planeflyer21 Posted July 22, 2015 Report Share Posted July 22, 2015 Glad I have old beaters. This computerized crap has run its course. https://www.yahoo.com/tech/s/terrifying-hackers-over-jeep-driving-down-highway-70-191505442.html This can only mean one thing: Congress will feel the need to get involved in (further) regulating automobiles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shepp Posted July 22, 2015 Report Share Posted July 22, 2015 Yea all that CPU breaking and poop seems real sketchy to me!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmackc Posted July 22, 2015 Report Share Posted July 22, 2015 Real scary...specially since we bought a 2015 Tahoe with remote start in April. Maybe the old 1995 blue Silverado 1/2 ton will prove to be immune to such antics as car-hacking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue109 Posted July 22, 2015 Report Share Posted July 22, 2015 Nice truck...but why did you wrap it in tin foil? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmackc Posted July 22, 2015 Report Share Posted July 22, 2015 (edited) Going to put it in the giant smoker or is that a homemade Fariaday box? I have not decided yet since the freezer is full of animal meat and the emergency generator is gassed up and the battery is charged up, only have to unwrap the five layers of foil. The Edited July 22, 2015 by mrmackc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sisco Posted July 23, 2015 Report Share Posted July 23, 2015 Sounds like I will be driving my old Ram 1500 for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmackc Posted July 23, 2015 Report Share Posted July 23, 2015 (edited) I'll be driving "old Blue" from now on... Going on 20 years since new. 350 TB automatic overdrive. Edited July 23, 2015 by mrmackc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shepp Posted July 23, 2015 Report Share Posted July 23, 2015 (edited) I'll be driving "old Blue" from now on... Going on 20 years since new. 350 TB automatic overdrive. Wish my truck looked that good it's and o4 damn road salt has the rockers rotting out already Edited July 23, 2015 by shepp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toolndie7 Posted July 23, 2015 Report Share Posted July 23, 2015 Wish my truck looked thT good it's and o4 damn road salt hS the rockers rotting out already I hear ya, I have a 94 with a 6.5 running strong but you can see ground through the bottom door lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MLC Posted July 24, 2015 Report Share Posted July 24, 2015 This makes me miss my old '98 Nissan. The poor thing died last year. On a side note, the hackers shared their info with Chrysler, who has released a patch. The crappy part is you either have to update your car's software yourself or take it to a dealership. Well, the actual crappy part is people actually think they need their cars connected to the internet. I guess it's a good thing they fixed this vulnerability. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue109 Posted July 24, 2015 Report Share Posted July 24, 2015 Until the next hack... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shepp Posted July 24, 2015 Report Share Posted July 24, 2015 I'm watching T3 right now no sky net for me!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robocop1051 Posted July 25, 2015 Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 Wish my truck looked that good it's and o4 damn road salt has the rockers rotting out already What 3rd world country do you live in that still uses salt? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shepp Posted July 25, 2015 Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 What 3rd world country do you live in that still uses salt? Ohhhh just the upper Midwest. I know when we were in CO I said to my girlfriends bother in law, your truck must not seen winter or is it outta AZ (94 f250) he says nope they use blah blah out here. Wish theyd use it here!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planeflyer21 Posted July 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 That stuff is awesome! You can use a firehose to apply blah blah and still have no issues with rust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shepp Posted July 25, 2015 Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 That stuff is awesome! You can use a firehose to apply blah blah and still have no issues with rust. Lol I don't remember wth it was but Wisconsin needs to start using the sh!t!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtallen83 Posted July 25, 2015 Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 Iowa has been trying out a corn based glycol product to pre-treat before a storm. They make it from a byproduct of the ethanol manufacturing. it works pretty good but they still use salt after the snow. I was shocked at the amount of salt used this last winter in Massachusetts, they poured it on thick day after day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue109 Posted July 25, 2015 Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 And then the old guys sitting on the porch telling stories. "Remember salt? Use to be so cheap we just poured it on the ground...." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malig8r Posted July 25, 2015 Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 They still use salt in Michigan as well. Doesn't hurt that there are huge salt mines in the state for gathering that natural resource. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shepp Posted July 25, 2015 Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 Iowa has been trying out a corn based glycol product to pre-treat before a storm. They make it from a byproduct of the ethanol manufacturing. it works pretty good but they still use salt after the snow. I was shocked at the amount of salt used this last winter in Massachusetts, they poured it on thick day after day. The got some kinda brine they do the bridges and intersections with but yea poor the salt on after it snows also Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmackc Posted July 25, 2015 Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 (edited) Old Blue has never been exposed to salt West Texas truck. No rust original paint. The first four years it was driven 100,000 miles. We built our retirment home on the lake here in Central Texas and hauled every piece of our 3bedroom 2 bath house 36X40 shop either in the bed or on a 20' utility trailer or the 24' enclosed cargo trailer since 2001 it has spent 90% of its time in the garage it now has 125,000 miles on the odometer with only one new set of plugs 3 sets of tires and 1set of new calipers on the front, and 2 exhaust,muffler and tailpipe. Edited July 25, 2015 by mrmackc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZ Dean Posted July 26, 2015 Report Share Posted July 26, 2015 My '03 F250 still runs like the day it was new, even after 140K miles and plenty of off-roading. Can't see spending the ungodly money they want for a new one any time soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planeflyer21 Posted July 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2015 My '03 F250 still runs like the day it was new, even after 140K miles and plenty of off-roading. Can't see spending the ungodly money they want for a new one any time soon. No doubt about it. Car salesmen must have looked at the housing market and said "Hey, check this out. We can charge mongo interest for 80 months and get TWICE as much money for half what vehicles used to be!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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