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I have the same feeling about a robot plugging in a car that I do when I pull up to the gas station here in NJ, and the guy fills my car for me. how do I know that my car will come out untouched? and if it does get scratched who is paying for it?
I for one am a huge fan of Torx screws/bolts. Never stripped one in my life compared to untold numbers of Phillips and even some flatheads. I bet they are also easier for robots to use.
Phillips head screws were originally made for GM for Cadillac. I’ve stripped every screw type at least 3 times or more in my life. The only one I haven’t vet is Robertson. Which they were used on the Model T, founding the production line.
This is why we use Robertson screws here. Philips head sucks and you can always tell when something was made in the US vs Canada because the Canadian thing will have the superior Robertson screws while the American thing will always have dumb Philips head screws. They're the worst after flat head. Ford famously chose Philips over Robertson so that's why cars (and airplanes) all use Philips. That was a bad decision.
Robertson ftw!
I would not worry about this too much. VW mainly uses Torsion (TZ) bits and triple square (XZN) bits.
Just about any decent screwdriver bit set will come with TZ bits. The XZN bits are usually used with a socket wrench rather than a bit driver, so are not common in even the larger bit sets. But you can buy a full set of the XZN bits for less than $20.
I just hope it is all metric. I am American, but feel comfortable enough in my skin to support metric.
I’m just hoping I don’t have to do anything to my Scout that requires tools.
The phone will get access to various functions of the car (which presumably will be decided when the auto maker and Apple collaborate on implementing CarPlay Ultra) and that’s how the driver will be able to implement control those functions through CarPlay. Even functions assigned to hard physical controls can interact with CarPlay.
To be fair this is a GR Sport trim kinda like M Sport for BMW. So just cosmetics, suspension tuning and a little bit of stiffness. A full fledge GR will likely not happen.
I read they put summer tires on it. I mean we went out and got all seasons on our Supra pretty quick after we got her. I’m sure there are people out there excited about it but it just doesn’t make sense to me.
When you buy any of their other GR cars you get a free track day. I wonder if they are going to do that with this one.
I didn't think so. I am sure if there were a really good reason, engineers would have spec'd it. Most fasteners on tractors and construction equipment are hex bolts/screws and flanged hex bolts. Maybe Scout could go that way for a tough/ag tie in.
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I don’t think so with this model. It’s just going to be any GR model like the 86, Supra and Corolla. Once those get a new generation and the Celica and MR2 come out they’ll still offer it
Couldn’t agree more. I make furniture as a hobby and work metric. Why anyone would choose power of two fractions is beyond me.
I try to use only robertson for woodworking, but don’t torx tolerate more torque - so better in a vehicle?
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