Still quite a big engine.

Idk what tf that is. And I'm also American. Sounds like some made-up flatlander thing I don't need

Many new ICE gas cars in EU are sold with 1.2L or 1.5L engines. Less people buy 2.0L ones. I know some modern diesel cars are also around 1.4L.

~3.7L here is pretty much 350Hp Autobahn speeding car.

I pull cable for a living and it's my first time hearing it. I'm impressed and also stealing it.

Precision manufacturing, bay-be

it's called quality

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Exactly. Engine displacement is just one number, and there have been major paradigm shifts in designs to squeeze way better performance and efficiency out of those engines across a wide range of RPMs: switching from carburetors to fuel injection, developing variable valve timing, better transmissions/traction control systems for actually get that torque and power on the ground.

Plus, like, the rise of EVs, or even performance hybrids, has shown that you can have ultra high performance without any displacement at all.

Looking back at the muscle cars of the 1970's, where the idea came from, it's crazy how huge those engines were, compared to 0-60 and quarter mile times that just weren't that impressive by the 90's, much less today. The 1970 Chevelle SS 454 had a 7.4L engine at 450 hp, but only got a 5.4s 0-62 and a 13.8s quarter mile. In 1995, the Toyota Supra put up similar performance with a 3.0L, 280 HP engine (although back then the Japanese manufacturers had some kind of gentleman's agreement not to exceed 280hp in a way that tended to understate their overall performance). Today, Tesla literally manufactures a family friendly 3-row SUV that blows those numbers away. Scrolling through a list of cars that have sub-10 second quarter mile times off the factory floor, most of them have at least hybrid drivetrains where electric motors boost the overall torque and power.

Relying on displacement these days is just giving up.

Only one my wife did was the one where you throw your husband onto the bed without warning like apparently these tiktok girls have partners throw them onto the bed to initiate intercourse and uh...well it may or may not have awoken something in me. Apparently that's not the reaction it's supposed to illicit based on the tiktoks she'd seen

one is a joke you don't like, the other is hundreds of dollars or more

As if pranks from other sources are merited any higher? No one got hurt and while I can't say I particularly recommend trying this, the partner's reaction might be a major red flag as to how they're going to react sometime else with a real, more serious issue.

Gas stations are usually franchises, owned by small businesses

Assuming their gas indeed is contaminated, go buy 1 gallon of gas, in a spare gas jug, and check it out yourself to confirm. If it's contaminated, well there's your proof. If it doesn't look contaminated, but perhaps you don't trust it anyways, well run it through a lawnmower..

Shell, just to name and shame.

Yep. That tracks.

Yeah, the insurance guy said that, but I guess people find a way to still screw it up.

No, you're a freelance mechanic and send them the bills for the repairs. Make those fuckers pay you back.

I see what you mean; sometimes it's easier to just deal with it than jump through the hoops. In my case they also gave me something like 10000 of their customer loyalty points, which I had absolutely no interest in using.

Reimbursement doesn't matter much but if you got the receipt, that's something you should report to your local/state ordinance enforcement so other people don't continue to get screwed. Gas stations and pumps have to be certified for a reason.

And I would still call and bill for the labor, especially since it will be insurance getting involved anyway, and they'll bill it so long as you have an address and proof of work done (literally a 2 minute word doc).

Good to have especially when something else inevitability breaks down the line and you're spending another afternoon cursing at the engineer responsible for placing a bolt in an impossible position for what should have been a 10 minutes job lol.

true. "this shouldn't happen" would be a more correct phrasing.

:blush:

I should probably write up my idle actuator hack, although all I did was follow others' advice on the forums.

yeah its more im really paranoid about having some sort of brain fart and doing the wrong one. I kinda thought though they had a few tanks underground and the isles were seperate or something. I guess just one tank for each would make sense. Now im going to be looking for stations that just don't have diesel.

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Oh no, I agree... I was quoting OP. I'm a bigger fan of marvel mystery oil, but seafoam has its place in applications like this.

Yeah, obviously, don't do it, and especially don't do it on a car from this century with modern injection and shit.