I have owned various Seiko quartz watches since the mid/late 1970s, including the famous "astronaut" watch. Now I have a couple of recent mechanical auto winders, along with my father's old auto winder from the 1960s-1970s(?).
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Old Technology That is Still Better Than It's Modern Day Tech Replacement
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I recently found my dad's old Bulova autowinder that my mom bought him in 1954. Thought he had lost or broken it back in the '80s so it was a surprise when I found it among some of his things. It needs a new crystal and to be regulated, but I plan to get that done. I can remember it always being on his wrist when I was a kid.
Almost every vehicle with an automatic runs a lower final drive gear (some under 2.0:1) in automatics than they do in manual transmission cars. It helps the vehicle with the manual to get moving to have a higher final drive ratio, perhaps 2.5:1 or more. As a result, the engine turns fewer revs and burns less gas in the automatic. Of course, there's also the torque converter in the automatic, which helps the car get moving with the low final drive ratio.
I understand that an increasingly small percentage of the public wants to drive manual transmission cars now. It's all our loss, because even BMW has dropped manual transmissions from many of their cars. I know that their sport shifting algorithms and shift paddles help give more control, but that doesn't mean I like them. I also drove a CVT for four years in a Nissan Murano, and it's one reason I sold the car. I would prefer not to own another, even though some are electronically governed to feel they are shifting like a normal automatic transmission.
I have a 2008 BMW 328ix Sportwagon with a six-speed manual. It has 114K miles and I'd like to drive it for another 10+ years, as I really enjoy the car and the transmission. I can spend a fair amount of money keeping it up without coming close to the cost of a new (or more recent used) car.
you're saying after they lock up the torque converter there is a final upgear to 2:1 engine revs?
Probably as long as it will take for no one left on earth to refer to "dialing" a phone number.
A manual transmission serves the same purpose. Also, no one has ever stolen one of my cars with no club attached.
Nope, I'm suggesting that the torque converter helps the car get moving even though the final drive gear doesn't provide much mechanical advantage from a dead stop.
Did someone already mention safety razor? In not, safety razor.
Otherwise, non-ironic beard.
Otherwise, non-ironic beard.
I seem to have acquired most of the available colours for the Parker 51. both Vacumatic and Aeromatic. Do like the green with gold cap and the blue diamond best. But you really should try a Pelikan, what nice pens.
At the cultural museum this morning I was looking at their 2-handed swords I thought, "That has to be a satisfying way to kill a person!"
I actually got a 1970s Pelikan 120 at a thrift shop once for $0.25! It cost me thirty-five bucks to get the nib straightened, but yes, it's a great pen.
I have several Parker 51s, including a couple of desk pens. No doubt some of the most reliable fountain pens ever made.
Is that where the expression "thinking outside the box" originated?
Although my penmanship is atrocious, I'm drawn to the great things that you can do with fountain pens, that cannot be done with other pens. Fountain pens let you bring out variations in the saturation of an ink, as well as its color. Some pen/ink/paper combos even bring out wild two-tone effects where multiple distinct colors can be seen in each pen stroke. (Check out the "top 10 sheening inks" video from Goulet Pens, on YouTube.) Additionally, certain nibs allow you to vary the thickness of your lines. A stub nib is rectangular in shape, to allow downstrokes to come out thicker than cross strokes. Flex nibs let you increase line thickness by pressing harder on the paper, when you write.
Laycock d'Normanville or something else vampire-ish sounding. My 1973 1800ES had that. It was activated by a stalk on the column, and only available when the transmission was in 4th gear.
