Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E.R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.usage.english Subject: Re: GNU Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2026 13:28:55 +0200 Lines: 45 Message-ID: References: <1rsoqz0.19zzbh71ebfb7bN%snipeco.2@gmail.com> <18a11176d0ed8bfb$1717$2710841$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <10q9dle$u3sq$1@dont-email.me> <1rspefm.1yoofvr1xiiol1N%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <10qc65n$1silm$23@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net aAiiRLuyUKqrqvIlRjRVaA3U6lik3ESUTTG9ffKqRcSe5d8Cns X-Orig-Path: Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:Q3VCvWpezWGVfrOAce6Fl/HZPzo= sha256:XfFSZBXh+UI/WAmfVNX9wrftqlgjdaRfXp4LD1cN04A= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: es-ES, en-CA In-Reply-To: X-Leafnode-NNTP-Posting-Host: 127.0.0.1 Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:84845 alt.usage.english:1141798 On 2026-03-31 01:42, Tony Cooper wrote: > On 30 Mar 2026 19:57:57 GMT, rbowman wrote: > >> On Mon, 30 Mar 2026 09:46:54 -0400, Tony Cooper wrote: >> >>> My grandparents had a Chrysler 4-door with fluid drive. To accelerate >>> from a stop, the driver accelerated until the car was moving and then >>> released pressure on the pedal until the transmission shifted into high >>> range. No clutch. >> >> I had a '49 Chrysler New Yorker that had the generation prior to the >> PowerFlite. >> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presto-Matic >> >> Worst of all worlds. I'd pulled transmissions without a jack but when I >> took the full weight of that cast iron beast I realized I was going to set >> a personal best bench press record. I rented a transmission jack to >> reinstall it. >> >> My girlfriend also had moments with the car when she became the designated >> driver. It was a cast iron straight 8 engine with no power steering. No >> problem on the road but parallel parking in front of her apartment was >> interesting. > > I don't know the year of my grandparent's Chrysler, but the third > digit would have been a 4. > > It has "suicide" rear doors. One day, I was in the back seat and the > door was not fully closed. We were on Fall Creek Parkway going about > 30 mph. I opened it to slam it shut, and the wind caught it and > pulled me out. I landed in the street, rolling, but unhurt. Luckily, > there was no one behind us. > > Those of us old enough to have had cars with no power steering or > windows all remember how much effort it took (although the steering > wheels were larger in those days) to parallel park, and remember > almost crashing because we leaned over to roll up or down the > passenger side window and took our eyes off the road. Indeed. But the car I had like that was also only 850 Kg. -- Cheers, Carlos. ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;