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From: wayne@ultra.com (Wayne Hathaway)
Newsgroups: rec.autos.driving
Subject: WANTED: Tire advice for VW camper
Date: 13 Nov 92 16:29:07 GMT
Reply-To: wayne@ultra.com (Wayne Hathaway)
Distribution: usa
Organization: Ultra Network Technologies

We have an '85 VW camper that is in dire need of new tires.  We like
Michelins, but the tire stores say the 185R14 size that we need is
backordered nationally.  So we are in the market for various forms of
advice:

1) One store recommended going up to the 195 size.  Will this work?
   Are there any disadvantages?

2) Are Sears tires still made by Michelin, and would they be okay?

3) Does anybody have any other brands they'd like to recommend?

Thanks much!

    Wayne Hathaway               domain: wayne@Ultra.COM
    Ultra Network Technologies     uucp: ...!ames!ultra!wayne
    101 Daggett Drive             phone: 408-922-0100 x132
    San Jose, CA 95134              FAX: 408-433-9287
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From: whs70@dancer.cc.bellcore.com (sohl,william h)
Subject: Re: ***Police intimidation ???
Organization: Bellcore, Livingston, NJ
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 92 16:20:59 GMT

In article <1992Nov12.030633.4075@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu> roskar@kavazi.uucp.jhu.edu (Veljko Roskar) writes:
>In article <1992Nov11.033647.1875@unixland.natick.ma.us> bill@unixland.natick.ma.us (Bill Heiser) writes:
>->
>->'points'?  "disobeying a police officer" is a TRAFFIC offense?
>->
>Maybe not. But it would still go on my record if found guilty, and
>no insurance co. likes to see that. 

If the offense is NOT a traffic violation, it should not become part
of your driving record.  

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From: roger@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com (Roger Petersen)
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 19:05:25 GMT
Subject: Re: ABS vs RADAR
Organization: MID, Home of the Happy Dinosaurs
Newsgroups: rec.autos.driving


When I first saw the title of this thread -- "ABS vs RADAR" --
I thought that someone was looking for a way to use ABS against RADAR,
like maybe wiring your radar detector to your ABS computer, so that when
radar is detected, your brakes are applied.  :-)

(Yes, this is just a joke.  Don't try this at home, kids!)
Newsgroups: rec.autos.driving
From: rjwade@rainbow.ecn.purdue.edu (Robert J. Wade)
Subject: Re: Paying a Reasonable Price for Gas
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 18:28:56 GMT

In article <BxAuzn.66w@ssesco.com> nau@ssesco.com (William Nau) writes:
>In article <92311.081953SROWELL@ESOC.BITNET>, <SROWELL@ESOC.BITNET> writes:
>|> In article <1992Nov4.214147.3848@dg-rtp.dg.com>, goudreau@batman.rtp.dg.com (Bob
>|> Goudreau) says:
>|>    The US seems paranoid (this'll get me some flack!). If it's not the
>|>    Japanese out to get you, it's the Europeans! The US is quite happy when
>|>    everybody is being nice to them and playing the game their way, but
>|>    as soon as anybody else decides not to, there's all this furore about
>|>    unfair trading and placing huge levies on French imports (I'm sure the
>|>    wine connoisseurs in the US are going to be annoyed!).
>
>[flame on]
>We aren't paranoid.  We are just damn sick and tired of everyone else telling
>us how terrible we are and how wonderful they are!  We have problems.  You
>have problems.  The constant superior attitude of Europe (undeserved) just
>gets us pissed off.  We react.  You are just as shitty as we are so stop
>looking down your f*ck*ing nose at us.
>[flame off]
>
>That French wine thing was due to unfair European subsides on wine, but
>has little to do with polution.
>
>|> Simon
>|> >----------------------------------------------------------------------
>William R. Nau

lets see...what country had to get involved to win both WWI and WWII...hmm..
oh yea....it was USA!!!  you see, i too am sick of everyone putting the 
USA down, we are the greatest country on earth and do more than our fare share
for the world!

Newsgroups: rec.autos.driving
From: whs70@dancer.uucp (22501-sohl)
Subject: Re: ***Police intimidation ???
Organization: Bellcore, Livingston, NJ
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 14:43:32 GMT

In article <BxI520.FD4@encore.com> bcacciol@1.com writes:
>In article <1992Nov10.035845.61@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu>,
>hasch@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Veljko Roskar) writes:
>> 
>> An ugly incident with the Baltimore's "finest" happened
>> to me on an early Sunday afternoon while looking for
>> parking before an Orioles game.
>
>WHAT I WOULD DO:
>
>1. Plead "Not Guilty".

Agreed, BUT I'd first ask for a postponment and file for discovery
with the court in order to obtain a copy of the officer's written notes
that apply to this case.  

>2. Bring wife and 10-month old with you. I STRONGLY URGE YOU TO
>   DO THIS. 

Agree

>3. Do not raise your voice or otherwise appear strident.

Agree

>4. If you can, ask the officer for a description of your vehicle
>   and/or your exact violation. If he fudges or forgets details such
>   as these, he'll appear less credible.

Also, you can see the value of having a copy of the officer's notes
here.  The officer IS allowed to refer to his notes while he
gives his testamony.
   
>5.You also need to know what would have been gained by turning around
>  and coming back (that is, repeating the behavior). If it was a
>  violation in the first place, why would the officer ask you to
>  repeat it?

As I recall yhe original post, the charge was "Failure to obey the lawful
order of a policeman."  I wonder if that charge might not be a motor 
vehicle charge and, in fact, possibly be a misdeameanor of some type.
If that is so, then your conveiction under that charge amounts to
your having a "criminal" record as opposed to a motor vehicle infraction.
If you call the court, someone in the court office should be able to
correctly tell you the answer to that question.

>6. Dress casual.

But dress neat, clean, etc.  If it were me, I'd at least wear a shirt,
tie and sport jacket.  

Now I'll add #7. ... I'd think about at least making contact with a
local attorney, especially if the charge is a misdeameanor and not
a "simple motor vehicle" violation.

Hope this helps, and keep us posted.

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From: neilw@informix.com (Neil Williams)
Newsgroups: rec.autos.driving
Subject: Re: WIDE turns
Date: 12 Nov 92 00:42:56 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Informix Software, Inc.

In article <1992Nov11.143435.22031@cbnewsl.cb.att.com> paula@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (paula.valley) writes:
>Could someone give me ANY feasible reason as to why someone who does
>not drive a semi need to swerve to the right when making a left turn
>or vice-versa.  It seems lately a lot of people are doing this even
>if the turn they are making is plenty wide enough to avoid swerving.
>That is, besides the fact that MANY people in this area (Metro) are
>totally inept at driving and parking.

This really ticks me off!  I can almost (almost) understand when
people making right turns do this, but for a left turn?!?!

I once had to come to a complete, almost panic stop when the person
in the left turn lane next to me swung halfway into my lane, 
directly in front of me.  An little white-haired old lady in 
a gigantic caddy, of course - I should have predicted it....

--Neil
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Seen on my last trip on United: "If you are seated in an exit row 
and can not (sic) read this card... please notify a crew member."
Newsgroups: rec.autos.driving
From: maciuca@vehicle.Berkeley.EDU (Dragos Maciuca)
Subject: Re: Flashing Headlights
Reply-To: maciuca@vehicle.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP (Dragos Maciuca)
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 22:18:00 GMT

In article <1992Nov6.202829.12266@ncsu.edu> bcrulifs@eos.ncsu.edu  writes:
>
>	I've been wondering for a while the correct and universally understood
>headlight flashing signals.  My understanding:
>   1--When you're behind someone in the left lane who is slower than you--give
>      two quick flicks of the high beams.

	In order not to be considered "rude" and therefore get to opposite
reaction, I put my left turning signal on.  Even though this is a European
practice, most drivers in the States seem to understand the meaning.  If they
don't want to move, they are not going to do it even if you flash the high beam.

>   2--When you want someone in the oncoming traffic to slow down  (some people
>      mistakenly refer to this practice as 'warning of police in the area')--
>      at least one long-ish flash of the low (or high? at night)

	I too interpret this as "WARNING: Police!".  I know some people saved
my sorry ass this way and I'm happy to know I saved other's.  55 SUCKS !!



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From: jdrout@scott.skidmore.edu (JTD is lost)
Subject: Re: WIDE turns
Organization: Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs NY
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 08:19:09 GMT


I think what you are referring to is pure laziness.  But, if someone
is apexing the turn, they may want the right line and want to use the
entire road.  THus a swerve to the right before cutting the apex off a
left turn and tracking out would be useful.  Hence F1 drivers.
However, I doubt the people you are annoyed at are doing this!

	As per someone's idea of shifting in a turn.  We all do it
sometimes, but a good driver will be set up for the turn before he has
to turn in.  Thus, all downshifting should theoretically be done
before you need to move the wheel.  Watch Ayrton Senna.  He shifts
before the curves.  If only it were as easy as he makes it look.

	Jonathan

4A-GE w106700+mi @7krpm = Smile <:
If only my MR was working!  I hate electrical systems.
jdrout@scott.skidmore.edu

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From: paula@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (paula.valley)
Subject: WIDE turns
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 14:34:35 GMT

Could someone give me ANY feasible reason as to why someone who does
not drive a semi need to swerve to the right when making a left turn
or vice-versa.  It seems lately a lot of people are doing this even
if the turn they are making is plenty wide enough to avoid swerving.
That is, besides the fact that MANY people in this area (Metro) are
totally inept at driving and parking.

Sorry for the harshness.  Just a little aggrevated as a result of the
drive in.

Paula Borden
Newsgroups: rec.autos.driving
From: serafin@epcot.spdc.ti.com (Mike Serafin)
Subject: Re: How To Drive the RIGHT way!
Organization: TI Semiconductor Process and Design Center
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 18:30:59 GMT

In article <1992Nov12.093014.11106@hemlock.cray.com> deanb@pecan10.cray.com (Dean Barker) writes:
>
>In article <Zyg4TB4w164w@cellar.org>, blu@cellar.org (Dan Reed) writes:
>> 
>>                    High Speed driving Tips, by Dan Reed
>>                                  (Humor)
>
>			My Comments (Serious)
>> 6. Ignore all construction signs -
>>  
>>   If the sign says "Lane Ends-Merge Right 1 Mile", just stay in the left
>> lane.  There are always some saps that will let you in at the last
>> minute.  After all, THEY are the ones the make the traffic jam, by
>> thinking ahead, and getting into that right lane.
>
>If traffic is moving along at a sensible pace, then ya, sure moving out of
>the closing lane early is the correct thing to do. But if traffic is already
>slowed to a crawl (< 20 MPH or so) then merging early does not make sense.
>
>Example: I am cruising along in the right lane, traffic starts slowing down
>ahead of me, I change to the left lane and start passing the cars that are 
>slowing down in the right lane. Then I get to the first indication of road
>construction...left lane closes 1 mile ahead. Now, what should I do? (1) Stop
>1 mile short of the lane closure and wait for somebody to let me in? or (2) drive
>the 1 mile and then wait for somebody to let me in? Remember, if everybody
>chose (2) then a 1 mile 2 lane backup would turn into a 2 mile 1 lane backup,
>and the people 2 miles back would not know what the problem is.

WRONG!  What complete BS.  This is nothing more than your ridiculous
justification for driving like an asshole.  Idiots like you are the reason the
traffic has slowed to a crawl in the first place.  You blast all the way up to
the barricades, slow down or stop, then move into the open lane. Unless you
have some vastly superior propulsion system in your vehicle, you just can't
accelerate back to traffic speed in the allotted distance.  That makes the sap
you are cutting off either slow down or stop and so on, ad nauseam.  But, you
obviously deserve special priveleges not afforded the rest of us so it doesn't
make a damn bit of difference what the rest of us think anyway.
Newsgroups: rec.autos.driving
From: vetter@mtu.edu (STEVEN J. VETTER)
Subject: Re: Quick Poll
Organization: Michigan Technological University
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 16:13:23 GMT

kenny@osf.org (Kenneth Crudup) writes:
>Quick poll- how many of you out there turn off *everything* in your car
>(radio, heater fan, etc.) before you shut the engine off?
>
>More importantly, why?
>
>	-Kenny
>-- 
>Kenny Crudup, Contractor, OSF DCE QA
>OSF, 11 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142	+1 617 621 7306
>kenny@osf.osf.org			OSF has nothing to do with this post.



  I don't turn everything off, and it appears that I'm the only one of us 
  bored enough to say so.  It doesn`t seem that important either way since 
  every car I've come into contact with disables all extra power loads until 
  the car is off.  I actually prefer to leave my fan and defroster (no         
  shutoff) on so I can start the car and go back inside and let it warm up.  
  I wonder if leaving things on also improves the lives of switches, so many 
  of which I've had fail on me, especially in American cars with lots of miles.

  vetter@mtu.edu

  PS- I'M F___ING COLD !!!
From: hugo@bluehau.bubble.org (Hugo Bueno)
Newsgroups: rec.autos.driving
Subject: Re: Quick Poll
Date: 8 Nov 92 14:26:10 GMT
Organization: The Blue House

kenny@osf.org (Kenneth Crudup) says:
>Quick poll- how many of you out there turn off *everything* in your car
>(radio, heater fan, etc.) before you shut the engine off?
>
>More importantly, why?
>
>        -Kenny

Well, let's see....

I turn the radio off because I don't want to be blasted with loud
music the next day when I turn the car on :-)

I turn off the fan because I don't want cold air in winter (or hot
air in summer) blowing on me when I start the car.

I turn off the lights because it's a good idea.


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Newsgroups: rec.autos.driving
From: jgd@dixie.com (John De Armond)
Subject: Re: ABS vs RADAR
Date: Fri, 06 Nov 92 07:43:29 GMT
Organization: Dixie Communications Public Access.  The Mouth of the South.

Kirk.Smith@launchpad.unc.edu (Kirk Smith) writes:

>Does anyone have the exact frequencies that the various radar (ie: K, X,
>and Ka) bands operate in?

>I'm noticing false signals from STLs (radio studio-to-transmitter links)
>pr{tty regularly.


Radar oscillators are free running so the frequencies are approximate.
X band is nominally 10.520 ghz.  K band is nominally 24.1 ghz.  Ka can
be all over several ghz.  

John
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From: mchaffee@ux4.cso.uiuc.edu (REAL LIFE?!?!  HA!!)
Subject: Re: Quick Poll
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 00:10:58 GMT

<KANTOLA@NDSUVM1.BITNET> writes:
>     My exgirlfriend used to do that all the time when she got her new car.  I
>don't mind turning the radio down and the fan off, but she turned the radio
>off, the fan speed on low, the fan off, the heat on cold, etc...  IT DROVE ME
>NUTS!

Hope that isn't why you broke up...;)
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From: tpickett@auspex.com (Tom Pickett)
Newsgroups: rec.autos.driving
Subject: Re: OK to drive 5 miles without coolant?
Keywords: hyundai excel radiator leak
Date: 10 Nov 92 16:13:20 GMT
Reply-To: tpickett@auspex.com (Tom Pickett)
Organization: Auspex Systems, Inc.  Engineering

In article <1992Nov09.222031.23115@rchland.ibm.com>, 
essbaum@rchland.vnet.ibm.com (Alexander Essbaum) writes:
> i would say:
> 
> 1) just drive it the 5 miles.  i've driven several ~5 liter engines (350 
olds,
> 350 chevy, 351W ford) lots farther than 5 miles with no coolant.  never any
> problems.  they overheat and start to run "poorly" and then you stop for 15
> minutes and listen to the radio while the engine cools.  i suppose there's a
> small chance this could do some damage ;).

A friend of mine drove from Santa Clara, CA all the way to Surrey,BC
Canada with no water at all in his car.  There was no damage at all.
the engine didn't seize or anything.  His license number was :

GET A 911... :-)

Don't try to drive your car without water/coolent.  You'll simply wind
up buying a new engine.  Set up a loop bypassing the heater core and
save yourself the trouble...


Tom Pickett 
tpickett@auspex.com
SHO  GOZE
Newsgroups: rec.autos.driving,soc.culture.europe,soc.culture.usa
From: rob@zorro.cecer.army.mil (Rob Knauerhase)
Subject: Re: Paying a Reasonable Price for Gas
Followup-To: soc.culture.europe,soc.culture.usa
Organization: US Army Corps of Engineers Construction Engineering Research Labs
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 19:36:37 GMT

In <92311.081953SROWELL@ESOC.BITNET> <SROWELL@ESOC.BITNET> writes:
>a) Phasing Out Leaded Fuels
>   Just because the US did it first (because your cities became all
>   smogged up one day and somebody noticed!)

There are enough U.S. cities and intervening area that you cannot say "your
cities became" anything and hope to be at all accurate.

>b) Subsidisies on Coal
>   I'm surprised you picked coal (I thought it was rape oil seed these
>   days). Subsidising an industry is an attempt to preserve the indutry
>   and to preserve the thousands of jobs that are associated with it.

Which leads to big government, something America used to find anathema (though
with the election of Clinton, maybe we want German-style industry propping :).

>   It is not an attempt to screw up the US. In the UK, you may remember, the
>   government attempted to shut 60% of all coal pits, killing off 30,000
>   jobs. It brings it all into perspective doesn't it?

So your point is that Germany isn't willing to sacrifice outdated jobs
for a modern environmental policy?  Thanks for clearing that up for us.

>   The US seems paranoid (this'll get me some flack!). If it's not the
>   Japanese out to get you, it's the Europeans! The US is quite happy when

There is some valid concern about Japanese economics.  This despite the fact
that the British and Germans are the top two in foreign investment here,
which appears to trouble no one.  So saying the U.S. is "paranoid" of Europe
is a bit strong.

>   everybody is being nice to them and playing the game their way, but
>   as soon as anybody else decides not to, there's all this furore about

Not true.  I have seen in many Europeans a "smugness" or arrogance that rubs
many Americans the wrong way.  I just chuckle at it, but not everyone can be
expected to take it that way.
    A possible suggestion would be to exhibit less smugness when you deal with
Americans.  "You" win on some counts, "we" win on others, (for all definitions
of "you" and "we") and no fair scorekeeping system has yet been devised.

>   unfair trading and placing huge levies on French imports (I'm sure the
>   wine connoisseurs in the US are going to be annoyed!).

This is a completely orthogonal issue.  Unfortunately, it's also completely
orthogonal to rec.autos.driving, so I'm directing followups out of this group.
Apologies to the gentle readers of soc.culture.[europe,usa] who are free to
direct the thread anywhere _but_ rec.autos.driving...

Rob
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From: mike@gilligan.East.Sun.COM (Mike Roncadori)
Newsgroups: rec.autos.driving
Subject: Re: Quick Poll
Date: 6 Nov 1992 10:35:44 -0500
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc. - Vienna, Va.
NNTP-Posting-Host: gilligan.east.sun.com

In article <1992Nov6.143126.16998@osf.org> kenny@osf.org (Kenneth Crudup) writes:
>Quick poll- how many of you out there turn off *everything* in your car
>(radio, heater fan, etc.) before you shut the engine off?
>
>More importantly, why?
>
>	-Kenny

I do...

Mostly because I like to have everything in its place, and when
I start my truck, I don't want to hear the radio or have the hea-
ter fan blowing ice-cold air on my feet, etc.

I also like to just kind of listen to things for a few seconds,
and it's hard to hear little noises with all that stuff making
background noise.

-- Mike

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