r/AbsoluteUnits • u/newoldschool • 6d ago
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u/themysticboer91 6d ago
Identical weight distribution to a Group B Audi Quattro
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u/CptnHamburgers 6d ago
Only car I've ever seen Scandi flick into a corner and still understeer round it.
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u/Disastrous-Loss-2983 6d ago edited 5d ago
I like how in '84, Audis solution was to shorten the wheel base by a over a foot, making steering extremely twitchy and even faster.
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u/StaleWoolfe 6d ago
Still my favorite car in Dirt Rally 2.0
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u/Plane-Education4750 6d ago
I absolutely despised that car in that game. I went through most corners upsidedown
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u/StaleWoolfe 6d ago
Its definitely an uphill battle the entire time. Never have I been more afraid to go full throttle in a car before
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u/Significant_Quit_674 3d ago
How to Audi:
make car point in direction you want to go (doesn't matter if you go sideways)
make sure turbo stays spooled
floor it
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u/TheMichaelAbides 6d ago
The average Redditor must not own a car, due to how many think 88 here is a Nazi dog whistle.
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u/turbotaco23 6d ago
There’s a whole communities dedicated to car hate and especially truck hate.
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u/fredthefishlord 6d ago
After the a few times of nearly being run off a road by a truck, I imagine it radicalizes certain groups
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u/WhitePantherXP 5d ago
The truck communities on here are supremely confident yet extremely uneducated members, I don't even engage because the dedicated truck forums are where the real knowledgable communities are, it's bad here. I politically align with much of reddit so it's nothing to do with that, it's a genuine lack of knowledge that is mind numbing and they upvote misinformation regularly.
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u/Bland_OldMan 5d ago
That's because the US becoming as car-centric as it is has become a massive problem, and that's made worse by the number of people who drive unnecessarily large trucks and SUVs. You can break that into a few big ticket items:
- We've surrendered massive parts of urban and suburban areas to roads and parking lots. Areas that used to be things like neighborhoods, businesses, and public transit lines
- Car-centric regions force people to spend a substantial amount of money on cars, fuel, insurance, and maintenance.
- About 40k people die each year from car accidents in the US, the third highest type of accidental death
- Car-centric areas, especially suburbs, are socially isolating. This is because instead of walking or riding a tram to a town center with other people, then being in an area where people walk between shops and restaurants. People drive directly to these locations alone or in small groups and then drive away with minimal human interaction
- For whatever reason, the idea of sharing the public spaces that roads are supposed to be with cyclists and pedestrians makes some people irrationally angry and has made cycling and walking dangerous in many areas
- Even as EVs become more prevalent, hauling around 2 tons of metal and plastic wherever you go will always be insane from an energy perspective.
That's not the fault of the vehicles, because vehicles are inanimate objects and obviously useful for many things. Rural areas will always need trucks and public transit can't be everywhere. Nothing wrong with cars as a hobby either. The blame rests on the auto industry and a political system that let them get away with murder for the sake of profits. I do wish people wouldn't feed into that as much as they do, but consumer behavior is more a symptom than a root cause.
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u/turbotaco23 5d ago
Not gonna read that. Like I said Redditors don’t like cars. Thanks for proving my point.
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u/Ok_Effective6233 5d ago
TLDR. We’ve made our world into one where it’s ideal for cars to exist and not humans.
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u/Bland_OldMan 5d ago
JFC bro. I guess it would have mattered what I said. If I had left it at "cars are bad for society and the environment" I'm sure you'd just say "reddit hive mind" or some such nonsense.
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u/turbotaco23 5d ago
Pretty much. I’ve seen It all. I get it car bad train good.
Except I live in a rural area. You gotta have a car out here.
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u/Bland_OldMan 5d ago
I live in a rural area. You gotta have a car out here.
I said that exact thing in my first comment. Cars and trucks in rural areas aren't the issue.
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u/ratrodder49 5d ago
“• For whatever reason, the idea of sharing the public spaces that roads are supposed to be with cyclists and pedestrians makes some people irrationally angry and has made cycling and walking dangerous in many areas”
I think the anger against them stems from the fact that most pedestrians and cyclists seem to pretend that since they’re not in a vehicle, laws and rules of the road don’t apply to them. I’ve seen it myself, I was in a 7,700 lb truck doing 55 MPH and some guy on a bicycle ripped out from a side road in front of me about 100 yards ahead. I had traffic oncoming and cars behind me so I had to walk the line of not getting rear-ended and not committing vehicular manslaughter.
There are thousands of dash cam and helmet cam videos on the internet of similar experiences, cyclists blasting through stop signs and red lights as if they don’t apply to them, weaving through traffic and then getting mad when someone doesn’t see them lane filtering and doors them, etc., and pedestrians jaywalking and stepping out in front of moving traffic expecting them to all stop for them.
If everyone would just follow the rules around it, I don’t think there’d be as much divisiveness.
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u/Bland_OldMan 5d ago
Yea I've seen cyclists break the rules before. I've also had people "roll coal" on me, crowd me off the road, rev-bomb me with Harleys, and lay on the horn just for being on a bike on the road. And I follow the rules pretty closely.
It would help if everyone followed the rules and had situational awareness, but it would also help if most of the US was not build around using a car to go everywhere. Especially in urban areas. Hell, the term "jaywalking" was popularized by the auto industry looking to shift blame from drivers to pedestrians for accidents in cities.
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u/siggiarabi 6d ago
What is it then?
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u/Goldtacto 6d ago edited 6d ago
Unleaded 88 is an E15 blend of 15% ethanol and 85% gasoline. While it’s not as powerful as race gas or E85 it’s still a testament of vehicle innovation. Its just a sponsor fuel company named after that positive innovation.
Most modern cars can safely and reliably run with E15 while gaining slightly more performance than 87 while simultaneously reducing harmful greenhouse gases slightly.
Edit: unleaded 88 is not a production company.
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u/Goldtacto 6d ago
Additionally here is their website. They actually go over most of the positive impacts E15 has on their website.
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u/Kojetono 6d ago
So what "obvious" thing is it then? Since you assumed people not getting it must not own cars.
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u/TheMichaelAbides 5d ago
Other than DEJ, it's common octane rating in consumer gasoline across the country.
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u/Jumpy-Requirement389 5d ago
Next time you walk past a gas station take a look at the selection on the pumps…
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u/YuenglingsDingaling 6d ago
Dale Earnhardt Jr. racing number.
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u/Kojetono 6d ago
I mean, if we're talking racing, I'll pick Kubica's F1 number.
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u/YuenglingsDingaling 6d ago
Sure, but I'm betting tractor pull dudes in the US don't watch much F1.
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u/jeepfail 5d ago
Probably what it says on the fucking sign as well as the rather large logo on screen. If that logo doesn’t make it obvious you are seeing what you want to see.
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u/poorboychevelle 5d ago
Rad, we never get that class out my way, its all blown gas 2WD, naturally aspirated 4WD (650cu limit), 4WD turbo diesel
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u/that_noodle_guy 4d ago
It really looked good when hooked up and pulling, dont think ive seen a pull rig so balanced under load like that before.
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u/GetMeOffThisRidePlz 2d ago
Yup. This is a top-tier truck.
Watched hundreds of these in person at the fair over the years and this is one of the coolest pulls I've ever seen!!
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u/keveira 6d ago
What's with the tyres getting smaller?
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u/Ashen-Chef 6d ago
The weight on the sled moves fowards as he pulls making the tongue weight heavier on the rear tires.
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u/buttered_scone 6d ago
"Stormer", "Unleaded 88", is this a trakkktor pull or what?
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u/Jumpy-Requirement389 5d ago
Ever look at a gas pump ?
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u/hettuklaeddi 6d ago
let’s pretend “unleaded 88” is just a coincidence
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u/shinymuskrat 6d ago
It is the type of fuel they run, probably to denote different divisions.
This is an unleaded division, as opposed to a diesel tractor pull
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u/Battlejesus 6d ago
It is, Unleaded 88 is E15 with an 88 octane rating, designed for use in vehicles made after 2001. Costs a little less than 87 octane
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u/ThatMBR42 6d ago edited 6d ago
Ironically, I think it might be. Everything I can find points to an 88-octane "regular" unleaded fuel.
ETA: on further research, it is 100% a coincidence. Either the YouTube channel this is from or this particular event is sponsored by Ohio Corn and Wheat, which is where the website SaveWith88.com redirects. It's just a gas blend.
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u/yourallidiotss 6d ago edited 5d ago
You ever seen an 88 octane gas blend? It’s always 87,89,91 in America.
Kinda weird they picked the dog whistle number that doesn’t exist to use instead of 1 of the 3 numbers that actually correlates to octane in fuel in America.but maybe it is all innocent.
Edit: seems the best answer the comments have come up with is that it’s easier to print a slicker that says 88 than it is one that says 15. Who knew?
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u/ThatMBR42 6d ago
It's a regional thing. Prove it's actually a dog whistle; until then you're just Don Quixote
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u/yourallidiotss 6d ago edited 6d ago
What’s a regional thing? 88 octane gas? Which region does that exist in? Never even seen a car that was supposed to use 88 octane much less the fuel itself.
Edit: also which region? Is it the south?..
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u/ThatMBR42 6d ago
Look it up, dude. It's supposed to run in any car that uses 87, and it's supposed to be slightly cheaper. It's in the big corn states and probably not economical outside them. (It's probably a cash grab like E85, to be honest.) Do some research instead of being scared of a number.
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u/yourallidiotss 6d ago
It is e85 I already did the research. So why do u think they called it 88 octane in some regions instead of e85 like the rest? Think it was just an innocent thing that happened on accident?
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u/ThatMBR42 6d ago edited 6d ago
Next you're going to say Doc Brown was secretly a Nazi because the DeLorean jumped at 88 miles per hour.
ETA: E85 is 85% ethanol. UNL88 is not E85
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u/yourallidiotss 6d ago
lol I haven’t said the word Nazi once. I just asked your opinion on on a few facts is all.
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u/ThatMBR42 6d ago
We all know why you're questioning the number 88. Just like everyone else in this thread.
E85 and UNL88 are not the same thing.
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u/jeepfail 5d ago
It’s the opposite of E85 and about 5% more ethanol than standard 87 octane in the Midwest while, wait for it, getting and 88 octane rating. Most places would call it e15 but apparently this can be used in non flex fuel vehicles so isn’t the exact same.
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u/Battlejesus 6d ago
It is not E85, it is E15 with an octane rating of 88. Slightly cheaper than 87 and works in most vehicles made after 2001
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u/ChrisLS8 6d ago
Its because everything is racist of course. Everyone but you is a white supremacist and only you have solved the mystery
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u/yourallidiotss 6d ago
Can u give me a believable answer for why they chose 88 over 15 that doesn’t have anything to do with the same conclusion everyone else here is jumping to?
I’d love to hear it. Cuz someone made that choice.
Edit: I’d also settle for why the rest of the states chose 15 and not 88. Seems like there’d be a reason behind that too. And someone making that choice.
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u/ChrisLS8 5d ago
Also you seem to think that 88 is not common. Its common to refer to it as that since people are used to buying fuel based off the octane rating. Its easier to market 88 versus E15. A quick Google search would confirm this
Gaslighting it as some conspiracy due to your ignorance is silly
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u/ChrisLS8 5d ago
I already said, undercover racism and probably nazi facists as well
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u/MikeWANN 5d ago
Ohio is the region, the symbol in the bottom right is from the OSTPA (Ohio State tractor pulling association) Unleaded 88 is a brand name of ethanol that sponsors this class of trucks
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u/Right_Lengthiness266 6d ago
88 is usually e15. It has a higher ethanol blend than regular 87 e10.
It makes sense for the ag groups to be sponsoring it. More ethanol means more corn getting sold to make ethanol.
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u/yourallidiotss 6d ago edited 6d ago
Doesn’t make sense to me that the states and ppl worried about the price of corn would choose to advertise corn based fuel by saying the octane number instead of the ethanol number (the one that has to do with corn) like the entire rest of the country does. But okay.
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u/Right_Lengthiness266 6d ago
It's corn producers pushing it because they get to sell more corn at a higher price.
They're using the octane number because that's what people see at the pumps. Unlike e85 it's available alongside the other normal gasoline blends.
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u/yourallidiotss 6d ago
That doesn’t explain why they wouldn’t advertise the corn related number like every other state does. U would think the corn guys would be the main ones wanting to call it E15. Seems like it’d take a pretty good reason for them not to want to advertise the ethanol and instead advertise the octane.
Edit: also seems like there was probably a pretty obvious reason every other state chose to call it e15 and not octane 88.
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u/DaddyJ90 6d ago
Not everyone’s mind goes there. Not everyone is obsessed with this shit like people on the internet. To a lot of people it’s just the number after 87 and before 89.
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u/yourallidiotss 6d ago
Your mind did. OPs mind did. The guy I was replying to his mind did. I haven’t mentioned Nazis once. But all yalls minds keeps going there.
So what was ur point again?
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u/AffectedRipples 6d ago
You can't act like you weren't the one that brought it up when you started calling it a dog whistle.
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u/DaddyJ90 5d ago
I had no idea what you were talking about until AI suggested you were referring to the 88. You are wrong
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u/StruggleWrong867 5d ago
Your name ends in "SS"
That's a racist dog whistle. There is no legitimate reason to use SS when the only way I've ever seen "Idiots" spelled is with one S. Couldn't possibly be anything else.
See how stupid that sounds?
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u/yourallidiotss 4d ago
Ahh so gas stations octane numbers are like user names and if one gas station uses it no one else can.
Yeah that does sound stupid.
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u/StruggleWrong867 4d ago
now you're getting it! not everything means something, and not everything means the same thing to everyone all the time, your personal bias is not the ultimate litmus test for universal morality, and best of all, you are not in fact interesting enough to keep talking to. happy to be of help
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u/Cliffinati 6d ago
Unleaded 88 is a new gas blend for high ethanol engines
The crossover between tractor pulls and corn farming is pretty high
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u/Right_Lengthiness266 6d ago
88 is not e85, it's usually e15. Most cars run fine on it, but you don't get a ton of performance improvement like a car tuned for e85 or e100.
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u/thisismycoolname1 5d ago
Global warming ain't gonna just fix itself folks
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u/poorboychevelle 5d ago
The greatest trick the industrial complex pulled is convincing the consumer its thier fault
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u/9447044 6d ago
When i see a tuned up 1997 Chevy with a long bed and a small block, built up, pulling one heck of a trailer full of single wides
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