How is favoring the repeal of current tax cuts and increasing other taxes "fiscally conservative"? Fiscal conservatives realize that the REAL way to spur the economy is to put the money into the hands of the people, NOT the government.
(2) He's socially liberal (no bigotry here!)
Not all social conservatives are bigots, and, as a social conservative, I resent the accusation. One of the primary tenets of social conservatives is to HELP people in ways that will benefit them for life, NOT just give them some handouts (read: life-long welfare).
Your post is pure FUD in an effort to get semi-conservatives on the fence to vote for the most liberal senator (fiscally & socially) in congress. Nice try...
Never in US history has a president tried to limit the rights of people. But in came GW Bush.
You're kidding, right? Talk about completely false rhetoric. Here's an example for you: how about the 1994 Assault Weapons ban signed by Bill Clinton? That CERTAINLY limited my rights with respect to gun ownership.
Don't use absolutes if you can't back them up with absolute certainty.
Try taking a look underneath a Z4 sometime. "Electric power steering" refers only to the system that is providing the BOOST to the steering effort. The actual connection between the steering wheel and the tie rods that turn the wheels is EXACTLY THE SAME as any other mechanical steering system...either a recirculating ball or rack-n-pinion system.
The ONLY difference here is that the boost is provided electrically rather than hydraulically. Your example is "steering boost by wire", NOT "steer by wire".
No offense, but please mod parent down as "ignorant".
There are no mass produced cars with "steer by wire."
Also, although there are many cars with "brake assist" that increases braking force when emergency braking is needed, they are all still hydraulic systems that allow for "manual" braking in the case of failure of any of the electronic systems.
In most cases you will lose both your power steering and your power braking.
Actually, the fact that the wheels are still turning and the car is in gear will likely keep the motor turning and, therefore, keep the power steering pump pumping and provide the vacuum needed for the power brakes.
The more important problem is that if they turn the ignition off, they'll likely engage the steering wheel lock and then you're REALLY screwed.
Parent is correct, however, that putting the car into neutral is the best bet. In regard to over-revving after putting it into neutral, though, that's not going to happen as ANY modern car has a rev-limiter that prevents throttle-induced over-rev. You can only over-rev if it's mechanically induced via an ill-advised downshift or such. It'll *sound* like it's going to explode (and will after a long time), but it's likely not going to do any harm.
I don't have the energy to go into a long-winded response on what I view to be the many gross factual misrepresentations in this post, so I'll just point out a couple:
1) "True enough. But anybody reading please keep in mind that republicans have started going around trolling liberal-leaning blogs (like/.), parading as ultra-liberals. Their point is to give pep-talks such as this to sway the liberal votes away from Kerry, towards Bush." Are you really naive enough to believe that only the conservatives are doing this sort of thing? You need to get out more...
2) "Think of all the REALLY controversial stuff Bush didn't do because he needed to maintain his swing voters. He'll have no such obligation to them if he's re-elected." This exact same thing is said of EVERY President going for their 2nd term. Can you provide examples of what you consider to be "REALLY controversial"?
3) "This time I'm voting Kerry for several reasons. He seems much more centrist" A Google search seems to show that many (for example) would disagree with you.
One problem with your method of checking the links is that they likely have a nice code in the URL (ex: http://www.fraudsite.com/fraudpage.htm?j=ADKV38JK4 8FJLE823KE84K) in order for them to decrypt/query-on that tells them that YOU clicked on the link.
Now that tells them that your email address is a valid one that is frequently checked and that the person may be gullible.
but there were plenty of ignorant rednecks at the Indy 500 for my tastes
Not just at the Indy 500. I was at the inagural USGP @ Indy a few years ago and a family started to pack up their belongings to leave just a little ways into the race. When asked why they were leaving they replied, "Because the cars aren't running really close and passing back and forth." To which someone replied, "This ain't Nascar!" Their response? "I know, that's why we're leaving!"
It's sad when the American public values contrived, fake competition over the real thing.
And note that the 400+ hp figures quoted in vintage promotional materials were actually measured at the flywheel, not the car's wheels. When the SAE adopted the new standard, V8's that had formerly been rated at 350 hp were now rated at 200
This is incorrect. HP Ratings All manufacturer HP ratings are measured at the flywheel. In the past, these were SAE Gross ratings that were measured sans accessories, full exhaust, etc. Ratings since the 70's are SAE Net which include all of the above to provide a more realistic representation of actual performance.
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How is favoring the repeal of current tax cuts and increasing other taxes "fiscally conservative"? Fiscal conservatives realize that the REAL way to spur the economy is to put the money into the hands of the people, NOT the government.
(2) He's socially liberal (no bigotry here!)
Not all social conservatives are bigots, and, as a social conservative, I resent the accusation. One of the primary tenets of social conservatives is to HELP people in ways that will benefit them for life, NOT just give them some handouts (read: life-long welfare).
Your post is pure FUD in an effort to get semi-conservatives on the fence to vote for the most liberal senator (fiscally & socially) in congress. Nice try...
You're kidding, right? Talk about completely false rhetoric. Here's an example for you: how about the 1994 Assault Weapons ban signed by Bill Clinton? That CERTAINLY limited my rights with respect to gun ownership.
Don't use absolutes if you can't back them up with absolute certainty.
Try taking a look underneath a Z4 sometime. "Electric power steering" refers only to the system that is providing the BOOST to the steering effort. The actual connection between the steering wheel and the tie rods that turn the wheels is EXACTLY THE SAME as any other mechanical steering system...either a recirculating ball or rack-n-pinion system.
The ONLY difference here is that the boost is provided electrically rather than hydraulically. Your example is "steering boost by wire", NOT "steer by wire".
No offense, but please mod parent down as "ignorant".
There are no mass produced cars with "steer by wire."
Also, although there are many cars with "brake assist" that increases braking force when emergency braking is needed, they are all still hydraulic systems that allow for "manual" braking in the case of failure of any of the electronic systems.
In most cases you will lose both your power steering and your power braking.
Actually, the fact that the wheels are still turning and the car is in gear will likely keep the motor turning and, therefore, keep the power steering pump pumping and provide the vacuum needed for the power brakes.
The more important problem is that if they turn the ignition off, they'll likely engage the steering wheel lock and then you're REALLY screwed.
Parent is correct, however, that putting the car into neutral is the best bet. In regard to over-revving after putting it into neutral, though, that's not going to happen as ANY modern car has a rev-limiter that prevents throttle-induced over-rev. You can only over-rev if it's mechanically induced via an ill-advised downshift or such. It'll *sound* like it's going to explode (and will after a long time), but it's likely not going to do any harm.
"I'll deal with a small, effective, elegant monochrome screen...Just my two bits"
;)
Actually, wouldn't your monochrome screen only require 1 bit?
It's like the 80/20 rule...it's a ROM (Rough Order of Magnitude).
No, it's not an exact figure, but it sure got his point across as to
an approximation of the relationship, didn't it?
I don't have the energy to go into a long-winded response on what I view to be the many gross factual misrepresentations in this post, so I'll just point out a couple:
/.), parading as ultra-liberals. Their point is to give pep-talks such as this to sway the liberal votes away from Kerry, towards Bush." Are you really naive enough to believe that only the conservatives are doing this sort of thing? You need to get out more...
1) "True enough. But anybody reading please keep in mind that republicans have started going around trolling liberal-leaning blogs (like
2) "Think of all the REALLY controversial stuff Bush didn't do because he needed to maintain his swing voters. He'll have no such obligation to them if he's re-elected." This exact same thing is said of EVERY President going for their 2nd term. Can you provide examples of what you consider to be "REALLY controversial"?
3) "This time I'm voting Kerry for several reasons. He seems much more centrist" A Google search seems to show that many (for example) would disagree with you.
One problem with your method of checking the links is that they likely have a nice code in the URL (ex: http://www.fraudsite.com/fraudpage.htm?j=ADKV38JK4 8FJLE823KE84K)
in order for them to decrypt/query-on that tells them that YOU clicked on the link.
Now that tells them that your email address is a valid one that is frequently checked and that the person may be gullible.
Cue huge amounts of spam!
but there were plenty of ignorant rednecks at the Indy 500 for my tastes
Not just at the Indy 500. I was at the inagural USGP @ Indy a few years ago and a family started to pack up their belongings to leave just a little ways into the race. When asked why they were leaving they replied, "Because the cars aren't running really close and passing back and forth." To which someone replied, "This ain't Nascar!" Their response? "I know, that's why we're leaving!"
It's sad when the American public values contrived, fake competition over the real thing.
Car & Driver got over 121MPG out of a Honda Insight.
And note that the 400+ hp figures quoted in vintage promotional materials were actually measured at the flywheel, not the car's wheels. When the SAE adopted the new standard, V8's that had formerly been rated at 350 hp were now rated at 200
This is incorrect. HP Ratings All manufacturer HP ratings are measured at the flywheel. In the past, these were SAE Gross ratings that were measured sans accessories, full exhaust, etc. Ratings since the 70's are SAE Net which include all of the above to provide a more realistic representation of actual performance.