Re:No dogs were harmed in the making of this app
by ganzuul on Friday November 03, 2023 @03:21PM
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OBVIOUSLY, you could have solved the problem with motor braking. The driver is not going to accept fault until there is conclusive evidence of the their wrongdoing, but you can't let the team know you are going to repeat the test again but with a different driver because then they will invent objections to pushing the car up the hill.
Re:No dogs were harmed in the making of this app
by kridsdale3 on Friday November 03, 2023 @04:04PM
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Turn the car around 180 degrees facing up. Coast down the hill in reverse and control your descent with the throttle.
So, using previous records, they should estimate fuel usage during the decent. Then they should walk to the nearest fuel station, purchase fuel, and walk back. During that time, they can calculate the amount of fuel that will evaporate while they have the gas cap off and the amount of fuel that will stick to the walls of the piping between the gas cap and the fuel tank. This way when they return to the car, they can put in almost exactly the amount of fuel that was consumed during their harrowing stop.
This presumes the fuel station has the same mixture as they have in their tank. Otherwise all bets are off and they should simply give up.