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| Why no rear-engine RWD cars anymore? | 02 Feb 2006 04:58 GMT | 22 |
My first car (a Renault Gordini) was RWD and had the engine where the trunk of modern cars are. From an engineering standpoint, this is the simplest configuration. Is there a reason for it being abandoned? (I know that Ferrari, etc still use it).
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| Winter Driving | 02 Feb 2006 04:57 GMT | 9 |
I was out driving in Kansas this winter and the spray nozzels for the windshield washer fluid actually froze up. This prevented me from washing the road salt off my windshield. I had to pull over on a busy interstate to scrape the road salt off my windsheild.
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| Energy calculations for speediots | 01 Feb 2006 07:18 GMT | 53 |
A 3,000 pound car at 70 MPH is generating 491,411 foot pounds of energy. A 3,000 pound car at 90 MPH is generating 812,332 foot pounds of energy. That "mere" 20 MPH creates a 40% energy difference, not just a linear 23%. Especially after accelerating, drivers have trouble feeling ...
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| Dumb SAAB commercial | 01 Feb 2006 06:29 GMT | 11 |
Who gives a sh.t that SAAB also makes fighter jets?
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| Fla. Highway Crash Kills Seven Children | 01 Feb 2006 03:38 GMT | 70 |
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/school_bus_crash;_ylt=AkIY2836MCqcuG6Rsd.NPnSs0NUE;_y lu=X3oDMTA2Z2szazkxBHNlYwN0bQ-- Fla. Highway Crash Kills Seven Children By RON WORD, Associated Press Writer LAKE BUTLER, Fla. - Seven children who had been adopted by a single
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| Compare newest Audi A4, BMW 330i, & Lexis IS | 01 Feb 2006 03:25 GMT | 3 |
Can anyone tell me your thoughts on the newest Audi A4, BMW 330i, & Lexis IS?
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| Copspam | 01 Feb 2006 02:13 GMT | 8 |
Recently I've gotten hundreds of messages urging me to sign up for police training. Does this denote the intelligence of the people who ARE cops, or only of wannabe cops?
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| The Florida accident | 01 Feb 2006 01:18 GMT | 60 |
Who puts _six_ kids in a car with a teenager who was unlicensed to drive w/o an adult? What kind of car was it...that would even hold seven kids? Two of which would need to be in child seats, as they were 3 years and 20 months old respectively. For that matter, who leaves a
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