alt Hacker NewsI’ve noticed Honda puts an emphasis on reducing stress. I have a 20 year old Honda which still runs fine because everything about it seems “overbuilt” - other owners say it runs fine without coolant, oil, etc - just keeps plugging along.
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jfindper • today at 4:15 PM
>other owners say it runs fine without coolant, oil, etc - just keeps plugging along.
This is called lying. They are lying.
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technothrasher • today at 4:08 PM
> other owners say it runs fine without coolant, oil, etc
Um, no. Go ahead dump your oil and coolant, go drive your car, and report back how "fine" it did.
(No, please don't actually do this. Although here's a guy who did, for the clicks. The Honda did impressively well, but it wasn't "fine". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyejT4VPzlE)
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You reminded me of a stunt/promotion I saw on TV in the 1970's where they drained the oil from a Japanese import and then ran the engine (red-lined it as I recall, perhaps a brick on the accelerator) until they blew the engine.
This was when there was a lot of grousing about those cheap (and fuel efficient!) Japanese cars catching on in the U.S. market.
Hilariously, the Japanese car just kept running and they had to intervene — maybe drain the radiator?
I wish I could find something about it but even ChatGPT comes up empty handed. Maybe it was a half-time stunt? I feel like it was in a stadium anyway.
(My first car was a used 1974 Datsun B210.)