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The Wolseley 15/60 🇬🇧 is an automobile which was produced from 1958 to 1961, and then, as the Wolseley 16/60, from 1961 to 1971. The 15/60 was the first of the mid-sized Pinin Farina-styled automobiles manufactured by the British Motor Corporation (BMC). Launched in December 1958 as part of BMC's Wolseley brand, the design would eventually be shared with seven other marques...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolseley

Argh car dependency sucks.
2 cars, 3 adults

I need to go into the office three days this coming week.
Wife has appointments all week.
Kid needs to get to work.

And then one car goes into “threaten to overheat” mode this weekend. Can’t trust that, to the shop it goes…

Hey, Borrow a car from snowbird Mom and Dad! Two in their garage just sitting there!

Except… neither of their trickle chargers worked right and two dead batteries (one in a hybrid, not gonna mess with that pack)

Managed to jump one, got it on the charger and it seems OK but Monday will tell…

Hoping the 21 year old (car) has an easy cooling system fix the shop can manage on Monday…

#TodayILearned that there was a myth that the wings on the rear of the 1959 Chevy Impala (you know, the squinting Batman-looking one) generated unsafe amounts of lift at speed. In 2006, Motor Trend Classic magazine busted that myth by putting the car into a wind tunnel and concluded that “the only way to make these fins produce lift is to drive backwards.”

It took 47 years, but myth busted.

#cars #classicCars #vintageCars

Video:

motortrend.com/videos/0_ekjpwe

From: blenderdumbass . org

We all love some mayhem when it comes to playing games. And nothing makes car games more satisfying than damage models. RockStar Games understood it early on, and all GTA games have breakable cars. Today some of the most popular car games like BeamNG.drive holding on a reali...

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blenderdumbass . orgMaking Breakable Cars in Video Games