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The kind of folks I work with...
ah, problem found:
you're talking about a mulitiple lane, freeway.
i was talking about a winding country road..
cool, i know what you mean. yes, they should all
crown to the right. the ones here sort of V-crown..
the water collects in the middle, haha.
--- Tonee Northam <pb3vr6@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Four lanes total, two on the left, two on the right,
> crown in the middle.
>
> Lars Bruchmann <pilotlars@yahoo.com> wrote:you
> totally lost me, you said the crown was on the
> left. so both lanes tip to the right. the car coming
> at you would also tip to the right, which is his
> left.
> he would hit you.
> german roads are completely flat. no bumps, no dips,
> no hills, completely flat! they are perfect in every
> way! (big cheesy grin)
> --- Tonee Northam
> wrote:
>
> > You still float right, the crown is in the middle.
> > Two lanes on the left, that would be oncoming
> > traffic, then crown, then the left and right
> lanes.
> >
> > Lars, it's the US, not Germany.
> >
> > Lars Bruchmann
> wrote:
> > in that case, on coming traffic would pull into
> the
> > oncomming lane. how do you know which lane you are
> > on?? you let the wheel go, and either you float
> left
> > or right???
> > --- Tonee Northam
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Up here they put the crown on the far left so
> both
> > > the left and right lanes slope to the right.
> > >
> > > Lars Bruchmann
> > wrote:the crown
> > > is simply the angle of the lane. if you
> > > drive in the left lane, the crown is to the
> left.
> > so
> > > the car would tend to go left. it's just
> gravity.
> > > but i have heard that front drive cars are
> > designed
> > > so
> > > that if the wheels spin, the car will slide to
> the
> > > right, so as not to go into oncomming traffic.
> > this
> > > could also simply be from the crown on the road.
>
> > > --- Chris wrote:
> > >
> > > > It seems to me that somewhere I read that the
> > > > suspension is supposedly
> > > > designed to take into account the crown of
> > roads,
> > > > however, it was not to
> > > > make the car turn to the right but to keep you
> > > going
> > > > straight and avoid
> > > > irregular tire wear. The amount is minuscule
> and
> > > > would not cause the car
> > > > to pull noticeably to the right. I may have
> seen
> > > it
> > > > in the tire guy column
> > > > in EC mag. (Or a suspension article in EC or
> GRM
> > > > mag.)
> > > >
> > > > About noticeably pulling to the right being a
> > > > feature? Did this guy work
> > > > for Microsoft?
> > > >
> > > > Why is this guy driving business away by
> > > essentially
> > > > saying "There is
> > > > nothing wrong with your car." It most likely
> an
> > > > alignment problem which
> > > > would typically be non-warranty so the service
> > > could
> > > > have been performed at
> > > > the shop's regular rate. If it was a
> mechanical
> > > > defect under warranty then
> > > > the shop would at least get the warranty rate.
> > > >
> > > > Chris
> > > >
> > > > At 04:58 PM 11/26/2004 -0800, Rob Calderwood
> > > wrote:
> > > > >I heard that same pull to right BS from a
> sales
> > > > person years ago. It was
> > > > >in regards to a used Subaru.
> > > > >
> > > > >----- Original Message ----- From: "David
> > Utley"
> > > >
> > > > >To:
> > > > >Sent: Friday, November 26, 2004 12:10 PM
> > > > >Subject: O/T: The kind of folks I work
> with...
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >>Okay, this was too stupid not to share and
> > since
> > > > the list is slow...
> > > > >>
> > > > >>I just heard a story about one of the
> service
> > > > writers here, we have four
> > > > >>and -none- of them are mechanical at all...
> > > > First, a little background
> > > > >>on this fella. He has been with the company
> at
> > > > least 12 to 13
> > > > >>years. First, he was a car salesman. Next,
> he
> > > > was a finance
> > > > >>manager. Then he was new car manager over
> Kia.
> >
> > > > NOW, he is a service
> > > > >>writer (he is too good an ass-kisser to be
> > > fired,
> > > > I s'pose). Okay, he
> > > > >>was consoling a customer about their car
> > pulling
> > > > to the right... He
> > > > >>replied, " Oh, that is a feature of VWs,
> > that's
> > > > deliberate. They do that
> > > > >>so that if you fall asleep, it will go off
> the
> > > > road instead of into
> > > > >>traffic..." Okay, with that logic, then the
> > > > sludging problems with the
> > > > >>1.8Ts in the Passat is actually a feature
> that
> > > > stops the car from
> > > > >>over-revving, right? (banging head)...
> > > > >>
> > > > >>Okay, another story... One of the other
> > service
> > > > writers wrote a ticket
> > > > >>with the line description as follows:
> > 'Customer
> > > > states there is a noise
> > > > >>from the harmonic balancer, check radio and
> > > > replace as
> > > > >>necessary..." Like I said, they are not
> > > > mechanical...
> > > > >>
> > > > >>Have a good day today...
> > > > >>
> > > > >>David <--- Doing time in the stupid house,
> > yo...
> > > > >>
> > > > >>Chrome may make it bling, but it don't make
> > the
> > > > engine sing...
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > >
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