Vans and hybrids?

[Deus ex Machina]

as for the NOx stuff, yes diesel engines emit more, but there is something like a deNOx cat.

also prohibitting cars that pass the actual emission laws to enter a city stands on shaky grounds legally....

if the authorities say we wont let car with euro 1 in then ok, they are from the 90s, and the emission laws were quite lax compared to today.

Also petrol engines produce particules too, at least when they change the ratio from 14 : 1 (air:fuel).

edit: What do you heat your houses with? The oil used is chemically the same as diesel, wood produces WAY more particules....

[ChristianHA]

edit: What do you heat your houses with? The oil used is chemically the same as diesel, wood produces WAY more particules....

Here in Norway, most new houses have the hot water running under the floor to heat the building up. I don't know what it is called, but it is extremely effecitve. When it is -10 degrees celsius outside, the temperature inside is easily 16 degrees at least. And that is without any other heating.

[Deus ex Machina]

u mean that the water is heated somewhere, like a power plant, or a steel factory, where they use it to cool their stuff and then sent through pipes to the houses, right?

thats in use here in vienna too, but from the garbage crematory (that the right term?), and "only" works for a couple of thousand houses.

the other way is running the pipes in house through the floor instead to the radiators (which u dont need that way anyway), but still heating the water inhouse.


PS: do you have geysirs in norway? they spit out boiled water anyway....

[ChristianHA]

u mean that the water is heated somewhere, like a power plant, or a steel factory, where they use it to cool their stuff and then sent through pipes to the houses, right?

thats in use here in vienna too, but from the garbage crematory (that the right term?), and "only" works for a couple of thousand houses.

the other way is running the pipes in house through the floor instead to the radiators (which u dont need that way anyway), but still heating the water inhouse.


PS: do you have geysirs in norway? they spit out boiled water anyway....

When they build the houses, they can chose where they want the water to come from. You can for example use solar power (not ideal in Norway), electric heating etc... The hot water in the floor is the same water that you shower in.

No geysirs in Norway, you would have to travel to Iceland to experience that!

[Killrob]

If I may, I'd like to get back to one of the two initial questions posted: the suspensions.
It was mentioned that they may be tweakable.

So I wonder what parameters there are for suspensions except for their general type.
Suspension hardness, riding comfort, riding height, grip, sportiness, etc.? What's in, what is not?
Really curious about that

[Deus ex Machina]

If I may, I'd like to get back to one of the two initial questions posted: the suspensions.
It was mentioned that they may be tweakable.

So I wonder what parameters there are for suspensions except for their general type.
Suspension hardness, riding comfort, riding height, grip, sportiness, etc.? What's in, what is not?
Really curious about that

feel free

i just cant follow a rule, or a topic, if i had to follow a straight line and theres something interesting off to the side.

about your question.
good one

zeussy? daffy?

[Daffyflyer]

You'll be able to select suspension type for front and rear (e.g double wishbone, macpherson strut, dedion etc.)


After you've done that you should be able to at least adjust the stiffness and ride height, but probably not much more complex than that.

The main output stats for the final car from suspension would be Comfort, Handling and Off-Road Ability.

[Drake]

What about having a selectable quality level for the suspension parts?

[zeussy]

Every part will have a form of quality

[Drake]

excellent

[Deus ex Machina]

excellent

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