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February 11th, 2010

Traction Control Is REALLY Good

It is really slippery with snow on the roads in Britain at the moment, I went out in my car to my friends house with some trepidation as I have never liked driving in snow. As I was slowly going forwards I noticed a flashing light on the dashboard which I realised was notification that the car's traction control was working to keep me on the straight and narrow, this was good to know and made me very glad to have it on my car.

So my list of essentials to any car that I am going to get in the future and recommendations for anyone else who is doing so are as following:
* ABS
* Traction Control
* Power Steering.

If it is snowing where you are take care and drive slowly. :-)

Posted 1 month ago by WindowsRules
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Tagged traction, control, snow, abs, safety and ice

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stlranger

I need a bigger truck because I have a couple antique tractors I take to shows every year. My uncle has been using his truck for the past several years, but his is a 3/4 ton and he only has a small 18 foot trailer. We have three or four tractors we like to take to these shows, and if I get my own truck then I'll be able to haul my own tractors with a bigger trailer at the same time my uncle is using his truck and trailer with the other tractor(s) on it.

It would also be nice to be more self-sufficient. Having a bigger truck would let me do more. I don't have to call someone with a bigger truck if I need something hauled or moved. And it would be nice to have a daily driver that's four wheel drive again. I don't have to worry about snow anymore.

That, and I just plain like big trucks.

stlranger

Posted 2 months ago	[ Reply ] [ Quote ] [ Conversation ]
I went to pull it in the driveway today cause it was out in the street, and the crunching sound came back. Rear end decided to grenade itself again. I was able to put it in four wheel drive and get it in the driveway, but the rear end is toast.

LeoLeonardo

Posted 2 months ago	[ Reply ] [ Quote ] [ Conversation ]
Hah. I dont think a little hole and a metal pole would hurt me in that steal body wrapped around a Modular V8

tonyski

MrAchievment

Posted 3 months ago	[ Reply ] [ Quote ] [ Conversation ]
not really for free. I did pay 150 for the better support back in March when I bought it.

stlranger

Posted 4 months ago	[ Reply ] [ Quote ] [ Conversation ]
I do have a new CPU cooler as well. A Cooler Master V8 cooler. And the temps were in Fahrenheit.. Temps didn't even change after playing Mass Effect at full graphics for an hour or so.

fnvicky

omar comin

Posted 5 months ago	+ 1 Cool [ Reply ] [ Quote ] [ Conversation ]
really though, admins and staff have the ability to change the mods label when they want to. it's a really really rare occasion that they do it so that's probably why you haven't seen it.

stlranger

Posted 6 months ago	+ 1 Cool [ Reply ] [ Quote ] [ Conversation ]
oh, and the rocker was so far out of alignment because when I put the rocker assembly on, there was a lifter that was stuck partially open. I adjusted it with it stuck cause if I pushed the lifter down, adjusted it there, and the lifter got stuck again, the valve would stick open and hit the pistons. I didn't want that. Now that the lifter is free, I adjusted the valve lash and no more miss.

stlranger

hokay, so, The rebuilt computer has an XFX motherboard with Nvidia chipsets, a PNY Nvidia GTS 250 with 1mb onboard memory, two 2MB GSkill DDR3 RAM sticks, an Intel Core 2 Quad processor 2.66 GHz. I kept everything else, which was an Antec 500 watt power supply, two 250 gb Seagate hard drives, optical drive, floppy (though I'm not sure why I have one in the first place... I don't use floppies anymore) and a Dynex card reader. All that crammed into a plain beige Antec case. Almost didn't have enough room for the huge graphics card.

LeoLeonardo

Posted 7 months ago	[ Reply ] [ Quote ] [ Conversation ]
"version of 7 that I want is very expensive. " Well all versions of Windows 7 are cheaper then Vista...... Sooooo....

DvanP123

Fuuuuuuuuuck

Posted 7 months ago	[ Reply ] [ Quote ] [ Conversation ]
I don't know. I guess just because it's cheaper. I am still looking around for good deals on better products, though. The only things that are for sure going to be a part of my computer are the ones I've already purchased.