Quick method of warming up an automatic car on a cold day
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I have a blue XJR, but it's forecast to snow here on Friday so it will be white-does that help you at all?
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I'm going to send the repair bill to red october
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And tractors normally have split brake pedals for holding one side to make a turn. Has that changed?
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And of course, since the word "brutal" was invoked ... our friend Brutal ... who appears to be MIA at the mo'
Bet you he wouldn't have any problem whatsoever with the concept of powerbraking
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News to me.
Anyway, you are quite right. Both tracks are driven independently and can be either braked or reversed.
A useful technique for eliminating entrenched infantry is to put the tank on the trench and spin it round a couple of times.
I don't know about the Abrams but the British Challenger still uses a mechanical gearbox while the majority of industrial tracked vehicles (like my Liebherr) use torque converters.
The Challenger uses a Jaguar engine as a donkey to start its main diesel.
Until recently tractors did have 'fiddle' brakes like hill climb cars. The more recent ones are of a complexity that makes a Jaguar look like a pocket calculator and I will have nothing to do with them.
Anyway, after a couple of pages of posts clearly indicating the efficacy of Jaguar heated seats what about the 'left foot braking really increasing takeoff' question ?
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Blasted French wouldn't include my UK tank driving permit on my Permis de Conduire on the grounds that civilians can't drive military vehicles.
News to me.
Anyway, you are quite right. Both tracks are driven independently and can be either braked or reversed.
A useful technique for eliminating entrenched infantry is to put the tank on the trench and spin it round a couple of times.
I don't know about the Abrams but the British Challenger still uses a mechanical gearbox while the majority of industrial tracked vehicles (like my Liebherr) use torque converters.
The Challenger uses a Jaguar engine as a donkey to start its main diesel.
Until recently tractors did have 'fiddle' brakes like hill climb cars. The more recent ones are of a complexity that makes a Jaguar look like a pocket calculator and I will have nothing to do with them.
Anyway, after a couple of pages of posts clearly indicating the efficacy of Jaguar heated seats what about the 'left foot braking really increasing takeoff' question ?
News to me.
Anyway, you are quite right. Both tracks are driven independently and can be either braked or reversed.
A useful technique for eliminating entrenched infantry is to put the tank on the trench and spin it round a couple of times.
I don't know about the Abrams but the British Challenger still uses a mechanical gearbox while the majority of industrial tracked vehicles (like my Liebherr) use torque converters.
The Challenger uses a Jaguar engine as a donkey to start its main diesel.
Until recently tractors did have 'fiddle' brakes like hill climb cars. The more recent ones are of a complexity that makes a Jaguar look like a pocket calculator and I will have nothing to do with them.
Anyway, after a couple of pages of posts clearly indicating the efficacy of Jaguar heated seats what about the 'left foot braking really increasing takeoff' question ?
Left foot braking ... aka brake standing ... lets the motor get into a fatter part of the torque curve and utilises the torque multiplication capabilities of the torque converter ... of course you may then be limited by tire traction ... but there is a sweet spot where the preloading is exactly right for the conditions.
It's more flashing the throttle early rather than holding it against the brakes for seconds on end.
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Erm, there is one BIG problem with doing that-the Bentley sits at the back of the driveway behind the Jag, so once the Jag becomes immobile, then the big beast at the back turns into a big shiny driveway ornament as well because it will be nicely blocked in
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No guarantees as to your permis de conduire if observed by the local gendarmerie though.
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