yeah no zipper and with the thigh length leggings, it's not like you can pull the one side over to expose the exhaust port. Hmm, someone needs to design a overlapping 'flap' system (think male undies front but for the rear)
I won't buy an automatic. And since I have never needed help getting a MT car to move off from a full stop even on a hill, there simply isn't anything in that little task that's 'broken' to the point of needing 'fixing'.
its not as common in super long endurance races that a few seconds or even a couple of minutes dont matter AS MUCH in the long run. Urine changes the PH level of the skin, and will quickly lead to chafing as it dries, unlike sweat.I have friends that will pee on the bike (or run) leg of a tri - I don’t even pee in the swim, too much respect for my kit ... lol
Now a (intentional) turd in a Tri suit, that would be interesting ...
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I don't 'need' Hill Hold but it is so much better than a handbrake there is no reason to go back. I certainly wouldn't turn off something that is better than before !
Fair question, and the results of such a poll might be interesting depending on how it was phrased. For most of us older folks, cruise control was rare to the point where it might as well have not existed at all. So we learned how to drive at a reasonably constant pace all by ourselves (some of us getting better at it than others). It's simply the way cars were driven, so you just learned how to drive that way and didn't worry about it.
Why?
My take is that older generations tend to be more selective about which new technologies they're going to embrace.
All I can say here is that the advantage of CC or even ACC over the driver having to control his vehicle's speed all by himself isn't in any conceivable way, shape, or manner comparable to the advantage the car has over the horse.
I don't use the handbrake for a hill start either, just don't seem to need the help. While I can't say I never have used a car's handbrake for that purpose, I can't remember when the last time was, or even which car I might have been driving. Could have been the car I last drove back around 1995.
actually we did have ACC back in the day. if the horse was feeling good and had clear field ahead of him he'd speed up even without the lash. And if a coyote or rattlesnake was in the way he'd activate the emergency stop and swerve mode. And if in a convoy of wagons he'd walk as fast as the wagon ahead would let him.
You probably consider my '08 GT in the same category. Know what? It's nice to have a car that can't even try to do so many things for you (the way somebody else thinks they should be done).
So, I was reading this thread and you were the last one on page 4 talking car tech. I jumped ahead to page 7 and found a perfectly out of context post...
on behalf of the last 3 pages I apologize. This is what happens when you don't have active (or paid) moderators.
Lol, I dig it.on behalf of the last 3 pages I apologize. This is what happens when you don't have active (or paid) moderators.
It's all Norm's fault. He's a troublemaker!
Norm, please notice the laughing emoji's. That's humor.
As we say at work when some one rips a fart of questionable dryness, that's gonna itch when it dries.
A steep hill start is impossible (and poor driving technique) without a handbrake. Jumping from foot brake to gas and lifting the clutch you will roll backwards which in the UK is an instant fail of the driving test.