Random Unthreadworthy Questions

[Cruiser]

I gotta pair of jeans that I really like but there's a couple spots where my giant freaking balls have rubbed a little bit of a thin spot in the material. So I wanna patch it from the inside to reinforce the areas so they don't turn into holes. In the past I've used some leftover badge magic with a face fabric over it.

What's the best patch material for this application?

[Mustonen]

Velvet.

[skaredshtles]

Velvet.

[garyfromterrace]

Yes

[KQ]

How did the US become a country that no longer believes in free and fair elections?

[skaredshtles]

How did the US become a country that no longer believes in free and fair elections?

To be fair, it's a portion of the population that is easily manipulated and not very smart.

[Buzzworthy]

Who’s looking forward to snow sliding activities?

[J. Barron DeJong]

Who’s looking forward to snow sliding activities?

Can’t start soon enough.

[old goat]

When I learned to start a car (60s) you depressed the accelerator part way and turned the key. Now you have to have your foot on the brake before you turn the key or press the button. When did it change and why? I can't remember the first car I had with the new method.

[BCMtnHound]

Two of our vehicles need the clutch depressed to start. The third (Chevy auto) you just turn the key.

Those newfangled hybrids at work you can never tell when they are on or off. Not a fan.

[anotherVTskibum]

When I learned to start a car (60s) you depressed the accelerator part way and turned the key. Now you have to have your foot on the brake before you turn the key or press the button. When did it change and why? I can't remember the first car I had with the new method.

Requiring the brake to be pressed is, I bring, universal with push button start but not with keyed ignitions. Neither my 2017 F-150 nor the 2022-present Transits I drive for work require the brake depressed when you turn the key.

I thought it might be a safety feature with pushbutton ignition, to keep small children from being able to start the car (at least until they can stand on the brake while pushing the button).

[jm2e]

Seems logical to keep the car from lurching forward or backward. Make the default a point of safety.


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[Djongo Unchained]

When I learned to start a car (60s) you depressed the accelerator part way and turned the key. Now you have to have your foot on the brake before you turn the key or press the button. When did it change and why? I can't remember the first car I had with the new method.

Electronics dood.
The new electronic transmissions in late 70's began requiring brake hold down. Signaled other parts to engage, i.e. starter motor.

Your 60's car had a carburetor that was fed mechanically so you were priming it. Newer electronic fuel injection, etc. would flood from that action.

[anotherVTskibum]

Seems logical to keep the car from lurching forward or backward. Make the default a point of safety.


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That's the intent of a clutch safety switch. I've never met an automatic that you could fire the ignition outside of park (auto stop start excluded)

[old goat]

Given that an auto can't start outside of park, it seems more likely that requiring foot on the brake is to keep said foot off the gas and flooding the engine, rather than as a safety feature. I still sometimes try to start with my foot on the gas, out of old old habit.
So the last car of mine that started the old way was probably the 73 Pinto, and not the 81 Toyota 4x4 PU. If I want to know for sure I could email Mona Lisa Gambini, nee Vito.

[Skistack]

It’s a safety feature so you don’t start the car with your foot accidentally on the gas instead of the brake and run over little Timmy.


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[Touring_Sedan]

Given that an auto can't start outside of park, it seems more likely that requiring foot on the brake is to keep said foot off the gas and flooding the engine, rather than as a safety feature. I still sometimes try to start with my foot on the gas, out of old old habit.
So the last car of mine that started the old way was probably the 73 Pinto, and not the 81 Toyota 4x4 PU. If I want to know for sure I could email Mona Lisa Gambini, nee Vito.

The gas pedal hasn't been connected to the throttle for at least the last 10 years. The pedal only tells the computer what you want, the computer decides how much fuel and air the engine gets to accomplish that. You couldn't flood a modern car if you tried.

[The AD]

Two of our vehicles need the clutch depressed to start.

Clutch? What's a clutch?

[old goat]

The gas pedal hasn't been connected to the throttle for at least the last 10 years. The pedal only tells the computer what you want, the computer decides how much fuel and air the engine gets to accomplish that. You couldn't flood a modern car if you tried.

So what you're saying is--if you can't run over Timmy with the car in Park and you can't flood the engine, there is no reason for your foot to be on the brake (or the gas). It would be a good idea if you couldn't shift out of park unless your foot is on the brake though. I can't remember if that is the case but I'll have to check next time I drive.

Clutch? What's a clutch?

A small purse.

Why do phone numbers need punctuation? Why do so many sites require dashes or occasionally parentheses? What's wrong with spaces (like Europe) or just run all the numbers together. I'm sure there's a highly technical reason. Enlighten me.

[Touring_Sedan]

So what you're saying is--if you can't run over Timmy with the car in Park and you can't flood the engine, there is no reason for your foot to be on the brake (or the gas). It would be a good idea if you couldn't shift out of park unless your foot is on the brake though. I can't remember if that is the case but I'll have to check next time I drive.

Your foot on the brake tells the car you want the engine started when you push the button, otherwise you just get accessory power.

Apply brake to shift has been around for decades too especially after all of the Timmy's that got squashed by moms Caravan in the early 2000's

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[J. Barron DeJong]

We had a manual 1988 Chevy Cavalier.

When my older brother was ~14, my dad asked him to go outside and start it to warm it up before driving to hockey. He started it and it jumped through the garage door.

So the brake to start thing became mandatory sometime after 1988, at least in Canada.

[jm2e]

Why is Mane ‘n Tail shampoo popular?


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[The AD]

Why is Mane ‘n Tail shampoo popular?

Horses are sexy. Duh.

[Mustonen]

We had a manual 1988 Chevy Cavalier.

When my older brother was ~14, my dad asked him to go outside and start it to warm it up before driving to hockey. He started it and it jumped through the garage door.

So the brake to start thing became mandatory sometime after 1988, at least in Canada.

I had a similar experience with my stepdad’s manual ‘76 Peugeot 504. Went to start it at about 14 or so and it jumped into my mom’s Astro van. No real harm, just beaters in that driveway, but the brake to start thing never made me scratch my head neither. First time I saw it in a car I said “oh yeah that makes sense.”

[gravitylover]

I had a similar experience with my stepdad’s manual ‘76 Peugeot 504. Went to start it at about 14 or so and it jumped into my mom’s Astro van. No real harm, just beaters in that driveway, but the brake to start thing never made me scratch my head neither. First time I saw it in a car I said “oh yeah that makes sense.”

The brake to start is an auto tranny thing, most manuals have gone to the clutch has to be pushed in. IMO that sort of sucks, I've had problems like the throwout bearing going out and having to start cars in gear. I dunno, maybe now that I'm (supposedly) a grown up I'd call for a tow?