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From: sharen@iscnvx.lmsc.lockheed.com (Sharen A. Rund)
Subject: Re: Unsafe Safety Belts - CBS 'Street Stories' Report
Organization: Lockheed Missiles and Space Co.
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 92 20:24:27 GMT

In article <18qphqINN2rk@early-bird.think.com> shaig@Think.COM (Shai Guday) writes:
>In article <1992Sep11.163320.11777@cbfsb.cb.att.com>, sbrenner@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (scott.d.brenner) writes:
>|> Did anyone else see the report on safety belts on 'Street Stories'
>|> last night (CBS, 9PM)?
>
>Yes.  It made me glad that my previous car had a different
>type of buckle.
>
>|> Apparently, a certain type of safety belt buckle used during the past
>|> 10 years or so may have a fatal design flaw.  I think the only buckle
>|> that was discussed was the kind with the release button in the middle
>|> of the buckle.  They showed how easy the buckle released when hit with
>|> something or even when slapped across someone's hip.  The claim was
>|> that in certain kinds of accidents, enough force exists in the right
>|> place to cause the buckle to release.  Several serious injuries and
>|> at least one death is blamed on this problem.
>|> 
>|> Now, how much validity is there in this report, and how do I tell if
>|> _my_ safety belts are prone to this kind of failure.  If I have 'bad'
>|> buckles, is there anything I can do?
>
>Not difficult at all.  Simply slap the inside of the buckle while
>pulling the belt taut.  Chances are that if your buckles are
>the same design, you will get the same effect.
>
>What to do?
>
>I would suggest a number of things:
>
>1. Change seatbelts.
>	Lap type seatbelts are easy to replace.  You can probably
>	get a set from an auto parts store.  If so, try to get
>	the european style with the knob that has to be pushed
>	lengthwise along the buckle as opposed to into the buckle.
>
>2. Wait to see if Ford/GM/... will replace them.
>	Not likely but who knows?
>
>Incidentally, anyone know of a reason why aircraft lapbelt buckles
>are not used in cars (or should not be) ?
>They are simple to operate, safe, and strong!

no - don't know of any reason - they were the first style used
when seat belts fist came out 

better yet - all cars should come equipped with seat belts like
the racers and pilots (even cabin attendents) use - they come up
over both shoulders and buckle higher up on the chest

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\_________      \     /_ \      /      _________/  essential liberty to 
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  \___________________      __________________/  deserve neither liberty 
                     /______\                   nor safety."  
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From: dickp@execu.execu.com (Dick Parshall)
Newsgroups: rec.autos
Subject: Re: Ka Wideband - too much false alarms
Keywords: radar detectors wideband
Date: 8 Sep 92 20:17:24 GMT
Organization: Comshare, Inc. Austin Development Center

In article <1992Sep8.152108.19067@walter.bellcore.com> ramiro@rrunner.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (Ramiro Reinoso) writes:
#I recently purchased a radar detector with the Ka wideband
#feature.  The Ka band covers the 34.700 plus/minus 520 MHz band.
#
#The radar was going off on the Ka band alert 9 out of 10 times
#I was passing a truck.  I found this annoying so I decided to call
#manufacturer.  It seems that wideband scans through so many 
#different bands that ends up picking up interference from cellular

You left off an important detail for the rest of us readers and potential
new-generation radar detector buyers:  what manufacturer and what detector
model?

Thanks.

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From: tpickett@auspex.com (Tom Pickett)
Newsgroups: rec.autos
Subject: Re: Sho has enuff problems...
Date: 10 Sep 92 22:55:07 GMT
Reply-To: tpickett@auspex.com (Tom Pickett)
Organization: Auspex Systems, Inc.  Engineering

In article <3637@unisql.UUCP>, wrat@unisql.UUCP (wharfie) writes:
> In article <10208.74.uupcb@cutting.hou.tx.us> david.bonds@cutting.hou.tx.us 
(David 
> Bonds) writes:
> > but have you had major mechanical problems as well 

For the record, I have had no mechanical problems with my SHO
and I don't expect to, and I drive like a maniac.  There I said
it! :-)


Tom Pickett 
tpickett@auspex.com
SHO  GOZE
Newsgroups: rec.autos
From: kellyb@ccsua.ctstateu.edu
Subject: Porshe 928
Organization: Yale University, Department of Computer Science, New Haven, CT
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 22:12:11 GMT

      To the guy who said the 911 was the cheapest Porshe to maintain,
      your a feww quarts shy of an oil change.Anyone knows the 924 and
      914 are the cheapest and the 911's are at the top.I think the 
      saying,"if you have to ask, you can't afford it", applies here.
From: rinehart@aramis.rutgers.edu (Mark J. Rinehart)
Newsgroups: rec.autos
Subject: Re: RainX and RX-7 questions
Date: 10 Sep 92 19:09:33 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.

In article <tewheele.716150141@vincent2.iastate.edu> tewheele@iastate.edu (Todd E Wheeler) writes:

> In <1992Sep8.175506.18314@eskimo.celestial.com> johnn@eskimo.celestial.com (John Navitsky) writes:
> >Ok it was dumb.  I put one of those RainX anti fogging products (for inside)
> >on my winshield and now I regret it.  It sounded like a good idea
> >at the time... 
> >The problem is that I can't get the stuff off.  Normal window
> >cleaners do not seem to do it.  What happens is that after a while
> >a film or fog develops on the windows.  You wipe it off but it
> >re-appears.  This is really a problem in bright sunlight since it
> >really reduces visability and with the stuff on there it is hard to
> >clean it without streaks.  Any thoughts would be much appreciated. 


Most so called window cleaners don't get a buildup of smoke off the
windshield either, without several applications. I use my mom's home
brew and it works everytime. Very hot water and as healthy an amount
of ammonia as you can stand. This should get just about anything off
your windshield with one application. Check it out. 




Mark
Newsgroups: rec.autos
From: fu@samichlaus.comm.mot.com (Calvin Fu)
Subject: Re: Door Horror
Reply-To: fu@samichlaus.comm.mot.com (Calvin Fu)
Organization: Land Mobile Products Sector, Motorola, Inc.
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 22:55:49 GMT

|>In article <ILH.92Sep9095500@winnie-the-pooh.lcs.mit.edu> ilh@lcs.mit.edu (Lee Hetherington) writes:
|>That reminds me.  The parking lot at my old high school had their
|>lines repainted from perpendicular to angled.  The idiot painting them
|>did not realize that by angling the lines the spaces got narrower.
|>They were ridiculously narrow.  There's one person who did not get
|>much out of math/geometry class!

Forget about geometry, just think which way is more compact to pack car with
minimum waste space in a restricted area. Obviously to pack car 
perpendicularly. The trade-off for space is convenience, it is almost a no-brain
operation to park in angle! Right?
 
--
Calvin Fu
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Disclaimer: This is my own opinion
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From: alan@lancaster.nsc.com (The Hepburn)
Newsgroups: rec.autos
Subject: Re: Passive or Attack Belts
Date: 8 Sep 92 19:15:43 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: National Semiconductor Corporation

In article <1992Sep8.150708.17048@pmafire.inel.gov>, russ@pmafire.inel.gov (Russ Brown) writes:
|> 
|> 1. What are the safety disadvantages of the motorized seat belts?
|>
People tend to think that the motorised belt will protect them and therefore
neglect to buckle their lap belts.  Also, I don't know any statistics but I
think that a belt that is attached to the door will not be much use in a
collision that forces the door open.
 
|> 2. Is there any trend in the direction of eliminating them?
|> 
In today's litigous society, I doubt it.

|> 3. Does the Federal government plan to require them?
|> 
The federal governmant wants to do everything it can to make sure we all live
in complete and total safety from all forms of injury.  Mankind is not smart
enough to know what is good for it and what isn't.  That's why we have a
government; so we don't have to take responsibility for our own lives.

(For the college-educated crowd out there:  there might be just a wee touch
of sarcasm above)

|> Why do they exist?

See #2 and #3 above.

-- 
Alan Hepburn           "An ignorant person is one who doesn't know
National Semiconductor       what you have just found out."
Santa Clara, Ca              
alan@berlioz.nsc.com                              Will Rogers
Newsgroups: rec.autos
Subject: Re: Merkur Parts Source(s) Wanted
From: james@koko.csustan.edu (Jonas Grumpy)
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 92 05:18:46 GMT
Organization: CSU Stanislaus

In article <1559@elvis.UUCP> cbc@adpgate.UUCP (Craig Chabala) writes:
>I am attempting to find a (performance) parts source for my '86 Merkur XR4Ti
>
>I was hoping for some help from europe, as this car is a LOT more popular
>over there than in the states. The FORD motorsports catalogue is pretty sparce
>when it comes to anything having to do with the 2.3 liter engine... Please help.
>
>Any leads would be appreciated.
>email would be fine, or just post if you think others may be interested.
>Thanks in advance...
>
>Craig Chabala


Rapido group or engineering in the back of "turbo" magazine does these
rigs up to 400hp.
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From: curtiss@burn.colorado.edu (Brian Curtiss)
Subject: Re: Spaces at an angle...
Organization: Center for Study of Earth from Space, U of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 23:19:29 GMT

In article <1992Sep10.190721.6841@pictel.com> 
harling@pictel.com (Dan Harling) writes:
>
>[stuff deleted]
>
>is that the triangles at each end of the spaces cannot be used.  Space
>would be used more efficiently if they were painted as follows (rotated
>45 degrees for ASCII purposes),
>
>		--------------------|
>			    |       |
>			    |       |
>			    |       | 
>	--------------------|       |
>		    |       |       |
>		    |       |       |
>		    |       |       | 
>-------------------|       |
>		    |       |
>		    |       |
>		    |
>		    |
>		    |
>
>so that the hoods meet front-to-side, instead of corner-to-corner
>
Oh wouldn't this be fun when someone pulls in just a little too far ---
  does anyone make a car with 5 MPH fender panels?

I think that it is "back to parking engineering school" time for Dan.
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: rec.autos
Date: Wed,  9 Sep 1992 12:42:14 -0400 
From: Janviere S Thuman <jt3u+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: I HATE MY DODGE
	<RRUSK.92Sep3100226@rcx1.ssd.csd.harris.com>

Yes, it's true that everyone makes a lemon from time to time, but every
company handles their lemons in a different way. What makes me most
angry is Chrysler's inability and carefree attitude of helping me remedy
the situation. That is what is sorry. I guess I should have said "I HATE
CHRYSLER" instead because I like my car, I don't like its brake
problems, and I hate the way Chrysler has repeatedly shrugged me off.
Shellie
From: johns@trident.datasys.swri.edu (Stephen Johns)
Newsgroups: rec.autos
Subject: Re: Passive or Attack Belts
Date: 10 Sep 92 20:33:32 GMT
 <pedersen-090992144946@128.157.59.61> <3000@voodoo.UUCP> <1992Sep10.150200.14435@berlioz.nsc.com>
Distribution: na
Organization: Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio

In article <1992Sep10.150200.14435@berlioz.nsc.com> alan@lancaster.nsc.com (The Hepburn) writes:
>In article <3000@voodoo.UUCP>, das@voodoo.boeing.com (Deb Schwartz) writes:
>|> 
>|> So does anyone have a list of cars which do not have automatic seat belts?
>|> 
>|>
>
>My 1990 F350
>My 1988 Wrangler
 Toyota Supra
 Toyota Camry
 Ford Mustang
 New Mazda RX-7

-- 
Stephen Johns, Research Analyst
Southwest Research Institute, SA, TX 78228 (512) 522-5751
From: hcs@adpgate.UUCP (Howard Schultz)
Newsgroups: rec.autos
Subject: Re: Sho don't have problems..
Date: 15 Sep 92 22:12:58 GMT
Article-I.D.: adpplz.1575
Organization: ADP Dealer Services R&D, Portland, OR


i too had to replace my battery in my SHO, 1990, in April 1992

the place where i bought the battery said that it is because there
is not enough air flowing around the battery, there is a new grill
you can get for the SHO that will allow more air, as well as interstate
will soon have a battery that actually has coolant flowing around it.
From: glaird@hpscit.sc.hp.com (Gordon Laird)
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 17:43:48 GMT
Subject: Want real info on 'Stalker' radar.
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Santa Clara, CA
Newsgroups: rec.autos

    Okay, from those of you who really know.  What is 'stalker' radar?
Is it used in a specific localized setting such as photoradar?  Or, is it
a replacement for the more general and long distance units currently being
operated on K and previously X bands?
From: ilh@lcs.mit.edu (Lee Hetherington)
Newsgroups: rec.autos
Subject: Re: Door Horror
Date: 9 Sep 92 14:55:00 GMT
Article-I.D.: winnie-t.ILH.92Sep9095500
	<1992Sep9.100333.395@ITcorp.com>
Reply-To: ilh@lcs.mit.edu
Organization: MIT/LCS Spoken Language Systems

geoff@ITcorp.com (Geoff Kuenning) writes:
   I can sympathize with this.  There is a mall nearby where some idiot
   architect put support poles so near each other that even three
   subcompact cars have trouble fitting between them.  Yet the
   greedbuckets who built the place (who are now bankrupt, BTW, *yay*)
   insisted on painting three places in those narrow spots.  I don't
   drive a Caddy (Mitsu Eclipse for me), yet the only I can park politely
   is to let my passenger out and scrape the pole.  I pity the big cars,
   vans, and 4-wheelers, because as far as I can tell there's no place at
   all for them to park.

That reminds me.  The parking lot at my old high school had their
lines repainted from perpendicular to angled.  The idiot painting them
did not realize that by angling the lines the spaces got narrower.
They were ridiculously narrow.  There's one person who did not get
much out of math/geometry class!
--

                                Lee Hetherington
                                ilh@lcs.mit.edu
From: mjt@voodoo.boeing.com (Jim Tallant)
Newsgroups: rec.autos
Subject: Tire Shops (was Re: I HATE MY DODGE)
Keywords: torque wrench, customer service
Date: 14 Sep 92 17:19:37 GMT
Reply-To: mjt@voodoo.boeing.com
Distribution: usa
Organization: BoGart System Tools

In article <20221@drutx.ATT.COM>, bdm@druwa.ATT.COM (Brian Millham) writes:
|> in article <7740218@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM>, vlj@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Victor Johnson) says:
|> 
|> 
|> I saw a tire shop that amazed me a few weeks ago.  I watched a one of the
|> mechanics putting a wheel back on using an impact wrench.  Ok so far, this
|> looks normal.  But then he did something that completely amazed me, he
|> walked over to a chart on the wall, looked at something, grabbed a
|> torque wrench, and torqued the lug nuts the rest of the way!  I had
|> never seen this before.

I had a flat tire a few weeks ago and stopped into the local
Les Swab (sp) tire store to have it patched.  This chain of tire stores
has a policy of fixing flats for free although I didn't know this at the
time.  As I pulled up to the work bay one of the guys was already walking 
up to my Jeep to get the tire out of the back.  (I guess it was pretty 
obvious why I was there when he saw the space saver spare on the left front.)

After the 10 min. patch job they took off the spare and installed the
"real" tire.  As one guy was using the impact wrench to tighten the bolts
another guy walked over and picked up a torque wrench.  This guy torqued
not only the one that was fixed but also retorqued the other three wheels
as well. As this was being done the first guy put my space saver back in
the back of my jeep. He didn't just throw in in the back. He actually put
the tire on the mounting bracket and even installed the tire cover back
on the tire.

After it was all over they just shook my hand and said "no charge" He just
asked that the next time I needed new tires I considered buying them from
them.  

Actually, now that I think of it this is the second time I was treated
like this by Les Swab (sp).  A few years ago they balances my tires for
me at no charge while I was on a road trip thru central Oregon and had a
tire that was causing the front end to shake at 60-65 MPH.

|> Needless to say, when I put new tires on my Caddy, that is where I'm
|> taking my business.  BTW, it was a Big O store.  I've talked to others
|> who say that every Big O they've been to has used torque wrenches.

I can say the same thing about Les Swab.  (Except I don't have a Caddy) :^)
It's nice to see a store that goes out of it's way to see that the 
customer is happy.  Especially very large chain stores like Big O and Les
Swab.

|> Brian Millham     

-- 
Jim Tallant 					      mjt@voodoo.ca.boeing.com
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I came, I saw, I had no idea what was going on, so I left.
< The above is my opinion alone, not that of my employer >
Newsgroups: rec.autos
From: ramiro@rrunner.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (Ramiro Reinoso)
Subject: Re: Ka Wideband - too man
Organization: Bellcore
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 92 22:40:09 GMT

In article <10248.74.uupcb@cutting.hou.tx.us>, david.bonds@cutting.hou.tx.us (David Bonds)  writes:
|>   >Has anybody had any "real highway driving" experiences with
|>   >Ka Wideband radar detectors other than the Uniden RD5000W ?
|>   >I'd like to know if other radars are more selective.
|> 
|> I have a Uniden RD6000W (I have no idea what the difference between
|> the 5000 and the 6000 model are), and haev only used it a couple of times
|> on highway - almost all is city.  I occasionally get Ka falses (must
|> be falses since nobody around here that I know of uses Ka), but nowhere 
|> near the amount that the original poster describes.  I get most of the
|> falses at night, seldom during the day - only thing I can think of is 
|> alarm systems in houses and businesses...
|> 
|> - Dave Bonds 
|> - Internet : David.Bonds@cutting.hou.tx.us
|> ---
|>  . KingQWK 2.00 .6 # 145 . Let's get this SHO on the road!
|>                                                                                                                             

The difference between the RD5000W and the RD6000W is in the extra
accessories (additional power cord, etc.) and the RD6000W has a
strength meter.  I was told this by calling the Uniden customer
service line.

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(PHONE) (908) 699-5021  
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From: ilh@lcs.mit.edu (Lee Hetherington)
Newsgroups: rec.autos
Subject: Re: LIDAR Stealth
Date: 14 Sep 92 15:20:07 GMT
Reply-To: ilh@lcs.mit.edu
Organization: MIT/LCS Spoken Language Systems

If the IR-absorbing plastic is not clear (ie., light pink) then I
suspect it will not take very long for them to be declared illegal and
easily spotted by police.  I wouldn't be surprised if covering your
license plate with anything is illegal in many states even now.  If you
make your license plate light pink, how long do you think it will take
for you to get pulled over?
--

                                Lee Hetherington
                                ilh@lcs.mit.edu
From: david.bonds@cutting.hou.tx.us (David Bonds) 
Newsgroups: rec.autos
Subject: Re: SHO Engine for Probe
Date: 9 Sep 92 14:55:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Cutting Edge - Houston, TX - 713-466-1525
Reply-To: david.bonds@cutting.hou.tx.us (David Bonds) 

  >> some of like having a high performance automobile 
  >> that's practical at the same time, plus not HAVING to see the mechanic on a 
  >> monthly basis for repairs is an added bonus!  ;-)
  >
  >I'd like to have an SHO that didn't spend most of its time in the
  >mechanics garage.

In 67k miles, mine has been to the shop a total of three times, and only
once was it a "necessary trip" (battery died) - other two were for
preventative maintence.  

I knew you had problems with the AC in yours, but have you had major
mechanical problems as well (engine, transmission, etc)?

- Dave Bonds 
- Internet : David.Bonds@cutting.hou.tx.us
---
 . KingQWK 2.00 .6 # 145 . Sado-necro-bestiality is beating a dead horse.
                                                   
Newsgroups: rec.autos
From: mvelasco@fraser.sfu.ca (Matthew Velasco)
Subject: Corolla, Prizm, or Mirage?
Summary: Comments on the three new compacts
Keywords: toyota, mitsubishi, geo
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 15:56:39 GMT

I was browsing, just browsing over C&D and stumbled upon the ad for the
Corolla, an article on the Geo Prizm as well as the new Mits Mirage (which 
we don't have here in Canada - marketed as Dodge/Eagle here).  Anyways,
they look immediately the same.  Which do you prefer? 
Newsgroups: rec.autos
From: hsd@swlrat.msd.ray.com (HERBERT DASILVA)
Subject: Re: I HATE SHABBY MECHANICS
Organization: Raytheon Company, Tewksbury, MA
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 16:01:28 GMT

bense@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Ron Bense) writes:

>In rec.autos, jsb@ecl.psu.edu writes:

>>the whole bullshit auto maintainence system that really sucks.
>>I can't think of any other large group of "highly-trained professionals"
>>that is enshrouded by such a huge cloud of horseshit.

>Maketing personel, perhaps. :) A college degree to BS and eat and drink
>at the company's expense and earn sinful amounts of money.

  The medical profession also strikes me as pushing the B.S. envelope...

	Herb "Mopar Maniac" DaSilva
Newsgroups: rec.autos
From: mzal@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (mike.zaleski)
Subject: Auto memorobilia for sale
Organization: Personal Opinions Only
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 20:04:22 GMT

[...]

I am moving and need to unload some of my automotive-related
stuff.  I mostly have auto folders from 87-92, plus some magazines
and a few other odds and ends...including some toy (not model)
cars.  If interested, contact me and I will email (preferably)
or FAX you a detailed list.  Thanks for your interest,

Michael Zaleski   attmail!mzaleski
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