American auto makers can take apart and study in detail the
competitions' cars. They know exactly how the top sellers and reliable
cars are built, right down to the screws. They know how they perform on
their test tracks. They know what look is selling.

I just bought a used VW Jetta without a warranty. My bad.  I go to get
a state inspection and the dealer tells me the OBD system isn't
responding.  Maybe he can fix it, maybe he can't.  My question is if he
can't fix it, does anyone know if New York State has any leeway to

Handing out fines for speeding is a joke. These deadly criminals will
continue to kill and maim until they are faced with severe penalties
for their crime. Anyone caught exceeding the SL by 20 mph or more
should do some jail time and then a DL suspension.  LET'S STOP THE

Iowa City Police Ticket Man for Going 75 MPH Over Speed Limit
Friday, June 17, 2005,  8:44:36 PM
(Iowa City ­ KCRG) -- If you're driving five miles per hour over the
speed limit, you probably won't get a ticket. But 75 miles per hour

My local oil changing shop is all in a dither.  Why?  Seems I'm overdue
for "Pure Power Plus," a treatment where they fill my gas tank with some
kind of Drano and clean the fuel injectors, blowing deposits, soot and
resident squatters out my tailpipe.  My car is running fine.  ...

This should have been done after his 3rd offense. Too much goddam
criminal coddling. Drunk drivers are killers and maimers.
http://www.kxan.com/Global/story.asp?S=3397209&nav=0s3daLGc
What you do you think is the right punishment for a drunk driver?

...at least on roads with speed cameras...
good news for DC motorists if this really happens!
http://www.wtopnews.com/index.php?nid=25&sid=531644
nate

So I live in Colorado, I was convicted of a DUI (something I am not
proud of, by any means), and lost my license for a year. Now, I am able
to get my license back, I have a vehicle, but apparently I need that
SR-22 insurance in able to get my driver's license back.

2005 Nissan Maxima SE with manual transmission
color: smoke with frost interior
MSRP: 28,460
options: floor mats, splash guards, rear spoiler, traction control

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/06/16/ford.vehicles/index.html
I'd say it's unbelievable, but it's not. Ford's got a long and, uh,
glowing track record of this kind of stupid sh.t. What's novel about this
one is the cause: this time it's not poorly-designed alternators or

I take a shuttle bus between the train station and my office. A new
driver started this week - a lady who appears to be in her 30s. Her
driving style is, shall we say, "interesting." She does things like
come to a complete stop for green lights/green left turn arrows,

http://www.bdtonline.com/articles/2005/06/17/news/01rollover.txt
Evidently, this person was "run off the road" by a tractor-trailer, went
over the median, and ended up on the opposite side of the interstate.

All of  a sudden google is only showing a few posts for each day at RAD
and whole threads have disappeared though they still exist on usenet.
Google is run by a bunch of car-psychos who think using highway
vehicles to kill and maim innocent people is cool and they won't

http://www.9news.com/acm_news.aspx?OSGNAME=KUSA&IKOBJECTID=61ef8ca4-0abe-421a-00
77-b2e41167b823&TEMPLATEID=0c76dce6-ac1f-02d8-0047-c589c01ca7bf
Created: 6/9/2005 10:29 AM MDT - Updated: 6/9/2005 10:29 AM MDT
 OLDSMAR, Fla. - Beginning this fall Pinellas County Sheriff's
Deputies ...

I am a Southern California motorist who recently had an accident, but
have been warned by friends that if I make a claim, the insurance
company might scrutinize that I was somehow at fault, and may even try
to push to have points put on my license because it is my