A quickie on the gas
 

People have been mentioning high gas prices...

in the UK a liter of regular unleaded 'petrol' is around 80 pence (approx $1.20), three and a half liters to the gallon - roughly $4.00.

Until recently it cost me less to fill up a Jeep Cherokee in Florida than a Suzuki GSXR 750 motorbike in England.

My question is "why do the Brits not complain more?"

Why is there no other word for "synonym"?

A M E N

can one someone give me the answer to this one?

what's the meaning of life and everything?

Well 42, obviously.

Why does my Euro 3.2 sputter and miss precisely at 4700 RPM and never above or below?

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Originally posted by PierreL
My son sprayed a fair bit of WD-40 on the right rear fender of my SC. What should I do to remove it? :D

The son or the WD-40?

What size wheels will fit on my narrow body 911T ;-)

Did you know the word "Gullible" isn't in the dictionary?

If you want a laugh, look up the first definition of the word "pollution" in a Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary.SmileWavy

Why do people put Gemballa Avalanche body kits on early cars?

Why is going to the DMV such an unpleasant experience?

How come my dipstick isn't there anymore?

Just learned this...the meat was served on top of the bowl and pudding was served on the bottom. You flipped your bowl to get pudding so "how can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?

My question is why can't you get a modern day car ($40K or less)that compares in performance to a 911SC?

General question--what can you use to remove paint overspray from the windshield gasket, rubber accordian (bumper), etc?

Here's one that's actually related to pcars :)

We've got the 996, 993, 964 and 911?? what are the earlier cars factory designations ??

Are they all 911's ?? I thought I've read something about a 901 (not to be confused w/ the transmission), but I frankly haven't seen the factory designations for the earlier cars mentioned here.

If you really want to impress me, tell me about the 911 derivative cars too (912, 930, 935 - anything else ??).

I'll save the transmission # breakdown for another post :)

Just curious...

Historically, flammable and inflammable mean the same thing. However, the presence of the prefix in- has misled many people into assuming that inflammable means “not flammable” or “noncombustible.” The prefix -in in inflammable is not, however, the Latin negative prefix -in, which is related to the English -un and appears in such words as indecent and inglorious. Rather, this -in is an intensive prefix derived from the Latin preposition in. This prefix also appears in the word enflame. But many people are not aware of this derivation, and for clarity's sake it is advisable to use only flammable to give warnings.


Hope that helps

on valves could they make a spring loaded hydraulic tappet for the valve that could screw into the rocker arm?

Tim,

How about this!

The Meaning of life

A philosophy professor stood before his class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly he picked up a large empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with rocks, rocks about 2" in diameter. He then asked the students if the jar was full? They agreed that it was.
So the professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles, of course, rolled into the open areas between the rocks. He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was.

The students laughed. The professor picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else. Now," said the professor, "I want you to recognise that this is your life.

The rocks are the important things - your family, your partner, your health, your children - things that if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full. The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house, your car. The sand is everything else. The small stuff." "If you put the sand into the jar first, there is no room for the pebbles or the rocks. The same goes for your life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that are important to you.

Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Play with your children. Take time to get medical checkups. Take your partner out dancing. There will always be time to go to work, clean the house, give a dinner party and fix the disposal." "Take care of the rocks first - the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand."

But then... An Australian student then took the jar which the other students and the professor agreed was full, and proceeded to pour in a glass of beer. Of course the beer filled the remaining spaces within the jar making the jar truly full. Which proves: - that no matter how full your life is, there is always room for a beer; - your life will not be completely full without a beer.

david
very nice.

gary

I read somewhere that the original 911 designation was the 901, BUT Puegot had alread claimed all the middle O deisgnations and therefor the 911 was born.

That is all I know.
So my question is = What is the average airspeed of an unladen swallow?
and I get another since I didn't ask on my first post.
WHY won't my 82 TARGA RUN?

an african swallow, or an aisan swallow?

Why is the sky blue...?
No wait....Why is it that the guy who just ran a red light making a right turn in front of you (he was in a great hurry)...now putts down the road at 10MPH...?
And the REAL meaning of life is....43 1/2.
Not 42.
And up here in Cold Country Canada...gas is now.....over $4.00 a gal.
Bob

African or European?

well I don't know that...

AGGGGGGGGGGGGGhhhhhhhhhhhhh

It has Big TEETHs...

It's due to the size of the molecules that make up the atmosphere. Because of their size the molecules reflect the color blue (or they absorb the other colors).

The 901 number was chosen because when the car was being drawn up for production, Porsche and VW had a parts distribution agreement. All the other three digit series numbers were already being used so Porsche got the 900 series numbers. After the 901 was introduced, Peugeot claimed it had rights to all PRODUCTION series cars with a 0 in the middle = so Porsche said ok - 911. And it was good. But then, Porsche, with a sharp stick in a French rib, said but you don't have the rights to RACING cars with a 0. So came the 904, 906 etc. All the other numbers 930 etc. were created when the engineering deparment decided that there were enough changes to warrant a new type number.

Basically the numbers 900 to current day are the engineering project numbers - some of which we will never see....

If there is always room for beer and beer is liquid bread and man cannot survive on bread alone, can he survive on family and beer alone?

why how should I kno.... AAHHHHHHH!!!!

They could and they did. (964, 993 . ..)

Why does Porsche put a 911 label on the 996?
It seems they should have gone with 829. . . since its pretty much a backwards 928.

Will Porsche ever make a 999?

Will they ever use four digit numbers?

Ahhh.....what dreams are made of!

Thanks Bill for that, on my first day back at work;) [img]

Nice story but of course we know it must be apocryphal. No Australian - especially not a student - would EVER waste any portion of beer in such a wanton fashion. Not without passing it through his kidneys first.
Fair dinkum. http://www.pelicanparts.com/support/...s/beerchug.gif

And as to my question - why tie the kangaroo down anyway?

I live in Colorado at about 9000 ft. I have still not come up with a "smart ass" enough answer for these questions from the tourists..
"AT WHAT ELEVATION DO THE DEER TURN INTO ELK?"..and...
"Am i getting sunburned here because i am closer to the sun?"
...no...im not kidding, i have heard it at leaste 10 times...that's just how stupid america has become.
(BTW...when you are at altitude, the 9000 ' is not that much closer to the sun when you figure it's a billion zillion miles away. It is thinner atmosphere, hence, lest protection from the UV....just incase you were wondering)
ONE MORE QUESTION!! WHERE THE HELL DO I FASTEN THE PISTON RETURN SPRINGS TO IN MY 3.0 ?!?!?! AND THE MUFFLER BEARINGS? WHERE DO I GET THEM AND WHERE DO THEY GO?!?!

How far can a dog run into the woods?

Only halfway. Any further than that, and he's running out of the woods.:rolleyes:

God I luv being an Aussie
cheers

ShaneSmileWavy

Us brits DO complain about the price of fuel, its just that you guys would not believe what we pay. High car tax, stringent speed restrictions, congested roads, high cost of petrol. What is this little island coming to? Really need to get a track car.....

loved the meaning of life answer.

Why did the chicken cross the road?

If a man speaks in the woods, and no woman is around to hear him, is he still wrong?

Why do Americans believe anything George Bush says when the rest of the world sees through him?:eek:

Alan Poh
'77 Carrera 3.0

And so, as the beer fizzes and fizzes, does the glass become less full? If not, where does the air come from??

larry

Only if he is married. If he is married, he is wrong whether a woman is there or not. If he is not married, then he is right, even if a woman is there.

Spoken from experience. Wife, and three daughters. Try to discuss cars around the dinner table?? HA

larry