Idling truck while I went on a 90 minute bike ride. STILL IDLING when I got back.
Posted Sep 27, 2022, 9:52 PM UTC
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Rolled up to a community center parking lot to start a bike ride in the mountains. I probably spent 10 minutes getting ready, then went on a NINETY minute ride up a mountain. I was dumbfounded when I got back and the same truck, with the same driver, was still idling in the same parking space. Why in the hell wouldn't you just turn it off?! Why does the engine NEED to be on? carbrain idiot...
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Carbrain here
Everyone else “Hi carbrain”
It’s actually potentially not great for the engine to idle for excessively long times. The oil pressure at idle is low. Idling for a little bit is ok, but designers kinda assume that you are actually going to be driving and engineer with that assumption.
I think I remember that some 5.7L Chrysler V8s used in cop Chargers (who idle a lot) had issues with cam lobes getting worn down prematurely when the engine was left to idle a lot because of inadequate oil flow to the cams at idle. Again if you were to use the engine normally and not idle for hours on end, it would be fine.
So I generally try to avoid idling when possible.
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Is it hot out, maybe running AC? It's probably not the most comfortable place to spend time in with a kid so I'd guess there are some extraneous circumstances.
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A) why are we making excuses for this behavior?
B) no, it was very temperate, probably mid 60s.
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When I hear about a family sitting in a car for 90 minutes, I don't think of them as a privileged family doing that by choice.
And if they are disadvantaged I wouldn't put the blame of being forced to use a car for shelter on them. It's an issue much bigger than them and they're fairly helpless to control.
Then again I could be wrong and they're just wasting gas, but I try not to vilify everyone I see. These are people you eventually have to win over if you want to see change in our society.
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Someone who drives this is really not the kind of person i give a shit about winning over. And some people just idle and idle but at least it is illegal to do that where i am.
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Shhhh! You’re being logical in this subreddit. People are gonna go after you for using your brain!
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gaz is way to cheap in the us i see.
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Spoken like a true European who’s angry/jealous that gas is a lot cheaper here. Sorry we don’t tax the hell out of everything here in America. Some of us like to keep more money in our pockets ;)
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Gas subsidies make American gas cheap, not the lack of taxes.
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And the infrastructure amounts to a blood tax.
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that why poor die du to lack of healthcare. :3 land of the fee
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Damn right it’s the land of the free! Why should you and I pay for someone’s healthcare? My family takes priority, sorry.
Additionally, it’s our money and we should be able to keep more of it in our wallets. This isn’t an unreasonable stance. This is why Europeans make less money than Americans. Too much taxes! UGH NO THANK YOU 😊
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Most European countries have a lower GDP per capita than the US and yet beat it in all sorts of quality of life indices, like life expectancy, reporter happiness, freedom, etc.
But sure, keep pretending that 4 lane stroads and the ability of letting your neighbor die because he can't pay for medical treatment is true freedom.
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The US is the richest country in the world and Europe destroyed itself twice, so comparing incomes takes more nuance than that.
So you are fine with parasitic rich elites taking 99% of the value of your labor, but humans helping each other out with healthcare is a bridge too far? That makes no sense to me. Unionize, strike, fight back against wealth disparity. With class solidarity we can all be better off.
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I live somewhere where gas is only a little over $3/gal, and I think thats absolutely unacceptable. Gas prices - here, where I live - should be double if not triple what they are here, where I live. So I suspect its not a matter of envy.
(And as an aside, 'jealousy' and 'envy' are different words. 'Jealousy' is worrying that someone else might take something you have. 'Envy' is wanting something someone else has.)
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i clearly don't get any jealousy about the us.... drive for hours every day on those huge road is a huge no me.
yes the gaz is expensive here. but i use like 16l per week wen i work. so i don't think i pay as much as the average American.
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Watch that money burn when your car gets smashed by a bigger truck.
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What do you mean? I drive a truck! You’ll be the one getting smashed in your tiny smart car.
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Lol, I use the bus which will reduce your car to atoms.
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You know you're not the only one with a truck, right?
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Obviously gas is way cheap in this area
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DEFINITELY complains about gas prices.
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My favorite is when you are in the outdoor seating of a dive on a windless day, and they have parking right in front, so some Karen will invariably drive up and leave the SUV running while she does her beauty and social media routine, gassing the whole lunch crowd on the pavilion.
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That person probably complains the loudest about high gas prices.
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Gas is too cheap.
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Guy just got divorced.
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I went to a store a couple weeks ago, and someone left their engine running while they were in the store. The door was even open. Crazy idiots.
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get an EV if you need to do that ffs. supreme idiot smh
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probably homeless person living in their van. i watch a few youtube channels of homeless people living in their cars and vans and they idle vehicles all day and night
Doubtful. Was a pretty well put together woman with her kid in the cab. (I know that doesn't mean they COULDN'T be experiencing homelessness, but makes it a lot less likely). I think it was a lazy, entitled human.
This is why gas needs to be more expensive. Like, at least triple.
That’s not how supply and demand works.
How do gas subsidies play into supply and demand?
You're right. I'm suggesting to stop all oil&gas subsidies, and start charging a carbon tax to undo the damage we've done for the last century. Ideally, we'd also add weight-based road use taxes to discourage large heavy vehicles like this.
Homeless people can be well-put together…
That’s expensive.