Welp I finally fixed that damn alarm (lock then unlock with fob) but I’m back to the original issue. It starts but won’t idle I have to rev it to stay running but dies when it goes to idle (I’ve looked at idle air intake)
That has nothing to do with why heavier cars are safer... Its the same reason a train is safer than a car if the two get into a head on collision. Ignoring any crumple zones at all, assuming both vehicles are totally rigid. Car goes from 30mph to -28mph = 58mph deceleration Train goes from 30mph to 32mph = 2mph deceleration This is entirely because of mass. This is the reason heavier cars are safer in head on collisions against lighter vehicles. They experience less deceleration. There is no amount of "Except that cars are designed with their weight in mind" that has anything to do with the above fundamental laws of physics. Therefore if you give heavier cars an advantage, everyone starts building heavier cars. However, if both cars weight the same as a train: Car 'a' goes from 30mph to 0mph = 30mph deceleration Car 'b' goes from 30mph to 0mph = 30mph deceleration Therefore, no one is safer than if the cars weighed less. Except that the crash would have likely happened at 35mph because the tyres and brakes couldn't slow all of that mass down as quickly. Hence giving heavier cars an advantage, would start an arms race, that benefits nobody in the end.
But what if you hit a vehicle nearly as heavy (or maybe even heavier) and your car is also considered a heavy vehicle?
Its a ratio. So in the following cases, car B would have the exact same amount of advantage over car A. Car A = 5kg Car B = 6kg Car A = 5000kg Car B = 6000kg The ratios are both exactly the same. If... Car A = 5.9999999kg Car B = 6kg Then weight makes no real difference at all to the safety of either vehicle. At which point it all comes down to how well designed each vehicle is. Which is the point of crash testing, to improve the designs of vehicles to make them safer.
But it doesn't give a advantage to everything you might encounter. Yes, I'm referring to natural disasters.
I'm not quite sure what you are on about? For example, A 5000kg car vs a solid wall, will always be 30mph -> 0mph A 5kg car vs a solid wall, will always be 30mph -> 0mph So if the force you are up against, is classed as a natural disaster, you are frankly screwed either way. Since it will outclass your car no matter what it is. So if you are planning on driving into an earthquake, or over a collapsing bridge, take a car of whatever weight class you like. It won't affect whether you survive or not. EDIT: Just to clarify, when I say "bridge", I mean of the highway sort of scale of bridge. Not a rickety wooden one. In flooding, a heavier car would wade better, but in theory it would probably be safer to float. While I am willing to concede on that matter, I really dont think that is the sort of thing that should affect a crash test safety rating.
I'm often confusing TBH. Durability and body strength would be the only thing affecting how you'll end up. Speed can also be a factor.
Okay I’ve been looking online and I think it might be a vacuum leak but I’ll make sure in the morning
All in the same week the Yukon's driver window motor went out, a new leak has sprung somewhere in the back causing water to pool in the cargo area, and there's something up with the cooling system causing the mech fan to engage more than it used to. Fucking GM build quality.
Wait, so what you're saying is you never even tried to operate the alarm system properly before complaining it wasn't working. Lol
Except that not all people will have the biggest. Even in the most big-car-saturated time and place, 50s USA, you had different sizes (compact, short wheelbase fullsize, medium wheelbase fullsize, long wheelbase fullsize, some import subcompacts). Also, car weight would grow with advancements in handling, and I also meant bigger cars, with more crumple room.
If both of them are equally rigid, the heavier car will suffer more damage since greater force will be applied to it.
The heavier car will also optimally be bigger, with more crumple room, and would more likely be in an intervehicular collision.
Wnich are in the minority, and are helped by one of things counted in classes, size. (More car to crumple)
Convertible Mustang Update: It decided to start leaking like a sieve from the oil pan. This means that we've decided to rebuild the whole engine. I feel that's a logical solution. It also means I get to pull an engine! I've always wanted to do that. And it also means it's time for speed parts. Lots and lots of speed parts.
