Sean

I expect the price to rise after the inevitable lawsuit. :smash:

UK and Germany typically have among the highest fuel prices in the world. Conversely, many South American countries have fuel prices significantly less than ours, but comparing to them doesn't sell newspapers or beat the general public into acceptance of the status quo. EDIT -- I think the oil companies in this country seem to be eeking out a small profit even at the paltry $3.00 or so per gallon they have been charging recently here (sarcasm intentional).

Crude oil -- US? Check! UK/Germany? No! Refineries -- US? Check! UK/Germany? No! In Japan, a burger is expensive and fish is cheap. In the Caribbean, some bartenders will try to cheat you by pouring too much rum in the glass (which is made locally and is cheap), and shorting you on the Coca-Cola (which is imported, and expensive). The point is, just because gasoline is expensive in some other country doesn't automatically mean the same economic conditions apply to the price of gasoline here. I noticed no mention was made of Venezuela, where a US gallon of gasoline currently goes for fourteen cents American (source: http://money.cnn.com/pf/features/lists/global_gasprices/price.html), but instead you cited two of the most expensive countries in the world for gasoline at this time. Sorry, don't mean to go off on you Gert, as I have actually come to have a good deal of respect for you from your previous posts in various automotive forums, but this really bugs me when people suggest I should "stop whining" or "get used to it" in relation to gas prices here, when in reality we should question why it has gone up by 250% in just a few years' time.

Here's another place that carries "vintage" tires: http://www.rogerkraustires.com/tires.shtml

Same thing happened to me - over two weeks went by before the next post in that thread after mine, and it was just another request for people to post there, with no acknowledgment whatsoever of my post!

No doubt it would not be fun if that were to happen, but in my thirty years of driving, I have never had a "big one" hit the windshield or grille of any car while I was driving it. Of course, in a Seven, even once could prove catastrophic!

Head torque is especially important! http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/1251298727_headtork.jpg

Ahhh...! Far more entertaining than the iGoogle page, for sure! I would have called it simply "the Trafalgar Freeze" though - I don't see anything that would qualify it as "great". I suppose it sounds better than "the Moderately Amusing Trafalgar Freeze" or something, but I think having the word "great" in the name of anything comes across as pompous, and should pretty much always be avoided. Good find, Martin.

Overpriced in any language. Four bucks for orange juice?

I don't know your gearing of course, but if you go to 13", you will probably lose around six or eight mph on the top end, I believe, but accelerate slightly more quickly through the gears. And also more than likely you will have slightly less rotating mass, unless you get really heavy wheels. Do you approach redline in your top gear often, where the lost mph will be felt? Otherwise, I don't see a downside to going smaller. It should be noted that I am far from an expert at this kind of thing, but the theory is pretty straightforward.

Yokohama A048 is available in 15" sizes. Don't know how good it is. I have four of them in 13", but have yet to use them.

http://www.carsandcoffee.info/main.html

Looks like he's trying to catch that blasted roadrunner. Is that bike from Acme?

I'm originally from the South, and to me the "feller-buncher" sounds like someone who organizes get-togethers for the gay community.

There is a conflict between rules 7 and 9.

Bob - Did you get my PM?

If I ran VISA, I would buy up all the paper shredder manufacturers.

I disagree. I believe it's the kid, not the car. Unfortunately, I suspect this kid may just as well have killed himself and his friends with a 100 hp car, although having 500 hp undoubtedly made it easier for him to do so.

Cosworth recommended coolant flow diagrams? That would be useful!

Excuse me, don't mean to hijack, but what is the advantage of a water rail over the traditional method of just using a hose?

Rule One when on safari: In the Land Rover, out of the food chain. Out of the Land Rover, in the food chain.

I suppose if my sexual orientation were different, then that name might appeal to me, but as it is, the answer is no. I'll stick with the name I have, thank you.

Found this by accident about five years ago... http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/381524509_03-03-03.jpg

I hope no one here has a cat named "Toonces"!

Did you consume the beer immediately prior to testing the software? That's one possible explanation for the gibberish... (Man, you left this one W-I-D-E open - almost too easy!)