Low rolling resistance tires are great for fuel economy. The engine doesn't have to work as hard, since there is less friction between the tire and the road. Of course, that means less traction when you want to stop or turn.
As the tires fail to turn the car out of the way of the moron that pulled out right in front of you, the ABS pulses frequently since the tires slip as if the road is covered in water, the 1800 lb. weight insures that the other car won't move too much as the Insight crumples itself to half it's size.
Different people have different priorities, but the tires are too important to play with, IMO. I'd be curious to see the fuel economy difference between the stock and some reasonable sticky tires.
275mm wide Z-rated tires at all 4 corners for me, thank you.
There are very few body shops that can straighten an Aluminum frame if damaged. I don't know how many there are now, but when the Audi A8 came out there were less than 5 in the country. I'd hate to see what the shipping cost is if the car needs to be sent 800 miles away to be repaired.
"if they're not rich or running the government, they can take their principles and shove 'em for all the good it's going to do anyone." Tell that to Rosa Parks. "These kiddies are going to get busted no matter what happens" I'm sure there are a couple thousand former hackers (including myself) with no criminal records here on/. who would counter that arguement. I believe the percentage of hackers that get busted is rather small. "I've lived in China for several years now, and I think I've seen enough to say that I can really see the benefits of taking a stronger stand towards the criminal element" Yeah, and the trains generally run on time in totalitarian dictatorships as well, but I'd never live in one. "your lofty goals which won't win anyone anything except another five minutes to cause mayhem and destroy others' lives and livelihoods" OK, by turning in the hackers and destroying their lives and livelihoods, we gain another five minutes to destroy others' lives and livelihoods? Sounds like a lose-lose situation. No ones lives or livelihoods suffered from the defacement of the NYTimes webpage. "or the simple duty of building society, which carries its own rewards." Such as getting crushed under a tank while peacefully protesting your government's policies. Wow, I can't wait!
"It goes on to quote Parker's message to Fanning: 'Users will understand that they are improving their experience by providing information about their tastes without linking that information to a name or address or other sensitive data that might endanger them (especially since they are exchanging pirated music)." It's my (possibly mistaken) understanding that the parenthesis indicate a interpretation of the rest of the quote. if that's the case, why don't they quote what the document really said, instead of their interpretation?
It wasn't Balmer who said that. Quote: "There's the possibility of losing a centralized Windows standard and replacing it with something similar to Linux," said Simon Moores, chairman of The Microsoft Forum, which represents about 3,500 corporate IT managers in the UK.
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Low rolling resistance tires are great for fuel economy. The engine doesn't have to work as hard, since there is less friction between the tire and the road. Of course, that means less traction when you want to stop or turn.
As the tires fail to turn the car out of the way of the moron that pulled out right in front of you, the ABS pulses frequently since the tires slip as if the road is covered in water, the 1800 lb. weight insures that the other car won't move too much as the Insight crumples itself to half it's size.
Different people have different priorities, but the tires are too important to play with, IMO. I'd be curious to see the fuel economy difference between the stock and some reasonable sticky tires.
275mm wide Z-rated tires at all 4 corners for me, thank you.
There are very few body shops that can straighten an Aluminum frame if damaged. I don't know how many there are now, but when the Audi A8 came out there were less than 5 in the country. I'd hate to see what the shipping cost is if the car needs to be sent 800 miles away to be repaired.
"if they're not rich or running the government, they can take their principles and shove 'em for all the good it's going to do anyone." Tell that to Rosa Parks. "These kiddies are going to get busted no matter what happens" I'm sure there are a couple thousand former hackers (including myself) with no criminal records here on /. who would counter that arguement. I believe the percentage of hackers that get busted is rather small. "I've lived in China for several years now, and I think I've seen enough to say that I can really see the benefits of taking a stronger stand towards the criminal element" Yeah, and the trains generally run on time in totalitarian dictatorships as well, but I'd never live in one. "your lofty goals which won't win anyone anything except another five minutes to cause mayhem and destroy others' lives and livelihoods" OK, by turning in the hackers and destroying their lives and livelihoods, we gain another five minutes to destroy others' lives and livelihoods? Sounds like a lose-lose situation. No ones lives or livelihoods suffered from the defacement of the NYTimes webpage. "or the simple duty of building society, which carries its own rewards." Such as getting crushed under a tank while peacefully protesting your government's policies. Wow, I can't wait!
"It goes on to quote Parker's message to Fanning: 'Users will understand that they are improving their experience by providing information about their tastes without linking that information to a name or address or other sensitive data that might endanger them (especially since they are exchanging pirated music)." It's my (possibly mistaken) understanding that the parenthesis indicate a interpretation of the rest of the quote. if that's the case, why don't they quote what the document really said, instead of their interpretation?
It wasn't Balmer who said that. Quote: "There's the possibility of losing a centralized Windows standard and replacing it with something similar to Linux," said Simon Moores, chairman of The Microsoft Forum, which represents about 3,500 corporate IT managers in the UK.