There's this thing called the internet. On the internet there's a place called "google." It's amazing what comes up when you enter " P" on said site. No dealer involved.
Spend $60 on a hand held ODB II reader instead. The most common code set by vehicles is a fuel system code that gets set when you don't tighten your gas cap down all the way. You absolutely can get shop manuals for new vehicles (for GM anyways, I imagine Ford and Chrysler are the same), it's just not cheap and you have to know where to look.
In trucks you're just not going to get a useful amount of torque out of V6's. Small V8's maybe, but in the size trucks these were going in (generally 1 ton pickups and above) you'd be hard pressed to find a useful gasoline V8 other than a big block. If people need trucks diesel is the answer though, so it's not really a horrible thing from all perspectives.
No, the LS7 is NOT a big block. It's a large displacement motor with dimensions similar to a Chevy small block engine (but not actually a SBC, it's based on the LS1, which was a 346ci V8). High displacement doesn't not make it a big block. People have bored and stroked LS1's to around 427ci, but it certainly isn't a big block and shouldn't be mistaken for one.
Also, good luck finding replacement cartridges 2 years down the road, if your printer makes it that long.
I have an HP PSC 2175 that I bought back in 2003 that I have no problem finding ink for. Sadly the cartridges are still way over priced, but finding ink for a printer from a larger manufacturer isn't that difficult. Drivers for new versions of Windows are another story (in HP's case).
"Wireless" charging was done before that. GM charged its EV1 with a "wireless" inductive paddle system. Google Magne Charge. I'm sure the technology was around before that.
Edison not a crook? Oh now there's a good one. I suggest you do some reading about the man and his actions instead of relying on the words of someone who was under his employ. "Le Voyage dans la lune" might be helpful in your search for accurate information on the man.
who cares? If you don't want to use it then don't. It's not like the fact that some 10 year old kid next door or 3000 miles away uses "demo mode" actually impacts you in any way.
I dunno about the H2, but the H3 is *not* the same frame as the Colorado and Canyon that are built in the plant in Shreveport. It's quite a bit beefier that the frame used in the Colorado and Canyon.
Unless I wanted a vehicle for off-roading, I wouldn't buy one and I used to build the damned things. The gas mileage is horrifying and hello wind noise because of the nearly vertical windshield. Never mind the anemic I-5 they put in most of them. They started putting a small V-8 in them after I left GM, but that adds way too much to the price.
Yes! I spent a week and half in Europe last month and traveled exclusively by rail to get from Paris to Munich, and then to Amsterdam and it was a great experience (and my first long distance travel by rail).
After that experience I would much rather take the extra time to travel by rail because it was a much more enjoyable experience than the nonsense we endure in order to fly.
We've got a 12kW Generac here that does the whole auto-on when the power is out longer than a minute or so; it's great. We're sort of out in the sticks and this area tends to get foul weather during hurricane season, so it's a really nice thing to have.
It's big enough to power the furnace/AC, 2 fridges, a freezer, all the lights in the house and just about anything else in the house, really.
It's the best thing since sliced bread if you live in an area where you lose power fairly often.
It just means you'll have to start at the bottom if you don't have any previous work experience in the field. I know a number of people in sysadmin jobs who don't have any sort of degree, but they generally started at the bottom and worked their way up.
Have you ever been on the ground when a B-2 is flying over? It's insanely quiet even at low altitudes. It's accomplished via an insanely simple method too. The exhaust is vented on the top side of the plane, so it does not resonate downwards as much.
A friend commented that my shifting was smooth; I was surprised because I keep planning to have someone who knows cars to teach me.
I noticed that mistake after I posted.
The small print on the sticker states:
Actual mileage will vary with options, driving conditions, driving habits an vehicle condition. Results reported to EPA indicate that the majority of vehicles with these estimates will achieve between 16 and 22 mpg in the city and between 23 and 33 mpg on the highway.
This does not state that this car will achieve the range, just a disclaimer that the variance is typical for a car rated 19/28. I assumed manufacturers marketed the best numbers possible without getting sued.
I use fifth and sixth as overdrives; difficult not to accelerate in the first four gears. At what speed does fifth become more for acceleration than coasting?
Good to know that the $3000 was not just for the spoiler.
My "experiments" were flooring the accelerator in each gear until the car hiccuped from red-lining. More controlled acceleration should give better results. I did drop into second at 70mph once (missed fourth -- I stated I was not good with manual shifting) and the car handled it well.
Neither of mine was an automatic or a convertible. I tested the automatic before buying the first. About a quarter mile flat and up a ramp. Flooring the automatic was straining past 50 mph. Without trying, the manual was at 90mph at the same place.
A female friend bought a '99 automatic TransAm and special-ordered the WS6 because she liked the hood. Any performance benefits would be lost to the automatic transmission. The car is probably extremely rare; who else would pay just for the look?
Well the point of that small print is to tell you that is the range of number that they have achieved. The numbers in larger print are just the median of the numbers in the small print (do the math, you'll see). They'll never claim a car will get the upper limit they see in testing, because people would be crying about it when they didn't get that mileage. Most people also aren't willing to drive in such a manner to get that 33mpg. 33mpg is also not likely because their testing at the time did not include real world conditions, so it's a little high.
Well, 5th and 6th are overdrive gears. 5th is.74:1 and 6th is.5:1, but 5th gear is still a very good acceleration gear because of the amount of torque the LS1 puts out. As for when 5th is better for acceleration, it all depends on what rpm you shift into it at. The best power band on a stock LS1 is from ~3500rpm to ~5500rpm (see http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3220/2943983193_b2b78190f3_o.jpg for a dyno graph of my car stock as an example), so 5th gear from 3500rpm to 5500rpm should accelerate well. Of course at 5500rpm in 5th, you'll be going somewhere around 166mph. Top speed in 4th is around 135mph, btw. All the above assumes that you've got a stock T-56 and 3.42 gears in your rear end. Drag, vehicle weight, etc will affect actual speeds though.
I've been told that the cars will do ~167mph stock (well with the limiter removed). I've been ~155mph a few times on a track and it was still pulling fairly well and the ride was shockingly smooth. Your TA would probably be a bit more stable at those speeds because of the better suspension and maybe because of the different spoiler, but I'm not sure if the TA spoiler would give you any more down force vs. the Formula's spoiler.
Top speed in 2nd gear is around 75mph. There is a point at which downshifting into a certain gear for increased power becomes pointless though. 60mph in 2nd is ~4800rpm, so you still have a reasonable amount of the power band left. Shifting into 2nd at 70 leaves you about 600rpm before the rev limiter; that's why I mention 60mph.
30mpg in a 5.7l V8 Firebird!? Highway driving at 30mph is not normal. I would have pulled over for a nap or to read. The truck driver could call about any problems.
My window sticker stated 19/28mpg. Those numbers are optimal and assumed unrealistic in the real world.
-- The Formula was a good deal. The extra $3000 for the TransAm added 50lbs for the rear spoiler and different nametags. No Formulas were available locally when I was searching. I have never seen a '99-'02 Formula; I check every time I see a Firebird without a spoiler. AutoTrader lists an '02 Formula just over 100 miles from here, and two '99 Formulas over 230 miles away (compare with 47 Firebirds and TransAms within 50 miles; 80 within 100 miles.)
My car is stock. Still has the skip-shift. I learned to skip second and third gears, only using them when I need to accelerate really fast. Tapping the gas pedal in first gear is enough for 20mph, then fourth can reach any legal speed in reasonable time. I learned second gear red-lines at ~50mph and third gear at ~80mph (both experiences were emergency manuevering to avoid accidents.) I cannot imagine maxing fourth gear -- probably hit the 167mph limiter first.
What causes the difference in our fuel efficiency? The hills around my home? Your customizations? Attitude?
Yes, I know a number of people who get this sort of mileage on the highway from their LS1 F-bodies and Corvettes. It's not that much of a mystery, it's called gearing. 6th gear in the T-56 is.50:1 at 60mph the engine is only turning 1400rpm.
Who said anything about 30mph? He was going 60mph, reread the message.
Actually, you're wrong about window sticker numbers. Those are averages. Take a closer look at your window sticker; usually under the city mpg rating (on GM window stickers anyways) you'll see "Actual mileage" listed and it will be a range of something like 15-21 city, 23-33 highway (not the numbers for my Formula as I can't find the window sticker for it:/ )
I could care less what Edmunds has to say about a car that they test drove for maybe a week. I've been driving my Formula since I bought it new in July of 2002. I'm pretty sur eI have a better idea of how to get the best mileage out of it. Of course keep in mind the mileage I get is because of how I drive. If I were driving like I used to I would be getting about 20mpg average;)
You'd max out the car in 5th gear, not 4th and the limiter is at 162 mph;)
Yeah, I bought the Formula for a specific reason: I was doing A LOT of drag racing at the track in my 2000 GTP and I wanted something faster and that would take modification a bit better than the GTP did. It only had two options (Hurst short throw shifter and chromed rims) and I could have done without both. I've seen a lot of Formula's. Not as many as TA's of course, because peopel got the silly notion that a TA is faster than a Formula. Amusingly enough it's usually the other way around, because the Formula is lighter. The TA does have a better suspension though. My Formula dyno'd 307hp 326ft-lb at the wheels stock, with 3100 miles on the odo, so it wasn't even fully broken in yet. GM rates those motors at 305hp at the motor. Mine was actually lower than a lot of peopl'e stock dyno numbers too.
My 02 Formula gets ~30mpg highway at 60mph with Long tubes, cat-back and tuning, so I dunno what you're doing. Maybe try driving the speed limit. At 75 is gets about 28mpg highway. Mixed highway/city driving I get about 25-26mpg.
The best mileage I saw over a long trip was from Rochester, NY to Shreveport, LA when I was moving. I had to follow a moving truck that couldn't go over 60mph, so I ended up averaging just over 30mpg for the whole trip (about 1350 miles).
Of course right now I drive like an old lady because I can't afford the gas, nor a speeding ticket. The only gear I'm ever over 1500 rpm in is 1st and I don't hit 2k before I shift into 4th.
I actually re-enabled that annoying skip-shift that GM put in the car to force me to shift into 4th.
I've also been experimenting with HP Tuners to improve my mileage by enabling something similar to the "super-cruise" that Holden's have.
Another reason to keep devices off is so you're concentrating on the announcements that are made, if something goes wrong and everyone needs to get out. This applies in particular to any operations on or near the ground, but not as much while at flight level.
This and the ability to assert their control over you while you're in the airplane by telling you that you cannot do something is the real reason that electronics are required to be shut off during takeoff and landing.
The FAA may spout things about RF interference, but it's a crock and they know it.
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Yay my using >, part of my message got mistaken for html :D.
It should say "when you enter '(car make here) P####'"
There's this thing called the internet. On the internet there's a place called "google." It's amazing what comes up when you enter " P" on said site. No dealer involved.
Spend $60 on a hand held ODB II reader instead. The most common code set by vehicles is a fuel system code that gets set when you don't tighten your gas cap down all the way. You absolutely can get shop manuals for new vehicles (for GM anyways, I imagine Ford and Chrysler are the same), it's just not cheap and you have to know where to look.
In trucks you're just not going to get a useful amount of torque out of V6's. Small V8's maybe, but in the size trucks these were going in (generally 1 ton pickups and above) you'd be hard pressed to find a useful gasoline V8 other than a big block. If people need trucks diesel is the answer though, so it's not really a horrible thing from all perspectives.
No, the LS7 is NOT a big block. It's a large displacement motor with dimensions similar to a Chevy small block engine (but not actually a SBC, it's based on the LS1, which was a 346ci V8). High displacement doesn't not make it a big block. People have bored and stroked LS1's to around 427ci, but it certainly isn't a big block and shouldn't be mistaken for one.
Also, good luck finding replacement cartridges 2 years down the road, if your printer makes it that long.
I have an HP PSC 2175 that I bought back in 2003 that I have no problem finding ink for. Sadly the cartridges are still way over priced, but finding ink for a printer from a larger manufacturer isn't that difficult. Drivers for new versions of Windows are another story (in HP's case).
You should be using Media Browser with MCE. You'll be able to play .mkv's just fine.
"Wireless" charging was done before that. GM charged its EV1 with a "wireless" inductive paddle system. Google Magne Charge. I'm sure the technology was around before that.
Edison not a crook? Oh now there's a good one. I suggest you do some reading about the man and his actions instead of relying on the words of someone who was under his employ. "Le Voyage dans la lune" might be helpful in your search for accurate information on the man.
who cares? If you don't want to use it then don't. It's not like the fact that some 10 year old kid next door or 3000 miles away uses "demo mode" actually impacts you in any way.
I dunno about the H2, but the H3 is *not* the same frame as the Colorado and Canyon that are built in the plant in Shreveport. It's quite a bit beefier that the frame used in the Colorado and Canyon.
Unless I wanted a vehicle for off-roading, I wouldn't buy one and I used to build the damned things. The gas mileage is horrifying and hello wind noise because of the nearly vertical windshield. Never mind the anemic I-5 they put in most of them. They started putting a small V-8 in them after I left GM, but that adds way too much to the price.
Yes! I spent a week and half in Europe last month and traveled exclusively by rail to get from Paris to Munich, and then to Amsterdam and it was a great experience (and my first long distance travel by rail).
After that experience I would much rather take the extra time to travel by rail because it was a much more enjoyable experience than the nonsense we endure in order to fly.
terrifying terrorist hacker nazi communist muslims from setting off a dirty bomb and infecting us with anthrax.
Excuse me sir, we prefer the word "fascist".
A sucker? ;)
We've got a 12kW Generac here that does the whole auto-on when the power is out longer than a minute or so; it's great. We're sort of out in the sticks and this area tends to get foul weather during hurricane season, so it's a really nice thing to have.
It's big enough to power the furnace/AC, 2 fridges, a freezer, all the lights in the house and just about anything else in the house, really.
It's the best thing since sliced bread if you live in an area where you lose power fairly often.
It just means you'll have to start at the bottom if you don't have any previous work experience in the field. I know a number of people in sysadmin jobs who don't have any sort of degree, but they generally started at the bottom and worked their way up.
I'd say it's more likely that they're staffed by DHS personal, given the level of incompetence people are experiencing.
If it doesn't shoot arcs of lighting from it, then it shouldn't be named Tesla.
Have you ever been on the ground when a B-2 is flying over? It's insanely quiet even at low altitudes. It's accomplished via an insanely simple method too. The exhaust is vented on the top side of the plane, so it does not resonate downwards as much.
Yay, using my own link, apparently not:
http://oea.larc.nasa.gov/PAIS/pdf/FS-1997-07-24-LaRC.pdf
I wonder if they missed the rather awesome blended wing designs that cover at least part of what they're trying to accomplish.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blended_wing
Well the point of that small print is to tell you that is the range of number that they have achieved. The numbers in larger print are just the median of the numbers in the small print (do the math, you'll see). They'll never claim a car will get the upper limit they see in testing, because people would be crying about it when they didn't get that mileage. Most people also aren't willing to drive in such a manner to get that 33mpg. 33mpg is also not likely because their testing at the time did not include real world conditions, so it's a little high.
Well, 5th and 6th are overdrive gears. 5th is .74:1 and 6th is .5:1, but 5th gear is still a very good acceleration gear because of the amount of torque the LS1 puts out. As for when 5th is better for acceleration, it all depends on what rpm you shift into it at. The best power band on a stock LS1 is from ~3500rpm to ~5500rpm (see http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3220/2943983193_b2b78190f3_o.jpg for a dyno graph of my car stock as an example), so 5th gear from 3500rpm to 5500rpm should accelerate well. Of course at 5500rpm in 5th, you'll be going somewhere around 166mph. Top speed in 4th is around 135mph, btw. All the above assumes that you've got a stock T-56 and 3.42 gears in your rear end. Drag, vehicle weight, etc will affect actual speeds though.
I've been told that the cars will do ~167mph stock (well with the limiter removed). I've been ~155mph a few times on a track and it was still pulling fairly well and the ride was shockingly smooth. Your TA would probably be a bit more stable at those speeds because of the better suspension and maybe because of the different spoiler, but I'm not sure if the TA spoiler would give you any more down force vs. the Formula's spoiler.
Top speed in 2nd gear is around 75mph. There is a point at which downshifting into a certain gear for increased power becomes pointless though. 60mph in 2nd is ~4800rpm, so you still have a reasonable amount of the power band left. Shifting into 2nd at 70 leaves you about 600rpm before the rev limiter; that's why I mention 60mph.
Naw, automatic TA's are far from rare. I don
Yes, I know a number of people who get this sort of mileage on the highway from their LS1 F-bodies and Corvettes. It's not that much of a mystery, it's called gearing. 6th gear in the T-56 is .50:1 at 60mph the engine is only turning 1400rpm.
Who said anything about 30mph? He was going 60mph, reread the message.
Actually, you're wrong about window sticker numbers. Those are averages. Take a closer look at your window sticker; usually under the city mpg rating (on GM window stickers anyways) you'll see "Actual mileage" listed and it will be a range of something like 15-21 city, 23-33 highway (not the numbers for my Formula as I can't find the window sticker for it :/ )
I could care less what Edmunds has to say about a car that they test drove for maybe a week. I've been driving my Formula since I bought it new in July of 2002. I'm pretty sur eI have a better idea of how to get the best mileage out of it. Of course keep in mind the mileage I get is because of how I drive. If I were driving like I used to I would be getting about 20mpg average ;)
You'd max out the car in 5th gear, not 4th and the limiter is at 162 mph ;)
Yeah, I bought the Formula for a specific reason: I was doing A LOT of drag racing at the track in my 2000 GTP and I wanted something faster and that would take modification a bit better than the GTP did. It only had two options (Hurst short throw shifter and chromed rims) and I could have done without both. I've seen a lot of Formula's. Not as many as TA's of course, because peopel got the silly notion that a TA is faster than a Formula. Amusingly enough it's usually the other way around, because the Formula is lighter. The TA does have a better suspension though. My Formula dyno'd 307hp 326ft-lb at the wheels stock, with 3100 miles on the odo, so it wasn't even fully broken in yet. GM rates those motors at 305hp at the motor. Mine was actually lower than a lot of peopl'e stock dyno numbers too.
I've probably got close to 2000 passes at t
My 02 Formula gets ~30mpg highway at 60mph with Long tubes, cat-back and tuning, so I dunno what you're doing. Maybe try driving the speed limit. At 75 is gets about 28mpg highway. Mixed highway/city driving I get about 25-26mpg.
The best mileage I saw over a long trip was from Rochester, NY to Shreveport, LA when I was moving. I had to follow a moving truck that couldn't go over 60mph, so I ended up averaging just over 30mpg for the whole trip (about 1350 miles).
Of course right now I drive like an old lady because I can't afford the gas, nor a speeding ticket. The only gear I'm ever over 1500 rpm in is 1st and I don't hit 2k before I shift into 4th.
I actually re-enabled that annoying skip-shift that GM put in the car to force me to shift into 4th.
I've also been experimenting with HP Tuners to improve my mileage by enabling something similar to the "super-cruise" that Holden's have.
This and the ability to assert their control over you while you're in the airplane by telling you that you cannot do something is the real reason that electronics are required to be shut off during takeoff and landing.
The FAA may spout things about RF interference, but it's a crock and they know it.