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Old Geezer end In Fiery Crash
John S. Except I don't think they exactly said that. Most headon crashes the police see are attenuated by *some* braking or skidding...

High Gas Prices Fuel an Octane Rebellion
August 6, 2005 Prices Fuel a Rebellion Drivers Tired of Paying More for Premium Gasoline Switch to...

High Gas Prices Fuel an Octane Rebellion 1993
Now this is the ultimate stupidity. These people would rather shatter their pistons with detonation-pre...

High Gas Prices Fuel an Octane Rebellion 1994
Scott en Aztlán In the same post you also "Now this is the ultimate stupidity. These people would rather shatter their pistons with...

High Gas Prices Fuel an Octane Rebellion 1995
Scott en Aztlán Those "mindless mbuttes" you mentioned that are willing to "damage their engines by buying a cheaper grade of gas." What I said applies to the majority...

High Gas Prices Fuel an Octane Rebellion 1996
Scott en Aztlán Such cars are not driven by the mbuttes, mindless or otherwise. How long do you think yours will...

High Gas Prices Fuel an Octane Rebellion 1997
Rod Speed No, it's not. I am not sure what original statement you are talking about since there I have several post in just this branh of the thread. But...

High Gas Prices Fuel an Octane Rebellion 1998
Rod Speed Absolutely true. In many cases, manufacturers have noted that their octane recommendations are just that - recommendations. They have said that the...

High Gas Prices Fuel an Octane Rebellion 1999
SMS There is ALWAYS wasted energy. In the form of heat, unburned fuel, etc. Engines are not capable of...

High Gas Prices Fuel an Octane Rebellion 2000
Rod Speed Absolutely relevant - See premise #2 in the buttignment I give you below. Again, see your buttigment below. Really? Hope you...

High Gas Prices Fuel an Octane Rebellion 2001
Nope, not to that particular claim of yours I chose to comment on. Completely useless, as always with your desperate attempts to bullpoo your way out of your...

High Gas Prices Fuel an Octane Rebellion 2002
Rod Speed You just cut'n paste that line when you can't think of anything else to say? snip snip f***ing with...

High Gas Prices Fuel an Octane Rebellion 2003
Couldnt bullpoo your way out of a wet paper bag even if your pathetic excuse for...

High Gas Prices Fuel an Octane Rebellion 2004
Tom Quackenbush There would be an expected reduction in gas mileage as retarding the timing and...

High Gas Prices Fuel an Octane Rebellion 2005
Curtis CCR wrote in part: If I had such a car, I would not deny it's mostly just fun, even...

High Gas Prices Fuel an Octane Rebellion 2006
Well, Mr. Neoconservative expert, just where are "they" building them and who are "they"? "They" wouldn't be oil producing countries would they? If "they...

High Gas Prices Fuel an Octane Rebellion
sleuthing. I ran across them for a year or so when digging up information about refining capacity and distillate production...

High Gas Prices Fuel an Octane Rebellion 2008
You could be right. Unfortunately, all alternative energy sources rely heavily on crude oil. This has nothing to do with cost. For example, if you build...

High Gas Prices Fuel an Octane Rebellion 2009
No could be about it, its very well established technology. Just no need to use it currently when crude oil production hasnt even...

High Gas Prices Fuel an Octane Rebellion 2010
Roger that big guy. Here's an interseting hit: Two excerpts for your academically challenged self: Amoco said...

High Gas Prices Fuel an Octane Rebellion 2011
On Sat, 06 Aug 2005 21:43:52 -0700, Scott en Aztlán , said the following in rec.autos.driving... True, the "gas out," concept is a nice knee-jerk reaction to the situation. True, because all the "gas out...

High Gas Prices Fuel an Octane Rebellion 2012
By that do you mean the day the Social Security checks hit the mailboxes? :) Here's...

High Gas Prices Fuel an Octane Rebellion 2013
Sure the oil companies can afford to build new refineries with the money they're making. Add to that the subsidies given to them by the new "energy bill". A new refinery is immensely expensive...

High Gas Prices Fuel an Octane Rebellion 2014
Because you're a terminal f***wit ? And it wont be a few years, it aint gunna END any decade soon, you watch. The stupid claim made in the 70s wasnt a few years, f***wit...

High Gas Prices Fuel an Octane Rebellion 2015
Not if I've set my life up in a way convenient to mbutt transit. Which probably means not having a car. And means having a workplace with extremely limited parking (which...

High Gas Prices Fuel an Octane Rebellion 2016
Oh, quit being so smug, Scott. 'Choice', for most of us, does not equal a realistic choice. The apartments I just moved out...

High Gas Prices Fuel an Octane Rebellion 2017
On Sun, 07 Aug 2005 21:57:47 GMT, "ameijers" That's still a choice. If your car breaks down and is in the shop for an extended period, or the price of...

High Gas Prices Fuel an Octane Rebellion 2018
Scott en Aztlán Did you read anything from the original article? Or have you ever read anything about gas...

High Gas Prices Fuel an Octane Rebellion 2019
Scott en Aztlán I am not championing either. In fact I commute almost every work day on the Capitol Corridor, and Amtrak operated regional commuter...

High Gas Prices Fuel an Octane Rebellion 2020
Scott en Aztlán You have something to back that up? The cost to park in a pay garage in a mojor downtow area does not mean...

High Gas Prices Fuel an Octane Rebellion 2021
True - you get an employer subsidy instead. No doubt you can site a source with the exact breakdown of how they calculated their estimate. How about sharing it with the rest of...

High Gas Prices Fuel an Octane Rebellion 2022
Bingo! I can agree with statement. I'd probably say, that people who are not willing...

High Gas Prices Fuel an Octane Rebellion 2023
Heavy breathing aint gunna save your bacon... Never ever said anything remotely resembling anything like that. Doesnt happen with gas prices. How odd that nothing...

High Gas Prices Fuel an Octane Rebellion 2024
Arif Khokar Under loads it probably would. But again, plenty of a material from the people that make engines "designed to use 91 octane" have said that running 87 won't hurt...

High Gas Prices Fuel an Octane Rebellion 2025
Scott en Aztlán Interesting that you retained several layers of posts above, but you deleted the cite that you asked for, and I provided. Hmmm. I was not able to answer your question...

High Gas Prices Fuel an Octane Rebellion 2026
Larry Bud speak for yourself paleface. FWIW, here are some of my numbers... dotmax has been tracking his (mine, not scott's) days without driving (or riding in other people's cars) since Jan 04. Last year...

High Gas Prices Fuel an Octane Rebellion 2027
I always get a laugh out of posts like this. Everyone seems to buttume we all live...

High Gas Prices Fuel an Octane Rebellion 2028
Rod Speed My dictionary has its own way of describing a city. It says it's...

High Gas Prices Fuel an Octane Rebellion 2029
Chloe, I am fifty two, have arthritis an am overweight and come from a place in the us where...

Yes, I do object to some trying to be "Nice
Larry Scholnick Right - leaving a space so a waiting left-turner can do it. It's when the person ahead of you comes to...

California may face $3 diesel after Chevron refinery problem
California may face $3 diesel after Chevron refinery problem Thu Aug 4, 2005 HOUSTON (Dow Jones-AP) -- A major oil refinery shutdown has caused retail diesel to...

California may face $3 diesel after Chevron refinery problem
Roy Shroyer I use to enjoy the much improved mileage with my diesel powered pickup truck when I had it. I got it back in...

Engine Sludge 2034
An engine flush is something that can be bought over-the-counter, and it's also a service sold at quick-lube shops. Basically, the engine flush is added to the oil, the engine is started...

Engine Sludge 2035
How many is that? There is a broad spectrum of how owners treat their vehicles in both driving and maintenance. The worse extreme in either (or, heaven...

Safety" Feature Backfires 2036
FYI, looking back on all the vehicles I have personally owned (had my name on the breastle of), the AVERAGE horsepower rating of them was...

Safety" Feature Backfires 2037
C.H. Who said anything about "ecoboxes?" Who said anything about a Toyota Corolla? Sure it is, you have to buy used though. Like a late-70's or early 80s...

Safety" Feature Backfires 2038
Nate Nagel Ted implied it by claiming 'a car is only transportation'. That's the car most of the 'car is only transportation' people seem to adore. A transportation appliance...

Safety" Feature Backfires 2039
C.H. That doesn't mean that an equally reliable car can't be somewhat involving to drive while still being practical. (and that's what I don't see on the market today.) I'd say those both qualify...

Safety" Feature Backfires 2040
I have a Garmin Street pilot nav system and love it. Why buy a map when I can plug in the street address and the GPS will send...

Front plates why
California flatly requires front license plates, and has for as long as I've had any acquaintance with the place. However, the law has a long history of...

Using One foot vs. Two feet When Driving Automatics 2042
This guy's conclusion generally supports the idea that reaction time is about 1.5 seconds. First, your link is wrong: "Sorry, the page or file you are looking for was not found (error 404)" Second, check...

Using One foot vs. Two feet When Driving Automatics 2043
I can't comment on the position of the pedals in that car . I can tell you that...

Using One foot vs. Two feet When Driving Automatics 2044
I've also seen left-foot braking with an automatic transmission advocated in print for street driving, as a way you can take an extra smidge off your reaction time in potential "kid...

crazy driving move of the day
so i'm driving eastbound on a frontage road next to I-10, it's one of those one...

Microchipped license plates coming to UK and soon to US
02:00 AM Aug. 09, 2005 PT The British government is preparing to test new high-tech license plates containing...

Microchipped license plates coming to UK and soon to US 2047
I believe the entire goal of these systems isn't so much to watch people to prevent crime or keep the population safe from criminals, but...

Microchipped license plates coming to UK and soon to US 2048
Firstly, jim bob, you should be asking "Why so?" and not "Why not?". Once you have chewed on that a little bit, and taken your two hour nap to recover from your ensuing mental fatigue...

Microchipped license plates coming to UK and soon to US 2049
Tell that to these people, you can't they were end by Arab person. June 5...

Microchipped license plates coming to UK and soon to US 2050
Billy And, when they begin to issue RFID chips for shoes, you'll be saying, with...

Microchipped license plates coming to UK and soon to US 2051
Billy HOW it harms them is by Harming their Right of Privacy. Signals being emitted from the car, against any will of it's owner, are being searched. Why else...

Microchipped license plates coming to UK and soon to US 2052
In case english is your second laguange, let me buttist you, What is Which thing or which particular...

Microchipped license plates coming to UK and soon to US 2053
Billy Oh! Well, if that's all they do, there a waste of money and there's no use for them. But, if they do more, there a Violation of Privacy, and there's...

Microchipped license plates coming to UK and soon to US 2054
Billy Not being able to afford a car is not a hardship of Choice, nor does this condition have anthing to do with the issue. The Point, which seems to have eluded you...

Microchipped license plates coming to UK and soon to US 2055
Billy "Undoubtedly the right of locomotion, the right to remove from one place to another according to inclination, is an attribute of personal liberty, and...

Microchipped license plates coming to UK and soon to US 2056
Billy The phrase "ordinarily free" DOES NOT mean "normally non-taxed", and besides, the original quote DOES NOT say "ordinarily free". The original quote says: "and the right, ordinarily, of free transit". Which involved...

Microchipped license plates coming to UK and soon to US 2057
Billy You are dodging arguments supporting two facts: #1: The phrase "ordinarily free" DOES NOT mean "normally non-taxed" #2: The phrase "ordinarily...

Microchipped license plates coming to UK and soon to US 2058
LOL, #1 that is not a "fact", it is your opinion, #2 how many times do I...

Microchipped license plates coming to UK and soon to US 2059
Billy That is YOUR OPINION, for which you have provided NO supporting evidence. I have provided evidence supporting my position. Simply TELLING ME I'm Wrong...

Microchipped license plates coming to UK and soon to US 2060
Billy And, then it went on to say: ", but since you are not restricted from interstate travel, the 10th amendment says...

Microchipped license plates coming to UK and soon to US 2061
Billy Wrong. We RESERVE our Rights, unless we have Consbreastutionally DELEGATED them to either our State or Federal Government. The Tenth Amendment states...

Microchipped license plates coming to UK and soon to US 2062
Wrong, it does not have to be "consbreastutionally delegated to the states The 10th Amendment gives us nothing, ''The amendment states but a truism that all is retained which has not...

Microchipped license plates coming to UK and soon to US 2063
Billy Actually, I suppose that depends on each State's Consbreastution. In my State, Rights are Delegated to the...

Microchipped license plates coming to UK and soon to US 2064
Billy I grow weary of your idiotic definition shell game. I have made it abundantly clear that the word "free" as used in the quote from the US Supreme...

And you think Gas is expensive in the US 2065
On Fri, 12 Aug 2005, Arif Khokar Cry me a goddamned river. The litre is 3.745 times larger than the US gallon, which means Canadian fuel sellers can play large...

And you think Gas is expensive in the US 2066
First how does Yukon get a YT for the abbr. with no T in the word? Weird. 2nd, do you mean $119 or $1.19? If the...



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