Looking up the info, the only stock Chevy 350 V8 in 1995 with that sort of compression ratio was the LT4, which had 330 bhp. Not TOO shabby.;)
And, the 2007 Corvette Z06 (highest-end model...) gets 24 miles per US gallon highway EPA rating under the 2008 standards. It got 26 under the old standards, which if you're driving for economy (let's face it, though, you aren't in a car like that), are likely more accurate. And has 505 horsepower. 7.0L, no forced induction. Not too shabby, again.
And, MY car could run AC and a massive stereo system. It has a 1588cc non-turbo diesel with 52 bhp.;) Put on a bigger alternator off of an Audi 5000, and let the tunes fly. Of course, that's not advisable, with the German... engineering... behind the Mk2 Golf/Jetta diesel belt routing on AC-equipped cars... Nor is it advisable, due to how slow it would become with all of that turned on.;)
Oh, and that's something else about modern technology. 10 years ago, a 1.9L TDI was pushing out 90, maybe 110 bhp. NEXT YEAR, a 2.0L TDI will be pushing out as much as 204 bhp. Not too bad. And, BMW will have a 2.0L dual-turbo diesel pushing out 204 bhp as well.
While I wouldn't give credit for the cute-utization to Mazda, "collaboration" usually means one company did the work, the other gets to put the badge on... the platform technology, however, was all Mazda, and predates the controlling interest, I believe - it came from the final-generation 626.
Actually, diesel fuel prices vs. gasoline prices aren't related that much to the popularity of diesel cars here in the US, as you suggest.
The rise in diesel price above unleaded back a couple years ago was due to a diesel shortage in Europe, and American diesel had to be exported. The rise EVERY winter is due to two things - winter blends of diesel, which are more expensive to make, and higher demand due to home heating oil use.
This year, I'm not sure why the diesel prices HAVEN'T stayed up there with gas, I thought the situation with Europe was the same (especially now that we're producing ultra low sulfur fuels), but I'm happy that they haven't.;) However, assuming that we AREN'T exporting diesel fuel to Europe, the low prices in summer for diesel are merely part of the regular cycle that diesel fuel goes through.
No, we don't. As another reply mentioned, we vote for who the TV says to vote for. And, when we don't, it's throwing our vote away. (I personally have a rule whenever I'm voting - never vote for someone or something that I disagree with at all. I have voted for no candidate for quite a few things in last year's election. (First time I voted, first time I could.))
I live in the country... and at least for hunting, there's a place 8.4 miles from me. You lose. (8.4 miles IS close, when the nearest gas station is 2.5 miles, and the nearest grocery store is about 3 miles.)
And, I don't shuck corn OR fuck my sister (I don't even have a sister.) Also, I don't feel the need to drive a gas guzzling pickup truck, I instead drive a fuel-efficient diesel compact car.
Specifically...
Honest I didn't want to ever release it under the name Linux because it was too egotistical. What was the name I reserved for any eventual release? Freax. (Get it? Freaks with the requisite X.) In fact, some of the early make files --the files that describe how to compile the sources-- included the word "Freax" for about half a year. But it really didn't matter. At that point I didn't need a name for it because I wasn't releasing it to anybody.
And Ari Lemke, who insured that it made its way to the ftp site, hated the name Freax. He preferred the other working name I admit that I didn't put up much of a fight. But it was his doing. So I can honestly say I wasn't egotistical, or half-honestly say I wasn't egotistical. But I thought okay, that's a good name, and I can always blame somebody else for it, which I'm doing now.
Or the entire Internet Explorer browser, which has the ability to disable ALL JavaScript. (And, in fact, I find that it likes to automatically, when troubleshooting IE6+SP2 or IE7.)
(More like clutch in (or transmission in neutral), key off, key back on after the engine comes to a complete stop, restart engine (if you put the transmission in neutral, or came to a stop,) select gear, drop clutch (if it's a stick shift and you're still rolling. Otherwise, normally start.))
And, VW's been doing this for ages - I've found evidence of their "single-shaft" diesel-electric hybrid prototype dating back to 1987. I don't know about the function of the Golf ECO.Power, which is VW's latest version, but they claimed an AVERAGE of 3.8 L/100km with that one. (That's 62 US MPG.) Not too shabby.
Actually, many modern cars have a speedometer that is 2-10% (10% being an extreme, 2% not) slow on purpose, but an accurate odometer. At least in modern VWs, the speedometer is tuned to read lower than actual speed - if you use a VW-specific scan tool, you can get the actual speed.
There's also going into techniques such as Forced Auto Stop, which will give infinite mileage until you restart the engine... but the ScanGauge typically loses the connection when you turn off the key, and trying to use an ignition kill switch while driving will probably set a Check Engine Light.
There's a couple buildings on my college's campus that would make AWESOME deathmatch arenas... not because I want to run around and shoot stuff up in real life (one must be off their rocker to do that,) but because of the layout.
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Looking up the info, the only stock Chevy 350 V8 in 1995 with that sort of compression ratio was the LT4, which had 330 bhp. Not TOO shabby. ;)
;) Put on a bigger alternator off of an Audi 5000, and let the tunes fly. Of course, that's not advisable, with the German... engineering... behind the Mk2 Golf/Jetta diesel belt routing on AC-equipped cars... Nor is it advisable, due to how slow it would become with all of that turned on. ;)
And, the 2007 Corvette Z06 (highest-end model...) gets 24 miles per US gallon highway EPA rating under the 2008 standards. It got 26 under the old standards, which if you're driving for economy (let's face it, though, you aren't in a car like that), are likely more accurate. And has 505 horsepower. 7.0L, no forced induction. Not too shabby, again.
And, MY car could run AC and a massive stereo system. It has a 1588cc non-turbo diesel with 52 bhp.
Oh, and that's something else about modern technology. 10 years ago, a 1.9L TDI was pushing out 90, maybe 110 bhp. NEXT YEAR, a 2.0L TDI will be pushing out as much as 204 bhp. Not too bad. And, BMW will have a 2.0L dual-turbo diesel pushing out 204 bhp as well.
While I wouldn't give credit for the cute-utization to Mazda, "collaboration" usually means one company did the work, the other gets to put the badge on... the platform technology, however, was all Mazda, and predates the controlling interest, I believe - it came from the final-generation 626.
Actually, diesel fuel prices vs. gasoline prices aren't related that much to the popularity of diesel cars here in the US, as you suggest.
;) However, assuming that we AREN'T exporting diesel fuel to Europe, the low prices in summer for diesel are merely part of the regular cycle that diesel fuel goes through.
The rise in diesel price above unleaded back a couple years ago was due to a diesel shortage in Europe, and American diesel had to be exported. The rise EVERY winter is due to two things - winter blends of diesel, which are more expensive to make, and higher demand due to home heating oil use.
This year, I'm not sure why the diesel prices HAVEN'T stayed up there with gas, I thought the situation with Europe was the same (especially now that we're producing ultra low sulfur fuels), but I'm happy that they haven't.
No, we don't. As another reply mentioned, we vote for who the TV says to vote for. And, when we don't, it's throwing our vote away. (I personally have a rule whenever I'm voting - never vote for someone or something that I disagree with at all. I have voted for no candidate for quite a few things in last year's election. (First time I voted, first time I could.))
I live in the country... and at least for hunting, there's a place 8.4 miles from me. You lose. (8.4 miles IS close, when the nearest gas station is 2.5 miles, and the nearest grocery store is about 3 miles.)
And, I don't shuck corn OR fuck my sister (I don't even have a sister.) Also, I don't feel the need to drive a gas guzzling pickup truck, I instead drive a fuel-efficient diesel compact car.
250% of 0 is still 0. :)
Linux because it was too egotistical. What was the name I reserved
for any eventual release? Freax. (Get it? Freaks with the requisite
X.) In fact, some of the early make files --the files that describe
how to compile the sources-- included the word "Freax" for about
half a year. But it really didn't matter. At that point I didn't need a
name for it because I wasn't releasing it to anybody.
And Ari Lemke, who insured that it made its way to the ftp
site, hated the name Freax. He preferred the other working name I
admit that I didn't put up much of a fight. But it was his doing. So
I can honestly say I wasn't egotistical, or half-honestly say I wasn't
egotistical. But I thought okay, that's a good name, and I can
always blame somebody else for it, which I'm doing now.
-- Linus Torvalds p84 and p88 "Just for fun"
Or the entire Internet Explorer browser, which has the ability to disable ALL JavaScript. (And, in fact, I find that it likes to automatically, when troubleshooting IE6+SP2 or IE7.)
:)
I personally use Opera, though.
Is that an artificial testosterone made by Rice-a-Roni?
PDFCreator on Windows, built-in PDF-creation facilities in CUPS+Ghostscript on every other OS.
However, there is a pornographic element to goatse, is there not?
Note that it's "honest beings," though - presumably by their definition of "honest."
Konami Auto Stop FTW?
(More like clutch in (or transmission in neutral), key off, key back on after the engine comes to a complete stop, restart engine (if you put the transmission in neutral, or came to a stop,) select gear, drop clutch (if it's a stick shift and you're still rolling. Otherwise, normally start.))
FWIW, you replied to the wrong post. ;)
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And, VW's been doing this for ages - I've found evidence of their "single-shaft" diesel-electric hybrid prototype dating back to 1987. I don't know about the function of the Golf ECO.Power, which is VW's latest version, but they claimed an AVERAGE of 3.8 L/100km with that one. (That's 62 US MPG.) Not too shabby.
Get a three-wheeler, that's licensed as a motorcycle instead of an NEV, and therefore can go faster.
ZAP has a three-wheeler, too, IIRC. And, I think it can do 40 MPH or so.
KBB is worthless for TDIs. You might show every ad you can find to your credit union, and show that KBB is inaccurate for this model.
Alternately, go older - there are as old as 1996 TDIs, and the 1996-1997 Passat TDI is LARGER inside than an A4.
For the GP... here in the US, here's the TDI models we have:
1996-1997 Passat (B4) 1.9TDI 90bhp
1997-1999.0 Jetta (what you call the Vento) (A3) 1.9TDI 90bhp
1998-present New Beetle (A4) 1.9TDI 90bhp and (2004+) 100bhp
1999.5-2006.0 Golf (A4) 1.9TDI 90bhp and (2004+) 100bhp
1999.5-2005.0 Jetta (what you call the Bora, including Variant) (A4) 1.9TDI 90bhp and (2004+) 100bhp
2004-2005 Passat (B5.5) 2.0TDI 136bhp
2004 and 2006-2007 Touareg V10 5.0TDI 313bhp
2005.5-2006 Jetta (A5) 1.9TDI 100bhp
That's it.
If you felt like paying multiple thousands of dollars on doing an engine swap, you could also import the 2.5 V6 TDI that the GP referred to.
Actually, many modern cars have a speedometer that is 2-10% (10% being an extreme, 2% not) slow on purpose, but an accurate odometer. At least in modern VWs, the speedometer is tuned to read lower than actual speed - if you use a VW-specific scan tool, you can get the actual speed.
There's also going into techniques such as Forced Auto Stop, which will give infinite mileage until you restart the engine... but the ScanGauge typically loses the connection when you turn off the key, and trying to use an ignition kill switch while driving will probably set a Check Engine Light.
Try a ScanGauge. I don't have one, because my car's too old, but a Yaris (actually, most 1996 and newer cars) will almost certainly work with it.
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Oh, and this seems to be slashdotted.
Well, there is the third-party Gecko ActiveX control, if your application is Windows-only... fits perfectly in place of Trident...
Yeah, but Microsoft supports Linux.
So, SCO? Oh, wait, that's Microso...(*#@)(*@#)(*$(*+!_!@(#_)!%
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There's a couple buildings on my college's campus that would make AWESOME deathmatch arenas... not because I want to run around and shoot stuff up in real life (one must be off their rocker to do that,) but because of the layout.