--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: F2500009 Date: 02/04/98 From: CHRIS ZYCHSKI Time: 03:12am \/To: JOHN PUMMILL (Read 0 times) Subj: Vehicle Confiscation JP>compliance. Driving is a priveledge, not a right. Proper equipment ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ John, I take task with this thought. Freedom of movement is a Constitutional guarantee. Only right and proper regulation may be applied. Please don't succumb to the constant chipping away of our rights. -cc * SLMR 2.1a * Reality is blinking again...call for repairs. --- Renegade v5-11 Exp * Origin: The Bearsville BBS * Warren, MI * (810) 582-9429 (1:120/650) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: F2500010 Date: 02/04/98 From: CHRIS ZYCHSKI Time: 03:12am \/To: ROY J. TELLASON (Read 0 times) Subj: Vehicle Confiscation RJT>John Pummill wrote in a message to Devin Dimitri: RJT> JP> Also, please, no MANly pounding on the chest claiming to be RJT> JP> THE MAN and always checking the bulbs to insure proper RJT> JP> function. I try to stay on top of it too. That means there are RJT> JP> two of us out of how many million cars that we are SURE get RJT> JP> checked regularly ?? RJT>Sure, we try to stay on top of things, but... RJT>How easy would it be to build a small electronic circuit that could alert RJT>to a bulb having burned out? Maybe even which one? I'll bet it wouldn't RJT>all that difficult, though getting to the appropriate points in the irin RJT>the car is another matter entirely. My '91 MkVII has Circuity check warning LEDs all over the place. Head and tailights included. The tailight indicators are on the overhead mini-console. Makes me wonder what whatever am I to do if any of the LEDs malfunction. :{) -cc * SLMR 2.1a * Reality is for people with no grasp of fantasy. --- Renegade v5-11 Exp * Origin: The Bearsville BBS * Warren, MI * (810) 582-9429 (1:120/650) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: F2500011 Date: 02/04/98 From: CHRIS ZYCHSKI Time: 03:12am \/To: RUBEN LOPEZ (Read 0 times) Subj: TCC Lockup RL> KH> One bit of advice Ruben, don't expect any performance gains from RL> KH> a chip in a mostly stock motor. RL>Thanks for the advise Kenny. But I can raise my redline can't RL>I? And, won't it adjust my shift points and air/fuel ratio? Ruben, I believe Kenny is right. You'd probably gain more by simply dropping to a few-degree-cooler thermostat to "fool" your stock chip. My belief is that the chip be upgraded only after other performance changes (fuel intake, exhaust relief) are made. Someone correct me if my premise is wrong. -cc * SLMR 2.1a * Self-deceit is easy; what one wishes one believes is true --- Renegade v5-11 Exp * Origin: The Bearsville BBS * Warren, MI * (810) 582-9429 (1:120/650) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: F2500012 Date: 02/04/98 From: CHRIS ZYCHSKI Time: 03:12am \/To: ALAN MORRISON (Read 0 times) Subj: Buying imports AM>... HONDA - How Our Nations Debt Accumulated One might perceive you hold some peevishness for the Japanese automotive industry. I say: Boycott 'em all. Let 'em construct artificial reefs from unsold cars an' trucks, an' go back to FISHIN'! -cc * SLMR 2.1a * SLEEP: that fleeting moment just before the alarm. --- Renegade v5-11 Exp * Origin: The Bearsville BBS * Warren, MI * (810) 582-9429 (1:120/650) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: F2500013 Date: 02/04/98 From: CHRIS ZYCHSKI Time: 03:12am \/To: MICHAEL SHARON (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: Vehicle Confiscation MS> Let's get realistic here shall we? First of all, when you are moving the MS> vehicle to correct the matter, hardly can this be regarded as violating MS> any law. Even if you were pulled over in the process, admitting that you MS> are aware of the problem, and that you've expressed concern, whereas your MS> explaination that you were only going onto the next exit to correct the MS> problem, would most likely be acceptable. Well. Isn't that exactly what the owner was doing when cited while changing the headlight in his own driveway? ___________________O /________________________________ O \ MS> Unless one provokes the situation by mouthing off to the cop. More B U L L ! Purely subjective and in contravention to our First Amendment. Furthermore, read a policemen's handbook. Macomb County Sheriff Dept. for example. "... excessive reaction to (citizen's) verbal abuse will be cause for disciplinary action." "Chip, chip, chip..." The sound of our rights eroding. -cc * SLMR 2.1a * STATUS QUO is Latin for the mess we're in. --- Renegade v5-11 Exp * Origin: The Bearsville BBS * Warren, MI * (810) 582-9429 (1:120/650) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: F2500014 Date: 02/04/98 From: CHRIS ZYCHSKI Time: 03:12am \/To: ROY WITT (Read 0 times) Subj: Vehicle Confiscation RW>On, 31 Jan 98 at 18:09, RW>John Pummill was overheard shouting over the engine noise, saying omething RW>Devin Dimitri about "Vehicle Confiscation",: RW> JP> Also, please, no MANly pounding on the chest claiming to be THE MAN RW> JP> and always checking the bulbs to insure proper function. I try to RW> JP> stay on top of it too. That means there are two of us out of how many RW> JP> million cars that we are SURE get checked regularly ?? RW>Three! Four! -cc * SLMR 2.1a * Support Mental Health. Or I'll kill you. --- Renegade v5-11 Exp * Origin: The Bearsville BBS * Warren, MI * (810) 582-9429 (1:120/650) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: F2500015 Date: 02/03/98 From: MARC GERGES Time: 10:24pm \/To: JAY EMRIE (Read 0 times) Subj: Active Handling Salut JAY! To Alan Morrison: I never got your reply to my msg. Sorry for not answering it, it wasn't my fault. I'll do it in here, too. AM> MG>> limit on that. A 90 hp turbo diesel engine will do finely. To AM> MG>> get 49 on the highway, though, you had to limit yourself to AM> MG>> about 50 mph. AM>> I've never owned a diesel, although they became popular for a while AM>> until the cheap diesel fuel surpassed the price of regular AM>> gasoline. So diesel is more expensive than gasoline at your's? AM>> I seem to recall they typically got better mileage than a similar AM>> size gas engine version. The initial cost was a little higher and AM>> maintenance, perhaps, Initial cost is indeed a little higher, but with the modern engines maintenance isn't higher than with a gasoline engine. JE> Nope, the initial cost was and IS lots higher - often $5,000.00 JE> higher for a diesel. Not here in europe. For most cars, diesel is 5 or 10 percent higher than a comparable gas engine. JE> Further the maintenance is much higher and much more critical. It isn't higher any more - most modern diesel engines have the same maintenance intervals than gas engines and the maintenance work to do isn't more. JE> All it takes is one slip on the fuel filter replacement and some JE> water in the diesel and one has LOST the MPG advantage of diesel - JE> never to be recovered again. Just price the diesel fuel pump and JE> injector replacement! Indeed, the fuel pump and injectors are expensive. But they'll hardly ever fail. I know of a bunch of diesel cars that make 200.000 miles and more without needing an injector or fuel pump change. AM>> I was trying to figure out the MPG on the VW Jetta which comes with AM>> a gas 2.0 liter, gas 2.8 V6, or a diesel 1.9 liter. It shows the AM>> numbers as 18-40, and 24-49. I would guess the 24-49 would be the AM>> small diesel which is turbo/intercooled, and maybe similar to yours AM>> since it also shows 90 HP. That's the TDI engine, while mine is a pre-chamber engine. The TDI is a little better on mileage though it runs harder. But for the power, you can compare them. cu .\\arc ... Sure, drinking kills brain cells, but only the weak ones. --- * Origin: sympathy for the debil (2:270/47) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: F2500016 Date: 02/04/98 From: KEITH SCUDDER Time: 02:43am \/To: ROY WITT (Read 0 times) Subj: 1999 Cars RW>On, 01 Feb 98 at 02:23, RW>KEITH SCUDDER was overheard shouting over the engine noise, saying something RW>TOM WALKER about "1999 Cars",: RW> TW>> Not Necessarily. totally Different and smaller Body. RW> KS> RW> KS> Excuse me Gentlemen, but the Camaro has a Fuel-injected 231 (3800) RW> KS> engine already available. I know I had it in my 95'... RW>That's the same venerable Buick V6 used in the Regals, among other B and G RW>bodies.. At one time I had a 85' Regal with a 231 V6 and the 2BBL. carb. yet the Camaro's same size engine could run circles around the 85' model. Maybe it has something to do with the HP difference. :) Keith........................................................ --- * OLX 2.1 TD * E-mail address: kas@juno.com * Origin: PC BBS : Massapequa, NY : (516)795-5874 (1:2619/110) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: F2500017 Date: 02/04/98 From: ROY WITT Time: 10:36pm \/To: DEVIN DIMITRI (Read 0 times) Subj: 1999 Cars On, 02 Feb 98 at 15:58, Devin Dimitri was overheard shouting over the engine noise, saying something to John Pummill about "Re: 1999 Cars",: DD> DD>> Interesting. I wonder if Chevy is going to DD>> supercharge the V6 Camaro for 99-00 to combat the rumors of a DD>> supercharged SVT Cobra. DD> JP>> GM learned a while back that turbo charging is far superior to JP>> superc in production cars. We all learned they are easily tunable JP>> quickly aft DD> DD> It did? When. I don't really know that much about old cars, DD> but the most recent one i can think of was the Corvair. Hmmm, DD> or was there a factory turbo'd Corvette too? I don't know. Pontiac Tras-Am, Sunfire, Chevy Cavalier, Buick GN, just off the top of my head... ... My 8th Chevy: 1960 El Camino, in Brown. (1971) --- T(W)itt Filter Tossed v1.13 * Origin: Bow Tie Racers, #1, On or Off the Track! (1:202/909.13) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: F2500018 Date: 02/04/98 From: ROY WITT Time: 10:39pm \/To: JOHN FAERBER (Read 0 times) Subj: Vehicle Confiscation On, 04 Feb 98 at 01:43, John Faerber was overheard shouting over the engine noise, saying something to Roy Witt about "Vehicle Confiscation",: JF> RW>> Cadillac started doing that years ago. Put a small RW>> lamp bulb in series with each taillamp and when one of RW>> them goes out, you get to check which one. Later RW>> models use a super-bright LED in place of the small RW>> lamp. JF> JF> My wife has a '90 Dodge Spirit with one of those message centers on JF> the dash, one day she came home from work and told me the message JF> center works good, she had a burned out taillight. Of course I took JF> my car to get her another bulb, (was hoping I would not get a ticket JF> while replacing her burned out bulb in my driveway! G!) ۻ ۻ ۻ ۻ ۻ ۻ ۻ ۻ ۻ ۻ ۻ ͼ ۺ ۻ ۺ ۻ ۻ ۺ ɼ ۺ ۺ ۻ ۺ ۺ ۺ ۺ ۺ ۺ ۻ ۺ ۺ ͼ ۺ ۺɼۺ ۺ ۺ ۺ ͼ ۺ ۺ ɼ ۺ ۻ ۺ ͼ ۺ ۺ ۺ ɼ ۻ ͼ ͼ ͼ ͼ ͼ ͼ ͼ ͼ ͼ ͼ ͼ ... "Who are those guys?" - Dale Earnhardt, 7 time Winston Cup Champion. --- T(W)itt Filter Tossed v1.13 * Origin: (1:202/909.13)