Funny, I feel EXACTLY the same way. I've lived in both places, both work. I prefer the freedom side because I've seen the level of slacker the socialist way produces.
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Cool. When I lived there, it was over 70%.
There may be amazing public transportation, free school and healthcare in the Netherlands (a country with the second highest population density in the world, and a land mass about the size of NJ), but there is an income tax rate of 52%, a 21% Sales Tax, $8-10/gal gasoline, automobile taxes due annually for…
Correct, although I've always suspected that lower wheel speed (3rd vs 4th) may slightly up the reported numbers because driveline and tire friction is lower. I just can't prove it. :)
on a dyno, rpm is measured, and final gear ratio is calculated to remove that effect. The rotational inertia of the drum is fixed and known, so you can calculate delivered torque put to the from the wheels by the acceleration rate of the drum and the rpm of the engine. The rest is math, correcting for atmosphere…
As canada's coin-pocket (Washington state), I wholeheartedly approve of this comment.
One other consideration, new cars are easier to finance, and usually have better interest rates. Plus, bumper to bumper warranty is nice.
Neat. Wake me up when VW's website has a Build&Price option.
It makes me cry inside that I see hundreds of millions of dollars being wasted on drivel, but I must still wait to see The Dark Tower series.. *sheds tear*
Actually, the disease is spreading to WA too. You cannot register any new car 2009+ in WA unless it's a CA emissions car. http://www.dol.wa.gov/vehicleregistr….
I know I did. :)
I don't know why, but I've ALWAYS found Hyundai and Kia cars to be, well, wrong. They appear cheap, even if they have amazeballs warranties and win awards. They are too flashy, use in-congruent mixes of styling, weird swoopy gestures, gaudy lights, and I just can't get past it. I get that they include neato…
Personally I've done a couple of v6's, mine's running the 3800 series 2. In our local club though there's 3 LS4's (1 of them a turbo), a DOHC 3.4, a cadillac 4.9 v8, a SBC, and one of the 4 cylinder cars is running the 3.0L marine block L4. You can put pretty much any GM engine in. The ecotecs are great but not…
Exactly. I'd wager the engine bay of a Fiero is huge compared to the NSX, and even with GM's F40 (6 speed 3 axis transverse manual transmission), it's a real stuff to get it in. We usually go with automatics just because the bulk of them is behind the engine, not next to it.
As somebody who has stuffed ridiculous engines transversely into Fiero's for a LONG time, it probably has to do with transmission strength and packaging. The frame spars have to be really wide to accommodate beefy parts, and you still have exhaust/turbo routing issues.
It's Bullshit WAY.
This is the video that it finally took to convince my sister that snow tires were a must.
