drivert auxiliary power from life support to plasma coolant.

[-] gst0ck@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

Drivert in this context has got to be the best trypo.

[-] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 2 points 10 months ago

Hadn't even seen it before you pointed it out. That's staying 😁

[-] xia@lemmy.sdf.org 73 points 10 months ago
[-] tiltinjon@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

The confluence of the power streams has put life in these old thrusters

[-] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago

Hey man, this is a Christian server.

[-] Hagdos@lemmy.world 65 points 10 months ago

I worked on solar racing cars as a student. The main race crosses outback Australia. One of the questions we often got: Does it have A/C?

No, no it doesn't. A/C uses about as much power as all of the solar cells on the car deliver. We can either move, or power an A/C-unit.

[-] The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 13 points 10 months ago

That sounds like a hell of an awesome project

[-] Hagdos@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago
[-] ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works 8 points 10 months ago

We run the A/C until the car is cool, then we move. The rest of the crew is with me on this.

[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

So what do you do? Ice vest?

[-] Rednax@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Jup. They do that. After an edition of the challenge where someone fainted and crashed due to the heat, they also added regulations for airflow. It might be hot outside-air, but that is still way better than inside-over air.

[-] Hagdos@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Sometimes, but they only work for so long. Mostly just bring plenty water and power through. Every stint is about 4 hours of driving, and then drivers change.

[-] DannyBoy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago

Hope you don't need a fire suit!

[-] Cort@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

What about an evaporative cooler?

[-] Hagdos@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

Either too heavy (these vehicles are below 200kg) or it doesnt work long enough. Or you're now hot and humid, which is worse than hot and dry

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[-] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 62 points 10 months ago

He would say divert you uncultured Philistine!

[-] amansman@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago

He would also omit "the". C'mon now

[-] LordKitsuna@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Yes thank you, I was worried I would be the only one bothered by this

[-] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 60 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

ive lived this in a 3 cylinder geo metro that for some ungodly reason had air conditioning. i loved that car.

dump the ac, and drop it into warp 2, youre good to go

[-] soylentgreed@lemmy.world 18 points 10 months ago

I used to have a 2000 Honda insight that I ripped the hybrid battery out of and just drove it on the 3 cylinders. That thing was geared so high I would drive up hills flooring it in 2nd gear at like 35 mph. 5th gear basically never got used unless I needed to go 85 mph+

Fun car that stranded me only a couple times lol. The “replacement” hybrid battery was an Arduino spliced into the wiring harness to trick the car computer that everything was okay. Felt like some real ghetto cyberpunk shit driving that thing around.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

They don't sell too many little cars like the Metro in the U.S. anymore. Sad really.

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[-] RaoulDook@lemmy.world 46 points 10 months ago

Haha I didn't think people still retained that ancient knowledge of motoring success. The good ole days of weak 4-cylinder cars and trucks, when you'd disengage the AC to get more power to go up a hill or something. I've met several people who didn't know it was even a thing.

[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

I mean most cars are 4 cylinder. (Aren't they?)

[-] psud@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Most modern 4 cyl cars are better than old ones. The engines are more powerful and the car lighter

[-] Venator@lemmy.nz 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Engines are more powerful but most cars are the opposite of lighter...

They might feel lighter though because tyres are so much better now.

[-] cheesymoonshadow@lemmings.world 9 points 10 months ago

I still do it on our 2011 Subaru when merging onto a highway.

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[-] brianorca@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Many more recent cars will do this automatically at high throttle conditions, such as acceleration to pass.

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[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 points 10 months ago

That's still a thing for old cars like mine.

[-] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 17 points 10 months ago

Jfc, I thought I was the only one geeky enough to not only do that, but admit it in public

[-] thefattman@beehaw.org 9 points 10 months ago

This is literally my brother in his electric truck on the highway trying to eek out a bit more range

[-] 1993_toyota_camry@beehaw.org 11 points 10 months ago

Not important, but in case you didn't know -- In that usage the word is 'eke'. 'Eek!' is the sound you make when someone jumps out from a closet wearing a spider mask.

[-] stratosfear@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 10 months ago

Or when a spider jumps out from a closet wearing a person mask

[-] swab148@startrek.website 4 points 10 months ago

Or when a closet jumps out of a person wearing a spooderman mask

[-] ReverendIrreverence@lemmy.ml 8 points 10 months ago

I do that going up long, steep grades when the truck is fully loaded

[-] aaaaaaadjsf@hexbear.net 5 points 10 months ago

I feel this, used to drive a 70 horsepower car, overtaking on South African roads with that was a struggle.

[-] 1993_toyota_camry@beehaw.org 3 points 10 months ago

My car does this automatically. If you floor it, the vents start blowing hot air.

It does make me wonder how much it really helps.

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[-] xkforce@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago
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