The net might have changed things enough. But it was a nightmare for me.
It was 20+ years ago. I wound up having to wait 6 weeks for parts, I hadn't realized I needed, to come from Japan. If I'd have known how long that was, I'd have just done the junkyard thing, but I was an optimist back then. It's not like they didn't have Jets flying the pacific.
There haven't been any real advances in AWD sense the orignal Audi Quattro S. It already had electronic locking diffs, center and rear and a good strong turbo 5.
Of course that was the original slightly detuned rally champion. Later years of Quattro got much lamer.
Automatics don't just do what you ask. They won't overrev the motor by downshifting inappropriately (that's a _feature_ for the slushbox drivers that like them). They also won't just shift as soon as you click, sometimes they do sometimes they don't. They will get around to it.
Every slushbox control computer I'm aware of still reads manifold vacuum.
When they don't, you can bet the rear brakes aren't doing anything, ever.
The parking brake is what makes the rear brake self adjust work. If you never use it, the shoes get worn and no rear brakes. Which most drivers wouldn't notice as they drive with rectal cranial inversion and the front brakes do 75%+ of the braking anyhow.
Parking brakes are also what activate the self adjusters in most rear drum brakes. (with some exceptions, old MOPARs self adjust when driven in reverse, Bugs had manual adjusters etc).
If you never use your parking brake, your rear brakes end up doing nothing as they are out of adjustment (from shoe wear).
Having done a slushbox to stick conversion. I say don't do it.
It's always a nightmare of unexpected additional changes. You know you need a clutch pedal, but do you need a new brake pedal too? Will you need a new ECU? etc etc etc
Just sell the slushbox and buy one with a real transmission.
Competitive cycling, cross country skiing and biathlon are exceptions. Cheating is required to be competitive.
I recall one Olympic where the results in cross country skiing were overturned after the samples were retested using new tests to find 'undetectable' steroids. The gold medal went to the guy who crossed the finish line almost last. The Silver went to last place. They didn't give a bronze. All the earlier finishers (and some later ones) having been disqualified.
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The net might have changed things enough. But it was a nightmare for me.
It was 20+ years ago. I wound up having to wait 6 weeks for parts, I hadn't realized I needed, to come from Japan. If I'd have known how long that was, I'd have just done the junkyard thing, but I was an optimist back then. It's not like they didn't have Jets flying the pacific.
The big one was O2 sensors. That car was only slightly dirtier then a new car. Of course the one you behind was likely broken.
You've never used the ebrake in a turn?
My sympathies. It must suck to live your life.
And here we see confirmation bias in the bright lite of day.
Doke really want's this to work. No critical thinking, just 'It confirms my childhood world view, yeah'.
Which is more wasteful: Letting $0.01 worth of power 'go to waste' or spending $1,000 to collect it?
Before you go all self righteous hippy on us, remember cost is a decent, but imperfect proxy for power spent doing something.
So buy them in Germany and export them.
Wranglers and Rams still have frames.
Those are the only real 4x4s Fiat/Chrysler make anyhow.
Cherokees etc have always been 'mall utility vehicles'. You basically never see them on trails.
There haven't been any real advances in AWD sense the orignal Audi Quattro S. It already had electronic locking diffs, center and rear and a good strong turbo 5.
Of course that was the original slightly detuned rally champion. Later years of Quattro got much lamer.
Last I looked, the service interval for a CVT belt was 50k miles. I doubt he got 150k with the original belt.
An 87 already had an oxygen sensor and fuel injection or a computer controlled carb.
The were 95% as clean as any car today. You need to go to pre 1975 to find the really dirty motors.
Automatics don't just do what you ask. They won't overrev the motor by downshifting inappropriately (that's a _feature_ for the slushbox drivers that like them). They also won't just shift as soon as you click, sometimes they do sometimes they don't. They will get around to it.
Every slushbox control computer I'm aware of still reads manifold vacuum.
You need to replaced the bug seats.
Replace them anyhow (Google 'VW bug ejection seats').
That is the benefit you dolt.
You are free to disagree. But emergency/turning brakes they are.
What kind of non-driving idiots do you hang out with?
You could have fixed that bug. Bugs should be able to pull wheelies or they suck.
Newer automatics do indeed meet or beat the EPA numbers of newer manuals.
When they beat it, it's by tiny amounts. At best slushboxes have caught up.
They change wasn't lockup torque converters, it was throttle by wire. It's more about gaming the test than actual real world changes.
We just buy the engines and transmissions. Apparently the cars themselves aren't worth shipping all the way to the USA.
When they don't, you can bet the rear brakes aren't doing anything, ever.
The parking brake is what makes the rear brake self adjust work. If you never use it, the shoes get worn and no rear brakes. Which most drivers wouldn't notice as they drive with rectal cranial inversion and the front brakes do 75%+ of the braking anyhow.
Dude, I've owned a Mazda and rented many more. They are completely regular cars. Don't mistake advertising for actual differences.
Even VW advertised 'Drivers wanted'. Nobody that likes to drive would touch a water cooled VW.
Parking brakes are also what activate the self adjusters in most rear drum brakes. (with some exceptions, old MOPARs self adjust when driven in reverse, Bugs had manual adjusters etc).
If you never use your parking brake, your rear brakes end up doing nothing as they are out of adjustment (from shoe wear).
You pull them up as you enter the turn, quick release, reverse lock and throttle steer. Duh.
Having done a slushbox to stick conversion. I say don't do it.
It's always a nightmare of unexpected additional changes. You know you need a clutch pedal, but do you need a new brake pedal too? Will you need a new ECU? etc etc etc
Just sell the slushbox and buy one with a real transmission.
My push button tranny MOPAR doesn't have park. It's one of the later ones (1960) so perhaps they fixed it.
Competitive cycling, cross country skiing and biathlon are exceptions. Cheating is required to be competitive.
I recall one Olympic where the results in cross country skiing were overturned after the samples were retested using new tests to find 'undetectable' steroids. The gold medal went to the guy who crossed the finish line almost last. The Silver went to last place. They didn't give a bronze. All the earlier finishers (and some later ones) having been disqualified.