mikeyantonakakis
Mikey
mikeyantonakakis

Yes. It has only one variating pulley, the rear pulley is a fixed diameter. The front pulley uses weighted swing arms to provide an axial force on the variating sheave. The closing of the sheaves adds tangential force (i.e. belt tension). Since the belt is a fixed length and width, to account for the changing

The sound is totally, utterly wrong for most of the cars.

My moped has a manual CVT, get with the 20th century

Because of the first law of thermodynamics? You can't get more energy out than you put in.

Ah, just Greek people taking video?

I managed to get the charge refunded (or, at least a promise of a refund within a week). The first guy I talked to literally threw his hands in the air after 60 seconds of talking to me and just walked away. All I did was call him out when he said they never put any pressure on her during the sales process. I asked

Realized part of my reply was missing, too late to edit so posting it again:

just went over her paperwork now. They charged her $300 for the Theft Code. I explicitly asked what they were charging $300 for because he literally crossed out "theft code" on the credit app sheet. He explained it as a delivery fee or something, and answered "yes" when I asked "so 'theft code' is a typo?"

They need to sell a minimum number of zero-emission vehicles, Doug.

Oh I'm with you, just making a joke about the new Focusesesse

THANK YOU. Please keep it up. I recently had an encounter buying a car with my girlfriend where the salesman was great, honest, open, and helpful. The sales manager was the polar opposite, and I, as an overall "nice guy" had to get very stern to shut him down and shut him up. We asked for a quote on a monthly payment

A Greek General Lee? I don't know what to think...

I give it 5.

Oh, definitely nothing that can go wrong here, especially when "it proved much too difficult to control"

I always *almost* try to say hello to K-9s, but then remember at the last second that such behavior is generally frowned upon. Thanks for the cuteness!

I think if you and I ran a car company, it'd be the best company ever.

Good thinking.

This is exactly correct.

If it's got good compression, check the AFM. Those suckers go bad all the time. And you guys aren't running a wideband O2 sensor?