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I’ve worked a few places where cars are tested on various types of dynos, and without exception, the cars are always “four-corner tied” to prevent both front-to-back and side-to-side motion. Do you want to know why? Watch the video.
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Rice can really get away from you if you don’t have the right utensil.
Optical plummet.
Word of advice – don’t read the YouTube comments if you want to retain your faith in humanity.
I mean, that’s a general axiom, but it’s particularly apt in this case.
I generally don’t read the comments on the few occasions that I go to youtube. The last time I read more than a few comments on there was for the new Cee Lo Green video. It seemed like every third comment was how many gold-diggers disliked the song. This looks like something I should watch for giggles, but my work computer doesn’t allow it.
I find Youtube comments are much the same as road accidents. They’re generally awful and shitty, but you just have to look. I often wonder how they can degenerate from vaguely normal comments to the most hateful, misspelt drivel in a matter of minutes.
You should consider installing “YouTube comment Snob”.
It is an add-on for Firefox that filters out and
hides YouTube comments that:
Have more than # spelling mistakes
ARE ALL CAPITAL LETTERS
contain no capital letters
Do not start with a capital letter
Have excessive punctuation (!!!! ????)
Use excessive capitalization
Are profane
http://www.chrisfinke.com/addons/youtube-comment-snob/
I don’t know, PeriSoft. One of the commenters made me chortle pretty hard:
gsupt posted “Forgot your turn signal!”
Awesome! Glad nobody was hurt.
The guys standing around don’t exactly display a sense of urgency to see if anyone needs serious help, do they?
Post-dyno driver’s report: “It pulls to the left a bit.”
“Yeah, one strap is all you need”
Unfortunately, confidence doesn’t equal competence.
Giant rear spoilers lower the IQ of everyone in the immediate vicinity.
^ This
Some states require vehicle hold downs be installed “X” -like across both the front and rear. If they aren’t, you sit there on the side of the road until they are.
They define “vehicle” as anything on wheels. This includes air compressors, generators, and garden tractors.
Well, maybe they got it right after all.
Sadly, this kinda thing is the norm with these shops rather than the exception. It seems the only prerequisite to running one is that you have the ability to bolt parts on when they come with instructions. Professionalism, common sense, and in this case knowledge of basic physics is quite rare at a tuning shop.
This is one of my recurring nightmare themes — car falling off a lift (though engine not running). Usually involves my dearly departed Volvo 240 for some reason…
Another theme is losing lots of small parts on the ground.
Who could have foreseen an AWD car pivoting around a (somewhat) fixed point?
Insert active handling gag here.
I believe the dyno testing at the local motorcycle shop involves a guy straddling the bike and squeezing the front brake lever. I’ll have to look closer for straps next time I’m there.