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• This is why braking systems should always have a fully mechanical (without electronics) failsafe.

5 speed manual.

Who’s got some good beginner mods they can recommend?

Oh hey you know the pedal-powered Porsche 911?

Trouble is your legal top speed is 15mph.

If I won the lottery/came into some serious money I’d build a custom human powered bus, same dimensions as a full sized diesel bus only every seat has pedals, all pedals are connected to a massive flywheel which then drives a conventional gearbox with clutch, chassis would be alloy with fiberglass bodywork. Legally you could add a motor up to 300w constantly adding inertia to the flywheel and it’d still be classed as a pedal assisted quadricycle.

After hiring a pedaling crew I’d drive it on the public highway, without registration or insurance and it’d be completely legal as it’s not a “motor vehicle”.

This is a fantasy I’ve had for some years now.

Got my car back from the body shop. Now I just need a new windshield (my last windshield job was done by SafeLite, and is probably under warranty;) and a new emissions control information sticker.

Good to get out of that Ford Siesta and back into my xB!

@ᎶㄖҜㄩ 乃ㄥ卂匚Ҝ
There seemed to be a cult following for the sporty versions of the Fiesta and Focus. More power to them, but small cars aren’t my thing.

Fiesta is a weird name for a compact car. It would better suit a van. You know, because a fiesta is a gathering of people.

@midob
It’s ridiculous. They add complication for no benefit.

Kia makes a simple thing like changing wiper blades a pain in the ass. You can’t just lift up the wiper arms like on a normal vehicle. The arms don’t clear the hood. You have to turn the car on, then off, then hold up the wiper stalk to set the arms into “maintenance mode.” Then you wrestle with wipers that have to be designed to accommodate about 9 different attachment methods because for some reason manufacturers can’t standardize that shit.