Random Thoughts... [Automotive Edition]

quick silly question :

say you're doing an emergency stop,let's say the light just turned red. You bury the brake pedal and keep it there until you stop quite voilently. You then keep braking, until the light turns green. As soon as you let off the brake, you feel the rear of your car drop down a bit and settle...

why is this? As soon as you're stopped, why does keeping the brakes on keep your ass end up high?

The suspension is all loaded up and can't unload completely till the tires roll.

When I raise or lower the air suspension in a Range Rover the tires do move just a little bit. If you have the brakes on you can feel the car shudder a little bit as the tires try to roll but can't really. Once you let off the brakes the car will roll a couple of inches as the suspension settles.
 
Mother of God, Lifan makes cars too?! :shock2:

Well, that's one way to weed out the stupid.

What else do they do?

Bonus! C-NCAP (chinese) crash ratings 2008
https://pic.armedcats.net/k/kn/knarkas/2010/02/19/c-ncap1.jpg<-- Yeah

https://pic.armedcats.net/k/kn/knarkas/2010/02/19/20080527_4.jpg
Why is the dummy on the floor? I don't know for sure but it appears that for some reason the seat belt failed, hurling him into the front passenger (the orange blob). Possibly it snapped or released by itself. Yes. Lifan. Great stuff.

Update 3
GREAT NEWS! You can now get a Lifan made in Ethiopia!
www.holland-car.com
 
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What else do they do?

Bonus! C-NCAP (chinese) crash ratings 2008
*chinese crash test ratings-Lifan is dead last*<-- Yeah

https://pic.armedcats.net/k/kn/knarkas/2010/02/19/20080527_4.jpg
Why is the dummy on the floor? I don't know for sure but it appears that for some reason the seat belt failed, hurling him into the front passenger (the orange blob). Possibly it snapped or released by itself. Yes. Lifan. Great stuff.

Update 3
GREAT NEWS! You can now get a Lifan made in Ethiopia!
www.holland-car.com

That's just crazy, at least it wasn't the pre-strenghening Brilliance BS6...BS indeed:lol:
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHZqcKj7jNM[/YOUTUBE]
Commentary from ADAC: [YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CICdfSq1dw[/YOUTUBE]

as for the excellent opportunity to take a Lifan from Ethiopia, i'll take the stylin "DOCC"! :p

docc1.jpg
 
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Oh dear god! I've been in one of these...

Well technically it was the Turkish equivalent - the Tofas Sahin. truly terrible car, but a few of them made it to Bulgaria as taxis.
668px-Sahin.jpg


Thankfully, they are long gone now.
 
Oh dear god! I've been in one of these...

Well technically it was the Turkish equivalent - the Tofas Sahin. truly terrible car, but a few of them made it to Bulgaria as taxis.
668px-Sahin.jpg


Thankfully, they are long gone now.

Wow..what a difference rubstrips w/chrome accents, alloys, and fog lamps makes! The one you posted looks a gazillion times nicer than the DOCC. At least they are gone now lol.
 
I'm curious what car the AWASH EXECUTIVE from Holland really is. I cant find it on Lifan website.
 
Lifan is a bad name, deathan or murderan is more apt :|
 
The temperatures were in the 50's today so I dedicated the day to the car. I washed it for a first time since November. Waxed it. Re-blackened my bumpers. Tightened a few bolts.

It looks excellent right now. And it rides excellent :)
 
The temperatures were in the 50's today so I dedicated the day to the car. I washed it for a first time since November. Waxed it. Re-blackened my bumpers. Tightened a few bolts.

It looks excellent right now. And it rides excellent :)

Time for a photoshoot? ;)
 
Tomorrow maybe :)
 
There has to be a way to replace the standard beep and bong from a car with something more enjoyable.
 
Having it play Beethoven every time you put the indicator on gets old realy fast .......
 
There is, you can replace it with a sound synthesizer box.

One guy around here has his Civic rigged up to reproduce a woman's, er, ecstatic moaning when he leaves the keys in.
 
So very sad.
 
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