Cool write up. I got back into watching Bush Mechanics and Black As last night - they do some alternator hacks among others.
Was also looking into how brushless motors work, and how they compare to brushed.
Didn’t really realize alternators have brushes.
Anyway nice to see this after researching mosfets and similar components relevant to brushed motors today.
Was tuenti ever big in Catalonia? Was never a user but visiting family in Madrid circa 2010 it seemed like a big deal. Curious if it’s still used at all.
Not as big as in Madrid, but I remember some friends trying it. Never that kind of moment, though. Facebook had quite a big implementation here... but at some point in 2017 or 2018 everyone started fogetting about it.
I tow with my mk4 tdi all the time, it’s incredibly handy. A lot of towing is bulky stuff that’s not necessarily heavy. There’s still a time and place for a truck, or a full-size truck, but not for everyone.
Haha... weirdly, I've also done a ton of towing with MKIV ALH TDIs. They're absolutely excellent vehicles for towing, and hardly use any fuel while doing so. Sometimes it gets a lot of unwanted attention - especially at a boat ramp, because Americans don't expect cars to be able to tow like that.
When I was in Ireland for work, I saw that a huge fraction of the farmers use MKIV TDIs for their farm work vehicles- they're all over the place pulling huge trailers full of livestock and hay, and still using half the fuel of most cars that are unloaded.
It didn’t occur to me microplastics were plastics on the “micro” scale with varying sizes. It all makes sense just never gave it much because I haven’t read about them in a proper scientific context.
