What is some of your Pet Peeve's

[Too many Kubotas]

My refrigerator interior lights do that gradual thing.

Must be a halfway large fridge for you to be in there and find out.

 

[gstrom99]

New(er) pickup trucks that always have 4 headlights on, that are BLINDINGLY bright.

 

[Oaktree]

My latest is the dome lights in vehicles which automatically shut off. I turned it on because I wanted the damned thing on! If I forget to shut it off that's my problem.

Can't say dome-light timeout has been a big concern for me, but a related peeve is keyless-start vehicles' "accessory" function (ie-when you push the button without pressing the brake). Many has been the time I've been sitting in the car trying to listen to the radio while my wife's shopping only to have it time out every 10 min.

 

[mrmikey]

Many has been the time I've been sitting in the car trying to listen to the radio while my wife's shopping only to have it time out every 10 min.

Mines adjustable thru the radio for 5 to 60 minutes I believe....it's been awhile since I set it.

 

[Jstpssng]

Can't say dome-light timeout has been a big concern for me, but a related peeve is keyless-start vehicles' "accessory" function (ie-when you push the button without pressing the brake). Many has been the time I've been sitting in the car trying to listen to the radio while my wife's shopping only to have it time out every 10 min.

It's the same thing.

 

[BravoXray]

They could give us the carburetor that yields 300 mpg, but no, they have to work on the dome lights. I think the bed light on my truck comes on and auto off too when you open the door. BS

Unless you use a fusion reactor to fuse the hydrogen in the gas, it's not possible. Not enough heat energy in a gallon to move a vehicle 300 miles, unless you can do it on less than a 1/5th of a horsepower. Simple thermodynamics.

 

[Jstpssng]

Unless you use a fusion reactor to fuse the hydrogen in the gas, it's not possible. Not enough heat energy in a gallon to move a vehicle 300 miles, unless you can do it on less than a 1/5th of a horsepower. Simple thermodynamics.

Oh, come on. That story has been around for as long as I can remember so it has to be true!
Some guy out in California Michigan Florida invented it. The oil industry auto manufacturers DEP didn't want us to have anything which worked that well so they bought it stole it imprisoned him on false charges.

Aside from the reasons you mention, I assume that generating so much heat would fry a conventional engine just as you burn your valves when the timing is too far advanced.

 

[WinterDeere]

Oh, come on. That story has been around for as long as I can remember so it has to be true!
Some guy out in California Michigan Florida invented it. The oil industry auto manufacturers DEP didn't want us to have anything which worked that well so they bought it stole it imprisoned him on false charges.

Aside from the reasons you mention, I assume that generating so much heat would fry a conventional engine just as you burn your valves when the timing is too far advanced.

lol... just like everything is a "disrupter" in today's advertising, and turning "industry on it's head".

I didn't check Bravo's math, but wouldn't be surprised if it's right. There's a fixed amount of potential energy in one gallon of gasoline, and forward motion requires an amount of energy to equal friction (rolling + air resistance), which is proportional to speed. Ignoring acceleration, which is where most fuel is consumed, even a 100% efficient engine is going to use fuel in proportion to speed. With a rolling start, it may be possible to travel 300 miles of flat land on one gallon of fuel, but only at an unacceptably low speed.

 

[Too many Kubotas]

With a rolling start, it may be possible to travel 300 miles of flat land on one gallon of fuel, but only at an unacceptably low speed.

Please, don't let logic and pesky facts stand in the way of such a great invention.

 

[Eagle1]

VW claims 300 mpg or 100k per liter in 2014