- bbpolterGAYst (she/her) ( @bbpolterGAYst@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 35•11 months ago
i am irrationally afraid of transmissions. like why the fuck do you need this much gears for??
- Player2 ( @Player2@sopuli.xyz ) 43•11 months ago
Efficiency. Combustion engines have a shockingly narrow acceptable power to fuel consumption zone
- mythosync ( @mythosync@lemm.ee ) English9•11 months ago
Efficiency, yes. The second part is a little misguided though. The different gears in a transmission allow the vehicle to move at your desired speed while keeping the engine’s speed low, thus reducing fuel consumption.
Power to fuel consumption isn’t really a thing afaik. Naturally, a slower spinning engine will use less fuel.
- Player2 ( @Player2@sopuli.xyz ) 5•11 months ago
Sorry for unclear wording, I meant that you obviously need some level of power output to move, but you need different levels of power output to keep moving at any given speed, hence the gears. What I meant by ‘power to fuel consumption’ was that while you theoretically could go at a high speed using a low gear up to a point, that would be very inefficient. I’m not actually an engineer, though I pretend to be one at university.
Good thing I’m not an educator!
- Solinus 🌿 ( @solinus@lemmy.cafe ) English5•11 months ago
car
- bbpolterGAYst (she/her) ( @bbpolterGAYst@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 16•11 months ago
i am very rationally afraid of cars. like why the fuck would 500 billion boxes on four wheels that weigh like two tons in average become our main method of transportation
- verdare [he/him] ( @verdare@beehaw.org ) 7•11 months ago
I like cars, but I do agree we have too many of them. Making them the primary mode of transportation for a large chunk of the population was definitely a mistake. The problem isn’t so much the cars themselves, but car-centric infrastructure.
- Solinus 🌿 ( @solinus@lemmy.cafe ) English6•11 months ago
I agree that we need more options of getting from point A to point B in the US. (public transport, bikes). Someone even made a paper about converting suburban areas to be more walkable http://www.marcoinfussi.it/files/scuola_politica.archivio/Sprawl_Repair_Manual_Galina_Tachieva.pdf
- uphillbothways ( @uphillbothways@kbin.social ) 3•11 months ago
cargo
- Omega_Haxors ( @Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml ) 3•11 months ago
CBT 😠 CVT 😊
- AdmiralShat ( @AdmiralShat@programming.dev ) English20•11 months ago
“Back in my day, blowing a tranny was a car problem”
- DaTingGoBrrr ( @DaTingGoBrrr@lemmy.ml ) 3•11 months ago
This meme makes me think of a classic from Steve in Brickleberry
- glibg10b ( @glibg10b@lemmy.ml ) 2•11 months ago
I don’t think the antonym of advance should be censored
- Omega_Haxors ( @Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml ) 1•11 months ago
I personally find it funnier when the slur is blocked.
- Franzia ( @Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 12•11 months ago
I think my trans mission needs a checkup, the ignition doesnt seem to be engaging and the check engine light has been on for a few months 😰
- manucode ( @manucode@infosec.pub ) 11•11 months ago
Combustion engines are woke now?
- 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️ ( @Kolanaki@yiffit.net ) English8•11 months ago
The only transmissions I am interested in are the ones containing the plans to the Death Star.
- IninewCrow ( @ininewcrow@lemmy.ca ) English8•11 months ago
Firing on all cylinders I see