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Okay… that is NOT how you make popcorn…
..then I ask you: where has all the corn gone?
Sucked into the air filter box.
The latest “green” car combines corn based bio-fuel and batteries
It looks more like a luffa sponge to me…
I agree… I couldn’t even figure out what the title referred to until I came in here. If they are corn cobs, they’re some pretty sorry-looking ones (yes, I know the kernels have been munched off) and I’m unsure as to how exactly they help. Whereas a stiff-type sponge on the other hand… or maybe a stale Cob loaf of bread?
Other notes/thoughts:
The extraction/insertion/carry handle on any battery i’ve ever seen folds down flush to the casing, or at least to one side out of the way of the strap. Though this wasn’t an issue in my first two cars where they were held in by rather flimsy-looking clamps around the base (less worrying in the first one as it was also wedged in pretty tight to its own little bit of the firewall and near impossible to remove) – so alternatively it’s entirely possible they’re making-do with a type intended for a strapless car.
And I mean ….. look at the state of the rest of it. Half the front is missing. No lights, no grille. Only a scrap of bumper. Mashed up wings. I think a slightly off-spec battery held in with organic material of questionable insulative and rot- and fire-resistance properties is maybe the least of their worries. Particularly once night falls.
what a corny joke. I bet that car is owned by some kernel in the army.
What does this achieve?
Looks like the crossbar that holds the battery in place wouldn’t screw down all the way (wouldn’t rule out wrong battery either, this is TIFI after all)
The idiot did not cut-off the carrying handle/strap, which runs left-to-right in the photo. Because of the unwanted obstruction, the battery clamp’s ends (top-to-bottom in the photo) cannot get to the edges of the battery; the clamp is held-up dead center on the battery..
Who is the idiot? Because it seems you think that putting in the corncobs made the battery shorter so the clamp could reach.
PS: Only an idiot would cut off the carry handle provided for convience and safety in installing and removing a battery.
That would not be a big deal to a kludger; if it clamps down even if only on the carrying strap, that’s good enough.
The real cause here is that the installed battery is lower than what the clamp was designed for.
Perhaps this is the leftovers from a carbecue meal?
On second thought, probably not, since there is no grill (though to be technical, one would cook on top of the engine block, not in front of the radiator. You’d leave your dinner on the road behind you if you hit a pothole or went over a speed bump too fast.)
Just wrap your food in a few layers of foil and lay it next to the exhaust manifold. Call it Muffler Meat. What I used to do when I was a equipment operator was to take a can of stew or beans or soup or whatever and poke a small hole in the lid, wrap it in a few layers of foil and wire it in place next to the diesel’s turbocharger. Nice and hot by lunch.
There is a cookbook “Manifold Destiny”, with a few dozen recipes for cooking on your engine block. Cooking times are given in miles.
Maybe this was an attempt to create ethanol gone horribly wrong…Fords, Ramblers, Country Squires, leand me your ears…
Biofuels don’t work like that, sir.
I need to try this. The old bungee cord is wearing out.
He didn’t have a piece of scrap wood lying about?
Maybe that’s why the front of the car is missing
Actually, the corncobs were UNDER the battery, where they wouldn’t show. They were moved up for the picture.
Also doubles as car freshener.
Fill the clunker with a good smell of popcorn.
New! Mobile, Hillbilly ass-wipe dispenser.
Was that the only thing around to prop the battery!?!?!?
This is a corn-erstone… Not that great of a joke…
A-maize-ing kludge!
I thought he carried them in case the gas station bathroom was out of TP.
are you sure you want use it after it’s been soke in batter assid?
The future in “green” batteries
Good thing they weren’t having mashed potatoes that day.
Ethanol- ur doin it wrong
That should make the performance pop.
“Warning: Do not try this at home. Attempting to do so may result in popcorn deprivation, dead batteries, lost vegetable and grain privileges, and exploding car engines. This is not supported nor encouraged by the US Safety and Health Department.”
That sight saddens me. it represents the death of yet another B13 Sentra/ Tsuru/Sunny with the GA16DE/5 speed combination.:(
Wow, if you right bout the car model, your good!
Bah, would have expected at least three cable ties in there too.
There are more efficient ways to pop corn…
The corn is for the rodents to eat. Maybe if they’re full of corn, they’ll be less likely to eat the sparkplug cables. The trick is to replace the corn frequently enough.
If yer gonna use corn based bio-fuel, it’s smart to carry some extra.
“Hey, good buddy! You got your ears on?”
Judging by the looks of the headlight, I think the corn was used in making moonshine. You’ll probably find corncobs used in other kludges all around this guy’s house!
Hope the Sears catalog still has some pages left. (I realize Sears doesn’t print a catalog, but it just won’t work otherwise.)
If you leave the corncobs there long enough, they become infused with the lead salts as the terminals corrode. Then just toss them into the pig pen, and soon you will have mutated piglets that have the ability to thrive on a diet of wire and aluminum cans, although their algebraic skills are often a bit weak.
$500 for the car and no charge for the corn cobs.
Those darn squirrels will hide stuff anyplace!
Has anyone else notice this POS got hit pretty damn hard? Look at the upper right, at the strut tower: kinks & a lot of them!
I thought it was a loofah at first..
Good grief, this car deserves a mercy kill!
Have to admit, ingenious way to get popcorn to shot at you when you turn the heater on.
Certainly looks to me like this has been cobbled together.