Tech and Gear
But who am I kidding? It doesn’t matter where they are, what they’re doing, and what the human drama is. The whole point are the cars. And cars are still the best thing about the series and this movie. There are cars aplenty: Italian cars, German cars, Japanese cars, and, of course, American cars (but no Korean?). The stunts are over the top and I sometimes chuckled about the ridiculousness of it all. But by the end of the movie there’s no denying I had fun.
Just after lunch yesterday, Michelle called that the Sentra’s engine was smoking and it stank. Signs of an overheat. Good thing she had already stopped the car. So I just asked her to let the engine cool, replenish the water in the coolant reservoir, and proceed to the parking.
Some helpful passersby also advised her to pour water over the radiator but I’m not too sure that helped much. Since the engine is off, coolant (if there is any left) is not circulating and that would mainly cool down the radiator and not the engine.
The Sentra’s Goodyear Eagle F1 GSD3 tires are rather old at over 5 years old. Almost all the tires have been cold-patched at least once for punctures, there are some cracks, and the tread is already at the minimum depth. It’s high time for a new set of shoes!
My first choice is of course the Goodyear Eagle F1 GSD3 as they performed pretty well for day-to-day drive and wore out quite long for performance tires. But they’ve become rather expensive and they’re not even in stock for the size I need (205/50/R16).
On-Board Diagnostics (OBD) is a generic term referring to a vehicle’s self-diagnostic and reporting capability. Through a port, it provides realtime data in addition to a standardized series of diagnostic trouble codes (DTC), which allow one to rapidly identify and remedy malfunctions within the vehicle. OBD-II is simply an improvement over OBD-I in both capability and standardization.
Leslie recently got back from NJ and today gave me the Ralco Short Throw Shifter (STS) Kit for the Genesis Coupe that I ordered and had delivered to him. It’s a complete kit containing a well-machined shifter (a very good copy of TWM Performance’s STS), a shiny height-adjustable shift knob (not gonna be installing this as I prefer the stock knob), shift boot retainer, and all the necessary nuts and bolts. Can’t wait to have it installed!
