Comments by "TeeKay" (@teekay_1) on "driving 4 answers" channel.

Smokey was always a big fan of turbocharging. He used to have a column in Popular Science (back when it was a monthly magazine) called "Say Smokey" and a lot of the questions sent to him were generally of the nature of "should i put in an overdrive in my car to get better mileage when I tow my trailer", and he would use that as a way to say "we could all get better mileage if we put in small engines with a turbo". I have a sign in my garage that came from smokey yunick's estate (his widow was selling his book and signs and stuff), and that sign is in a place of honor ;)
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Because the regulators immediately shifted to electric cars and started putting in emission standards that could only be met with electric cars, despite the technology being in it's infancy, the lack of electrical infrastructure, and a shortage of basic materials to begin replacing the fleet of 250M cars in the US.
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You realize Scotty is just pulling everyone's leg, right? Nobody could possibly take him seriously.
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@damagejackal10 You can get really good scanners for under $400 that are vehicle specific, will let you deal with subsystems and resetting most parts of the vehicle. Parts are generally available for most cars unless you pick something obscure.
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@scottamu7816 ....especially since the EV's being built and proposed today are actually a significant step backwards from their gas powered equivalent. These things will become a drag on the new EV sales because the value of them well drop very quickly.
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@OldUglyTrucker His spelling is correct for Ferrari's exported to Russia.
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@OldUglyTrucker it was a freakin' joke. "Oh. I get it. I get jokes!" -- Homer Simpson
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@victorlgcarvalho For certain cars (looking at you BMW), that's just common sense.
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@amorris1970 combustion always produces byproducts. Even if you burn propane, you produce water vapor. Diesel engines today could be more efficient, but they tend to produce more NOx which is why Urea (a.k.a. DEF) is added the fuel. The reason guys put a tune on diesel engines is because it significantly raises fuel economy and torque, but at the expense of additional NOx which is purported to increase acid rain.
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@hwertz10 An interesting quirk of the 2.0L engine in the Mazda MX-5 is that when you start it cold the camshaft allows the exhaust valves to stay slightly open during the ignition phase to get the Cat up to temperature quicker. It increases the noise significantly while that's happening.
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@akkseljohansson3601 Start Stop could be the silliest device mandated by governments. It save almost no fuel, requires a more robust starter, that will fail more quickly, and adds to the price of the car with no tangible benefit. I believe smarter people in the government today took away that mandate.
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@chrisa3358 I an not a believer in the religion known as "Climate Change" (a.k.a. global warming). Electric cars are interesting the way dissecting a frog is interesting, but not something I want or need. They make so little sense that only a government agency could believe they're good for the environment.
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Does the 35% efficiency include the heat used to warm the passenger compartment? And if most of the waste is going out the tailpipe, does turbocharging improve efficiency?
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@dmitripogosian5084 I think they make sense for smaller cars with a 4-cylinder engine, but in a bigger car or truck (I'm looking at you Ford for making the base engine a 2.3 w/turbo in your pickups & bronco) a 6 or 8 make a lot more sense from a longevity standpoint, and long-term reliability.
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@AntonioBarba_TheKaneB An F250 will typically last 20-25 years with minimal maintenance. It will have less impact on the earth than a tesla and cost less to run than the Tesla over those 25 years.
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@AntonioBarba_TheKaneB You're not going to pull a trailer with a yaris. In fact, you can't fit four people into a yaris. The key point is that over the lifespan of the vehicle, a gasoline powered car is far more friendly to the earth. That's the point. And I'm not saying you shouldn't buy what you want. What I am saying is the push to get rid of gasoline powered cars is misguided at best, and terrible for the economy and earth at worst.
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Anything German these days is made to be recycled after about 120,000 miles. For some reason, the Germans believe this is good policy.
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There's very few people with engineering and science degrees saying EVs are going to take over in five years. Even if they were alike in features and capability (and they're clearly not) it will take 40 years for them to achieve parity in the market.
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At the time, it was claimed that "big oil bought it out to ensure their profits" (more or less). But that was a fringe theory and even as a kid, I knew that it meant that it wasn't practical for general use.
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