Reply With QuoteI'd be a diesel as well. My reason is becaus no matter how hard the wind is when we go out for a bike ride I always want to pull myself, or who ever else wants to be pulled. I climb slow too, but I will never walk again.
I'd really like to be a high performance race engine but my speeds are not there yet.
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07-04-2007, 01:48 PM #1
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A diesel engine...
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That's what my husband called me because I can climb most anything, just really slowly, just like all those trucks that are climbing passes in the breakdown lane.
I guess I should be glad I'm not a lawn mower.
If you were an engine, what kind would you be?
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07-04-2007, 01:56 PM #2
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07-04-2007, 02:21 PM #3
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I'd be a hybrid: I kick into overdrive under pressure, but coast at a low, easy, efficient cadence on the flats
If you don't grow where you're planted, you'll never BLOOM - Will Rogers
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07-04-2007, 02:38 PM #4
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The little one...
I often tell my BF that I am the Little Engine that Could. Not always speedy, but I get there. Eventually!
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07-04-2007, 03:24 PM #5
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And we're all bio-diesel
Originally Posted by Veronica
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07-04-2007, 03:44 PM #6
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Three-stroke 1967 Saab 9-6 that needs the oil mixed into the gasoline in precise proportions in the gas tank.
High maintainence, and a little odd...
(eh-hem, or should I say "unique")
(can't remember if the '67 was a three-stroke or a two-stroke.)"If Americans want to live the American Dream, they should go to Denmark." - Richard Wilkinson
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07-04-2007, 03:52 PM #7
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An eternal combustion engine.
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07-04-2007, 04:45 PM #8
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An engine in need of a tune-up. Carboration is poor (asthma), prone to over-heating, and liable to backfire a any moment. Not particularly fast, either. Still, it's the one I have. Gotta love those dual quads, though!
Give big space to the festive dog that make sport in the roadway. Avoid entanglement with your wheel spoke.
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07-04-2007, 04:46 PM #9
I like bikes
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Yeah, Knot... me too. maybe I'm a Corvair.... lol
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07-04-2007, 07:14 PM #10
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From the description below, which I found on a car repair site...I'm an engine that falters in the cold! This paragraph describes me perfectly unless it is about 75-80 degrees out!
Well, a variety of things would cause sputtering and hesitation. When the engine is cold, the thickness of oil is greatly increased, and may not make it all the way up to the top of the valves and that would make the engine rumble and die. Colder temperatures also would make a throttle stick, causing hesitation. Your choke may be sticky. Maybe your temperature sensor is off, and is registering the 'cold' temp colder than it actually is. At any rate, plan an extra minute or two and LET YOUR CAR WARM UP before you drive it. It happens when its cold out."The best rides are the ones where you bite off much more than you can chew, and live through it." ~ Doug Bradbury
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07-04-2007, 07:54 PM #11
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My first car was a '64 Plymouth Valiant. Slant 6 engine, man they just go and go and .... I sold it at 160,000 miles, that car's probably still on the road.
Slow to get started, powerful once she gets going, ran very smooth but tends to be in too big a gear. Give her oil changes, regular tune ups, that's about it.
Of course this was before power anything, interior was comfy but very basic.
Shocks and suspension kinda creaky though
Fancy Schmancy Custom Road bike ~ Mondonico Futura Legero
Found on side of the road bike ~ Motobecane Mixte
Gravel bike ~ Salsa Vaya
Favorite bike ~ Soma Buena Vista mixte
Folder ~ Brompton
N+1 ~ My seat on the Rover recumbent tandem
https://www.instagram.com/pugsley_adventuredog/
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07-05-2007, 05:29 AM #12
Mmmmm.....chocolate
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By the amount of sweat I produce, I think I would be a steam engine.....slowly chugging away, dripping as I go.....and fueld by logs of chocolate.....
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07-05-2007, 07:14 AM #13
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My butt/legs have been referred to as my "big block v8" because of their size and my tendancy to be a predatory sprinter/attacker
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07-05-2007, 08:22 AM #14
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Sounds like I'm a '64 Plymouth Valiant with a slant 6, then!! Originally Posted by Trek420
My first car was a '64 Plymouth Valiant. Slant 6 engine, man they just go and go and ....
Slow to get started, powerful once she gets going, ran very smooth but tends to be in too big a gear.
Shocks and suspension kinda creaky though
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07-05-2007, 12:23 PM #15
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My ex was into all things motor-driven and he always used to say that I'm like a four-stroke engine - lots of low end torque and a broad power band. Hills aren't a problem, just put-put-put until you get to the top. Now he on the other hand was a two-stroke engine with only two modes... idling while sputtering blue smoke and high-revving screaming chainsaw madness.
