[quote]TKOWKD1 wrote:
. Today’s emission standards are at the level highest ever. In fact there’s this story of a guy trying to off him self through the exhaust from his Escalade. Wife found him asleep in the morning in the garage with the truck still running and a hose from the exhaust to the cabin. Dude had a head ache, from a hang over.
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That’s not from the toxicity of the emissions, he was trying to kill himself with carbon monoxide, which he somehow failed at. Carbon monoxide can kill like that, there have been several instances of people making out in a running car in a closed garage, and they die from the carbon monoxide intake. The Nazi’s also used CO to kill Jews, pumping it from the exhaust directly into the back of trucks.
I can’t belive that you guys complain about gas prices. Were i live, the gas cost almost 10 dollars per gallons (and on tuesday the gas prices are going to rise even higher), and the cars are also REALLY expensive. A guy i know bought a Ford Mustang GT from the US and it costed him about 20 000 dollars. When he was going to registrate it here, the total cost exceeded 120 000 dollars in taxes.
Please pardon my curiousity, but what country must this be? [/quote]
The holy socialistic monarch kingdom of Norway. You may not believe, but it’s actually true. The current government are pretty Left-radical, and the finance minister said that she want the gas prices up to 13.3 dollars per gallon before the next election (which they’ll probably lose, since recent polls show that only 5 % intend to vote for the party that hold the finance minister and the environment minister.) Somewhere between 70 and 80 % of the gas prices are actually taxes.
They want everyone to use public transportation, but they forgot something very important: Not everyone lives in the cities.
[quote]Tx5000 wrote:
TKOWKD1 wrote:
Are you f’mad?
$120K for a Ford Mustang GT?
$10/Gal?
Please pardon my curiousity, but what country must this be?
The holy socialistic monarch kingdom of Norway. You may not believe, but it’s actually true. The current government are pretty Left-radical, and the finance minister said that she want the gas prices up to 13.3 dollars per gallon before the next election (which they’ll probably lose, since recent polls show that only 5 % intend to vote for the party that hold the finance minister and the environment minister.) Somewhere between 70 and 80 % of the gas prices are actually taxes.
They want everyone to use public transportation, but they forgot something very important: Not everyone lives in the cities.[/quote]
What? That’s just crazy,
With all offence intended, Boo F’Whoo!
Maybe you should convert your car to run on whale blubber.
Seriously though, according to Wiki things aren’t all that bad in Norway:
Most Peacefull Country in the World by Global Peace Index
2nd Highest GDP per Capita and UN Human Development Index
Norvegian National Football(Soccer) is only one to never lose to Brazil
Legal Lesbian marriage and Polygamy (ok so I kind of made this up)
‘The standard of living in Norway is very high, and the continuing increase in oil prices ensure that Norway will remain one of the richest countries in the world over the foreseeable future. Only Russia and Saudi Arabia export more oil that Norway.’
Fat ass, if that’s you in the avatar, the only thing you should drive is a bicycle.
[quote]TKOWKD1 wrote:
Tx5000 wrote:
TKOWKD1 wrote:
Are you f’mad?
$120K for a Ford Mustang GT?
$10/Gal?
Please pardon my curiousity, but what country must this be?
The holy socialistic monarch kingdom of Norway. You may not believe, but it’s actually true. The current government are pretty Left-radical, and the finance minister said that she want the gas prices up to 13.3 dollars per gallon before the next election (which they’ll probably lose, since recent polls show that only 5 % intend to vote for the party that hold the finance minister and the environment minister.) Somewhere between 70 and 80 % of the gas prices are actually taxes.
They want everyone to use public transportation, but they forgot something very important: Not everyone lives in the cities.
What? That’s just crazy,
With all offence intended, Boo F’Whoo!
Maybe you should convert your car to run on whale blubber.
Seriously though, according to Wiki things aren’t all that bad in Norway:
Most Peacefull Country in the World by Global Peace Index
2nd Highest GDP per Capita and UN Human Development Index
Norvegian National Football(Soccer) is only one to never lose to Brazil
Legal Lesbian marriage and Polygamy (ok so I kind of made this up)
‘The standard of living in Norway is very high, and the continuing increase in oil prices ensure that Norway will remain one of the richest countries in the world over the foreseeable future. Only Russia and Saudi Arabia export more oil that Norway.’
Fat ass, if that’s you in the avatar, the only thing you should drive is a bicycle.
Peace,
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No it isn’t me in the avatar. Do you really think vikings look like that?
Oh and by the way, Lesbian (and gay) marriage has just recently become allowed. They can now also adopt children with the same rights as heterosexual couples AND lesbians can get artificial insemination.
Personally I only support gay marriage if both chicks are hot.
The One-Liter car (or 1-Litre, over in Europe) weights only 660 pounds. The body is made from carbon composites and it is shaped to be extremely slippery, giving it a coefficient of drag of only 0.16 (“the average car comes in around 0.30 and the Honda Insight had a Cd of 0.25”). The prototype was powered by a 1-cylinder diesel engine, but the production model should have a 2-cylinder diesel (which means it could be powered by algae-biodiesel!), and maybe even a stop-start anti-idling feature (to cut the engine when the car is stopped).
What did you expect from the company called ‘The Peoples Car’, makers of the Beetle aka Hitler’s Revenge?
The Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet was the world’s first and only operational rocket-powered interceptor. The prototype aircraft was first tested in 1941 and reached over 600mph. But problems with the highly unstable liquid rocket fuels, the jettisonable wheels and the retractable skid undercarriage all contributed to a lengthy development programme. First production deliveries were not made until 1944. Fortunately for the Allied aircraft, the closing speed of 800mph meant that the slow-firing cannon could only be used for three seconds before the pilot had to break off the attack. Even so, the Me163 did shoot down RAF Lancasters and USAF B17s in the closing stages of the war.
Does everyone here know there are little techniques you can use to increase your mileage? Coasting into red lights(actually, if you can time it so you never actually stop thats better), slow acceleration and so on. Look it up on google, I added about 30 miles per fill up when I started using all these.
Also, the only real way to lower gas prices is to lower the demand. So everyone that has an escalade/tahoe, no matter how little you drive, is keeping the price of gas/food up by guzzling down when you DO drive.
