#then cast Dirt from 50-70 or 50-80

[klymilark]

So I love this game but training skills can be horrifying at times. Tw head injury mention

Just like. Yeah, the meta way to grind spells is to get a really severe head/neck injury, make sure it doesn't heal, and then cast low-level spells.

[hotshotblackburn]

The Airs of Rebel's Outopos

Not every night in the new city is the same.

Inspired by a recent post and challenge - accessible here - that created "Airs of X" for their character's version of the City in Silver. Thought I'd have a go at trying the same.

The following city may include: spiders, militants, the breaking of cosmic law for ideological and personal gain, and fungi.

0: Beyond the walls, the distant crack of a gunshot.

1-3: Something humped and many-legged scuttles across the façade of a building, then is gone.

4-6: Shadowy figures cluster around a communal bonfire, laughing and chatting.

7: Tracklayers kneel around a patch of soil and pull strange-shaped devices from the dirt. Some devices hum. Others tick.

8-10: A hinge-hound nudges your side and whines in search of a pet. A bloody Ministry badge dangles from its lower-left jaw.

11-14: Urchins shriek and whoop from the roof-tops as they set off unlicensed fireworks at each other.

15-18: A visiting hobbyist looks on with awkward thanks as her automobile is pulled from the muck by a horse-sized, moon-eyed monitor lizard.

19-22: Spiders spill from an open sewer hatch in a shimmering, emerald tide.

23-26: Moonlight washes gently over the street. Somewhere else, the Internationale is played on union pipes.

27-30: A Young Stag recent to the city walks tentatively, but openly hand-in-tentacle with his rubbery nurse paramour.

31-34: A sudden clearing of the crowd: a reiver patrol has returned to the city. The booming calls and clicks of their terror birds reverberate in the bones.

35-38: False-skeletons from the Bone Market are an increasingly popular novelty fad. Most inhabitants find them kitsch. Some find them aspirational.

39-42: Noises erupt from an ampitheatre. Some are the cheers of the crowd. Some are the bellows of ancient creatures. Some are like nothing you have ever heard.

43-45: Anarchists and cladesfolk from the Roof conduct illicit business in open plazas. Weapons for allies; metal for flesh.

46-49: Phosphorescent scarab hives score mesmeric ribbons of viric and apocyan in the air. Passersby yawn and remember their beds.

50: The city’s vitality leads to miniature ecosystems within the depths of the costermongers’ carts. Leechberries parasitize the helpless flanks of the thunder melons but flee from the predation of needle-carrots. All hide from the vakeapple.

51-53: Amateur aero-enthusiasts and beast-breeders alike surround a recently-docked balloon from the Roof. Talk is already forming of a locally-grown air fleet.

54-57: The side of a wall is plastered with broadsheets, posters, hand scrawled drawings: faces of officials, constables, factory owners. A new arrival walks up to carefully, methodically cross out the face of an Iron and Misery overseer.

58-61: Webs shroud a cluster of streets like banners. Handmade signs advertise the services of silk weavers, scrimshanders, venom mixologists.

62-65: Raucous youth assemble for a trip to London. There is furious argument over whether to see the Museum of Prelapsarian History or Museum of Injustice first.

66-69: Poets of the Nocturnal Ooze movement seek inspiration in the city’s fungal-commons. The more fortunate find their lips and pens fecund with creative spore. The less fortunate are attacked by blemmigans.

70-73: Mist forms on the opposite side of a mirror. The eyes of the aurochs are upon you.

74-76: Tracklayers hack away at undergrowth recently and rapidly sprouted up through an alleyway. The city’s vitality is appreciated, but occasionally overwhelming.

77: Banners with popular phrases of resistance are plentiful on festival days. ‘CAST OFF THESE CHAINS’. ‘DUSK BEFORE DAWN’. ‘DO NOT FORGET. DO NOT FORGIVE’.

78-80: The rattling of an osteomonger’s tambourine. Bones! Bones for the picking!

81-83: Urchins crowd around the storefront of a recently-immigrated Unsettling Toymaker. They stare at a City Seeding automaton with longing and awe.

84-86: A field of puffballs explodes into a cloud of white, soft spores. For a few moments, it is as if false-winter has come to the city.

87-90: A diplomatic deviless discusses opportunities for collaboration with an opportunistic insurgent, mandibles slowly scraping at a tin of tobacco.

91: The air is hazy, clotted and copper-scented. The heart races; the teeth bare. Someone is committing Red Science.

92: Around the armory, the earth shudders and metal screams in birthing-cry: another mortar-beast claws its way out from the dirt to add to the city’s defenses.

93: Shapelings of all forms relax in an amber spring, bathing and contorting their flesh in novel configurations. It is difficult not to stare.

94: Droplets of slobber on your shoulders. Many eyes, watching. You curse whoever decided to hatch enough brachiating spindlewolves for them to breed true.

95: A visiting academic runs from a nearby lecture hall with pale face and heaving breath. “The sigils,” they moan. “They just…cut open the sigils!”

96: A dirigible from Station VIII drifts closer than it should have. Howitzer-beasts stir. Rockets sprout like teeth. A hush falls over the city for several hours.

97: Here, the city’s walls are slick with a viscid slime-mold that stains crimson and splotches like a fresh bruise. Is the city remembering an injury it once suffered? An injury it once inflicted?

98: A furious rain falls tonight, far from the tepid drizzles of London. By tomorrow morning, the city’s walls will have sprouted further still.

99: Tonight the walls drip with amber and the scent of lemon wafts from underneath the city: an auspicious time, according to local legend, for creating new beasts and new families.

100: For the briefest of moments, you can feel the pulse of the city’s heart. For the briefest of moments, there is no light, no cold, no death: only dark, warmth, and vitality. This is the Liberation of Night.

[way-down-meme-town]

Tootsie (Act I)

Under the cut you will find 124 lyrics from the 2019 musical Tootsie for your enjoyment!

Opening Number 1. “The night is falling on Manhattan and soon the daylight will be gone.”

2. “Anticipation’s all around you as one by one the lights are coming on.”

3. “Your feet wanna fly and your pulse wants to raise ‘cause you’re free and you’re young and you’re in the right place.”

4. “You’re right here. You’re right now. You’re a part of New York.”

5. “Nothing in the world is like the feeling that anything is possible here, even the impossible is possibly possible here in New York.”

6. “Any dream can be a dream come true in New York.”

7. “Underneath the city that is all pavement is a city that’s all heart.”

8. “God, this is exciting. Don’t you feel giddy?”

9. “Alright everybody, let’s all stop the rehearsal again.”

10. “Would my character say the city is all heart?”

11. “Where in the history of the printed libretto does it say any of that?”

12. “My character deserves his truth.”

13. “I am just saying what every other actor on this stage is thinking.”

14. “You want out? You’re out.”

15. “This opening number is benign and dishonest, directed by an inept, derivative hack and this musical sucks.”

16. “Is he an actor? Yes, of course he is. Is he successful? Yes, of course he’s not.”

17. “You won’t see his name on the marquee.”

18. “Sounds to me like you don’t know what the hell you’re looking for.”

19. “He’s feeling victimized and bitter, like nothing good is gonna happen soon.”

20. “The odor of humiliation begins to permeate the room.”

21. “They need someone nicer, someone less reactive. Can you really blame them?”

22. “He’s gonna make it to the top.”

  Whaddya Do 23. “Whaddya do when suddenly you realize the calendar inside your head is running out of pages?”

24. “Whaddya do if you can see the odds are good you’ll never be the person you’ve been trying for?”

25. “Whaddya do when everything you wanted more than life itself is laughing at you?”

26. “Whaddya do? You make it work.”

27. “Whaddya do when everything is happening but everything is happening to everybody but you?”

28. “Are you haunted by the fact all you want to do is sacked and it’s all you want to do until you die?”

29. “I am stuck struggling in the muck, standing here all purpled and perplexed caught in the gap between what the hell just happened and what the hell is gonna happen next.”

30. “Ya got the list of all the hopese and dreams I missed.”

31. “Sometimes I look in the mirror and I am sad at what I see.”

32. “I came to the conclusion there really must be something wrong with all of those douchebags who won’t hire me.”

  What’s Gonna Happen 33. “I know what’s gonna happen.”

34. “I’ll try to go to bed with fear of failure flopping like a fruit bat in my head.”

35. “Which incidentally isn’t half as disconcerting or upsetting as going for a part you know there is no way that you are getting.”

36. “I’m heading downtown for the audition where everything I’m dreading will be coming to fruition.”

37. “Somewhere through the fog of insecurity and hate, I’ll try to convince them that I’m charming.”

38. “They’re gonna throw the book at me ‘cause I’m guilty.”

39. “We hereby sentence you to a lifetime of waiting table and debilitation self-loathing.”

40. “She’s a fake. She’s a phony. She could never win a Tony.”

41. “I now live in a place I know quite well. I’ve left the world and I’ve entered hell.”

42. “I’m this far away from a fainting spell.”

43. “I’m trying to take it slowly.”

44. “I’m trying to be my best.”

45. “I watch a vivid sequence of humiliating instances from my past go by and think what kind of masochist keeps coming back for me.”

46. “No! I know what’s gonna happen. Don’t tell me that I don’t.”

47. “Don’t say that I’ll rise to the occasion cause I won’t.”

48. “I’m smart enough to know that I’m too stupid to admit you can’t survive a diet that consists of eating shit.”

49. “The trick is knowing when it’s time to pack your bags and say that’s it.”

50. “You know what’s gonna happen. I know what’s gonna happen.”

  I Won’t Let You Down 51. “I’ve always imagined that you are the flower and I am the dirt.”

52. “My world spins around you. Whenever you fall I’m the one who gets hurt.”

53. “I give you all I have. Give me one thing in return.”

54. “Have me help you to help me to help you to help me to help you learn that I won’t let you down.”

55. “I’ll be here to play any role you need me to play.”

56. “You give me your trust. I give you my word.”

57. “Nobody sees me and nobody listens and nobody cares, but you know what’s in here. Love and devotion that needs to be shared.”

58. “I won’t let you down because you believe in me, because you’re the one who can see I’m here and alive.”

59. “I won’t let you down cause when I felt empty inside you filled up my cup, you lifted me up.”

60. “I’ll never let you down. I’ll do what you need me to do.”

61. “I promise I’ll always come through. Just call and I’m there.”

62. “Please make the right choice. Remember my voice.”

63. “Just give it some thought. I love you a lot.”

  I’m Alive 64. “I’m alive. I’m alive. Good God almighty, I’m alive.”

65. “Don’t hold your nose. I won’t decompose.”

66. “My world was a dud. Lots of death, lots of blood.”

67. “She was almost dead, but she’s alive.”

68. “What can I say, I got carried away, but now’s a new day.”

69. “Here’s the headline. She’s gonna be mine.”

  There Was John 70. “I was the girl in the bubble at school, behind my own personal wall for protection. I’d sit there alone like a fool. I never was able to make a comeback.”

71. “This life takes everything you give it, like a puppy or a kid.”

72. “He told me he wanted some kids and a wife, and that’s when I realized this is my life.”

73. “Yes, my heart was almost broken but I’d made my choice and I’d make it again.”

74. “Here is me, another dressing room number one thousand and three. Exactly where I should be.”

  I Like What She’s Doing 75. “I like what she’s doing. This might be a thing.”

76. “She’s fun but profound.”

77. “What she’s selling, I’m buying.”

78. “I love that she’s trying. Let’s follow her lead.”

79. “We were flat on our back, but now we’re on track.”

80. “She’ll polish this turd into treasure somehow.”

81. “Well, we got work to do. God knows how we got this far.”

82. “Alright kiddos, it’s your favorite stage manager. Breaks over!”

83. “Everyone else, there is a revised schedule on the board.”

84. “He saw your motionless hair and your avocado figure, and I lost the man I loved.”

85. “To be fair, dear, you did kill the last one.”

86. “Don’t I deserve a chance at a future that celebrates me?”

87. “I love what we’re saying. I’m smiling at last.”

88. “It’s great how we’re playing. I’m having a blast.”

89. “I trust you completely, so does the whole cast. We like what you’re doing.”

90. “She’s got something special that makes you engaged.”

91. “It’s almost electric when she hits the stage.”

92. “I can’t tell you how but, honey, I hope she keeps doing what she’s doing now.”

93. “She won’t take directions. She’s changing the play. She’s like an infection that won’t go away.”

94. “She just wants to fight me. She does it to spite me. I hate what she’s doing.”

95. “She’s bringing up memories I need to forget.”

96. “She’s stealing my girl, she’s stealing my show, and I’m ready to blow all because of that cow.”

97. “Goddamnit! She’s gotta stop doing what she’s doing now!”

98. “If you take her, you better take care of her!”

99. “I will devote my life to her happiness. I love her.”

100. “I like what she’s doing. She’s got so much heart. She’s so friggin’ sexy and so frickin’ smart.”

101. “She’s made me an actor.”

102. “Something was missing and she’s what it was.”

103. “How will I live without you here?”

104. “You have turned this show into a joyous anthem for all women.”

105. “I won’t let you down, because you believed in me.”

  Who Are You? 106. “I can’t escape the feeling I met you long ago in someplace filled with sunlight.”

107. “I’ve never been a needy or romantic guy, falling like a meteor in some poetic starry sky.”

108. “This is a different story, something completely strange. What the hell am I doing?”

109. “It’s nice connecting with someone, somebody I can talk to like someone I’ve always known. Where on Earth were you hiding?”

110. “I think it’s just amazing how fast this friendship has grown.”

111. “It’s felt so long since I was young and running free. I locked myself inside a box, but suddenly there’s the key.”

  What’s Gonna Happen (Reprise) 112. “You’re gonna stand me up and I’ll be staring at the phone, sitting there all dismal and pathetic and alone.”

113. “It never doesn’t happen.”

  Unstoppable 114. “She’s got me flying like a bird.”

115. “Stand aside, cause this girl’s on a roll. She’s unstoppable.”

116. “We got the role! We got the gig!”

117. “Told you before. Show me the door, I’ll kick it down.”

118. “Look out world, cause this girl’s on a roll!”

119. “Nothing and no one, not anything anyone ever can do or say can stop her.”

120. “I’ll be taking the world over soon.”

121. “There’s no mountain these heels can’t climb.”

122. “Nothing on Earth can stop me, cause I’m unstoppable.”

123. “Another sold out house tonight and it is because of you!”

124. “This has turned out better than I ever could have imagined. I love you.”

[pghbabesonbikes]

Frigid Bitch 2019 Results

Frigid Bitch - back for year 6!

Continuing tradition as probably the biggest ladies/non-binary bike race in the universe with over 100 riders, this year’s Frigid Bitch expanded with first-time-ever-offered pre-registration and MORE PODIUMS. Held at Threadbare Cider in Spring Garden, at 10am on Saturday, February 16th, 2019, racers started flooding in to stock up on gear, check out the competition, and pick up their maps & manifests.

As always, there is a one hour window for racers to frantically plan their routes, forge alliances, and make friends. A few local ladies’ racing teams showed up in force, and some veteran Frigid Bitch ride-or-die gangs side-eyed up their matching kits and focused efficiency with determined fuck-it, let’s-do-this attitudes. New racers met riding partners on-site, and a handful of volunteers showed up to take in the crowd before heading out to their no-longer-secret positions.

A quarter to go-time, everyone was hustled outside to unlock their steeds and gear up for the start line.

THE CHECKPOINTS

Grandview Overlook Every year, for the out-of-towners, suburb queens, commuters who never stray from the beaten track - there’s always one checkpoint that everybody knows how to get to. Not that we’d make it easy! Pittsburgh’s famous overlook is a slag up Mt Washington, and with the main thru way closed, racers had to either bump it up via shattered sidewalks, or find away around. Volunteers were ready with a toast at the top!

Fineview Overlook In a city of hills and bridges you’re gonna have a lot of overlooks … Grandview’s much lesser known cousin on the Northside had racers figuring out how to find their way above the ballfield. Anyone who actually followed the map to this checkpoint found themselves climbing one of the toughest Dirty Dozen Hills….oh, did we do that? Whoops!

Herr’s Island Keep following the map in the other direction, and it’d take you down Rialto St (another Dirty Dozen Hill! Who drew this?!) and across the 30th St Bridge to Herr’s Island, haven of local crew teams and isolated Pgh elite. Everyone knows it’s there; most cyclists have zero reason to ever trek over. On the far end of the island, through some woods & down some steps to a gravel lot in a crumbling wall, volunteers were waiting with a camp fire to check off numbers of the racers who hiked-a-bike or threw down and hustled on foot.

5 Points Speaking of hike-a-biking, the furthest checkpoint from the start was tucked away in Pgh’s mountain biking mecca, Frick Park. There’s only one spot in the woods where 5 trails spike together in a star formations, colloquially known as…. FIVE POINTS!!! Entering the trail from Beechwood Blvd in Squirrel Hill, anyone who made it this far had to off-road their ride down dirt paths and over exposed roots. But hey, there was hot chocolate at the bottom! 

Murray Hill Not far from 5 points, Murray Hill Ave gave everyone the opportunity to experience off- roading on a one of the most quintessential Pgh urban this-is-actually-still-a-road terrains (second only to massive potholes): brutally steep cobbles!

Iron Eden Metal Works Oh, but there were potholes. Snaking the back way up & down bombed-out Sassafras St, nestled in the shadows of the Bloomfield Bridge, lies a two-tiered & strange-looking structure. ~By night!~ a times-past underground venue in the woods, ~by day!~ a rustbelt relic: Iron Eden!

Bonus checkpoint feature:  ~ * g l a m o u r   s h o t s * ~

The Hot Metal Bridge It’s a classic. Need we say more?  

The Boob Mausoleum Probably the most infamous tomb in the Allegheny Cemetery, the WHITE mausoleum features a bafflingly intense commitment to full-blown Egyptian theme&decor. Stationed just outside the crypt’s brass-cast pillar-flanked doors, 2 ~prominent~ sphinxes stand guard over the venerable (?) White family portal. Stationed just outside the sphinxes….Frigid Bitch BEACH PARTY!!

Mohawk St Finally, last in line but top of the list as far as checkpoint shenanigans go; bomb down Fifth Ave from Pitt campus and right before you hit the Birmingham Bridge, there’s a set of city steps that ascend into the woods of West Oakland. They spit out at Landslide Community Farms and a pink jersey barrier where volunteers waited with a camp fire* and a case of PBR. They’d set up a beer chute along the top of the stairs and stood in suspense while racers ran up the steps, not taking the bait. Finally, the vet bitch gang of Alex K, Katherine J and Frankie M threw their bikes over their shoulders, rushed the chute, grabbed a beer, cracked it with their teeth and chugged on the way up.

*if you missed the campfire, it’s because the fire dept showed up to put it out. See? Shenanigans!

Once the clock struck 2, everyone had 1 hour to race back to Threadbare. Bikes were slammed into the temp parking, road shoes clacked across the parking lot, the doors were thrown over and spoke card numbers hollered at the waiting table-side officials.

P A R T Y   T I M E

Pizza was eaten, cider was drunk, war stories were exchanged! Multi-year Bitch Queen Elise R regaled audiences with a story that started as a complaint that she couldn’t run any red lights on the North Side because there were too many cops around, then perked up with details about bombing down towards an intersection from Mohawk, where a white SUV veered into the corner of the intersection, blocking traffic for Elise & her crew to blast their way through, waved them past and yelled “YEAH FRIGID BITCH!!!”

Podiums

For the first time, the Frigid Bitch podium split into multiple categories. Singlespeed, Mountain Bike, Masters, and Out-Of-Town were added in addition to the all-encompassing Women & Nonbinary Open Field. Check back next year; more are comin!

Fixed/Singlespeed 1. Alexandra Korshin 2. Rachel Thompson

Masters 1. Louanna Bailey 2. Frankie Montenegro 3. Kelly Haderly 4. Monica VanDieran 5. Jen Damon 6. Suz Falvey

7. Christa Ross 8. Stacie Truszkowski 9. Barbara Jensen 10. Sarah Crawford 11. Simone Riddle 12. Suzanne Kinsky 13. Athena Marsh 14. Cynthia Billisits 15. Suzie Silver 16. Heather Mccracken 17. Jolynn Gibson 18. Kelli Jones 19. Dorothy Voelker

Mountain Bike 1. Suz Falvey 2. Vincent Zeng 3. Nikki Turner

Out Of Town 1. Jane Hodge 2. Caitlin Woodson 3. Sara Khalil Open Field Results! 1. Elise Rowe #10 2. Shaena Ulissi #18 3. Caryn Willis #73 4. Anna Bieberdorf #114 5. Katie Webber-Plank #93 6. Julie Grove #91

7. Louanna Baily #15 8. Lydia Yoder #50 9. Lindsay Dill #28 10. Alyssa Crawford #62

11. Jessie Appleman #87 12. Ania Jaroszewicz #6 13. Amy Wincek #111 14. Emily Palmer #54 15. LaurynStalter #79 16. Mary-Wren Ritchie #86 17. Alexandra Korshin #69 18. Frankie Montenegro #44 19. Katharine Jordan #78 20. Lan Tran #89 21. Naomi Anderson #107 22. Alexandria Shewczyk #29 23. Jaime Martina #26

24. Megan Andrews #43 25. Cansu Ozen #39 26. Sara Horsey #75 27. Shequaya Bailey #7 28. Kelly Haderly #84 29. Megan Sybeldon #46 30. Allison Glick #104 31. Acadia Klain #37 32. Robyn Brewer #34 33. Anna Barensfeld #52 34. Kelsey Kradel #83 35. Monica VanDieren #4

36. Jen Damon #80 37. Suz Falvey #88 38. Christa Ross #82 39. StacieTruszkowski #102 40. Greta Daniels #60 41. Elizabeth Salesky #33 42. Barbara Jensen #41 43. Sara Madden #92 44. Vanessa Jameson #110 45. Jane Hodge #112 46. Sarah Crawford #90 47. Rachel Dingfelder #59

48. Mary Kate Minnick #27 49. Caitlin Woodson #13 50. Simone Riddle #64 51. Sara Khalil #94 52. Suzanne Kinsky #71 53. Taylor Wescott #35 54. Kathleen Blackburn #49 55. Athena Marsh #57 56. Riesa Lirette #14 57. Vincent Zeng #32 58. Anna Faber #47 59. Erin Potts #51 60. Molly Orzechowski #666 61. Jenna DeVivo #23 62. Laura Watson #99 63. Ngani Ndimbie #108 64. Rachel Thompson #113 65. Alexandra Falk #81 66. Cynthia Billisits #48

67. Sarah Martin #97 68. Laura Everhart #53 69. Bonnie Weibel #61 70. Mary Jackson #65 71. Leah Nicolich #103 72. Charlie Eddington #106 73. Catherine Armbruster #42 74. Paula Zamora #16 75. Ramona Stanley #38 76. Morgan Sulik #21 77. Anusha Simha #119 78. Yvette Aban #58 79. Hwa Han #63 80. Sarah Scherk #101 81. Hayes Indigo #1

82. Milo Spiders #100 83. Jenna Geiman #22 84. Hannah Berg #31 85. Suzie Silver #56 86. Julie Mallis #36 87. Morgan Tunstall #30 88. Heather McCracken #45 89. Shannon Frishkorn #115 90. Jamie Parke #66 91. Kate Bechak #105 92. Jaclyn Sternick #74 93. Jolynn Gibson #40 94. Maureen Duncan #9 95. Kelli Jones #12 96. Sarah Pearman #96 97. Lauren McKenna #17 98. Jennifer Ross #20 99. Kimberly Garrett #98 100. Chen Li #55 101. Rachel Shockey #25 102. NickyTurner #95 103. HEather McClain #109 104. Emily Voelker #24 105. Nicole Toney #68 106. Jenny Bender #67 107. Shelby Schmidt #72 108. Dorothy Voelker #19 109. Elizabeth LeDonne #77

Prizes

Were there enough prizes to go around? Were people bugging the f out over how awesome they were? We’ll let these photos speak for themselves.

The Best Part

The Frigid Bitch has always been a race to promote empowerment in the cycling community, to show that underrepresented groups of people can kick just as much ass as the status quo, and to support organizations that in turn provide for  others in need. To that end, funds raised via registration fees and anonymous pledges have always been given to the Greater Pittsburgh Women’s Center & Shelter. Over the past year, another organization has provided immeasurable support for the founders of the Frigid Bitch in their hour of need. This year’s race raised $730 for the Women’s Shelter and $400 for the Women’s Law Project. It couldn’t be done without the support of our racers & our community.

THANK YOU for another great year! To all of our sponsors, who are solely responsible for the joy fest you just witnessed above! To all my lovely volunteers, without whom this race would never get off the ground, and who pull out all the stops to make this the funnest goddamn alleycat in the whole universe. Thank you to my photographers, without you no one would ever know how fucking awesome this event is! Thank you to my little brother, who always finds the time to churn out another amazing race flyer! THANK YOU TO MY TEAM OF LADIES who helped me throw this race! Without you, Frigid Bitch #5 would have been the last of its kind! Thank you Di-ay, Elise #1 & Elise #2, Kat, Mattie, & Kaylin! Thank you Pittsburgh for being the only city I’d ever wish to be from! I’LL BE BACK!

SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!

[propkerlon]

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The Western genre has long been a mainstay of American pop culture. It was arguably the dominant movie genre of the '50s and '60s, giving the public pop culture icons like John Wayne and The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. Like all film genres that had their time, the Western eventually waned in popularity and all but disappeared in the '70s and '80s.

RELATED: 10 Cruelest Bad Guys In Westerns

However, a funny thing happened in the early '90s, and the Western was suddenly popular again. It failed to reach the pop culture dominance it achieved throughout the '50s and '60s, but they were popular and they were good. And Tombstone and Unforgiven are two of the best.

10 Tombstone: The History

Tombstone was quite lucky in that it carried with it one of the most popular historical stories of the Old West. Tombstone, Arizona, was one of the last Frontier cities, and it became famous for the shootout at the O.K. Corral.

Taking place on October 26, 1881, the gunfight occurred between a gang of outlaws and law enforcement officials Wyatt, Morgan, and Virgil Earp, with the help of Doc Holliday. Tombstone is rooted in interesting history, and most of the film builds towards this iconic moment in American lore.

9 Unforgiven: The Cinematography

Tombstone is a good movie, but Unforgiven is a beautiful one. Most Westerns are inherently beautiful owing to their settings, ranging from snowy mountains to barren landscapes of dirt, dust, and cactus. But Unforgiven's cinematography, care of Jack N. Green, is nothing short of magnificent.

In fact, it received an Academy Award nomination for Best Cinematography, losing to A River Runs Through It. Unforgiven is arguably the most gorgeous Western ever shot, and the beautiful 4K Blu-ray comes highly recommended.

8 Tombstone: The Setting

As beautiful as Unforgiven looks, it lacks a memorable setting. Most of it takes place in the barren landscape of the West before climaxing in a small, unassuming Western town called Big Whiskey. The setting of Tombstone is far more memorable.

Tombstone, Arizona, is an iconic place in American history, and it remains, to this day, a very popular tourist destination - especially for Old West enthusiasts. It is lovingly captured here, complete with iconic locations like the O.K. Corral and the Bird Cage Theater.

7 Unforgiven: The Writing

Tombstone, undoubtedly, contains a great historical story, but it's told in a rather sloppy manner. The writing can prove itself quite flawed, complete with clunky exposition, silly and unnecessary subplots (like the one between Wyatt Earp and Josephine Marcus), and some awkward dialogue.

RELATED: The 10 Best Western Remakes, According To Metacritic

On the other hand, Unforgiven is a masterfully written movie, with the screenplay from David Webb Peoples receiving an Academy Award nomination.

6 Tombstone: The Production Value

Unforgiven had a budget of $14.5 million. The budget of Tombstone was $25 million, and the difference shows on screen. If nothing else, Tombstone is a magnificently produced movie, accurately and convincingly capturing the Old West on a modern screen. The costumes, hair, and makeup are outstanding, the props suitably old school, and the sets are both glorious and epic in scope.

There's nothing wrong with the production value of Unforgiven, but in terms of sheer cinematic spectacle, it's hard to beat Tombstone.

5 Unforgiven: The Subversion

Tombstone attempted to subvert the Western genre, but Unforgiven actually did it. Unforgiven is typically referred to as an "anti-Western" or "revisionist Western," as it plays with many of the genre's long-established tropes.

Clint Eastwood is a Western legend (having played The Man with No Name), but here, he's an old, washed up cowboy who can't even shoot. The bad guy is a town sheriff and the hero a murderer. Violence is depicted as harsh and brutal rather than "fun" or commendable, and the gung-ho Schofield Kid flees from his life as a gunslinger after getting a taste. It's all wonderfully subversive and refreshing.

4 Tombstone: The Cast

Unforgiven is quite a small-scale movie, and it contains a suitably small cast. Those who are there are mostly legends, but it's quite a small cast, regardless. On the other hand, Tombstone is stacked with A-list performers.

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On the main poster alone are Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, Sam Elliott, and Bill Paxton, but that doesn't even include Powers Boothe, Michael Biehn, Billy Bob Thornton, and Charlton Heston.

3 Unforgiven: The Acting

Despite the incredible nature of the cast itself, most performers are disappointingly underutilized. Val Kilmer is obviously great (more on that later), but many performers - most noticeably Kurt Russell - are weirdly flat and wooden. The acting throughout Tombstone leaves a lot to be desired.

Unforgiven is, by far, the better movie in terms of acting, complete with two Oscar nominations for Clint Eastwood (Best Actor) and Gene Hackman (Best Supporting Actor).

2 Tombstone: Val Kilmer

What Unforgiven doesn't have is Val Kilmer as Doc Holliday. Holliday is one of the leading figures in Old West mythology, and he is wonderfully portrayed here by Kilmer.

Kilmer is simply exceptional in the role, donning his unique "cowboy voice" and imbuing Holliday with just the right amount of effortless coolness, badassery, and ultimate pity.

1 Unforgiven: The Dialogue

This entry goes hand-in-hand with the "writing," but the dialogue of Unforgiven deserves special and explicit mention. It's simply iconic.

Many of the movie's lines have become iconic pieces of movie history, including "Deserve's got nothing to do with it," "He should have armed himself if he's going to decorate his saloon with my friend," "It's a hell of a thing, killin' a man," and "I'll see you in Hell, William Munny." The script for this movie is truly something else.

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Sabroe 120 Manual

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INSTRUCTION MANUAL FOR PISTON COMPRESSOR

SABROE prescribes operating limits within which the compressor and any additional equipment must operate. These limits for R717, R22, R134a, R404A, R507 and R407C are shown in the following tables, together with the main data for the compressor. Parts Supply for IR Europe - Sabroe Spare parts manual - SAB 120 and SAB 151 A-Frame 008504 en 2019.12 5/42 Spare parts liste SAB 120, 151 A-frame Abbreviations in this manual include: Ang. Angle OD= outside diameter equal to Ass. Cooling medium refrigerant Cp. Compressor Reg regulating DN (+space).

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Description of SAB 202

The SAB 202 compressor is a capacity adjustable screw compressor with oil injection. The two rotors are equipped with 4 lobes (male rotor) and 6 lobes (female rotor), respectively, executed with asymmetric profile according to SRM licence. As indicated on the spare parts drawing at the end of this manual, the rotors at the suction end are fitted with slide bearings, whereas the bearing at the discharge end consists of a combined bearing set with slide bearings, absorbing the radial load, and ball bearings, absorbing the axial forces. The axial forces are partly relieved by means of the rotating balance pistons mounted on the rotors. The rotors are designed for both male drive and female drive. The driving rotor is fitted with a shaft.

The compressor is fitted with a large built-in suction filter, which effectively prevents dirt particles from the refrigeration plant from being led with the suction gas into the compressor. The suction filter housing also has a built-in compressor protection valve which - controlled by a pilot valve - safeguards the compressor against any unwanted high compression pressures. For efficient filtration of the oil that lubricates the bearings in the compressor, an oil filter cartridge has been inserted in the compressor block.

Furthermore, the compressor contains a built-in non-return valve, preventing the compressor from running backwards whenever the power to the driving motor is disconnected. The driving shaft is fitted with a shaft seal of the slide ring type, consisting of a fixed cast iron ring with an O-ring sealing against the shaft seal cover and a rotating springloaded carbon ring with O-ring sealing against the shaft. It is possible to regulate the compressor capacity steplessly from approx. 10% to 100% by means of a regulating slide mounted under the rotors. Once the slide has moved away from the slide stop a gap is created so that some of the sucked-in gas is returned to the suction side. The bigger the gap, the lower the compressor capacity. The regulating slide is moved hydraulically by a regulating piston and controlled by a solenoid valve system. The compressor also features a regulating system by which the built-in Vi volume ratio can be adjusted. The result hereof is that the compressor works optimally at varying operational pressures in the plant.

To optimize the compressor volume ratio the position of the Vi regulating slide must be changed whenever the compressor works at max. capacity. This is done by changing the position of the slide stop. At partial load the Vi volume ratio will only be approaching the optimum. Regulating the built-in Vi volume ratio can be done in the following two ways, depending on the compressor type Manual regulation of the Vi slide:

By turning the spindle, pos. 180, in accordance with the curves in the instruction manual.

By means of the oil pressure and two solenoid valves, controlled by a UNISAB II control system.

Schemes

Spare parts for compressor SAB 202

Sabroe 120 Manual Pdf

List of parts for SAB 202Relevant drawing 0661-855PosDesignationNoPart noComplete compressor LF, aut. Vi4161-059Complete compressor LF, man. Vi4161-060Complete compressor LM, aut. VI4161-061Complete compressor LM, man, Vi4161-062Complete compressor SF, aut. VI4161-063Complete compressor S F, man. Vi4161-064Complete compressor SM, ant, Vi4161-065Complete compressor SM, man. Vi4161-066Compressor housing10-1Compressor housing (L)13011-00910-2Compressor housing (S)13011-019Bearing cover at suction end20-1Bearing cover, female drive13013-08920-2Bearing cover, male drive13013-11021O-ring dia. 430,66 x 3,53, neoprene11331-11722Innar sleeve, INA IR dia. 17/20 x 1621514-01823Washer dia. 25/16.5 x 442114-04724mreaded plug with cottar 1/211343-02725Dowty ring 02511331-43026Cylindrical screw M16 x 60101413-43627Cylindrical screw M 16 x 3021413-42928Cylindrical screw Ml 6 x 18081413-42830Hose connection11345-143Bearing cover at ditcharge end40Thrust cover/capacity regulating cylinder13013-15041Cylinder screw M16 x 60201413-43642Washer dia. 35/16,5 x 442114-04743O-ring dia. 151,93 x 3,53, neoprene11331-09944Adjusting screwa2111-12845Locking screw M6 x 1041413-23146Cross bar for bearing adjustment13083-13747Cylinder screw M12 x 3061413-36648Inner sleeve, INA IR dia 17/20 x 1621514-01849O-ring dia. 13,94 x 2,6211331-014Cover for capacity regulating cylinder60Cover for capacity cylinder13013-19761O-ring dia. 142,47 x 3,53 - neoprene11331-09662Cylinder screw M12 x 3541413-387Housing for capacity indicator70Housing for capacity indicator13045-00271Cylinder screw M6 x 3041413-34372Cover for capacity indicator13045-00373Cylinder screw M6 x 5041413-34774O-ring dia. 98.02 x 3,53, neoprene11331-08175-1Glass for indicator (L)t3045-05075-2Glass for indicator (S)13045-049Rotors110-1Set of rotors tor SM13024-102110-2Set of rotors tor SF13024-097110-3Set of rotors for LM13024-103110-4Set of rotors for LF13024-095111Journal bearing41515-031112Retaining pin for journal bearing dia, 5 x 4541446-033113Cylinder screw M6 x 4581413-340114Thrust washes23021-029115Cylinder screw M16 x 4521413-433132Four point ball bearing dia. 70/150 x 3521513-040133Set of shims dia. 128/150 for adjusting the clearance between the rotor and outlet port. Comprising: 1 off thickness 5,60 mm 23021-0431 - 5,65 mrr 1 - 5,70 mm1 - 5,75 mm1 - 5,80 mrn1 - 5,85 mm1 - 5,90 mm134Balance piston. drive rotor13025-052135Spacer ring, drive rotor13025-035136Retaining ring 4 x 1011446-012137Balance piston, driven rotor13025-034138Spacer ring, driven rotor13025-036139Retaining pin 5x1611446-021DIscharga ports140-1Discharge port for male rotor .13031-031141-1Discharge port for female rotor13031P032142Cylinder scraw M8 x 19061413-309143Washer for discharge port dia. 16,5 /8,2 x 1062114-045144Cylinder screw M6 x 3021413-343145Pointed screw M10 x 35 - inside adjustment21413-255146Locking screw M10 x 10 - inside adjustment21413-253147Locking screw M10 x 10 - outside adjustment21413-253148Pointed screw M10 x 20 - outside adjustment21413-032149ABlank of screw 3/8' - outside adjustment21343-026149BGasket - outside adjustment21331-427Parts for adjusting rotors153Inner cover23021-030154O-ring dia. 142,47 x 3,5321331-096155Cylindrical steel roll 8H 11 x 8S1514-019Shaft seal160AShaft seal collar 1160BShaft saal seat 1160CO-ring for shaft seat collar 113084-557160DO-rlng for shaft saal seat 1160EPointed screw 3161Retaining pin for shaft seal seat dia. 3 x 511446-005162Spirolox ring (oil thrower)11437-294163-1Cover, F13013-100163-2Cover, M13013-102164O-ring dia, 132,94 x 3,53, neoprene11331-093165-1Cover for shaft seal, F13013-099165-2Cover for shaft seal, M13013-101166O-ring dia, 158,34 x 3,5311331-100167Cylinder screw M12 x 3581413-387168Hose connection branch 1 /4°11345-143169Clear plastic hose11241-190Suction filter170Suction filter13042-075Adjusting system for Vi-slide, AUT352Screw for transmitter M3 x 8 (included in pos. 410)(4)1412-012371Sealing ring OD 7011332-126372Attachment for pin13044-035380Cover tor aut. Vi13013-196381O-ring dia. 101,19 x 3,53, neoprene11331-083382Cylinder screw M12 x 3541413-387384Attachment for sealing ring13044-034385Cylinder screw M4 x 1621413-320386Cylindrical pin dia. 6 x 1621445-076387Cylinder screw M6 x 1211413-339390Spindle aut. Vi13044-063393Ball baaring 620211511-012395Driving disk13044-021396Cylinder screw M4 x 1211413-318400Attachment tor transmitter13044-064401Cylinder screw M6 x 8041413-307402Cover ring for transmitter13045-009403Cylinder screw M4 x 1041413-319405Magnetic coupling13045-062406O-ring dia. 32,99 x 2,62 (incl in pos. 405)(1)1331-133407Hexagon head screw M4 x 16 (inc. in pos. 405)(1)1413-320410Turning transmitter13448-004411Driving lug13044-020412Pointed screw M4 x 511413-211413Clamping pin dia. 1,5 x 1211446-010Adjusting system for Vi-slide, MAN180Spindle man. Vi13044-052181Cover for man. Vi13013-093182Sealing washer for slide stop13044-014183Sealing ring11331-503184O-ring dia. 44,04 x 3,53, neoprene11331-065185Retainer for bearings13044-033186Axial ball bearing dia. 42/25 x 1121512-015187Locking plate12114-043188Cylinder screw M6 x 1211413-339189Thread washer13044-073195Cylinder screw M4 x 3021413-325196Cylinder screw M6 x 3531413-344197O-ring dia. 101,19 x 3,5311331-083198Cylinder screw M12 x 3541413-387Vi-slide190-1Slide stop, S13043-131190-2Slide stop, L13043-130191-1Spring for Vi-slide,L12144-042191-2Spring for Vi-slide,S12144-043192Cylinder screw M 10 x 2511413-371Capacity regulating slide200-1Slide for L13043-113200-2Slide for S13043-125201Piston part inner13043-138202Piston part outer13043-139203O-ring dia. 40,87 x 3,53, neoprene11331-064204Sealing ring dia. 15011332-133206Slotted nut KM811514-200207A-1Piston rod for L13043-140207A-2Piston rod for S13043141207BBushing tor indicator spindle Included in pos. 207A13045-046207CCylindrical pin dia. 6 x 16 Included in pos. 207A11445-076207DSpirolox-ring Inducted in pos. 207A11437-291207ESteel ball 3/8' Included in pos. 207A11514-158208Locking plate for slotted nut11514-070209Tape bearing22132-100311Cap torew M20 x 6011424-289313Clamp13042-054Spindle for copacity indication210Spindle tor capacity indication13045-059216Magnetic coupling13045-061217O-ring dia. 44,12 x 2,62 (incl. in pos. 216)(1)1331-146218Hexagon head screw M4 x 16 (Incl. in pos. 216)(1)1413-320219Hexagon head screw M4 x 20 (ind. in pos. 216)(2)1413-322Capacity indication221Indication disk13045-001223Socket cap screw M4 x 1011413-319224Backing ring 105/90 x 1,612356-155226Locking washer DC 15/8,411437-054227Locking washar DC 8/4,311437-060350Position transmitter13448-004351-1Indicator glass, L (replacing pos. 75-1 when transmitter)13045-048351-2Indicator glass, S (replacing pos. 75-2 whentransmitter)13045-047352Screw for transmitter M3 x 8 (incl. in pos. 350)(4)1412-012Non return valveNon return valve complet3042-172252O-ring dia. 253,37 x 5,33, neoprene11331-181253Intermediate flange13013-288255Valve housing13042-127256Spindle guide13042-125257Retainer13042-126258Hexagon head screw M8 x 12031413-314259Valve cone13042-123260Spindle13042-124261Spring11523-033262Tape bearing dim 10 x 1 x 4612132-114263Tape bearing dim 10 x 1 x 105t2132-096264Hexagon head screw M16 x 7581424-108265Countersunk socket cop. screw M12 x 2511413-115266Hexagon bead scraw M12 x 3021413-386267Shaft nut KM9 - M4511514-201268Seeger ring dia. 14 x 1,0, DIN 47111437-207Oil injection316V-joint 22-RL11349-153317Check valve RVS11364-163318O-ring dia. 33,05 x 1,7811331-123319Valve seat13042-077External oil piping320-1Pipe sat (L)13049-026320-2Pipe set (S)13049-029321Pipe clamp dia. 3 x 1212532-012Oil filter450Oil filter coveri3041-008452O-ring dia. 132,94 x 3,53, neoprene11331-093453O-ring dia. 101,19 x 3,53, neoprene11331-083455Lock nut M1011433-030456Cylinder screw M12 x 3541413-387458Stay bolt for magnet12111-127459Magnets for oil filter41517-022460Intermediate ring43424-039461Rubber ring21334-012462Plug 1/4'21343-025463Dowty ring dia. 20,57 x 13,7421331-428470Oil filter cartridge11517-015475O-ring dia. 63,9 x 3,5311331-071476Cylinder screw M 12 x 3041413-386Oil flow swich500Terminal box11554-001501Cover for flow switch13041-004502O-ring dia. 132,94 x 3,53, nroprere11331-093505Nipple tor ftow switch o12314-106506Dowty ring11331-433507Flow switch with ball11553-024508Washer12114-046509Gasket dia. 19/14 x 1,512356-124510Spring12144-041511Circlip (included in pos. 507)1512Cylinder screw M12 x 3541413-387Plugging520Plug 1/2'11343-027521Dowty ring 02511331-430525Plug 3/4'11343-028526Dowty ring 02711331-433530Plug 1/4'11343-025531Gasket ring 19/14 x 1,512356-124Economizer inlet600Eco-plug13013-111601Cylinder screw M12 x 3041413-386602Cylinder screw M8 x 3021413-358603O-ring dia. 53,57 x 3,53, neoprene11331-058Relief valve700-1Back pressure independent valve. BSV 8-18 bar12416-202700-2Back pressure independent valve. BSV 8-22 bar12416-224Pilot operated valve701-AConnection line for POV 5013049-032701-BConnection line for POV 6013049-033702-ACylinder screw M12 x 2541413-385702-BCylinder screw M 12 x 3041413-388703-AO-ring dia. 63,09 x 3,5311331-071703-BO-ring dia. 88,49 x 3,5311331-079704-APilot operated valve, POV 50 (for R717)12417-046704-BPilot operated valve, POV 80 (for R22 and HCF,s)12417-058Cover for main valve705-ACover for POV 5013013-125705-BCover for POV 8013013-163706Cylinder screw M16 x 4081413-432707O-rlng dia. 253.37 x 5,3311331-181Connection between compr. discharge side and suction side710-AManifold for POV 5013013-124710-BMan (fold tor POV 8013013-157711-AO-ring dia. 85,32 x 3,5311331-078711-BO-ring dia. 86,49 x 3,5311331-079712-ACylinder screw M12 x 11031413-406712-BCylinder screw M12 x 3041413-386715-ACover (for POV 50 only)13013-125716Cylinder screw M16 x 4041413-432717O-ring dia. 164,69 x 3,5311331-101720-APipe conneclion for POV 5013014-002720-BPipe connection for POV 8013013-166721-ACylindar screw M12 x 3081413-386721-BCylinder screw M12 x 4041413-388722-AO-ring dia. 75,79 x 3,5321331-075722-BO-ring dia. 88.49 x 3,5311331-079Releif valve connections725Stud coupling A-12 RL11349-053726Al-gasket dia.24/13 x 1,512356-127727Reducer G3/4 - G3/812312-038729Elbow coupling VB 12-RL11349-210730Union nut G112313-017731Threaded nipple G3/812311-065732Al-gastet dia.30/16 x 1,512356-137733Dowty ring 02311331-427Signal trantducers751Pressure transducer, PT111373-249752Pressure transducer, PT311373-271753Pressure transducer, PT411373-271755Stud coupling21349-137756Stud elbow11349-233761Temperature transmitter, TT611373-264762Temperature transmitter, TT711373-264765Gasket ring21349-135766Reducer G1/2-G1/411349-077

S=L/D 1.7 M=Male drive L=L/D 2,2 F=Female drive

Spare parts survey for SAB 202 unitThe following list comprises all components that can be fitted on a compressor unit. From this list we have selected the components that are used on a particular unit and which are indicated on the piping diagram of this instruction manual. The position numbers on the piping diagram are a reference to the 'Pos.' columns of this list The piping diagram is dedicated to the compressor number stated on page 1 of this instruction manual.The components in the shaded areas are variable. This may be due to voltags, refrigerant, approved pressure etc.On ordering spare parts it may be an advantage to receive them in sets selectedfor your specific compressor unit.A list of sets can had on request from SABROE's local representative.

Pos.DesignationPart no.Regulating & Control deviceUNISAB IlPT1Pressure transducer -1 - 9 bar1373-243PT2Pressure transducer -1-25 bar1373-271PT3Pressure transducer -1 - 25 bar1373-271PT4Pressure transducer -1 -25 bar1373-271TT5-6-7Temperature transducer PT1001373-252TT5-6-7Temperatura transducer PT1001373-264(Avaible after 97.01.20)GT6Position transmittar (capacity)3448-004GT9Position transmitter3448-004UNISAB II Frontpanel1573-0071 CPU-Module1572-0261 Relay print1574-0161 EPROM extractor1613-0021 EEPROM extractor1613-0031 EEPROM1571-0153 Jumpers2 Fuses1572-0181 Screw driverRefrigerant systemSuction:20O-ring dia. 253,37 x 5,331331-181Set of gaskets for SCV 125 (M R717)3184-080Set of gaskets for SCV 150 (M R22/F R717)3184-081Set of gaskets for SCV200 (F R22)3184-0812434-35Sel of gaskets for SNV 82453-05347-48Oil separator, general:22O-ring dia. 164,69 x 3,53 (disch. flange)1331-10130Sealing ring dia. 42/49 x 6,51349-21330Heating rod, 250V3181-038-1Heating rod, 115V3181-039-1Heating rod, 230V3181-04031O-ring dia. 52,07 x 2,62 (Sight glass)1331-140Sight glass1226-01755O-ring dia. 329,57x5,33 (for cover)1331-184Oil separating element1517-079-2Oil return:52Nozzle valve1364-15153Sight glass1226-01453Gasket dia. 40,5/33 x 1,52356-144Discharge:204Set of gaskets for SCV 100 (M)3184-079Set of gaskets for SCV 100 (F)3184-097Safety valves:28DN 40/65Gasket dia. 75/61 x 2,02356-220Gasket dia. 109/95 x 2,02356-222O-ring dia. 91,67 x 3,53 (house)1331-080Conical seal for DN 40/651365-079Spring (for 25 bar opening pressure)1523-02728DN 50/80Gasket dia. 87/73 x 2,02356-221Gaskat dia. 120/106 x 2,02356-223O-ring dia. 117,07 x 3,53 (house)1331-088Conical seal for DN 50/801365-080Spring (for 25 bar opening pressure)1365-05028DN 65/100Gasket da. 109/95 2356-222Gasket dia. 149/1292356-224O-ring dia. 151,99 x 3,53 (house)1331-099Conical seal for DN 65/1001365-081Spring (for 25 bar opening pressure)1523-03528DN 80/125Gasket dia. 120/1062356-223 Gasket dia. 175/1552356-228Gasket for safety valve house DN 80/1251365-082Conical seal for DN 80/1251365-075Spring (for 25 bar opening pressure)1523-036Water-cooled oil cooler OWSG33OWSG 16xxGasket dia. 270/150 x 5,0 2355-171 Gasket dia. 107/61 x 2,02357-014Gasket dia. 36/28 x 1,52356-14133OWSG 21xxGasket dia. 310/205 x 5,02355-172Gasket dia. 142/90 x 2.02356-269Gasket dia, 36/28 x 1,52356-141O-ring dia. 34,52 x 3,531331-02833OWSG 27xxGasket dia.370/255 x 5,02356-173Gasket dia.162/115 x 2,02356-276 O-ring dia. 34,52 x 3,531331-028External oil filter type BGAH39Filter element1517-015O-ring dia. 169,3 x 5,7 (cover)1331-226O-ring dia. 130,2 x 5,34 (insert)1331-169O-ring dia. 109,2 x 5,7 (element)1331-225O-ring dia. 62,14 x 3,53 (collar)1331-077External oil filter type OF210839Filter element1517-015O-ring dia. 170,82 x 5.33 (cover)1331-175O-ring dia. 130,2 x 5,33 (insert)1331-169O-ring dia. 109,2 x 5,70 (element)1331-22538-42 Set of gaskets for SCV 503184-077Flange connection, oil tubeGasket dia. 87/73 x 2,02356-221O-ring dia. 63,09 x 3,53 (compr.)1331-071Oil by-pass (at pump)210Gasket dia. 140/105 x 1,5 (non-return valve)2356-10669O-ring dia. 50,40 x 3,53 (non-return valve)1331-300Thermostatic three-way valve, type RT646O-ring, Neoprene1331-384Thermo element (48 deg. C)1365-08470Solenoid valveValve housing EVM (NC)1372-335Gastet set for EVM1336-024Coil 10 W 220 V 50/60 Hz1372-537 110 V 50/60 Hz1372-538 240 V 50 Hz1372-53971Solenoid valveValve housing EVM{NO)1372-287Gasket set for EVM1336-024-02Coil 10 W 220 V 50/60 Hz1372-537 110 V 50/60 Hz1372-538 240 V 50 Hz1372-539Throttle valve1364-15173Solenoid valve - see pos.7074Solenoid valveValve housing EVM (NO) - see pos.71027B113080-84Gasket set for SVA 15-202453-02281Filter FA15 - When TEAT 20 is selectedGasket set for FA151377-078Repair kit for FA 151377-25081Filter FA20 - When TEAT 85 is selectedGasket set for FA201377-079Repair kit for FA201377-25182Solenoid valve EVRA15 - When TEAT 20 is selectedGasket set (for EVRA 15)1377-093Repair kit (for EVRA15)1377-099Coil 10 W 220 V 50/60 Hz1372-537110V 50/60 Hz1372-538240V 50 Hz1372-53982Solenoid valve EVRA20 - When TEAT 20 is selectedGasket set (for EVRA20)1377-094Repair kit (for EVRA20)1377-069Coil 10 W 220 V 50/60 Hz1372-537110 V 50/60 Hz1372-538240 V 50 Hz1372-53983Injection valve TEAT 20Nozzle insert 20-81371-203Nozzle insert 20-121371-204Nozzle insert 20-201371-206Thermal part 35-65 deg. C1371-25583Injection valve TEAT 85Nozzle insert 85-331371-207Nozzle insert 85-551371-208Nozzle insert 85-851371-209Thermal part 35-65 deg. C1371-257Ecomomizer - ECO - DN 4097O-ring dia. 59,92 x 3,53 (tlange)1331-070120Gasket set for SCH 403184-112133Gasket set for STA 40 (2464,158)2453-030133Filter 2502464-212Ecomomizer - ECO - DN 5097O-ring dia. 59,92 x 3,53 (flange)1331-070120Gasket set for SCH 503184-112133Gasket set for STA 50 (2464,166)2453-030133Fiiter 2502464-212Spare parts set for coupling S952 size 312Sheets, bolts, nuts & slices1524-126Spacer bushing1526-004Stop screw M 10 x 101413-250Combination wrench 5/8'Compr. toolsBox wrench 5/8'Compr. toolsAlignment motor - compressorDisc (motor up to IEC 280)2221-067Disc (motor from IEC 315)2221 -076Tools3183-104

Tools for compressor SAB 202Line no. A401 = normal set 3083-184Line no. A402 = Extended set 3083-185Line no. B401 = Toois for aligning the coupling 3163-105Line no. B402 = Tools for shaft seal removal, oil pump 3083-160

INSTRUCTION MANUAL FOR PISTON COMPRESSOR

Tools noDesignationPart no.A401A402B401B4021Thrust plate for puller 40 x 20 x 2003083-17311aPuller for bearings 40 x 20 x 1453083-172113Threaded pins M12/M6 x 2003083-171224Threaded pin M14, Koko1427-037115Thrust plate for mounting the bearings 40 x 15 x 1503083-181116Washer for mounting the bearings dia. 130/17 x 153083-182117Threaded pin M16 x 2003083-180118Long nut M16 x 501432-191119.1Nut M161432-067119.2Nuts M121432-0652210Mounting bushing for ball bearing, inner ring3083-1741111Guide pins for suction- and disharge cover M16 x 3003083-1642212Punch for locking the rotors3083-1831113Plate for locking the rotors 40 x 15 x 2003083-1791114Plate for dismounting the rotors 60 x 25 x 3603083-1771115Bushing dia.25/17 x 153083-1782216.1Cap screw M20 x 1203083-1761116.2Cap screw M16 x 403083-1751117.1Socket cap screws M16 x 601413-4362217.2Socket cap screws M16 x 401413-4322217.3Socket cap screws M6 x 161413-3402218Washer dia 20/17 x 31436-0011119Threaded pin M 16 x 2503083-1681120Thrust plate 50 x 20 x 2703083-1671121Pipe pieces dia. 25.9/21.3 x 1873083-1702222Threaded pins M 12 x 2753083-1692223Gauge dia. 62/17 x 513083-1661124Spring dia. 50 x 9.52142-0601125.1Nuts with collar M121432-1702225.2Nut with ooiiar M161432-1711126Plate with M12 nut 20 x 6 x 1003083-1631127-1Socket cap screw key with handle 5 mm1612-3911127-2Socket cap screw with handle M12 x 1803083-165112BEye-bol M121427-150130Alignment device for coupling3183-105131Feeler gauge (incl in3183-105)1622-050132Tools for shaft seal removal, oil pump3083-1601Consists of:Puller for shaft seal, oil pump3083-1571Cap screw M10 x 751424-2011Threaded pin M8 x 1503083-1563Nuts M81432-0633Punch dia. 18 x 803083-1581Punch dia. 22/16.5 x 1003083-159140.1Combination spanner 19mm140.2Combination spanner 24mm140.3Combination spanner 30mm140.4Combination spanner 36mm141Open end spanner 19/22mm142.2Hexagon bit adaptor 1/2'- 5mm142.3Hexagon bit adaptor 1/2' - 6mm142.4Hexagon bit adaptor 1/2' -10mm142.5Hexagon bit adaptor 1/2'-14mm142.6Hexagon bit adaptor 1/2' -17mm143Rachet spanner144.1Torque wrench 10-60 Nm144.2Torque wrench 50-300 Nm145Pointed screw M 16 x 201413-2622246Box spanner insert 1/2'-36mm147Hook spanner KM8148.1Extension (long)148.2Extension (short)149Puller, kukko 10-20150Dial indicator151Magnetic fixture for dial indicator152.1Retaining pliers J2152.2Retaining pliers A11

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                                                                        OCTOBER 2017

 *****The beautiful dino, Sue will be moved to her own gallery in Chicago’s field museum. New to her long fixed spot will be a cast of patagotitan mayorum, the biggest dinosaur ever found.

*****Richard Thomas is selling his NY midtown coop for $2,995,000 and is located at 7th Ave. and w. 58th.

*****California is waiting for Jerry Brown to sign a bill that bans puppy mills.

*****WWF has released wild tigers back into Kazakhstan. Scimitar horned oryx were released into the Sahara desert and indigo snakes were reintroduced into Florida.

*****Toys “R” Us has filed for bankruptcy.

*****Tom Price, health and human services secretary, has resigned after hic charter flight scandal.

*****After 50 years Rolling Stone may be up for sale.

*****Doc Martin is back on Acorn for series 8.

*****As social media has been telling us, we don’t need a border wall. Tourism is down about $37 billion. Thanks Trump!

*****Trump supporters don’t seem to like him fraternizing with the Dems and waffling on DACA. They have been burning their red hats but scary clown already got the money for selling them so what does he care. Anne Coulter wonders if there is anybody left who does not want Trump impeached.** Some states are suing over DACA.

*****”Holes separate men and women.”- Billy Connolly

*****The dreamer program has been signed away. The Deferred Action for Children’s Arrival has been handed to congress for 6 months to deal with. The administration says it violates the rule of law.

*****The Peoria Blues and Heritage fest went off without a hitch. The weather was perfect and we should all be looking at the Jamiah Rogers band, these guys are fucking awesome. John Butler checked them out before his own set and was great with his fans.

*****Bill Withers has his first solo record since 1985 with a cover of (You’ve been quite a doll) Raggedy Ann.

*****In this country, a woman dies every 2 hours of cervical cancer because of improper health care.

*****Can I just say that I do not want to see reporters in the middle of hurricanes. Can they just stay safe in a room and fix a camera outside? I would much rather see different angles of the storm and see no people out there.  It was often impossible to hear then anyway.  The communication between the studio and location was fucked up and did not help anyway. It also seemed like they showed an awful lot of Shell stations. JS

*****An estimated 70 million Americans saw the fake Russian ads during the campaign.  No impact??

*****The Stones are on their No Filter tour in Europe and they brought out ‘Dancin with Mr. D’ which hasn’t been played live since 1973.

*****Trumps lawyers seem to want Jared out.

*****Steve Bannon’s Great Great Grandfather was an immigrant from Ireland who needed no papers to get in this country.

*****Montgomery , Alabama is going to open a Museum of lynching.  There is a wall lined with jars of dirt that were collected from sites of lynching’s from around the country.  Very powerful.

*****Thanks Trump administration for removing references to ‘LGBTQ’ youth from a federal program for victims of sex trafficking. It also eliminates funding to international groups that provide abortions. This comes from mostly evangelical lobbyists who are reporting that they are having more discussions  with this administration than they ever had with any President.

*****Vanity Fair has their best dressed list out which includes Harry Styles, Rihanna, Solange, Jack Schlossberg, Justin Trudeau, Janelle Monae, Dev Patel, Cate Blanchett, Zoe Kravitz, Ruth Negga, and Donald Glover. The hall of fame mentioned Lauren Hutton, Jeremy irons and Prince Phillip.

*****More police brutality against the black man with the subduing of the Seahawks Michael Bennett for no apparent reason.

*****Leslie Van Houten has again been granted parole. As last year she is waiting out the 120 days to get the word from Gov. Jerry Brown.

*****Lovin’ Greg Garcia’s The Guest book on TBS. What is not to love about seeing Charles Robinson and Carly Jibson again.  It made my day to see guest Orson Bean!!

*****The U.S. office of government ethics has changed a policy that will now allow lobbyists to donate to staffers legal defense funds.

*****Cameras have taken the first pictures of white giraffes in Kenya.

*****The Simpsons will be going to New Orleans this season!

*****The Middle is starting its last season. We will miss U!

*****Jay Pharoah has a new show on Showtime. White Famous is loosely based on the life of Jamie Foxx who is the executive producer.

*****John Davis Washington, son of Denzel may head the cast of Black Klansman. Spike Lee will direct and Jordan Peele will produce the true story of an African American who in 1978 infiltrated the KKK. Ron Stallworth used phones and his own writing to communicate with the organization. When he had to appear in person he sent a white officer in his place. They were able to sometimes sabotage cross burnings and other activities.

*****IT just had the biggest horror movie opening ever. The acting is quite nice for chapter 1 but the ending a bit long.

*****Netflix is bringing a delicious doc : Jim and Andy  The great beyond featuring a very special contractually obligated mention of Tony Clifton. Spike Jonze is producing with the hundred  hours of footage from Man on the Moon. ** Other new docs on the way look at Eric Clapton, Grace Jones and Sammy Davis Jr. It is the first time that Kim Novak will talk on camera about dating Sammy.

*****September 16 brought the Juggalos march on Washington. They have been bringing awareness about their gang designation and the harm that it has caused. The running man with a hatchet is considered a gang symbol and gives cops probable cause to search. The FBI labeled Juggalos a hybrid gang in 2011. Also marching were some of the alt right calling their march the mother of all rallies but it only produced about 500 people.

*****Treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin requested use of a government jet for his honeymoon and he later withdrew that request.

*****Finally there was a confirmation from a charity that Trump claims to have given to after the Hurricanes. Direct relief received 25 thou. ** There have still been no charities that received money from the inauguration fund.

*****WGN is bringing us a new show called Bellevue.

*****Howard Buffett will be the new Sheriff of Macon county in Illinois. His father Warren had donated millions to the area.

*****Prophets of Rage are here to raise awareness with members of Cypress Hill, Rage against the Machine and Public Enemy.

*****LA summer Olympics in 2028?!

*****Sean Spicer landed on Jimmy Kimmel. Wow.. What a kiss ass whiny bitch. He tried hard to stay in Trumps good graces with compliments for the Pres and constant berating of the press. He reminded me of a ventriloquist dummy with a hand up his ass.** His cameo at the Emmy’s did not go over very well either.

***** Model Monroe Bergdorf was fired by L’oreal because of her anti- racist remarks.  She has now been hired by Illamasqua.

*****Boycott Dragon Dumps! Don’t pay your bill on time and the owner dumps garbage on your lawn.

*****It looks like Trevor Noah will stay with the Daily show until at least 2022.

*****James Woods used his twitter account to try and shame a movie about a gay romance between a 17 year old and a 24 year old. Amber Tamblyn tweeted that Woods had hit on her for real when she was only 16.

*****Scientists are trying to bring back the chelonoidis elephantopus Galopagos turtles. 80 blood samples of modern day island turtles have genetic traces of the lost species. Even though they have been extinct for 160 years, scientists think they can reproduce though not to 100%. Could they reverse the negative effects that humans cause in the environment?

***** Why do bullies feel the need to use the art of artists who want nothing to do with them? It is like using ‘You can’t always get what you want’ for Trump when there are plenty of artists who agree with you that would love for you to use their art. Now Universal music and American recordings had to send a cease and desist letter to the white supremacist site Stormfront to stop using Johnny Cash’s version of ‘I won’t back down.’ The host blames the Jews.

*****Tru tv will bring us At home with Amy Sedaris.

*****North Dakota paleontologists have been uncovering so many bones that they are inviting the public to help.  It sounds like a dream come true.

*****Paul Newman is Jake Gyllenhaal’s Godfather. JS

*****St. Louis exploded into protest with yet another acquittal of a police officer after the shooting of a black man, Anthony Lamar Smith. Peoria, Il is also dealing with the shooting of an alleged bank robber who was shot 18 times.

*****The NFL is standing together in solidarity for equality and scary clown is sniping at them like a bitch. Our leader would not know respect and maturity if it bit him in the ass.** The Packers asked their fans to stand arm in arm with them on their Thursday night game with the Bears. Respect to Aaron Rodgers and the guys for speaking out before the game on equality. Some ‘fans’ are burning their Packer stuff. ..  Why do these Trump supporters always want to burn everything? Do they have any idea how racist and ridiculous that looks?

*****Veep is going to bring us their last season while Julia is battling breast cancer. Joe Biden tweeted that us Veeps must stick together to show his support.

*****The Emmy’s with Stephen Colbert have come and gone. My best dressed were Ellie Kemper, Jessica Biel, Michelle Pfeiffer, Susan Sarandon, Leslie Jones, Matthew Rhys, Claire Foy, Evan Rachel Wood ,Gabrielle Union, Donald Glover, Emmy Rossum, Zoe Kravitz, Nicole Kidman and Julia- Louis Dreyfus. My worst dressed were Uzo Aduba, Debra Messing, Anna Farris, Tracee Ellis Ross and Prianka Chopra. I love Sarah Paulson and the back of her dress was great but …?? There was so much black fabric which was awesome. Was it mourning for the earthquake and hurricane victims or just a general sadness for the country?  Whatever the reason.. hooray black!!**Also happy that hairstyles were mostly long and loose.** I was happy to see Laura Dern win for supporting actress in a limited series or movie. ** The Handmaids tale won for show, directing and writing , for Anne Dowd who looked more shocked and appreciative than I have ever seen and Elisabeth Moss. ** I was happy for Alec Baldwin for best supporting actor but was really routing for Louie Anderson. ** When the noms came out, I could not imagine anything beating out FEUD but everything did. ** The girls from 9 to 5 stole the show with their mention of a sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot. ** Donald Glover won for directing and acting. **Alexander Skarsgard won which gave he and his brother quite a week. ** John Oliver won two and he again flew in his whole staff. ** Julia- Louis Dreyfus has now won the most Emmys for the same character in the same show. Veep got best comedy.**It was a wonderful moment when Carol Burnett and Norman Lear came out but DeNiro looked so disinterested.** Cicely Tyson has often been described as a bit of a diva and seemed a bit out of it on the broadcast but her counterpart saved the day.** So sad that Bob Odenkirk did not win but kudos to sterling K. Brown. They seemed to play him off too quickly while Nicole Kidman and big little lies had all the time in the world.

*****Bobby Moynihan stars in the new  ‘Me Myself and I’ on CBS.

*****Word is that the Trump campaign is asking supporters to contribute money to build the wall.

*****Can we pay a little more attention to Puerto Rico? Why is the Pres giving them grief? Things were tough enough before the devastation. Puerto Rico has no bankruptcy and running a business is so costly there. Companies there must buy American which we don’t have to do.  Forty percent of residents don’t have insurance. So many of the supplies sent to help are just sitting there in San Juan.

*****Angela Merkel has won a 4th term as German chancellor.

*****Singapore got their first female President, Halimah Yacob. She was the only candidate.

*****There was a settlement in a lawsuit against Club Cabaret. Dancers sued to be employees instead of individual contractors. The dancers won a million and cost of legal fees.

*****Art Garfunkel has a memoir/diary/ book of musings out called ‘What is it all but luminous.’

*****The personal account of Ted Cruz hit ‘like’ on a porn site on 9/11. He calls it a mistake by a staffer. A college roommate of Cruz said that he was not surprised.

*****After a tweet from the Pres about hitting Hil with a golf ball, Stephen King tweeted: Thinks hitting a woman with a golf ball and knocking her down is funny. Myself, I think it indicates a severely fucked up mind.

*****Brooklyn 99 is back and funnier than ever with the same great cast and opening.

*****Bill Maher and Jimmy Kimmel are rated number 1 of tv personalities based on Facebook, Instagram, twitter et al.

*****R.I.P Richard Anderson, Walter Becker, Don Williams, David Tang, Troy Gentry, Murray Lerner, Mexico’s earthquake victims, those lost to hurricane Irma, Frank Vincent, Len Wein, Grant Hart, Harry Dean Stanton, Michelle Rounds, Bonnie Angelo, Hugh Hefner, Jake La Motta, Eddie Russell Jr., Edith Windsor, Tony Booth and Monty Hall.

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1. favorite season? Autumn 🍁🍂🎃2. prettiest thing u own? Literal pretty, probably silver necklaces. Metaphorically, a purple box of memories with Alex ❤3. do u prefer to be outside or inside? Inside, stupid weather. 4. furthest ever traveled? California (from Michigan) probably. 5. what’s your aesthetic in 3 words? Dark rustic sepia 6 favorite gemstone? Emerald7 best thing about yourself, in your opinion I accommodate to others needs before my own8 best thing about yourself, in other’s opinion “the fact that your always yourself, whether if other people like it or not” - @x-i-a-t9 what’s your weirdest fear? Driving god damnit 😢10 weirdest dream you’ve ever had? Well my most recent dream was about Lionel Fusco (a cop in the show person of interest) being shot and dying. I was like a part of the cast and ran in the hospital room and started crying likeI knew him11 go-to hiding place my bedroom probably 12 favorite place in your house- also my bedroom13 earliest memory so I have 2 memories from California (I moved from there when I was 4) one is walking along a major road, but I was on a dirt path. And a HUGE (to baby me) chain link fence was to my left. The other one was walking through a pristine neighborhood, with bleach white sidewalk and dark green grass. 14 do you believe in ghosts? Literally, no. I don’t think we are some spiritual entity. However I think ghosts are super cool so I choose to believe somehow it’s possible 😂15 favorite sea creature? Sea turtles I guess16 cold showers or hot baths? Man, neither. Cold shower if I had to pick. 17 satin or lace? Lace (even though it rips easier)18 gold or silver? Silver 19 hoops or pearl earrings? Pearls 20 aesthetic song “call me when your sober” - evanescence21 top 5 songs oh man. This is impossible. I like so much music. It depends on the day and my mood. But I’ll signal boost the recent ones - American Arson, Graceful Closure. Now my long time favorites - Nickelback, Shinedown, three days grace. I know the question said songs BUT I CAN’T PICK 22 favorite time of the day? Dusk 23 favorite part of your body? My eyes I guess24 do you drink alcohol? No. 25 dream job from when u were a kid “scientist” (I think I meant a chemist) 26 messy or clean? Clean 27 tea or coffee? Tea28 favorite book Injustice and Indefensible by Lee Goodman (those are two books but one story) 29 zodiac sign? Taurus 30 extrovert or introvert? Introvert31 celebrity crush? Jim Caviezel 32 early bird or night owl? Night owl33 do you believe in love at first sight? No. Infatuation sure. 34 favorite book quote “But what the objective self knows and what the mischievous self conscious conjures can be different things indeed” 35 three wishes you have to not be anxious, to not be depressed, and to be successful. 36 do you believe in magic? What? No? The fact that magic ISN’T real is what makes it more impressive 37 do you believe in soulmates? Yes 🖤38 zoo or aquarium? Both. I say aquarium just because it’s all inside and ACed39 cats or dogs? Cats 🐱40 how many languages do you speak? A whole 141 how has your life changed from last year? My best friend will no longer live 5 minutes away 😢😢😢42 why do you have your name/url? Because I like Nikki Sixx and the word spiffy 43 do you keep secrets? how well? Yes. Pretty well. 44 favorite animal big cats45 what is love to you? Alex dealing with me46 future children name? Gizmo, pop tart, noodle. Did I mention I prefer cats? 47 favorite color dark teal48 favorite movie a beautiful mind & memento 49 cuddles or kisses? Why not both?50 if you could have any person in the world over for dinner, who would be? Nikki Sixx51 someone to bring back from the dead Kurt Cobain or Jimmi Hendrix 52 lipstick or lipgloss? LIPSTICK 53 are you street smart or book smart? Neither really54 your biggest strength being able to push aside all of my problems when I have something i need to do 55 favorite sport hockey 56 favorite drink? Fruit Flavored tea or lemonade (or all mixed together?) 57 favorite winter activity laying in a warm cozy bed58 last time you went abroad never 😂 I don’t really want to 59 favorite dessert my grandma makes this random cake type thing that is hard to explain. It’s lemon pound cake, then a condensed milk whip cream stuff, and strawberries all layered together 60 favorite artist like painter? Actual artist? I have no idea 61 favorite singer/band Shinedown 62 favorite dancing song Into the Night - Santana63 favorite crying song call me when your sober- evanescence or call me - shinedown (ignore the similarity) 64 do you wear glasses? No I just be out here seeing 65 first thing you do when you wake up check my phone 66 how long do u usually sleep for? 5ish hours 67 one thing you lost and you want back my DAMN BLACK CONVERSE WHERE DID THEY GO? 68 biggest fear failure 69 favorite carnival ride the one where I get the stay on the ground 70 do u have birthmarks or scars? I have a light birthmark on my left hip . Most of my scars have actually faded away, which I guess is nice. 71 favorite childhood memory being happy in general 72 what do u think about during a storm? The calming sounds of it73 one word to describe your life? Complicated 74 craziest thing ever done i am the furthest from crazy. Nothing comes to mind 75 do u have piercings or tattoos? No 76 favorite flower lillies77 do u have any pets? A black kitty and an orange corn snake78 describe your style comfy dark colors79 choose one thing to change about yourself my phobias/anxiety80 do u play any musical instruments? No 😢81 if your life was a movie would it be a comedy, a rom-com, action film or drama? A dramatic Rom com. Starts out drama and ends in rom com (hopefully)82 do u prefer dark, dramatic makeup or natural makeup? Dark and dramatic. Gimme that burgundy lipstick 83 favorite perfume honestly just floral scents from bath and body works works for me. 84 biggest fandom criminal minds I guess 85 favorite YouTuber(s) Jenna Marbles 86 OTP Jenna and Julien. 87 country, state where you were born Orange county, California, USA. 88 your parent’s name Roy and Sharon 89 favorite snack salsa con queso and tortilla chips90 pasta or pizza pasta if it has Alfredo sauce 91 pen or pencil PEN I HATE PENCILS92 blue or black ink blue 93 paper books or electronic books? Paper books 94 history or geography? Geography 95 pastel or neon neon 97 soap or body wash body wash98 conditioner, no conditioner, or 2 in 1 shampoo & conditioner? conditioner 99 singing in the shower or not? Not. Dance though 100 listen to music while bathing or silence music101 blow dry, towel dry, or air dry your hair towel dey and then air dry 102 morning or night showers? Night

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2018 Subaru Crosstrek Long-Term Verdict: Still a Solid CUV After One Year?

Driving back from a day of off-roading at Hungry Valley, I detoured through some canyon roads near Malibu. Still feeling the adrenaline from the 4×4 practice area of the park, I pushed the little Subie harder than ever. Tires were squealing, and my heart was racing. This might sound crazy, but the lifted hatchback can be flogged through corners harder than most small-crossover competitors before the all-season tires raise the white flag. Back on the highway, I couldn’t help but think how multitalented the Crosstrek is.

After a year in a 2018 Crosstrek, we can confirm that the MotorTrend favorite doesn’t just cover the basics better than most. It’s also great at extracurricular activities. Around town, the Crosstrek rides very well, soaking up bumps, dips, and imperfections like a premium vehicle and with almost zero rattling. On a horribly rough freeway on-ramp near our office, many other vehicles bounce around, emitting jingles and jangles while the steering wheel shakes side to side. Not in the Crosstrek, which irons out the ramp without any steering wheel drama. Much of this has to do with its very solid chassis. I intentionally hit bumps and dips when I test cars, and the Crosstrek barely noticed. With its 8.7 inches of ground clearance, I never worried about bottoming out on dips.

The comfortable ride continues off the asphalt. Bumps, ruts, and rocks are nicely absorbed by the Stablex dampers. At one point in Hungry Valley, I found myself driving down a dirt road at 40 mph as if I was in some kind of Baja desert race. A quick twist of the steering wheel induced a fun and controlled slide. As I discovered in my off-roading adventure, mud, sand, rocks, and ruts didn’t stop the Crosstrek. And although most owners will keep it on asphalt, it should be nice to know that this little thing off-roads better than most expect.

I wasn’t able to off-road in the snow, but the Crosstrek’s Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive system with X-Mode should make easy work of it. Driving in the rain was actually lots of fun thanks to the loads of traction. For kicks, I would pull away from a stoplight very quickly without any wheel spin, leaving all others far behind me. In the event of having to make a quick turn on a busy street with speeding cars, have no fear, as breaking traction even in the rain is difficult.

Considering the Crosstrek’s competitive set, the spacious cabin is styled well and has many quality parts that sometimes make you forget you’re in Subaru’s cheapest crossover. The orange stitching on the seats and steering wheel pop, there are plenty of textured and soft-touch surfaces, the blinker and wiper stalks don’t feel flimsy, and most buttons and switches feel good. The rearview camera has sharp resolution, but I wish the 6.5-inch touchscreen was a little larger. (An 8.0-inch screen is available on Limited and hybrid models; our tester was a midlevel Premium.) My favorite interior component is something you constantly touch, the steering wheel. The grips are large, the leather feels good, the paddle shifters are easily flickable, and it looks good. But the best part is actually the feel. When I review other cars, it’s rare for one to have better steering feel. The Crosstrek’s is almost perfectly weighted and very precise, with a decent amount of feedback (rare for the segment), and its quick ratio is fun when pushing it. This is something the Crosstrek doesn’t need, but it’s refreshing to see in a crossover. It’s also one of the reasons why the Subie handles so well.

Plenty of staffers used the Subaru for long trips, and for good reason. Besides the comfort level, the Crosstrek has a large 16.6-gallon tank and delivers 33 mpg on the highway with the CVT. The rear seats are roomy, and the cargo area should be large enough for most. Apple CarPlay (or Android Auto) keeps passengers entertained, and if there is an emergency, simply hit the SOS call button near the map lights. Additionally, even though visibility is good, the added assistance of the large yellow warning light of the blind-spot monitoring system will help keep things safe. If your trip is in the mountains, engine braking is surprisingly strong, and the paddle shifters are responsive.

But like any vehicle, there are plenty of ways to improve the little Subaru. In my third update I complained about its nonlinear acceleration, lack of a proximity key with push-start ignition for the price (the feature becomes standard on the higher Limited trim), and door locks that don’t automatically lock or unlock (even when you drive away). Another thing about those door locks: When locked, pulling the handle won’t open the door like in many vehicles; you have to press the unlock button or manually unlock it. Getting out of a modern-day car shouldn’t require an extra step, and it could slow you down in case of an emergency.

I was always surprised with how many people complimented our Crosstrek’s exterior color.

I addressed the Crosstrek’s just-adequate acceleration in my track-day update. Speaking of acceleration, when driving the Crosstrek hard, the CVT engages what feels like a temporary Sport mode (an official Sport mode doesn’t exist) by becoming extra responsive. This is fine when having fun, but it can be annoying when you aren’t. For example, if you apply a lot of throttle to beat traffic, be careful when you press the gas again; even a light application will result in a jerk because the transmission still thinks you want to go fast.

As much as I like the interior for the price point, I see room for improvement. The instrument cluster and small display screen look cheap and old, and so does the small upper center display screen. But those can be upgraded with the Limited or hybrid trims. The steering wheel column cover looks like a piece of construction paper, the heated seat switches and X-Mode buttons aren’t up to par, and the center stack looks plain. I‘m a big fan of quality-feeling shifters, like the Limited and hybrid models have. Our Premium trim tester’s sounds and feels clunky. Additionally, I wish the USB ports were front facing, rear HVAC vents should be available, and more interior color is needed—the cabin is too dark. Lastly, the infotainment system is easy to use, and Apple CarPlay connects quickly, though it needs to react quicker to your inputs. There’s a significant delay between your finger touching the screen and the system responding.

The Crosstrek proved to be reliable during our 13 months and 20,939 miles in it. We took it into the dealership three times for scheduled maintenance (7,500-mile intervals) and replaced a tire due to a slow leak from a gash in the sidewall. During one of the dealership visits, a recall for the stereo head unit was completed free of charge, but I never noticed any connectivity issues. The maintenance visits totaled $281.85, and the new tires cost $248.91. We averaged 25.9 mpg, a bit below the 2018 Crosstrek’s 27/33 mpg city/highway EPA ratings but within the 24.5/35.1 mpg results from our EQUA Real MPG testing. Our former long-term Jeep Renegade cost us $67.35 in scheduled maintenance, but that was with half the miles; had the Renegade been driven a comparable 20,000 miles, its maintenance visits still would have been $100 or more below the Crosstrek. Our long-term Honda HR-V ($149.29 for two service visits over 20,348 miles) was also cheaper to maintain. A 2016 Mazda CX-3 tester ($534.34 over 35,386 miles and four service visits) was also cheaper to maintain per mile.

With a bit more power and some interior upgrades, the Subaru Crosstrek would be damn near perfect for a crossover. Despite its shortcomings, we’re sorry to see the Crosstrek leave our long-term fleet.

Read more about our 2018 Subaru Crosstrek:

Arrival

Update 1: The Subaru Comfortable

Update 2: Crosstrek Track Day

Update 3: It’s Time to Grumble

Update 4: Hitting the Mountain

Update 5: Off-Road Cred Confirmed

Update 6: EyeSight or Not?

Our Car SERVICE LIFE 13 mo / 20,939 mi BASE PRICE $23,510 OPTIONS Option Package 12 ($1,400: Power moonroof, blind spot dectection with rear cross traffic alert, lane change assist); Continuously variable transmission ($1,000), audio upgrade kit ($499), crossbar set ($201), rear bumper cover ($113), rear seat back protector ($95), all-weather mats ($81) PRICE AS TESTED $26,899 AVG ECON/CO2 25.9 mpg / 0.75 lb/mi PROBLEM AREAS None MAINTENANCE COST 281.85 (3- oil change, rotation, inspection; 1- cabin air filter) NORMAL-WEAR COST $0 3-YEAR RESIDUAL VALUE* $22,400 (83%) RECALLS None *IntelliChoice data; assumes 42,000 miles at the end of 3-years

2018 Subaru Crosstrek 2.0i Premium POWERTRAIN/CHASSIS DRIVETRAIN LAYOUT Front-engine, AWD ENGINE TYPE Flat-4, alum block/heads VALVETRAIN DOHC, 4 valves/cyl DISPLACEMENT 121.7 cu in/1,995 cc COMPRESSION RATIO 12.5:1 POWER (SAE NET) 152 hp @ 6,000 rpm TORQUE (SAE NET) 145 lb-ft @ 4,000 rpm REDLINE 6,250 rpm WEIGHT TO POWER 21.2 lb/hp TRANSMISSION Cont variable auto AXLE/FINAL-DRIVE RATIO 3.90:1/2.17:1 SUSPENSION, FRONT; REAR Struts, coil springs, anti-roll bar; multilink, coil springs, anti-roll bar STEERING RATIO 13.0:1 TURNS LOCK-TO-LOCK 2.6 BRAKES, F; R 11.6-in vented disc; 10.8-in disc, ABS WHEELS 7.0 x 17-in cast aluminum TIRES 225/60R17 98H (M+S) Yokohama Geolandar G91 DIMENSIONS WHEELBASE 104.9 in TRACK, F/R 61.0/61.2 in LENGTH x WIDTH x HEIGHT 175.8 x 71.0 x 62.6 in GROUND CLEARANCE 8.7 in APPRCH/DEPART ANGLE 18.0/29.0 deg TURNING CIRCLE 35.4 ft CURB WEIGHT 3,225 lb WEIGHT DIST, F/R 59/41% TOWING CAPACITY 1,500 lb SEATING CAPACITY 5 HEADROOM, F/R 37.6/37.8 in LEGROOM, F/R 43.1/36.5 in SHOULDER ROOM, F/R 56.7/55.6 in CARGO VOLUME, BEH F/R 55.3/20.8 cu ft TEST DATA 43.1/36.5 in ACCELERATION TO MPH 0-30 3.4 sec 0-40 5.0 0-50 6.8 0-60 9.0 0-70 11.7 0-80 15.4 PASSING, 45-65 MPH 4.4 QUARTER MILE 16.9 sec @ 83.4 mph BRAKING, 60-0 MPH 120 ft LATERAL ACCELERATION 0.81 g (avg) MT FIGURE EIGHT 27.3 sec @ 0.62 g (avg) TOP-GEAR REVS @ 60 MPH 1,550 rpm CONSUMER INFO BASE PRICE $23,510 PRICE AS TESTED $26,899 STABILITY/TRACTION CONTROL Yes/Yes AIRBAGS 7: Dual front, front side, f/r curtain, driver knee BASIC WARRANTY 3 yrs/36,000 miles POWERTRAIN WARRANTY 5 yrs/60,000 miles ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE 3 yrs/36,000 miles FUEL CAPACITY 16.6 gal REAL MPG, CITY/HWY/COMB 24.5/35.1/28.3 mpg EPA CITY/HWY/COMB ECON 27/33/29 mpg ENERGY CONS, CITY/HWY 125/102 kW-hrs/100 miles CO2 EMISSIONS, COMB 0.66 lb/mile RECOMMENDED FUEL Unleaded regular

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Food, farming and sustainability: What future in post-Brexit UK? | Environment| All topics from climate change to conservation | DW

In the hallowed halls of Westminster, the British government has been dreaming up a golden vision of sustainability for British agriculture post-Brexit.

Despite positive hopes for this vision by the Soil Association, which certifies organic food in the United Kingdom and lobbies for sustainability, the group’s policy officer Sam Packer is skeptical: “The British government is seeing agriculture as an opportunity to tell a good story about Brexit.”

And this happy tale, like everything else to do with Brexit, is still up in the air.

Read more: Will Brexit be bad for biodiversity in Britain?

On the sustainability front, the National Farmers’ Union of England and Wales (NFU) has teamed up with Greener UK (a coalition of environmental organizations, including The Soil Association) to make sure that Brexit works for farming and the environment.

With agriculture a powerful force in the UK — farmers manage more than 70 percent of the land area in England and Wales, according to the NFU — such alliances could shift the equation, particularly when trade is on the table.

Overthrowing the reign of CAP

Far from minister’s office in Westminster, on a windy hillside on the outskirts of Bristol, the enthusiasm for a brighter future has taken root with remain-voter Humphrey Lloyd.

Lloyd is the grower at Edible Futures, a smallholding that sells greens and herbs to the local community. He’s also the treasurer at The Landworkers’ Alliance, a union and campaign group representing the interests of small-scale and sustainable farmers.

Edible Futures is among shareholders who hope for payouts in post-Brexit Britain

As he plants spring onions, Lloyd calls Brexit a “unique political moment.”

The European Union’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has dominated agricultural payouts since before Lloyd was born in 1985. Those payments neglect smallholdings like his own. He wants to get in on the action.

Packer, on the other hand, thinks that the UK’s 25-year environment plan, launched earlier this year, is evidence that the status quo will win.

He described the plan as including “lots of rhetoric, lots of good words and very little binding action.”

Still, he sees as positive the fact that now change is inevitable, organizations like his are being invited to the table.

Agroecology: The new buzzword

At that table, the concepts of “agroecology” and “agroforestry” are being pushed into mainstream agriculture.

Agroforestry involves using trees to prevent soil erosion, thus building up the health of the soil with organic matter that retains more water — and storing carbon from the atmosphere.

Healthy soil is a mantra being picked up even in industrial farming. The UK government aims to make soils healthy by 2030.

A bill including first-ever targets for soil health was introduced to parliament last March, and is expected to be published later in 2018.

Silent underground helpers

Half truths

The story goes that when an earthworm is split in two, both parts will live on. That’s not exactly right. Only the front of the worm can survive such a trauma. Even then, it doesn’t always make it. All of the worm’s vital organs are here but if too much of the gut is missing or the wound becomes infected, the half worm won’t recover.

Silent underground helpers

Conscientious composter

Worms satisfy their hunger with the remnants of dead plants. They also graze on bacteria, algae, single-cell organisms and fungal threads located in their tunnels. Because earthworms have no teeth, they compost organic material by sticking food to the walls of underground burrows and layering excrement over it. This creates a perfect environment for pre-digesting microorganisms.

Silent underground helpers

Soil stabilizers

The earthworm’s cast material – also known as worm poop – helps create good soil’s fine crumb structure. Each year, the animals will lay a 0.5 centimeter crumb layer on the soil surface. But if they are really industrious and conditions are right, it can be up to five centimeters. These casts are packed full of nutrients that provide food for fungi and help prevent soil erosion.

Silent underground helpers

Has an earthworm got a head?

Earthworms have a head and tail, although that may be hard to tell at first glance. If the animal is at reproductive age, a thick band, called a clitellum, is visible. The head is located closest to this band.

Silent underground helpers

Tiny tunnellers

An earthworm’s tunnel system is a big boon to the soil. It allows water to flow more quickly through the ground and provides ventilation. Plants also push their roots through the many, many tunnels created by earthworms. A 50-hectare farm can house up to 400,000 kilometers of underground passages.

Silent underground helpers

Dangers above ground

An earthworm’s true domain, as its name betrays, is underground. But at times, the animal is lured above ground by the vibration of raindrops hitting the earth’s surface. There, dangerous UV-light and hungry birds await.

Silent underground helpers

Prime plumbers

A ground without earthworms behaves like a blocked drain when it rains. Water can no longer flow down through the soil. Even the smallest amounts of water can cause flooding over time. However, when worms are present and working diligently, soil can deal with the intake of water and surplus liquid ends up in springs and wells.

Silent underground helpers

Close quarters

The number of earthworms living in the soil depends on how the land is cultivated. In monocultures, where many machines and pesticides are used, you’ll find around 30 animals per square meter. But the same amount of soil on a farm that practices multi-cropping can contain up to 120 animals. In optimum conditions, up to several hundred of the invertebrates may be working silently underground.

Sustainability laggard Britain

For Ped Asgarian, the manager of organic outfit The Community Farm in Somerset, Brexit certainly will not be the bright gate to a green future.

While sitting at a busy pub in Chew Magna, in the south of England, he notes with irony that as Europe has sought to become more environmentally oriented for years, “the one nation that has been really holding them back is us.”

He sees the EU as forcing sustainability onto the UK “because our soil is vanishing fast, our biodiversity is vanishing fast, and our soil health is degrading so much.”

Read more: Soil: More than just dirt

Packer agrees that Britain could just as easily have made changes from within the EU — such as localizing food systems and moving away from industrial farming, including from the import-export methods upon which it currently relies.

France, for example, recently announced a commitment for 50 percent of food supplied to the public sector to be produced locally.

“The message that we can achieve more outside [the EU] can, in some ways, be unpicked through that story,” Packer points out.

Farming in Britain: Not always the paragon of sustainability

The realities of eating local

Eating locally grown produce is not an easy prospect, given the cool UK climate.

Asgarian, who runs a box scheme selling fruit and vegetables to 450 local households a week, notes that not everything in the box comes from the farm’s 22 acres (8 hectares). 

They grow about 30 percent of what they sell, and rely upon a network of other local growers.

“We also work with a couple of larger farms in the north and east of England, because getting enough produce year-round is quite difficult,” he says.

They even have to import some items to keep their customers satisfied.

Read more: Would you eat local for a week? I tried, and discovered what eating green really means

Nor can the UK rely solely on domestic sales. Currently, it exports 40 percent of its lamb, 80 percent of its dairy and 75 percent of its wheat and barley to the EU.

This is why groups like the NFU have been pushing for tariff-free and frictionless trade to continue.

Despite all the challenges, people like Lloyd continue dreaming.

“The history of political change is the history of hopeful people doing what they can,” he says as he makes drills for his next line of onions. “We need to hope, we need to work hard and we need to believe.”

Lloyd continues to be convinced that “we can win quite a simple battle against corporate industrial agriculture in favor of something sustainable and fair.”

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Speed Freaks’ Co-Op: 70 Years of HOT ROD Specials

HOT ROD’s Most Legendary Project Cars

In HOT ROD Magazine’s extensive project-car history, few machines earn more respect than the Specials. These are competition vehicles that HRM has personally raced, supported, or sponsored—from land speed to marathon boat racing, and everything in between. Without a doubt, mechanical maniac Ak Miller and intrepid HRM Editor Ray Brock share a bulk of the responsibility for these insane adventures, reaching from the deserts of Mexico to the peaks of Colorado in everything from homebuilt, aluminum-chassis hot rods to near-stock Rancheros. With these racers and their machines, HRM has been able to leave its mark on legendary races like the NORRA 1000, Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, Bonneville Speed Week, and the Mille Miglia.

Ak Miller’s Caballo de Hierro (Caballo I)

HRM first sponsored Ak Miller’s “Horse of Iron” in the 1954 La Carrera Pan Americana Large Sports class, with Ray Brock and Wally Parks covering Ak’s second attempt with co-driver Doug Harrison. The purpose-built road racer started with a 1927 Model T body dropped onto a narrowed 1950 Ford chassis. Four Stromberg carburetors fed a poked-and-stroked 357ci Olds V8, which powered a 1953 Lincoln rear axle via a 1937 Caddy transmission that was backed by a 1935 Nash overdrive (enabling cruising speeds up to 130 mph). The grinning, high-fendered hot rod was driven round trip from California to Mexico to “find any weak links in the parts system,” finishing eighth in 1953—despite suffering daily ring-and-pinion failures with the original 1950 Ford axle—and fifth in 1954 as the first HOT ROD Special (trailing four Ferraris) before donating many of its guts for Caballo II. Caballo I’s sacrifice was in keeping with the original “How backyard can we be?” build mantra, but its remains were sold off and lost not long after.

Ak Miller’s Caballo II

Before crowd-funding as we know it today, HRM (and its readers via mail-in donations) sponsored Ak’s “Caballo II,” now featuring a purpose-built tube-chassis and aluminum bodywork inspired by the Italian O.S.C.A roadsters of the era. A 10:1, 392ci Chrysler Hemi was topped with Hilborn injection and Ak geared it for speeds up to a whopping 180 mph. This was necessary because the Pan Americana team wasn’t returning to Mexico for 1957 due to the race being canceled for safety concerns—instead, they were heading to Italy for the high-speed, 1,000-mile Mille Miglia rally. Things just weren’t meant to be, however. Even though Ak and the crew managed to rebuild Caballo II after a garage fire just weeks ahead of shipping, the car cracked a brake drum 300 miles into the race and was forced to retire. Despite the setback, Caballo II ran at Bonneville (177.42 mph) before racing in the SCCA at Palm Springs and Riverside. Unlike Caballo I, this prolific HOT ROD Special was saved and recently restored by Tom Shaughnessy.

The Suddenly 1957 Plymouth Savoy

Despite the fact that 1960 models would bring much subdued tail fins, Virgil Exner’s 1957 Plymouths were a leap ahead in styling for the stodgy brand. “Suddenly it’s 1960” was the factory slogan, but the yellow Savoy was affectionately called “Suddenly” as the Tony Capana–built, alcohol-burning, 389ci Chrysler Hemi was set between the fenders where Bob Hedman, founder of Hedman Hedders, worked his tubular magic. Good for 448 hp, with “well over 500 horses available at a gentle tip of the nitro can,” Wally Parks entered Suddenly in the Experimental class of NASCAR Speedweeks’ top-speed event at Daytona Beach. Along with Ray Brock, Wally reset the class record with a two-way average of 160.175 mph. With that feat behind them, a new nitromethane motor built by Dean Moon was targeting Bonneville’s D/Fuel Coupe and Sedan record when Wally allegedly made the fateful call of, “Make it go or make it blow!” after a disappointing 164-mph first pass—and they did just that. Ray made a 178-mph qualifying pass with more nitro in the mix before turning around and windowing the Hilborn-injected Hemi at 183 mph on a would-be record run—faster than any other stock-bodied American car at the time. After the high-speed hijinks, Suddenly was sold as a daily driver to Howard Cams’ Howard Johansen and his children. While the original car has been lost, Hedman Hedders keeps the replica that Ray and Wally built with Jim Travis in the late-1990s inside Ak Miller’s shop. It has recently been used in standing-mile events.

Jerry Unser’s 1957 Ford Fairlane

“HRM Goes Hill Climbing,” proclaimed Ray Brock in the Sept. 1957 issue as a HOT ROD Special entered the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb for the first time. Jerry Unser entered this factory-supercharged 1957 Ford after the AMA motorsports ban pulled the Big Three’s money out of racing, and with “Suddenly” lacking a competitive hillclimb engine between Daytona and Bonneville, Ray reached out to sponsor Jerry Unser as the newest HOT ROD Special, a first for America’s Mountain. The 312ci, “F-Code” Y-block pushed Jerry to a 15:23.7, winning the Stock class that year (also competing in the ’57 Motor Trend 500). 1958 would be a rougher story, with the Ford rolling on race day, despite showing promise in practice.

Ak Miller’s 1958 Pikes Peak HOT ROD Special

Fresh off “Caballo II,” Ak was called upon by Ray Brock to enter his new “sports car” in the 1958 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. Utilizing an aluminum frame and Ferrari-inspired body, Ak’s new machine ran an injected, 340ci small-block Chevy with a Corvette four-speed splitting gears ahead of a Halibrand quick-change. The car had only seen a few runs at Riverside, and on Pikes Peak’s slithering dirt road, the high-powered, 1,800-pound banshee struggled for traction. Going so far as to strap in an 80-pound truck flywheel as ballast, the last-minute development paid off with a 15:23.7—winning the Sports Car class for 1958.

Ray Brock’s 1962 Chrysler 300 and Plymouth 413 “Suddenly Too” NHRA SS/SA Stockers

Ray Brock was a busy staffer in 1962, campaigning two 413ci Mopars in NHRA’s Super Stock class. “We had been photographer-reporters for the past several Nationals,” Ray wrote in 1962. “This year we decided to participate as a competitor, too, and learn the story from the inside.” The Chrysler 300 began as an early pre-production model that turned a 14.73 at 95.74 mph as-received. By removing the rudimentary manifolds (production models later came with high-flow cast headers) for a set of custom 4-2-1 headers; chopping weight out; inserting the more-aggressive production camshaft (284 versus 292 degrees); finding used, worn-out taxi shocks for less rebound damping up front; and trying the usual bag of tricks, driver Gary Nichols netted a best elapsed time of 12.88 and best mph at 108.40 during the 1962 Winternationals. Just a few months later at the U.S. Nationals at Indy, Ray entered the “Suddenly Too” Plymouth as a nod to the 1957 HR Special. The Max Wedge–powered Plymouth ran a 12.83 at 114.35-mph pass in the first round of eliminations only to “goof it at the line” against the Ramchargers, Chrysler’s skunkworks effort.

Rudy Ramos’s Cream Puff

You won’t often find boats in the pages of HOT ROD, but we tend to make exceptions if there’s an Allison V12 involved. Such was the case in the 1960s with Rudy Ramos’s “Cream Puff.” With 1,710 ci of violence on the stern, Cream Puff participated in 500-plus-mile inland marathon races from 1961 until the late-1960s. While it took a few years to sort the handling evils of this 20-foot missile, Rudy began taking wins in 1964 with the Lake Berryessa Six-Hour and Salton City 500 marathons and again in 1965 with the Salton Sea 500. As the 1960s progressed, big-block V8s had caught up and Cream Puff, with its massive V12, was retired. Thankfully, Buddy Bar Casting’s John Fell bought Cream Puff in 1991, recently completing the restoration on one of HOT ROD’s most unique Specials.

Ray Brock and Ak Miller’s 1968 Ford Ranchero

Now one of the more famous HOT ROD Specials after Freiburger and Finnegan built a spiritual successor for the Alaskan ice racing saga of Roadkill, Ray Brock and Ak Miller’s lightly modified, 390ci Ranchero GT was a surprisingly successful effort in early desert racing. With skidplates added for protection up front and an additional pair of shocks and overload springs and limiting cables on the leaf-spring shackles in back, the factory-fresh Ranchero managed to win its class in the inaugural 1967 NORRA 1000, the grandfather of the Baja 1000, with a 32-hour, 50-minute time. Not only that, it backed that win up with a 1968 class-victory run of 25 hours and 7 minutes! Ak was adamant about racing purpose-built sports cars after running his 1953 Olds in Pan Americana with maximum deterioration, but the Ranchero proved to be a natural record-setter for 2WD production classes.

Jim Ewing’s 1953 Studebaker

Grey Baskerville rode with Bell Tech/Super Bell’s Jim Ewing in his “lewd, rude Stude” while working on this 1992 Bonneville story. The plan was to run 200 mph at the salt flats before driving it back to Vegas, but the electronically injected big-block Chevy would have none of it. The 598ci, alcohol-fueled Stude featured an experimental 4L80E for street use, but as Grey laid out in his first two rules—“Rule number one, there is no such thing as a dual-purpose car…Rule two, don’t believe rule number one”—the combo began to nose over at 212 mph during the test pass. After finding the engine bay covered in oil upon returning to the pits, the big-block dropped a valve during diagnosis. Thankfully, the carnage happened at a standstill instead of two-bills, but the failure emphasized a necessary skillset in racing: knowing how to pick up and start again. “When there is a call for a haul, forget the first two rules. We shall return,” Ol’ Dad wrote.

Cruz Pedregon’s Pontiac Firebird Funny Car and Bobby Labonte’s Pontiac Grand Prix NASCAR

To celebrate HRM’s 50th anniversary, we teamed up with Interstate batteries to sponsor Cruz Pedregon and Bobby Labonte during their 1998 competition seasons. This lead to Cruz’s Firebird Funny Car dominating the Mar. 1998 issue of HRM with a story on his new partnership with Joe Gibbs racing, who was also behind Labonte’s NASCAR program. In 1998, 5,000 hp and 4-second e.t.’s were the talk of the day (now 11,000 and 3 seconds, respectively). “I’ve had a burning desire to get back into drag racing ever since we blew up our dragster in the early 1960s and didn’t have the money to get it fixed,” Joe explained. That year, Cruz reset the National e.t. record three times while wearing the HRM livery—probably not a coincidence, they surely learned something from us…right?

Keith Turk and David Freiburger’s 1980 Camaro

Disappointed with the state of HOT ROD’s land-speed racing involvement in the late-1990s and aughts (none at all), Freiburger found Keith Turk and his So-Al Racing Camaro in 2004, and the duo worked out a coast-to-coast deal: Keith and his wife, Tonya, would loan their LSR 1980 Camaro in exchange for David’s engine-building experience and 200-mph thirst. Freiburger got a taste of it during testing at the 2004 Texas Mile, with him (200.192), Keith (205.697), and Tonya (208.194) breaking into the 200-mph club before dropping oil pressure in the blown small-block. Thankfully, an oil-pan swap and some plumbing changes ensured enough oil stayed in the pan for sustained 7,000-plus-rpm runs, and David clicked off a 241.582-mph qualifying pass before turning it around with a 244.449 return pass—solidifying his name in the Bonneville 200 MPH Club with a 243.015-mph average. When the stock-bodied Camaro made its Roadkill debut, it had been as fast as 261.602 mph across the salt. We hope to see the Turk/Freiburger HOT ROD Special return, and if you’ve been watching Roadkill: Extra, you’ll find some recent progress.

Kevin Wesley’s 2016 Dodge Viper ACR

With the 100th anniversary of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb looming, it was time for HRM to return to the hill. This time, SRT provided its track-record-fiending Viper ACR for Time Attack 2, with the intent on dominating the high-tech Acura NSX with its big-aero and brute-force 8.4L hammer—which was due to end production the following year. The stars aligned for HRM hot shoe Kevin Wesley, who piloted the naturally aspirated Viper ACR to a 10:39.964 after a melted O2 sensor wire put the car into a five-cylinder limp mode just a few miles from the finish. Despite being horsepower-challenged at the highest altitudes of the race, the PPIHC rookie secured Second Place in TA2 behind the turbocharged NSX.

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It is a good time to be an independent filmmaker and Hardik Mehta agrees with us. Hardik’s first documentary Amdavad Ma Famous won him the National Film award for Best Non-Feature Film, traveled extensively to film festivals across the globe and has now been acquired by the digital giant Netflix. Skin Deep, a short directed and edited by him, written by Vikramaditya Motwane got a theatrical release under the anthology Chaar Cutting. Mehta strongly feels that if you have a story, you shouldn’t wait for anyone and just go out there and shoot it. His filmography also boasts of films like Lootera, Queen and Trapped.

Hardik’s latest short, The Affair, produced by Drishyam Films, is an affectionate and a tenderhearted love story that will resonate with every Mumbai couple. Hardik chats with Pandolin about the inspiration and shooting process of The Affair, the city’s influence on his filmmaking, the success of Amdavad Ma Famous and the digital revolution.

Hardik Mehta

From Skin Deep to The Affair, what would you say about your filmmaking journey?

The journey has been good because I was not as satisfied with Skin Deep as I am with The Affair. I can see myself maturing as a storyteller, which is also something my friends and family members have told me. I thought I will never be able to be a part of the film industry but I have managed somehow. Bollywood and studio produced films are very typical; the director doesn’t have a voice, it’s all about what the producer and the studio want and what the actor needs to look like with the director becoming a puppet in most cases.

Of course, there are some great directors out there who can bend the rules and voice their opinions but they are a handful. In a quest to find one’s own voice, you try to make a short which you produce yourself, film a documentary and take it to festivals because you don’t want the product to be diluted or polluted by somebody else’s whims and fancies of how you should dictate the market or how the film should look like.

How difficult is it riding solo in this film industry?

It is difficult but it is the reality, in today’s times we have to be our own producers. Nobody is going to praise your talent and give you tons of money to produce a film. So let’s be very practical about it, if you have a topic, get into the dirt and do the job even if that means carrying the tripod on the streets of the city or working in extreme weather conditions, you can’t expect a vanity van for yourself at the beginning.

You have to try and make good films even in the most limited resources possible

However, with the digital revolution and more independent filmmakers coming to the forefront, has the scene become better?

Yes, absolutely. We never thought Netflix would acquire rights to our film Amdavad Ma Famous because documentaries don’t have a future in India apart from a couple of screenings. We have come a long way. If you make a good film, there is a platform and a market for it and the audience will appreciate your work. It is a very good time to be a part of the industry. We had a small concept (The Affair), we shot it in a day and within a day of uploading, we had 50,000 views. Who wouldn’t want that! Times are good for people who want to tell stories and don’t want to depend on producers and studios. Just go ahead and do it on your own.

You have worked on films varying in genres and formats, has this been a conscious decision?

In today’s times, there is no stereotyping; one is not expected to stick to a genre. If a person has made a TVC on jewelry he won’t get only jewelry ads to make in the future, that is not how it works. Also, if you have left everything behind and come to Mumbai to make films then limiting yourself to only one kind of cinema would mean not giving due respect to yourself. Amdavad Ma Famous is a documentary, Trapped is a feature film and The Affair is a short, so it is great to work on different genres and formats and today’s digital revolution is giving us that opportunity to be everywhere.

You shouldn’t try to put too much of yourself into the story and tell the story in the way it can be told best to the audience whether it is drama, thriller, comedy, documentary or a short film

Still from Skin Deep

You directed and edited Skin Deep, co-wrote the screenplay of Trapped with Vikramaditya Motwane, worked on Lootera and Queen as a script supervisor and an assistant director, would it be right to say that every aspect of filmmaking fascinates you?

Nothing can replace the high of being on a set with technicians and actors but I haven’t had that kind of luxury till now because we have been shooting with a very limited crew. The Affair was shot with four people; the location sound was by my friend Pranav, cinematographer Piyush, producer Akanksha, the actors and myself. Even Amdavad Ma Famous was shot with only four crew members; Trapped was made with the crew size of thirty five which is very less for a feature in India.

Being on the set with different equipment would be great but you can’t have that luxury always. You have to try and make good films even in the most limited resources possible.

Having worked with Vikramaditya Motwane on Skin Deep and Trapped, how have these collaborations influenced you as a filmmaker?

One of the biggest learning is that there is no replacement to hard work. I have seen how much that man works, on his edits, on each shot, designing the sequences, working through the night. He is a terribly hard taskmaster and everyone who works with him loves that about him. Also, the craft of what kind of camera should be used for a certain shot, whether the camera should be placed behind the actor or you need a profile shot to get a particular emotion; he is very good with it. It’s great to learn from him but at the end of the day you should have your own voice. So yes, I tried to get so many aspects from him but at the end of the day I should have my own voice and people should never feel like someone’s assistant has made this film.

If you have a topic, get into the dirt and do the job even if that means carrying the tripod on the streets of the city or working in extreme weather conditions

Coming to the making of The Affair, what was the inspiration behind the story?

The inspiration is all these couples you keep seeing at Marine Drive, Worli Sea Face and Bandra Reclamation. My parents might have also been there once in a while thirty-five years ago. When you walk around the city, ideas do come to you. I wanted to make something short and sweet like Chhoti Si Baat or the wonderful world of 70s and 80s where the cinema was simple, even if the conflicts were complex they were treated simply and the outcome was beautiful. There was no dramatic music or villains so I thought why not recreate that kind of cinema again.

Despite being from Vadodra you get the essence of Mumbai right, how have you connected with Mumbai? How much has this city influenced your stories and filmmaking?

The day I landed in Bombay, I told myself that this is my karmabhoomi, which means whatever I have to achieve, I have to achieve it here. Mumbai has been such an inspiration to so many people and storytellers. The idea is to tell something about the city in the best possible fashion. My stories are related with the city and the individual. I co-wrote Trapped with Amit Joshi, it was his idea but I could relate to it. The lines which we had written about one wanting to go out, eat pav bhaji, face the daily struggles and insults that Mumbai has to offer are so unique to the city and fun to experience that you would miss it in any other city.

Similarly when I saw the whole kite flying madness in Ahmedabad, I was intrigued by it. The city would reveal itself to you as an artist, filmmaker, painter when you walk through it. The idea of walking in a city is very important so you can see the sights and sounds, which you would never see from a car or a cab.

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Amit Sial in The Affair

Khushboo Upadhyay in The Affair

How did you go about the process of casting for The Affair?

Akanksha, my wife, who is the film’s producer was very fond of Khushboo (Upadhyay) and wanted to cast her in something. When I showed her this script, she said the woman should be Khushboo. I was very happy that she pointed it out because I saw potential in her as she had played a small role in Trapped ( the woman who stays in the opposite house).

Amit Sial is a superb actor. His face resembles somebody who has struggled in Bombay and has had a difficult life. For some reason he has always been cast as the negative, aggressive character so I thought why don’t I cast him as a sweet fellow and he is such a warm person in real life too.

The story starts revealing layers to you when you are shooting and the actors bring along a lot on the floor

With Drishyam Films board, how does the film get an added impetus? When and how did they come on board? 

Manish (Mundra) saw the film and was very happy with it. He asked me what I was doing with it and since I had no plans, he suggested that Drishyam Films present it. We were overjoyed as Drishyam Films is a name to be reckoned with, they represent good cinema and none of their films have been bad or over the top, Umrika being my favourite. Them presenting the short was adding so much to my biography, the views would be great which otherwise our own production house wouldn’t be able to achieve. Drishyam came at a very good point; it’s a great collaboration. It’s great to see that a production house feels the need of telling stories in whatever format that can be possible.

The film has been shot in real outdoor locations, what was the shooting process like? Was it a guerilla shoot?

Yes, that’s the whole idea. If you watch Amdavad Ma Famous too, the entire shoot is guerilla. There are only four people shooting, nobody even knows that there is a shoot happening. Cameras like Sony A7S or Canon 5D look like still photography cameras. The idea of using this new technology is to use it to your own benefit.

While shooting The Affair, we just entered a bus and the conductor asked for a ticket, so we paid the money and told him that we wanted to take a photo. In the train too nobody had any problem when we were shooting. You get some curious looks but you have to be swift enough to get out after a few stations otherwise you might get into trouble. The idea is to always do things quick and fast and not give too much thought to how you will do it.

I wanted to make something short and sweet like Chhoti Si Baat or the wonderful world of 70s and 80s where the cinema was simple

The film is just 6-minutes long, yet it stirs something within the viewer. As a storyteller, how do you encapsulate all the right chords in such a short duration?

You don’t plan these things. We had a basic one page script which I sent to my crew and a couple of friends who I thought could give me inputs and we just went ahead and shot it. You don’t think and design that this will mean something, then you are becoming an academician and not a filmmaker. You take a story and the story starts revealing layers to you when you are shooting and the actors bring along a lot on the floor.

Still from The Affair

What draws you towards a story?

I believe that you shouldn’t try to put too much of yourself into the story and tell the story in the way it can be told best to the audience whether it is drama, thriller, comedy, documentary or a short film. The point of interest and whether the story has ever been told before in this particular fashion draws me to it. When I was making Amadavad Ma Famous someone told me that there is a film called Patang that is exactly like this. Patang is about a family feud during the kite flying festival but mine is about kids running and capturing kites and getting abused by the adults. Even with The Affair, a lot of people told me that it reminded them of Piya ka Ghar, I had no clue about the film but I read about it and it was very similar. It was interesting to notice that the conflict was same in 1975 and 2017. Although these films represent similar worlds but the treatments are so different.

If you have left everything behind and come to Mumbai to make films, then limiting yourself to only one kind of cinema would mean not giving due respect to yourself

You are penning a series for Amazon Prime next. What are the merits or demerits of this medium from your point of view?

This is such a great time to be a filmmaker, you can make a short, a documentary, work on a feature, be a part of Amazon series’ writer’s room. Anushka Sharma is producing this series, Navdeep Singh of NH10 fame is directing it and Sudip Sharma who wrote Udta Punjab and NH10 is the show runner and my co-writer along with two more writers. It’s a noir investigative series with a different treatment and approach that excites me. To write a noir story is not very easy, you can’t be slow or too pacy, the atmosphere and the investigation has to flow smoothly. Working under Sudip and Navdeep Sir who are experts in this genre will be fun, let’s see how it goes!

There is a lot of merit in digital, everyone is telling stories now. The demerit is of course democratization of this medium, which will lead to mediocrity but that’s fine, to each his own. I absolutely love the idea of film and celluloid but you can’t be so romantic about these things.

And is a feature film on the cards any time soon?

Yes, hopefully. I hope this gives people some ideas that I can do a feature too.

Watch The Affair here

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Civic Type R AWD? Testing an Orbis/Honda Civic Type R With 100-HP ‘E-Nitrous’ AWD!

In April and July I reported on a radical new wheel-motor system from Orbis Wheels that completely eliminates the center hub structure of the wheel and instead uses a small, high-speed electric motor to power the rim via a ring gear and pinion drive. At the time, the startup company’s functional proof-of-concept test vehicle was an electric minibike, but because dorky minibikes don’t stop much traffic—even on the Society of Automotive Engineers show floor—the company also mocked its idea up on the rear axle of a traffic-arresting winged and spoilered Championship White Civic Type R. “Made’ja look!”

The whole point of this crazy wheel-reinvention is to eliminate the unsprung weight that has prevented widespread adoption of in-wheel or hub-mounted motors to date (Ferdinand Porsche first proposed the idea in 1897). That SAE-show prototype’s corners still weighed some 20 pounds more than the Honda parts, but a summer spent beavering away on computers and CNC milling machines has managed to completely erase the unsprung weight penalty. Yes, the entire metal and machinery clockworks you see framed within the new wheel rim weighs precisely as much as the Honda-spec tire, wheel, brake system, hub, and knuckle that left the Swindon factory. And none of the weight loss came from using costly or exotic materials.

The wheel and the brake system save most of the weight. By moving the point at which the brake clamps way out to the wheel rim, the mechanical advantage increases enough to drastically reduce the braking force required along with the amount of heat the brakes generate. That allows the weight of the new steel rotor to drop from 12 pounds to just over 2, while the tiny six-piston caliper cribbed from a Buell motorcycle weighs a similar 2-plus pounds, down from the Honda’s 12-plus pounds (and that Buell chomper is too strong, so it’ll soon be replaced by a 1-pound Brembo two-piston bike caliper). Eliminating the wheel spoke and hub structure that formerly transmitted the massive cornering and braking forces between the road and the suspension drops the wheel mass from 29 pounds to 13 pounds—that’s carbon-fiber wheel mass achieved with aluminum. The billet-machined aluminum knuckle/upright shaves a half-pound off Honda’s cast original and bolts right up to all the original suspension mounting points, preserving factory geometry.

The new wheel bolts on and off about as easily as the factory one. Simply remove the wheel cover (the team has 3D-printed a black cover that mimics the look of the front factory wheel and spins with the wheel, but the final design will require a stationary cover that helps keep dirt and debris out of the wheel and features air ducting). Next, pull a retaining pin that allows the caliper to swing downward and inward off the rotor, undo three “lug nuts” that hold the outer wheel-retention roller carrier, and the rim pops right off. (A matching set of three fixed, tapered Delrin rollers contact the inside of the rim so that the lower two inner and outer rollers carry the car’s weight and the upper ones keep the wheel from tilting while cornering.) The electric motor’s pinion easily engages with the ring gear on the wheel with no need to carefully align anything.

These two permanent-magnet AC electric motors, borrowed directly from a Zero S ZF13.0 electric motorcycle, add about 50 hp and 70 lb-ft of torque to each rear wheel. They spin the wheel rims via a fixed 6.2:1 gear ratio. They’re powered by Zero Motorcycle batteries with a total pack capacity of 13.3 kW-hrs. Removing the back seat and cargo area floor and mounting these batteries and the controller that makes it all work adds about 180 pounds to the curb weight of the original Civic Type R.

Orbis cofounder Marcus Hays has brought that same white SAE-show CTR to the Hyundai Motor Group California Proving Ground for us to sample on the eve of our 2019 Car of the Year evaluation days. This is also a proof-of-concept prototype, and as such it’s undergone no vehicle integration work, so the electric axle is controlled via a thumb throttle from a Jet Ski that’s mounted to the shifter. It works just like a nitrous-shot button. And the noise coming from the dozen rollers on those wheels is nearly deafening, despite evidence of aftermarket sound-deadening materials slathering the cargo area.

But what fun! Flick that thumb-switch, and a great whirring noise attends a firm shove in the back as 100 extra horses nicely fill in the torque interruption of the manual shifts. We played around with the car (and used up maybe 6 percent of the battery pack), then passed the wheel to chief tester Chris Walton, who just took “ownership” of our very own Civic Type R long-term test car. Having very recently mastered the somewhat tricky launch of a car that doesn’t let you free-rev the engine to desired level for launch, Chris does a couple of unboosted runs to establish a baseline for the Orbis car with all its extra battery weight. Oh, and it’s also carrying the extra weight of a ride-along mechanic who knows how to instantly shut everything off should something go “poof.” Also note that because the rear motors cannot yet be declutched, when they’re free-wheeling—as during this baseline run—they’re regenerating electricity and adding drag.

Chris’ baseline comes in at 6.3 seconds to 60 mph—considerably off the pace of four stock test samples that range from 5.0 to 5.8 seconds. The trackside crowd erupts when Chris makes his first e-Assisted run, which is visibly and audibly quicker, louder, and more exciting. Within two more runs he’s shaved 1.7 seconds off the baseline, outrunning our quickest CTR by 0.4 second—impressive, given our car’s 342 pounds of added burden. A bit of quickie math to predict the performance without our 154-pound passenger suggests we’d have run a 4.4-second time, or 0.6 seconds quicker than our best stock CTR.

A quick look at the graphs of each run clearly shows how the e-motors keep the car accelerating during shifts, which on Chris’s baseline run consumed 0.25 second on the 1-2 upshift at 27 mph and 0.20 second on the 2-3 upshift at 58 mph. It’s easy to imagine a production-optimized battery and controller further reducing the onboard mass and improving those times by another few tenths—presuming the sound deadening required to mask the roller noise doesn’t add all that mass back.

Chris’ original runs are aborted just above 60 mph out of fear that with the 6.2:1 gearing we might overspeed the unpowered e-motors and demagnetize them. Orbis’ next engineering challenge is to employ clutches to disconnect the motors at higher speeds. Hays mentions that an all-electric AWD Lotus 7 kit car the company is converting will employ two different gear ratios—2.2:1 in front and 6.2:1 (clutched) in the rear. Such a setup would provide strong rear-biased acceleration feel and all-wheel-drive traction from rest, stronger front regenerative braking from all speeds, two separate peak-efficiency speeds, and with those rear motors disconnected, improved cruising range and efficiency.

With a great 0–60 time in the bag, Hays gives the go-ahead to attempt a quarter-mile run. Chris sets out to establish a baseline, but his first run is aborted toward the end by a “poof” and some smoke. When the e-motors are not being powered, they regenerate energy, and the rate of regen delivered by that 306-hp Honda mill at 80-plus mph was more than any Zero bike was ever expected to see. The team discovers a blown fuse, and without a handy replacement, our test session is ended.

We’re confident Orbis can easily overcome these electrical obstacles. We’re less optimistic about the long-term durability of those rollers running on the wheel rim. The rims got very hot during our few short runs, and there was no debris to contend with. Can Orbis design shields and covers that keep debris out? How much debris can they tolerate? And can the unholy racket these roller rims make be reduced or sufficiently masked? Watch this space for answers, and look for the Orbis Civic at this year’s SEMA show.

Read about our long-term Honda Civic Type R here.

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2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV Long-Term Verdict: Award Worthiness Confirmed

Thirteen months ago, I plugged-in our long-term 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV for the first time—filling it not only with electrons but expectations.

It had been named our 2017 Car of the Year, I wrote, because it wasn’t just a good EV, or the first affordable EV to eliminate “range anxiety,” but because it was both of those things and (perhaps most importantly) a good car regardless. More than a year and nearly 17,000 miles later, our Bolt has maintained its worthiness of our early praise.

Everyone who drove Chevy’s EV came to a familiar conclusion: The Bolt is a solid hatchback which happens to be battery powered. Whether providing ample room to take my in-laws out to dinner, hauling four half-barrel planters and four bags of potting soil home from the store in one trip, taking me on an 800-mile road trip, or saving me from setting foot in a gas station for the past year, the Bolt made few demands and never let me down.

It wasn’t perfect, though. The big infotainment screen developed a tendency to freeze (or not boot-up at all) if I shifted to reverse too soon after starting the car, but it was cured by a software update. On three occasions, the power steering failed to boot-up, but could be fixed by cycling the car off and on a few times. This, too, was cured by software updates. While the Bolt was at the dealer for that fix, the shifter was replaced under recall. None of these fixes cost us a dime. Total maintenance and repair costs: $0.

Indeed, the Bolt was very inexpensive to run. We charged it 154 times total; 69 times at the office, 47 times at public chargers, and 27 times at home. Altogether, driving 16,730 miles cost us $630.58. Public charging was by far the most expensive at $0.27/kW-hr average ($362.97 total), compared to $0.17/kW-hr ($131.04) at home and $0.07/kW-hr at the office ($136.58). For the sake of comparison the EPA estimates it will cost $550 to drive 15,000 miles in a Bolt (ours had cost us $540.99 at that mark). A Toyota Prius will cost you $800 to go the same distance and a gas-powered Kia Soul of similar size, shape, and mission will cost $1,450-$1,550.

Along the way, we learned a lot about the particulars of EV driving. In collecting an exhaustive amount of data, we learned that despite numerous staffers driving the Bolt in different environments and weather conditions, our behavior behind the wheel was remarkably consistent. The average distance driven between charging stayed right around 95 miles. We typically plugged it in when the battery dipped under 50 percent and generally removed the charger at around 90 percent. The average cost to charge at home, in public, or at the office varied less than $2 each no matter how many times we charged in each location.

Interestingly, the average amount of electricity consumed during charging actually rose by 2 kilowatt-hours, despite the average distance between charges remaining consistent. Possible explanations for this could include the growing sample size and increased variety of charging types (i.e. using more DC Fast chargers), or battery degradation. Similarly, the car’s predicted range before and after charging fell by 10 to 15 miles, which may simply be the car learning our typical driving style and adjusting its predictions.

Like many EV early adopters, we had the option of charging at the office (dirt cheap), at home (pretty cheap), or in public (comparably expensive), so we took advantage of the convenience and cost savings charging at work and at home. With a commute of less than 20 miles roundtrip, I ended up plugging in the car once every five days on average. I could have gone longer if I felt like running the battery below 50 percent. But when charging is as easy as plugging in before I walk into the house or office, why wouldn’t I top-off?

In between the regular commutes, we performed a number of special tests. We found the steering-wheel paddle to engage regenerative braking can seriously reduce braking distance compared to L mode. As a result, we made “one-pedal driving” an everyday habit. We learned summer performance tires make a big difference in handling and stopping, at the cost of about 30 miles of range and worse ride quality and interior noise. We discovered its real-world range is six miles farther than the EPA estimates at 244 miles. And it’s possible to do an 800-mile road trip using public DC Fast chargers, though it’ll take nearly twice as long as doing it with gasoline. We even decided it’s nearly as good as our tested $60,000 Tesla Model 3, while costing $15,000 less. And you can buy a Bolt on Chevy dealer lots, right now. Great deals. No lines.

But we also found a few things we’d change. The front seats are too narrow and can be uncomfortable. The back-up camera is disappointingly low-res, and the electronic shifter is needlessly frustrating to use. A navigation option with public charging locations would be appreciated, as would the ability to secure cargo to the roof rails without having to buy the $549 cross bars.

In making the Bolt our second-ever electric Car of the Year—and the only one so far you can buy for under $40,000—we put a lot on its little shoulders. A few easily resolved teething issues aside, the Bolt proved itself the everyday replacement for a gasoline-powered compact car we predicted it would be. If you’re ready to make the switch to electric, it’s the best EV for the money you can buy today.

Read more about our 2017 Chevrolet Bolt:

Arrival

Update 1: On Charging and Charges

Update 2: The Braking Test

Update 3: The Dislike Button

Update 4: Getting Busy and Getting Serviced

Update 5: First! Our Bolt Helps Make a Little EV History

Update 6: The Realities of Public Charging

Update 7: Stories From the Road Trip

Our Car SERVICE LIFE 14 mo / 16,260 mi BASE PRICE* $41,780 OPTIONS DC Fast Charging pkg ($750); Driver Confidence II pkg ($495: forward-collision alert, emergency braking, lane-keep assist, automatic high beams); Infotainment pkg ($485: Bose system, 6-speakers, wireless charging, 2 USB charging ports); Cajun Red metallic paint ($395) PRICE AS TESTED* $43,905 AVG ECON/CO2 121 mpg-e / 0.00 lb/mi (at vehicle) PROBLEM AREAS Intermittent power steering failure, infotainment screen failure MAINTENANCE COST $0 NORMAL-WEAR COST $0 3-YEAR RESIDUAL VALUE** $21,900 RECALLS None *Before applicable tax rebates **IntelliChoice data; assumes 42,000 miles at the end of 3-years

2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV Premier POWERTRAIN/CHASSIS DRIVETRAIN LAYOUT Front-engine, FWD MOTOR TYPE Permanent magnet AC synchronous electric BATTERY TYPE Lithium-ion POWER (SAE NET) 200 hp TORQUE (SAE NET) 266 lb-ft @ 0,000 rpm WEIGHT TO POWER 17.8 lb/hp TRANSMISSION 1-speed automatic AXLE/FINAL-DRIVE RATIO 7.05:1/7.05:1 SUSPENSION, FRONT; REAR Struts, coil springs, anti-roll bar; torsion beam, coil springs STEERING RATIO 16.8:1 TURNS LOCK-TO-LOCK 2.9 BRAKES, F; R 10.9-in vented disc; 10.4-in disc, ABS WHEELS 6.5 x 17-in cast aluminum TIRES 215/50R17 91H (M+S) Michelin Energy Saver A/S DIMENSIONS WHEELBASE 102.4 TRACK, F/R 59.1/59.1 in LENGTH x WIDTH x HEIGHT 164.0 x 69.5 x 62.8 in TURNING CIRCLE 35.4 ft CURB WEIGHT 3,555 lb WEIGHT DIST, F/R 56/44% SEATING CAPACITY 5 HEADROOM, F/R 39.7/37.9 in LEGROOM, F/R 41.6/36.5 in SHOULDER ROOM, F/R 54.6/52.8 in CARGO VOLUME BEHIND F/R 56.6/16.9 cu ft TEST DATA ACCELERATION TO MPH 0-30 2.6 sec 0-40 3.6 0-50 4.8 0-60 6.3 0-70 8.1 0-80 10.3 0-90 13.0 PASSING, 45-65 MPH 3.0 QUARTER MILE 14.9 sec @ 92.9 mph BRAKING, 60-0 MPH 128 ft LATERAL ACCELERATION 0.78 g (avg) MT FIGURE EIGHT 27.4 sec @ 0.63 g (avg) TOP-GEAR REVS @ 60 MPH 5,800 rpm CONSUMER INFO STABILITY/TRACTION CONTROL Yes/Yes AIRBAGS 8: Dual front, f/r side, f/r curtain, front knee BASIC WARRANTY 3 yrs/36,000 miles POWERTRAIN WARRANTY 5 yrs/60,000 miles ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE 5 yrs/60,000 miles BATTERY CAPACITY 60 kWh REAL MPG, CITY/HWY/COMB 28.6/26.3/27.8 kW-hrs/100 miles IFTTT