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May 19th, 2010 07:26 PM #21
Maybe taxi riders here can ask Vios taxi drivers why they leave their hoods popped up.
That would solve the mystery.
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May 19th, 2010 07:26 PM #22
Yes. The one used by the Manila Police force. Not all of them. Only some have the hood popped open, esp. the ones in "crappy" condition.
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Anyone if you happen to ride on a Vios taxi with its hood open, why not ask the driver the reason for such? That way it would save us from formulating potentially misleading or erroneous conjectures.
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May 19th, 2010 07:26 PM #23
I have a Yaris hatchback but I am quite certain pareho lang sila ng Vios (Yaris sedan in the US)... Pansin ko isa lang ang fan that cools the engine. Yung Santa Fe dalawa! So pansin ko when I open up the hood right after a drive mas mainit yung hangin na sumisingaw sa hood ng Yaris kaysa duon sa Santa Fe (I can even touch the Santa Fe's engine cover and di ako mapapaso)... Maliit lang din radiator nya pero IMO given the small size of the engine (1.5L, taxi Vios even has 1.3L only) should be sufficient. Baka nagtitipid nanman mga taxi drivers by just using water and not a proper coolant...
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May 19th, 2010 07:30 PM #24
Most taxis operate 24/18 hours a day. Relyebo mga drivers. Highly probable that its to prevent the engine from overheating.
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May 19th, 2010 07:37 PM #25
Di naman siguro prone to overheating, siguro hehe.
Kasi etong 2nd gen 1.3E namin never pa nag-overheat in its 2 1/2 year-life. Kahit noong byahe namin from Valenzuela to Pangasinan with full load (heavy baggages + 5 people including driver), never nag overheat, swabe ang byahe (humataw pa up to 140kph). Baka di name-maintain ng mga taxi operators ang vios nila. And maybe they never use the proper coolant.
Kala ko ako lang nakakapansin neto, marami na pala hahaha.
Anybody here often rides a taxi? Try nyo po sakay sa popped-hood Vios then ask the driver, para maliwanagan na tayo lahat .
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May 19th, 2010 07:46 PM #26One other hypothesis: it would help keep the cabin cool? If the engine bay is cooler maybe it helps the airconditioning unit. Alam nyo naman mga taxi dito minsan nagiging bakery pagdating ng tanghali hehehe
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May 19th, 2010 08:11 PM #27
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May 19th, 2010 08:11 PM #28
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May 19th, 2010 08:16 PM #29
sir may taxi kami before (although hindi siya vios dahil matagal-tagal na rin yun) but with 24 hours on the road (ang break nang taxi yung break lang ni driver kapag kumain) I can say to you, minsan hindi kaya nang aux fan lang yung heat.
yung naibyahe niyo sir, wala iyan sa 6-8 hours straight traffic in Manila. but you are right na yung iba hindi name-maintain ang taxi nila. kapag nasa gasoline station, bubuksan ang radiator at buhos lang nang tubig.
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May 19th, 2010 09:26 PM #30
siguro pareho yan ng ginagawa ng ilang satin pag bumabyahe tayo ng malayo at matagal ay binubuksan naten ang hood ng sasakyan para maksingaw ang init sa makina pagnakarating na tayo sa ating pupuntahan.
but in the case of the taxis , di naman sila babyahe ng matagal at malayo para lang may puntahan, non-stop ang andar ng makina, from one place to another, from one traffic jam to another. so they keep the main hood latch open for the whole/part of the day's work para di mag-overheat or absorb outside partially cold air(colder than on the engine bay).
not a very safe practice imho, for the 2nd latch can stand up to a 100kph(i think, done this before accidentally) but dito sa metro, di naman tatakbo ng syento yang mga taxi, lalo sa traffic na meron dito.
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