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I believe it was Jean that doubted my sanity for travelling on some of the … roads … I travel.
That’s two separate issues Jean …
Had to shift into 4x from here.
Probably Colorado; maybe northern New Mexico. Probably 13,000 ft or better.
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13k ft?
Does that create any kind of problem with combustion? Like, fuel-air mixture? Or are modern vehicles with pressurized injectors immune to such things?
Ghost, that photograph: is it real? If it is, my Lord, what craftsmanship! Could you please provide one of your famous paragraphs of description?
“It’s a hidden gem called Metropolitan Ervin Szabó Library and it will make you feel like you’ve stepped back in time to a bygone era.
Originally, this was the Wenckheim Palace which was home to the affluent Wenckheim family.
It was built in 1889 for Count Frigyes Wenckheim, a wealthy land owner and member of parliament, and his wife Krisztina Wenckheim.
There were countless elaborate rooms in their residence including a huge ornate ballroom.
You can study, read, or remotely work in between the bookshelves of this elaborate book trove with gold walls, sumptuous armchairs, and twinkling chandeliers.”
https://thirdeyetraveller.com/metropolitan-ervin-szabo-library-budapest/
Wow, what a find!
Not the same thing, lots of differences. Notice the types of balustrading on the railings. Anyway, I’m pretty certain the pik I posted is AI generated because I see lots of mistakes and impossibilities, though the whole thing is tantalizing eye candy to people like me. Notice on the spiral stairs how the underside of the stair treads on the right is higher than the treads on the left. Also the different heights on the railings on the 2nd floor. And on and on.
I see the differences. I made the perhaps incorrect assumption that the two photographs were of different rooms in the (former) palace. The styles and intricacy seem similar. I was hoping you could provide more information on the photograph you posted. If you think yours was AI generated that’s good enough for me. The architectural design and the implementation are amazing. I could spend days in a place like that and never notice it contains books – and I love books.
And man, you’ve got an eye for detail!
One reason I don’t drive diesels is their ability to choke if they don’t get air. Seems 10,000ft or so is that limit; maybe the newer ones are different. When I drove carburetored engines, I’d have to tweak around 5000ft – but I lived above 5000 ft so it was not a big deal; it was just part of a tuneup anyway. With the newer engines, I’ve never had a problem and I’ve been to the top of Mt Evans at 14.1k ft and other 13-14,000 ft locations with no issues (and down to Badwater below sea level – no problems)
I’ve been stuck behind “super-diesel” trucks that gave up at around 11,000ft.
Usually I can get around them but one time, this pumped-up truck stalled out on a 2-trak. There were only two ways he could get out without calling a wrecker:
1) turn around and try to coast down to where he could get his engine running again
2) ask that guy behind him that “I wouldn’t let him get around me on the way up” for help
He’d spent some effort keeping me from getting in front of him while up to this point. Wouldn’t use pull-outs, speeding up where there was room to pass, the usual. But he kept having problems and was often running slow – walking speed or less; I was not far behind him. Now I was still behind him and he needed to go where I was. And he needed my help to do so.
We got it straightened out.
Maybe I was kept stuck behind him so that help would be on hand when the other guy broke down.
That is interesting DT.
I have the diesel version of the very truck you are driving in the photograph. Same color even. I don’t think I’ve ever had it above 7000 feet, But at least at that altitude I can’t recall noticing any difference. I recall reading recently about a new airplane design that uses diesel engines. NowI’ll have to go back and try to find more information about that. But I would have thought that a modern turbocharged injected diesel engine would not have much trouble at 14 000 feet.
Yes, ’twas I. again. often. 🙂
p.s. in this pic…is there a road somewhere?
Right behind the truck, going uphill. And continuing along the side of the mountain behind it.
aha..thanks, Gary. To us city gals it barely looks like a path.
A path ! A path !
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