Steering: what to do with thumbs?

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by FRSBRZGT86FAN

Exactly and definitely makes no sense in a Crown Victoria with a decent steering ratio and it's power steering

Add the knob so the spotlight doesn't look so bad. #hellafunctional

[finch1750]

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by soulreapersteve

This thread has satiated my need for old stories.

I'm good for 2 weeks now.

Just imagine Ultra, Hum and myself sitting around swapping tales if we could actually speak in real time.
Although you are all close enough we could make that happen someday. Maybe we could talk Dadhawk into the trip as well.
I just picture Steve sitting on the floor with eyes wide in wonder at our stories of yore (probably muttering bullshit under his breath).

[PureShield]

What's up with all of the derpy posts lately?

[Ultramaroon]

Happy people enjoying life?

[Sarlacc]

Are these the knobs you are talking about?



Those were useful on the forklifts I used to drive a long, long time ago.

There's nothing like the sound of toppling pallets of beer in glass bottles to wake you up in the morning.

[Packofcrows]

Originally Posted by pushrod

When I steer, I sometimes use a false grip so that there's no chance of getting my thumbs caught if I have to countersteer quickly. One time I was offroading in an old Toyota, and I stubbed my thumb a bit when I hit a big rock with the left tire. The truck didn't have a steering damper, and the wheels had a large, positive scrub radius, so it really moved the wheel.

chop them off!

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Sarlacc

Are these the knobs you are talking about?



Those were useful on the forklifts I used to drive a long, long time ago.

There's nothing like the sound of toppling pallets of beer in glass bottles to wake you up in the morning.

Yup. That's a nice one.

Check out this example. Note the handy bottle opener. Still not as deadly as a touch screen, IMHO.

[Sarlacc]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Yup. That's a nice one.

Check out this example. Note the handy bottle opener. Still not as deadly as a touch screen, IMHO.

I see... That looks... functional

Touch screens are nasty in cars. I'd rather have rows of buttons.
Preferably large flip or pull/push buttons so you can check their settings by touch. I miss my '89 merc sometimes... it was very tactile.

[RustySocket]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Oh, I get too wrapped up in actually trying to accomplish stuff at work. I'll never understand the culture that values deflection of accountability over actually getting shit done.

That's all that Hope and Change taking effect...

[Sarlacc]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Oh, I get too wrapped up in actually trying to accomplish stuff at work. I'll never understand the culture that values deflection of accountability over actually getting shit done.

Originally Posted by RustySocket

That's all that Hope and Change taking effect...

As an European I know very little about Hope and Change, other that it's an Obama thing.

But people who value deflection of accountability over actually getting shit done, those I know.

I've been stuck in the middle of organization charts with those people over, under and to either side of my little rectangle.
But I never thought of it as a culture, I always saw it as fear. A paralysing fear of being responsible for something that goes wrong.

Personally, I've been responsible for lots of things that went wrong. And I have taken charge of fixing most of them.
But once in a while, I have taken responsibility for stuff that has turned out quite OK. And that's a good feeling. A feeling those paralysed people with their frightened little minds never get to have.

[soulreapersteve]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Just imagine Ultra, Hum and myself sitting around swapping tales if we could actually speak in real time.
Although you are all close enough we could make that happen someday. Maybe we could talk Dadhawk into the trip as well.
I just picture Steve sitting on the floor with eyes wide in wonder at our stories of yore (probably muttering bullshit under his breath).

Road trip time!

[RustySocket]

Originally Posted by Sarlacc

As an European I know very little about Hope and Change, other that it's an Obama thing.

But people who value deflection of accountability over actually getting shit done, those I know.

I've been stuck in the middle of organization charts with those people over, under and to either side of my little rectangle.
But I never thought of it as a culture, I always saw it as fear. A paralysing fear of being responsible for something that goes wrong.

Personally, I've been responsible for lots of things that went wrong. And I have taken charge of fixing most of them.
But once in a while, I have taken responsibility for stuff that has turned out quite OK. And that's a good feeling. A feeling those paralysed people with their frightened little minds never get to have.

Keep doing what your doing and you will likely be very successful in life. Step outside that box and amazing things will happen, doors will open. I have employees who embrace their job, they take initiative and are accountable, others come in and punch the clock and get through the day and wonder why someone else got the promotion.


Unfortunately that response is no longer the norm.


We are training young people to rely on others to fix what is wrong in their lives rather than empowering them and no longer lead by example. It is a cultural thing. The behavior is learned.


I will stop and leave it at that as I am likely starting to offend as that is not my intent, nor do I wish to debate politics on a car forum.

[RustySocket]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Supposedly for snow plowing but really just because he liked tractors. And old in repairable cars, and dump trucks that never hauled anything, and just about anything he could get for free and pile up in the fields. He was the king of the Canadian rednecks to his dieing day. Hell we even had a school bus with no wheels and a 1942 road grader at one point.

I have a friend who works in finance downtown Seattle. His spends his free time driving the backroads in either his Tesla or 911Turbo looking for old Ford 9N's sitting around that he can buy to restore. He has absolutely no use for them. He says that it is relaxing and gets a sense of satisfaction from it. You never know what makes people tick. He also likes old outboard motors.... doesn't own a boat...