One time my mom unlocked the Schlage lock on the house's front door with the ignition key for a Grand Am.
She still has no idea how that worked. She was in a hurry, still holding the ignition key, popped it in the door and unlocked it, pulled the key out, then looked down and realized what she'd done.
I guess you really CAN get away with anything if you do it with confidence 
TIL that Curious George has no tail.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
Curious George is a fictional monkey who is the title character of a series of popular children's picture books written by Margret and H. A. Rey and illustrated by Alan Shalleck. Various media, including films and TV shows, have been based upon the original book series.
George is described as "a good little monkey, and always very curious". Despite being referred to as a monkey throughout the series, he is depicted without a tail.
Kids can't pronounce Chimpanzee?
Pete. (l33t FS) said:One time my mom unlocked the Schlage lock on the house's front door with the ignition key for a Grand Am.
She still has no idea how that worked. She was in a hurry, still holding the ignition key, popped it in the door and unlocked it, pulled the key out, then looked down and realized what she'd done.
I guess you really CAN get away with anything if you do it with confidence
So today I learned the knob in the ancient fridge freezer section is the control for the whole fridge temperature. When I turned it off the other day to thaw the block of ice out it stopped cooling entirely. Turned the knob back to 1 and the compressor kicked on immediately
TIL that the TU-95 Bear entered service in 1952 but didn't actually see combat for the first time until Syria in 2015.
TIL you could get a 78 or 79 Pontiac Phoenix (Nova) with an Iron Duke. I hope you're not in a hurry.
Today I learned that they have fairier competitions where you have some amount of time to make the shoes and shoe a horse. I watched it for a while and have no idea who wins or why but it was darn interesting. It was at the Vermont state fair.
Peabody said:TIL you could get a 78 or 79 Pontiac Phoenix (Nova) with an Iron Duke. I hope you're not in a hurry.
You could also get one in an 82 Camaro. I presume they built at least one, but I've sure never seen it.
In reply to Streetwiseguy :
I've seen about a dozen of them and considered building one as a mini stock. When my fellow mini stock competitors heard they went straight to the track owner and attempted to have Camaros banned from the class. I then told them I was joking and really had an AMC Spirit (also Iron Duke powered) at home that I was building. They really hated me and had no sense of humour.
Streetwiseguy said:Peabody said:TIL you could get a 78 or 79 Pontiac Phoenix (Nova) with an Iron Duke. I hope you're not in a hurry.
You could also get one in an 82 Camaro. I presume they built at least one, but I've sure never seen it.
I have, in a model new enough to have had a T4, or whatever the four speed common rail Borg-Warner trans was called.
I had a 1986 Auto Show guide that listed all cars sold in the US, including weird stuff like Bitters, showing base MSRP and option packages. They listed a 4 cylinder Camaro. They also listed that you could order an IROC-Z and substitute a four for a credit in the range of $1000.
NY Nick said:Today I learned that they have fairier competitions where you have some amount of time to make the shoes and shoe a horse. I watched it for a while and have no idea who wins or why but it was darn interesting. It was at the Vermont state fair.
Never knew it was that big a deal but my cousin is a fairier to the stars lol. His customers are all recognizable names
In reply to Pete. (l33t FS) :
That 78/79 Phoenix, you could get with a 3 spd manual
In reply to Peabody :
I was getting ready to buy a Malibu with a three speed manual. Like to say '81, it was definitely from before they renamed it G body.
That was the day I learned that not only did GM make 3 speed manuals well past their sell-by date, but they made manual transmission '78-87 midsizes.
Then I remembered that I had driven exactly three 3 speed manual cars, a '61 Rambler, a '69 Bronco, and a '50 Plymouth. And they all sucked. The Plymouth was mind-bogglingly smooth, at least, with its flathead six.
Streetwiseguy said:Peabody said:TIL you could get a 78 or 79 Pontiac Phoenix (Nova) with an Iron Duke. I hope you're not in a hurry.
You could also get one in an 82 Camaro. I presume they built at least one, but I've sure never seen it.
A friend of mine had an absolute base model 82 Camaro with the 2.5 Iron Duke. It was traded in at the dealership where his father worked when it was about two years old.
In reply to Pete. (l33t FS) :
I learned to drive in an A100, slant 6, 3 on the tree. I then graduated to a 76 Tradesman 100 slant 6, 3 on the tree. About the same time my buddy had a base Gremlin with the 232, 3 spd manual, on the floor. In each case, and especially with the Gremlin, I thought, this is perfect, why does any vehicle need more than 3 gears?
Im sure we've had this discussion before, but if not, and if you don't already know, you'll find the story of the Iraqi taxi interesting, Google it.
Today I learned that I have watched enough Australian YouTube (how ridiculous, mcm, etc) that my commercials are now spoken with an Australian accent.
Neat.
Today I learned that a new F150 will move it's own shift lever back up the "Park" when you open the door to see the edge so you can drive on to the flat hoist. I've seen lots of vehicles that won't move with the door open, but generally it's stuff with a rotary knob for a shift control. I opened the door, it wouldn't move, and then I couldn't figure out when I put it back in park. It physically slides the shifter back up. Very weird.
Now, if you combine that with the failure prone door pin switches in the older Fords, and you ain't movin' anywhere.
Streetwiseguy said:Today I learned that a new F150 will move it's own shift lever back up the "Park" when you open the door to see the edge so you can drive on to the flat hoist. I've seen lots of vehicles that won't move with the door open, but generally it's stuff with a rotary knob for a shift control. I opened the door, it wouldn't move, and then I couldn't figure out when I put it back in park. It physically slides the shifter back up. Very weird.
Now, if you combine that with the failure prone door pin switches in the older Fords, and you ain't movin' anywhere.
TIL that you need to correct the voice to text function when you send a picture captioned "Your bitchin' snow tires" to your wife after unpacking the winter tires/wheels for her new truck.
Following the 4 cyl availability surprise train of thought, my buddy Jay has a '69 nova with the Chevy 4-cyl (iirc 153 cubic inch), coupled to a cost-reduced variant of the Powerglide called the TorqueDrive. GM removed the valve body, so you had to manually shift it. And yes, you can start off in High, but you'd better have a lot of time to get where you're going.
when Jay bought the Nova, I learned two things: first, that the 4 cyl was available in the nova past 1967; second, torque drive. Man, I thought I knew everything about Chevys of the 1960s.
In reply to AngryCorvair (Forum Supporter) :
There was a manual shift version of the TH350, too!
I read about things like this, and other things like the anti-lock brakes that Ford and Chrysler had in the early 1970s, and wonder how much of it was vaporware, how much of it was low take rate, and how much of it was simply lost to time by the time I came of automotive age.
I've never seen anything but "normal" transmissions, "normal" brakes, aside from the HD Pontiac brakes that is, etc.
TIL that Madness' One Step Beyond is actually a cover. Prince Buster did it first.
Appleseed said:TIL that Madness' One Step Beyond is actually a cover. Prince Buster did it first.
And now I learned it too.
In reply to AngryCorvair (Forum Supporter) :
Both of those are new to me.
TIL that there was an entire series of NASCAR themed Harlequin romance books.
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