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From: Joerg on 28 Jul 2010 21:02 Jim Thompson wrote: > On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:40:35 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> > wrote: > > [snip extraneous and useless input] >> How about a Dodge Challenger, as long as they can be had with a HEMI? > > Dodge Trucks can get me salivating. > > Once-upon-a-time, I rented a Ford 11-passenger van to move Girl Scouts > to camp. > > One of the (female) parents came separately in a Dodge Ram pick 'em up > truck. > > Because of a forest fire advisory, it was decided to leave the van at > the camp (for maximum evacuation capability), and I'd drive the Dodge > Ram back to Phoenix and return 3-days later. > > Wow! Drives comfortably like my Q45 but with maybe 50% more power! > > Drool :-) > Especially if it had a Cummins Turbo-Diesel. But you have to wear a Stetson, Jeans and boots (with spurs) when driving one of those :-) -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ "gmail" domain blocked because of excessive spam. Use another domain or send PM.
From: Joerg on 28 Jul 2010 21:08 krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz wrote: > On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:40:35 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: > >> krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz wrote: >>> On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:14:54 -0700, John Larkin >>> <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: >>> >>>> On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:15:18 -0500, "krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz" >>>> <krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:55:05 -0700, John Larkin >>>>> <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:46:32 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> John Larkin wrote: >>>>>>>> On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:39:39 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> >>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Jim Thompson wrote: >>>>>>>>>> On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:09:02 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> >>>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:26:13 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:33:48 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> [...] >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Never had trouble with anodizing flaking off. Maybe you got E. German >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> aluminum. ;-) I think I still have my transmitter and last time I checked >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (when we moved - '08) the panel was still in good shape. I used Letra-Set on >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that, too, with DataKote (?) sprayed over it. I built the transmitter in '66. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It wasn't the anodizing that flaked off but the spray coating lifting >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >from the anodized surface. Worst case where a letter or number was. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Never had that problem with DataKote, unless it was damaged (scratched). >>>>>>>>>>>>> In Europe there was no DataKote, and I think it's been discontinued here >>>>>>>>>>>>> as well. So I had to make do with whatever was in the budget. And that >>>>>>>>>>>>> wasn't always much. I remember that I applied the clear coat on my regen >>>>>>>>>>>>> receiver from a bottle, using a brush. Afterwards I was a bit >>>>>>>>>>>>> disappointed but got used to the uneven look, actually started liking >>>>>>>>>>>>> it. Nowadays it's all the rage and called faux painting :-) >>>>>>>>>>>> Apparently it has, recently. I've seen it in the last ten years, or so, but a >>>>>>>>>>>> web search brings up nothing. I'm not much for faux painting, "woodtone", or >>>>>>>>>>>> "antiquing", either. ;-) >>>>>>>>>>> It depends. Last week I stayed in a hotel in Mountain View where faux >>>>>>>>>>> painting was done so well that it made you feel like you were in a >>>>>>>>>>> mediterranean resort. The weird thing is they combined that with modern >>>>>>>>>>> furniture, could have been Art Deco, don't know this stuff, but it >>>>>>>>>>> looked really cool. Great place, and one of the best (free) breakfasts I >>>>>>>>>>> ever had. It's this one: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> http://www.hotelzico.com/ >>>>>>>>>> Nice! How much $ ?? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Regular around $130/night. Keep in mind it's right next to a freeway but >>>>>>>>> that didn't bother me. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> The client engineer I traveled with has this habit of booking everything >>>>>>>>> last minute on hotwire.com. You select how many stars and click on >>>>>>>>> "book", without knowing which hotel and exactly where. Once the bid is >>>>>>>>> booked you are told hotel and location. This got us two rooms at the >>>>>>>>> Zico for $50 each. Fifty! Oh, and on top of that he also booked the car >>>>>>>>> via that and landed us a Ford Mustang. Yeehaw! >>>>>>>> Mo and I rented a red Mustang convertible, by accident, in western >>>>>>>> Massachusetts. Horrible car. The top was a nightmare to get up and >>>>>>>> down, the ersatz 60's round chrome instruments were unreadable, and >>>>>>>> the turn signal sound was a loud, poorly synthesized fake of an old >>>>>>>> fashioned thermal plink-plonk thing. It did look sporty. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> Ours was actually really cool. The 60's chrome instruments are still >>>>>>> there but with large numbers and very readable. The car had mood >>>>>>> lighting and you could change the color. Heck, even the pedal area was >>>>>>> lit for whatever reason. The turn signal sounded like a real relay, or >>>>>>> maybe I fell for an improved synthesized plink-plonk :-) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> It did have lots of gusto. However, it is definitely a car for no more >>>>>>> than two occupants, the rear bench space is pathetic and we did not have >>>>>>> a convertible. >>>>>> Hey, here it is: >>>>>> >>>>>> ftp://jjlarkin.lmi.net/Mustang.jpg >>>>>> >>>>> Send it to my wife. She wants one just like that. Well, a charcoal interior >>>>> and top would be better. >>>> No, get her a *real* car >>>> >>>> ftp://jjlarkin.lmi.net/A3a.jpg >>>> >>>> 4wd, 150+ MPH, room in the back for the dog, and just as red. >>> I'll get her what she wants. It *won't* be an Audi. >>> >> How about a Dodge Challenger, as long as they can be had with a HEMI? > > No more Chryslers, either. Gack! ... Yeah, same here. But a Challenger, man, that's a different story ... > ... We actually were looking at an Audi *many* > moons ago, but found their reliability to be really poor and their > engineering/marketing suspect, at best. > I was very happy with my big fat 1987 Audi station wagon, no major repairs, ever. Former neighbor has it now, still runs as on day one and he really puts the long-haul miles on it. Asked him if he had any major repairs in the last 13 years. "Nope". Ok, one fender and a big dent in the back when others hit the parked Audi. But that ain't Audi's fault and was paid for by the other drivers' insurance. I miss that car. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ "gmail" domain blocked because of excessive spam. Use another domain or send PM.
From: John Larkin on 28 Jul 2010 21:43 On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:39:23 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: >John Larkin wrote: >> On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:15:18 -0500, "krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz" >> <krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz> wrote: >> >>> On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:55:05 -0700, John Larkin >>> <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: >>> >>>> On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:46:32 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> John Larkin wrote: >>>>>> On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:39:39 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Jim Thompson wrote: >>>>>>>> On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:09:02 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> >>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz wrote: >>>>>>>>>> On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:26:13 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:33:48 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz wrote: >>>>>>>>> [...] >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Never had trouble with anodizing flaking off. Maybe you got E. German >>>>>>>>>>>>>> aluminum. ;-) I think I still have my transmitter and last time I checked >>>>>>>>>>>>>> (when we moved - '08) the panel was still in good shape. I used Letra-Set on >>>>>>>>>>>>>> that, too, with DataKote (?) sprayed over it. I built the transmitter in '66. >>>>>>>>>>>>> It wasn't the anodizing that flaked off but the spray coating lifting >>>>>>>>>>>> >from the anodized surface. Worst case where a letter or number was. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Never had that problem with DataKote, unless it was damaged (scratched). >>>>>>>>>>> In Europe there was no DataKote, and I think it's been discontinued here >>>>>>>>>>> as well. So I had to make do with whatever was in the budget. And that >>>>>>>>>>> wasn't always much. I remember that I applied the clear coat on my regen >>>>>>>>>>> receiver from a bottle, using a brush. Afterwards I was a bit >>>>>>>>>>> disappointed but got used to the uneven look, actually started liking >>>>>>>>>>> it. Nowadays it's all the rage and called faux painting :-) >>>>>>>>>> Apparently it has, recently. I've seen it in the last ten years, or so, but a >>>>>>>>>> web search brings up nothing. I'm not much for faux painting, "woodtone", or >>>>>>>>>> "antiquing", either. ;-) >>>>>>>>> It depends. Last week I stayed in a hotel in Mountain View where faux >>>>>>>>> painting was done so well that it made you feel like you were in a >>>>>>>>> mediterranean resort. The weird thing is they combined that with modern >>>>>>>>> furniture, could have been Art Deco, don't know this stuff, but it >>>>>>>>> looked really cool. Great place, and one of the best (free) breakfasts I >>>>>>>>> ever had. It's this one: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> http://www.hotelzico.com/ >>>>>>>> Nice! How much $ ?? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> Regular around $130/night. Keep in mind it's right next to a freeway but >>>>>>> that didn't bother me. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The client engineer I traveled with has this habit of booking everything >>>>>>> last minute on hotwire.com. You select how many stars and click on >>>>>>> "book", without knowing which hotel and exactly where. Once the bid is >>>>>>> booked you are told hotel and location. This got us two rooms at the >>>>>>> Zico for $50 each. Fifty! Oh, and on top of that he also booked the car >>>>>>> via that and landed us a Ford Mustang. Yeehaw! >>>>>> Mo and I rented a red Mustang convertible, by accident, in western >>>>>> Massachusetts. Horrible car. The top was a nightmare to get up and >>>>>> down, the ersatz 60's round chrome instruments were unreadable, and >>>>>> the turn signal sound was a loud, poorly synthesized fake of an old >>>>>> fashioned thermal plink-plonk thing. It did look sporty. >>>>>> >>>>> Ours was actually really cool. The 60's chrome instruments are still >>>>> there but with large numbers and very readable. The car had mood >>>>> lighting and you could change the color. Heck, even the pedal area was >>>>> lit for whatever reason. The turn signal sounded like a real relay, or >>>>> maybe I fell for an improved synthesized plink-plonk :-) >>>>> >>>>> It did have lots of gusto. However, it is definitely a car for no more >>>>> than two occupants, the rear bench space is pathetic and we did not have >>>>> a convertible. >>>> Hey, here it is: >>>> >>>> ftp://jjlarkin.lmi.net/Mustang.jpg >>>> >>> Send it to my wife. She wants one just like that. Well, a charcoal interior >>> and top would be better. >> >> No, get her a *real* car >> >> ftp://jjlarkin.lmi.net/A3a.jpg >> >> 4wd, 150+ MPH, room in the back for the dog, and just as red. >> > >This ought to be _the_ real car, and I believe they make or plan to make >an electric one: > >http://www.examiner.com/x-29213-Honda-and-Acura-Examiner~y2010m3d15-The-upcoming-Mercedes-AMG-SLS-GullWing-Coupe-is-a-unique-return-to-form > >AFAIK the electric one takes 4sec from 0-60mph while the gasoline >version is a couple hundred msec zippier. I am so sick of grey, white, black, silver, and repulsive pearl-colored cars. You can drive for blocks around here and see nothing but asphalt-colored cars. When I saw that true-red Audi for sale, I had to have it. That Mercedes is a decent shade of red, sort of arterial blood color. I've started to see a few new cars on the street that are actual colors, not just midnight blue or mud red, but *colors*. Maybe things are turning around. Those Germans sure know how to make cars. 0-60 in 3.7 seconds isn't bad at all. That's 0.75 Gs, if I did the math right. John
From: John Larkin on 28 Jul 2010 21:49 On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:24:29 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: >Jim Thompson wrote: >> On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:39:23 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> >> wrote: >> >> [snip] >>> This ought to be _the_ real car, and I believe they make or plan to make >>> an electric one: >>> >>> http://www.examiner.com/x-29213-Honda-and-Acura-Examiner~y2010m3d15-The-upcoming-Mercedes-AMG-SLS-GullWing-Coupe-is-a-unique-return-to-form >>> >>> AFAIK the electric one takes 4sec from 0-60mph while the gasoline >>> version is a couple hundred msec zippier. >> >> Actually that's surprising... DC motors have low-speed torque out the >> kazoo. >> >> As electric vehicles get tweaked-up I expect them to beat >> gasoline-powered... at least off-the-line. >> > >The torque is just the problem. AFAIK some electric vehicles had to be >throttled down a bit. Even the Tesla supposedly "ate" transmissions >early on. > >I guess delivering the juice to the motor also has its limits. > > >> I don't know if any of you recognize the name, Glen Madland? He >> founded ICE (Integrated Circuit Engineering) along with Howard Dicken. >> I was the ghost writer of all the training courses (at night, daytime >> at Moto). >> >> Glen and his son used to make dragsters using around 100V worth of >> lead acid and starter motors ;-) >> >> So fast off-the-line they had to use helmet straps to prevent broken >> necks ;-) >> > >Even the builders of electric vehicles aren't immune to the acceleration >surprise, see 2nd half: > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9o15EALghp0 Idiot, showing off without a helmet. I did that once, jammed a motorcycle into the wheel well of a car that ran a stop sign in front of me. I flew over her hood, somersaulted on the ground a few times, and came up OK. She screamed. Not showing off, had helmet. Forks were seriously bent. John
From: John Larkin on 28 Jul 2010 21:55
On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:51:53 -0500, "krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz" <krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz> wrote: >On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:40:35 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: > >>krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz wrote: >>> On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:14:54 -0700, John Larkin >>> <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: >>> >>>> On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:15:18 -0500, "krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz" >>>> <krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:55:05 -0700, John Larkin >>>>> <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:46:32 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> John Larkin wrote: >>>>>>>> On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:39:39 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> >>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Jim Thompson wrote: >>>>>>>>>> On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:09:02 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> >>>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:26:13 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:33:48 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> [...] >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Never had trouble with anodizing flaking off. Maybe you got E. German >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> aluminum. ;-) I think I still have my transmitter and last time I checked >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (when we moved - '08) the panel was still in good shape. I used Letra-Set on >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that, too, with DataKote (?) sprayed over it. I built the transmitter in '66. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It wasn't the anodizing that flaked off but the spray coating lifting >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >from the anodized surface. Worst case where a letter or number was. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Never had that problem with DataKote, unless it was damaged (scratched). >>>>>>>>>>>>> In Europe there was no DataKote, and I think it's been discontinued here >>>>>>>>>>>>> as well. So I had to make do with whatever was in the budget. And that >>>>>>>>>>>>> wasn't always much. I remember that I applied the clear coat on my regen >>>>>>>>>>>>> receiver from a bottle, using a brush. Afterwards I was a bit >>>>>>>>>>>>> disappointed but got used to the uneven look, actually started liking >>>>>>>>>>>>> it. Nowadays it's all the rage and called faux painting :-) >>>>>>>>>>>> Apparently it has, recently. I've seen it in the last ten years, or so, but a >>>>>>>>>>>> web search brings up nothing. I'm not much for faux painting, "woodtone", or >>>>>>>>>>>> "antiquing", either. ;-) >>>>>>>>>>> It depends. Last week I stayed in a hotel in Mountain View where faux >>>>>>>>>>> painting was done so well that it made you feel like you were in a >>>>>>>>>>> mediterranean resort. The weird thing is they combined that with modern >>>>>>>>>>> furniture, could have been Art Deco, don't know this stuff, but it >>>>>>>>>>> looked really cool. Great place, and one of the best (free) breakfasts I >>>>>>>>>>> ever had. It's this one: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> http://www.hotelzico.com/ >>>>>>>>>> Nice! How much $ ?? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Regular around $130/night. Keep in mind it's right next to a freeway but >>>>>>>>> that didn't bother me. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> The client engineer I traveled with has this habit of booking everything >>>>>>>>> last minute on hotwire.com. You select how many stars and click on >>>>>>>>> "book", without knowing which hotel and exactly where. Once the bid is >>>>>>>>> booked you are told hotel and location. This got us two rooms at the >>>>>>>>> Zico for $50 each. Fifty! Oh, and on top of that he also booked the car >>>>>>>>> via that and landed us a Ford Mustang. Yeehaw! >>>>>>>> Mo and I rented a red Mustang convertible, by accident, in western >>>>>>>> Massachusetts. Horrible car. The top was a nightmare to get up and >>>>>>>> down, the ersatz 60's round chrome instruments were unreadable, and >>>>>>>> the turn signal sound was a loud, poorly synthesized fake of an old >>>>>>>> fashioned thermal plink-plonk thing. It did look sporty. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> Ours was actually really cool. The 60's chrome instruments are still >>>>>>> there but with large numbers and very readable. The car had mood >>>>>>> lighting and you could change the color. Heck, even the pedal area was >>>>>>> lit for whatever reason. The turn signal sounded like a real relay, or >>>>>>> maybe I fell for an improved synthesized plink-plonk :-) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> It did have lots of gusto. However, it is definitely a car for no more >>>>>>> than two occupants, the rear bench space is pathetic and we did not have >>>>>>> a convertible. >>>>>> Hey, here it is: >>>>>> >>>>>> ftp://jjlarkin.lmi.net/Mustang.jpg >>>>>> >>>>> Send it to my wife. She wants one just like that. Well, a charcoal interior >>>>> and top would be better. >>>> No, get her a *real* car >>>> >>>> ftp://jjlarkin.lmi.net/A3a.jpg >>>> >>>> 4wd, 150+ MPH, room in the back for the dog, and just as red. >>> >>> I'll get her what she wants. It *won't* be an Audi. >>> >> >>How about a Dodge Challenger, as long as they can be had with a HEMI? > >No more Chryslers, either. Gack! We actually were looking at an Audi *many* >moons ago, but found their reliability to be really poor and their >engineering/marketing suspect, at best. > The A3 is superb to drive, especially in the mountains, or in snow or wet. It just doesn't break loose. The mechanics are wonderful and the electronics is annoying. No problems so far; if it breaks, I'll just have it fixed. If all I wanted was reliable, I'd drive a Toyota or some other little-old-lady car. Chrysler has sure cornered the ugly-car market. John |