The Official 2014 2nd Gen RAM Forum OT thread
All Star
Joined: Mar 2013
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From: Fargo, ND
I've got the old truck bug...For some of you who have owned old trucks(say 1970-80's) what are some of the problems with driving them year round? I figure being carbed and starting in the winter, but do they have bad heaters so the windows frost up or anything?
A well tuned carb will start just as well as fuel injection.
You do live up in bum **** it's cold as ***** land though
Champion
Joined: Jun 2012
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From: Iowa
Sounds fishy.
All of that sounds like he was too close.
If you're the appropriate distance, or more, behind a vehicle, especially on snow covered roads, a vehicle in front of you wouldn't require you to slam your brakes.
Case in point, several years ago we were driving up I77N to Virginia from Georgia for Christmas, roads were clear and dry, traffic was thick, a van in front of us and a car in front of them, van got brake checked and my pop in law who was driving was too close and had to hit his brakes, we slammed into the back of that van.
Had he not be too close he would of had to time slow down...
All of that sounds like he was too close.
If you're the appropriate distance, or more, behind a vehicle, especially on snow covered roads, a vehicle in front of you wouldn't require you to slam your brakes.
Case in point, several years ago we were driving up I77N to Virginia from Georgia for Christmas, roads were clear and dry, traffic was thick, a van in front of us and a car in front of them, van got brake checked and my pop in law who was driving was too close and had to hit his brakes, we slammed into the back of that van.
Had he not be too close he would of had to time slow down...
I wasn't following to close. Had the Mustang slowed down normally, even a little agressively, I would have been able to stop. But being a sports car they can stop so agressively that no matter if I am following the correct distance or not, I can't stop fast enough.
No I was not following to close, and I was not distracted. I still have no clue why the farking idiot brake checked me; had I been over 21 (insurance reasons) I probably would have just run right into him instead of skidding out of control for a few seconds. But so far I have an accident free record, considering I'm young and most of my miles have been with loaded trailers. I've had a few close calls and that's where I hope it stays right now.
My point; even at correct distances, when you're driving a truck, things change a bit if some itty bitty car stops suddenly.
If you have problems with frosted/fogged windows Rain X sells a anti-fog stuff for windows and it works well (frost is basically frozen fog, or whatever you want to call it/explain it as).
Grand Champion
Joined: Apr 2010
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From: Meeker, CO
Horse manure. If you've not got separation enough to react safely, you're following too closely.
Legend
Joined: May 2005
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From: Central Oklahoma
Completely strip the interior and and doors and insulate using Dynamat, Second Skin, or type of insulating material. As far as carburetion and winter starting, do what my dad did with his Nash in the 1950s -- he pulled the carburetor and stuck it in the freezer for a couple of hours. Once it was completely chilled, he adjusted the choke and reinstalled it on the engine. No problems with winter starting. Just remember when starting a carb'd vehicle to pump the accelerator pedal twice before starting the vehicle *unless* you replace the manual fuel pump with an electric style pump.
The only vehicles that have "bad heaters" per se, would be something earlier than the 1950s. Other than that, your post makes me laugh. Your post seems to equate vehicles from the 70s and 80s with vehicles from the 1920s.
Legend
Joined: Mar 2011
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From: Fredericksburg, Virginia
When you're driving 70 MPH in a 9,000lb truck, and plenty of room in front of you but you are following a brand new Mustang and they decide to brake check you, your brakes are working well, and they lock up. At 70MPH the RABS doesn't have a chance to act. Then you go into a skid.
I wasn't following to close. Had the Mustang slowed down normally, even a little agressively, I would have been able to stop. But being a sports car they can stop so agressively that no matter if I am following the correct distance or not, I can't stop fast enough.
No I was not following to close, and I was not distracted. I still have no clue why the farking idiot brake checked me; had I been over 21 (insurance reasons) I probably would have just run right into him instead of skidding out of control for a few seconds. But so far I have an accident free record, considering I'm young and most of my miles have been with loaded trailers. I've had a few close calls and that's where I hope it stays right now.
My point; even at correct distances, when you're driving a truck, things change a bit if some itty bitty car stops suddenly.
I wasn't following to close. Had the Mustang slowed down normally, even a little agressively, I would have been able to stop. But being a sports car they can stop so agressively that no matter if I am following the correct distance or not, I can't stop fast enough.
No I was not following to close, and I was not distracted. I still have no clue why the farking idiot brake checked me; had I been over 21 (insurance reasons) I probably would have just run right into him instead of skidding out of control for a few seconds. But so far I have an accident free record, considering I'm young and most of my miles have been with loaded trailers. I've had a few close calls and that's where I hope it stays right now.
My point; even at correct distances, when you're driving a truck, things change a bit if some itty bitty car stops suddenly.
