On Wed, 2007-02-28 at 15:55 -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 03:53:15PM -0500, Greg Folkert wrote: > > > > I drive Mitsubishi. I have 2 of them, a 2002 Lancer and a 2004 Galant. > > > > So what does that make me? > > > > I also have a 1969 Oldsmobile 442, a 1984 Oldsmobile Cutlass Calais and > > a 1988 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Classic (being a reworked and > > completely fluffed up remaining 1987's that were not sold). All have had > > the engines, transmissions and suspensions either re-done or replaced. > > Also many body and frame mods for better handling and ride quality. > > Everything done by me. > > > > Does this change my class? > > > Don't Maybe it puts you in with the Slackware guys: can't decide what > you want :-) > > Either way, you are an enemy of the planet. Or, at least, I think that > is how Al Gore would categorize you :-)
Every single car I own gets 23MPG or better in city, if I keep my foot out of it. It is amazing what fuel injection, modestly high compression, a 5-speed manual transmission and a 2.93:1 axle ratio can do in those older cars. Now if I put my foot into them they all drop to below 12MPG (well the '69, '84 and '87 drop far below that with the '69 getting gallon+ per mile... and I also get to buy new tires more frequently if I do) Of course, I drive my Lancer as my daily, it get 33+MPG on the highway. The Galant is the wife's it gets 25MPG city, 30MPG highway. So, I guess Al Gore using a private jet and huge limos and other large contingents of vehicles makes him a non-enemy (yes, I used that term intentionally). Ba-aa-aa-aa-aa. -- greg, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Novell's Directory Services is a competitive product to Microsoft's Active Directory in much the same way that the Saturn V is a competitive product to those dinky little model rockets that kids light off down at the playfield. -- Thane Walkup -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
