Popular Post Bikeguy Posted January 4 Popular Post Share #1 Posted January 4 WoBG filled our DVR with Christmas movies. We are watching 'Christmas On Wheels' a Lifetime movie. The car in the movie is a 1964 Cadillac DeVille convertible. The car was in storage for a long time. The daughter now wants the car, but it won't start. She gets a chrome tailpipe extension. While in her designer cloths, slides under the car, installs the tailpipe extension.. And then the car starts. I never knew that was a way to get a car to start. ' Who writes this stuff. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution donkpow Posted January 4 Solution Share #2 Posted January 4 It's a Christmas miracle. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted January 4 Share #3 Posted January 4 starring Rock Beefheart and Daphne Weatherstone 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted January 4 Share #4 Posted January 4 10 minutes ago, jsharr said: starring Rock Beefheart and Daphne Weatherstone Yup! That is a Lance White car in stunning red! So Rock Beefheart sounds right! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikeguy Posted January 4 Author Share #5 Posted January 4 13 minutes ago, donkpow said: It's a Christmas miracle. Yes it was. No need to clean out the gas tank, gas lines, and carburetor from the gas that tuned into varnish after sitting for decades of more. The tires, hoses, and fan belts were OK too. Yeah it was a miracle. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted January 4 Share #6 Posted January 4 1 minute ago, Bikeguy said: Yes it was. No need to clean out the gas tank, gas lines, and carburetor from the gas that tuned into varnish after sitting for decades of more. The tires, hoses, and fan belts were OK too. Yeah it was a miracle. Don't be such a grouch. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikeguy Posted January 4 Author Share #7 Posted January 4 2 minutes ago, Ralphie said: Don't be such a grinch. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted January 4 Share #8 Posted January 4 33 minutes ago, Bikeguy said: WoBG filled our DVR with Christmas movies. We are watching 'Christmas On Wheels' a Lifetime movie. The car in the movie is a 1964 Cadillac DeVille convertible. The car was in storage for a long time. The daughter now wants the car, but it won't start. She gets a chrome tailpipe extension. While in her designer cloths, slides under the car, installs the tailpipe extension.. And then the car starts. I never knew that was a way to get a car to start. ' Who writes this stuff. Did you never hear about the girl that could suck start a Harley? Maybe she has moved up. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted January 4 Share #9 Posted January 4 The actual science involved is just a matter of getting a good reflecting surface under the car (chrome extension) so that the sunlight warms up the fuel pump and valves in the gas tank. There would be a lot fewer "fail to starts" if the manufacturers would simply bite the bullet and spend a bit more to put the chrome extensions on at the factory. I live just a couple of miles away from the Consumer Reports test facility and have had many conversations with the mechanics and authors who work there about some of the little known things that can improve the automotive experience. In my next thread I will discuss how low rider suspension with hydraulic jump jacks can improve one's gas milage. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikeguy Posted January 4 Author Share #10 Posted January 4 6 minutes ago, maddmaxx said: In my next thread I will discuss how low rider suspension with hydraulic jump jacks can improve one's gas milage. So... they get better gas millage than my Prius? Yeah... I'll read that thread. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted January 4 Share #11 Posted January 4 5 minutes ago, Bikeguy said: So... they get better gas millage than my Prius? Yeah... I'll read that thread. Just as a heads up.......I know of at least one of these cars that consumed no gas at all for in excess of 3 months Once it came out of the shop it still did very well by getting the back end of the car up high enough so that it was coasting downhill all the time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikeguy Posted January 4 Author Share #12 Posted January 4 13 minutes ago, maddmaxx said: Just as a heads up.......I know of at least one of these cars that consumed no gas at all for in excess of 3 months Once it came out of the shop it still did very well by getting the back end of the car up high enough so that it was coasting downhill all the time So... someone needs to tell the people that the Carolina squat will cause gas mileage to decrease. Going up hill all the time is a bad idea. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikeguy Posted January 4 Author Share #13 Posted January 4 We are on our second Christmas movie. This one is old, and kind of sad. 'The Christmas Shoes' I'll be glad when the DVR is back to normal. Maybe by June. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groupw Posted January 4 Share #14 Posted January 4 1 minute ago, Bikeguy said: We are on our second Christmas movie. This one is old, and kind of sad. 'The Christmas Shoes' I'll be glad when the DVR is back to normal. Maybe by June. WoW was watching HGTV when I got home. I’ll take it over Lifetime which has been on the last month. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groupw Posted January 4 Share #15 Posted January 4 1 hour ago, Bikeguy said: WoBG filled our DVR with Christmas movies. We are watching 'Christmas On Wheels' a Lifetime movie. The car in the movie is a 1964 Cadillac DeVille convertible. The car was in storage for a long time. The daughter now wants the car, but it won't start. She gets a chrome tailpipe extension. While in her designer cloths, slides under the car, installs the tailpipe extension.. And then the car starts. I never knew that was a way to get a car to start. ' Who writes this stuff. Back in the days of full service gas stations, our 1960 Chevy would sometimes not start on the first try when it was warm. They would immediately have the hood up trying to figure it out. My cute and petite young mom would pull a long screwdriver driver from under the seat, excuse herself and jump the starter solenoid to get it to start. Dad had taught her how. I don’t remember it personally. A friend of ours shared the story years later of how the mechanics would shake their head that a woman could do that! 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead ★ Posted January 4 Share #16 Posted January 4 1 hour ago, donkpow said: It's a Christmas miracle. That is what I was thinking 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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