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| Ranayna:
--- Quote from: SiliconWizard on January 26, 2024, 08:14:28 am ---We would just momentarily put AC in air recycling mode, which was rather effective at blocking smell from the outside. Still works. --- End quote --- True, but once the smell was inside, it was already too late. And good luck to the pedestrians and cyclists :P And i am more referring to the general past. For a single car you can try to block the smell. But back then these were the norm, and you had not one stinky car, but hundreds. Being in my early fourties, i do not really remember the pre catalytic converter times though. And i'm glad for that. The reduction of localized emissions alone is a massive benefit of EVs. At some point there will be someone annoyed by the exhaust smell of a now current, then vintage, car and can't imagine how cities must have smelled. And i like this scenario. It's a hopeful picture of the future, amonst many, many other bleak ones. |
| nctnico:
--- Quote from: Ranayna on January 26, 2024, 01:24:26 pm --- --- Quote from: SiliconWizard on January 26, 2024, 08:14:28 am ---We would just momentarily put AC in air recycling mode, which was rather effective at blocking smell from the outside. Still works. --- End quote --- True, but once the smell was inside, it was already too late. And good luck to the pedestrians and cyclists :P --- End quote --- Agreed! Sometimes I get passed by motor cycles when cycling and their exhaust smell is horrible. Worst are the old timer cars without catalythic converters. --- Quote ---And i am more referring to the general past. For a single car you can try to block the smell. But back then these were the norm, and you had not one stinky car, but hundreds. Being in my early fourties, i do not really remember the pre catalytic converter times though. And i'm glad for that. --- End quote --- Be happy about that for sure. When I was a kid you could smell what a car was running on from 20 meters away. Fortunately there wheren't that many cars back then as there are now. |
| coromonadalix:
sucks more to follow big trucks with their black smoke exhausts than following pre cathalytic cars ... or cars who pump oil more than gaz |
| Monkeh:
--- Quote from: coromonadalix on January 26, 2024, 02:56:15 pm ---sucks more to follow big trucks with their black smoke exhausts than following pre cathalytic cars ... --- End quote --- If only it were possible to make powerful diesel engines which aren't terrible. Alas, NIH syndrome strikes again. |
| PlainName:
Have they not been cleared up some? I passed quite a few lorries today and didn't notice any smoking, nor did I need to put the aircon on recirculation. OTOH, there was one white van which was putting out a cloud of grey stuff and which I could see far enough away that the recirculation was on before I got a whiff of what it was. |
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