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From: lstowell@pyrnova.mis.pyramid.com (Lon Stowell)
Newsgroups: rec.autos
Subject: Re: 89 Mustang GT
Date: 18 Dec 92 19:12:25 GMT
Reply-To: lstowell@pyrnova.pyramid.com (Lon Stowell)
Organization: Pyramid Technology Corp., Mountain View, CA

In article <13162.2B2D1FE5@ohiont.fidonet.org> Joe@ohiont.fidonet.org (Joe Dzurinda) writes:
>I hope someone has an answer for this one.  
>I recently removed the battery cables from the battery to clean them for a better connection.  Everything went fine until I drove the car.  Now whenever I start the car the radio loses the time and all it's stations.  It started doing this intermitantly but seems to do it all the time now.  I double checked all the connections and made sure pos was connected to pos, neg to neg.  Anyone got any idea what's causing this?
>
   I dunno your car, but lotsa 'em have multiple cables to the
   battery.  This would be a large diameter cable for starter, etc.
   and a smaller cable (to the same post) for accessories.  
   Check to see if this smaller cable has been damaged in any way
   where it joins the larger one.

   Barring that, there might be a "power on reset" that needs to be
   done to your radio.  Maybe a dealer or a kind reader of the net
   would know how to do this.

Newsgroups: rec.autos,uk.misc
From: wesf@boi.hp.com (Wes Fujii)
Subject: Re: Immobilising a diesel
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 15:14:05 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard / Boise, Idaho
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1.4 PL6]

The Hepburn (alan@lancaster.nsc.com) wrote:

: Remove the linkages to the intake butterfly valve:  Most diesels don't even
: have a butterfly valve; the intake is open to the atmosphere at all times, engine
: speed is controlled by fuel flow only.  The fuel is injected AFTER the air has
: been introduced and compressed.

Oh, you are so correct.  Sorry for the blunder (I knew that but somehow
had a loss of memory with my fingers driving at the keyboard).

Someone else posted a correction that the Jake Brake is not correct,
either, that the Compression Brake on trucks is the correct technical
name.

So much for help from a gas engine owner...

Wes Fujii
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From: btarbox@world.std.com (Brian J Tarbox)
Subject: Honda Civic vs. Saturn ?
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1992 16:13:31 GMT

I'm looking to replace my wife's car and am deciding between
a honda civic dx and the Saturn base model (c1?).  They both
cost about $10000 around here.  I've had several hondas and
loved them, but hear good things about Saturns. The big thing
we're looking for is reliability.  Any info is much appreciated,
especiallly by email.  Thanks.
.

Newsgroups: rec.autos
From: underdog@leland.Stanford.EDU (Dwight Joe)
Subject: Re: Civic LX, Saturn SL1.. what else should I consider...
Keywords: pl. suggest choices...
Organization: Miners for a Heart of Gold
Distribution: usa
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 92 05:21:30 GMT

In article <1992Dec12.015649.5239@EE.Stanford.EDU>
sahul@loading-zone.Stanford.EDU (Zakir H. Sahul) writes:
>In article <1992Dec12.004032.14013@leland.Stanford.EDU>,
>underdog@leland.Stanford.EDU (Dwight Joe) writes:
>> In article <1992Dec11.232520.18845@tandem.com> norcott_bill@tandem.com
>> In any event, I will say that Japanese Big Macs are preferable to 
>> American Big Macs if one does not count the price.  The Big Mac is now
>> a commodity product, which is basically the same in both countries.
>> The difference is the service and sale after the purchase.  Trust me.
>> The service is much better in Tokyo than in, ugh, San Francisco.
>> In Tokyo, one can order a "smile" (literally) for 0 yen, but one can't
>> even purchase that in San Francisco, let alone a redneck town.
>I have had MANY a MacDonald's person fill my order in many a US and Canadian 
>town in the most courteous, efficient manner.  Getting a smile for free
>depends just as much on the customer as on the MacDonald's employee.
>Act like a pompous jerk and get treated like one....

Mr. Sahul overlooked the obvious.

I said, "'smile' (literally)".  In other words, in the menu on the
overhead board in Tokyo's MacDonald's, several items (Big Mac's, etc.) and
their prices were listed, but the word "smile" (in Japanese) was
also written.  It's cost was listed as "0 yen".

There is no equivalent at MacDonald's in the USA.  Like I said,
service in America sucks.  That includes service at car dealerships.
They S.U.C.K. the big one.

>By the way, Mr. Dwight Joe, what exactly do you mean by a "redneck" town?  
>Aren't you making a stereotyped, stupid, baseless remark?

No.

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Newsgroups: rec.autos
From: fhuang@eng.umd.edu (Feng Huang)
Subject: car for sale
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 92 22:13:06 GMT
Organization: Project GLUE, University of Maryland, College Park
Distribution: usa

1983 Mazda 626 2-door coupe for sale:

* 5-speed
* AC
* PS/PB
* Cruise control
* AM/FM stereo cassette
* Nice exterior and interior
* 105K highway miles
* many new parts
* very good condition

Must sell soon. Asking $1650/BO.

If interested, please call 410-235-0673
From: tut@cairo.Eng.Sun.COM (Bill "Bill" Tuthill)
Newsgroups: rec.autos
Subject: Re: Family Sedan Comparison
Date: 12 Dec 1992 21:53:19 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems Inc., Mountain View, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: cairo

jnielsen@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (John F Nielsen) writes:
> 
> Why don't you consider the V6 Camry, you can get one for under
> $20k. It is a sweet 185hp engine.

The V6 Camry is not available with manual transmission, except in a
sporty configuration (SE?) with ugly upholstery and non-functional
rear spoiler.  Furthermore, it gets lousy gas mileage, worse than
either the Taurus or LH, which are larger cars.  Also, according to
Car & Driver, the V6 Camry is noiser than the 4 at 70 mph.
From: dbernard@clesun.Central.Sun.COM (Dave Bernard)
Newsgroups: rec.autos
Subject: Re: Not ALL YJs suck.........!!!!!
Date: 16 Dec 1992 16:38:19 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems
Distribution: world
Reply-To: dbernard@clesun.Central.Sun.COM
NNTP-Posting-Host: clesun.central.sun.com

>Well I have a CJ-7, it was made by AMC.  I got it stuck in deep water the
>first weekend I had it, rolled it within a year.  I understand the
>statements regarding fit and finish, but what's a *dash* and *carpets*?

"Dash" and "carpet" are items that come in the base Wrangler, with a few
options like hard top, power steering, rear window defroster, std transmission,
with a sticker price of $17,000.
Newsgroups: rec.autos
From: nau@ssesco.com (William Nau)
Subject: Re: Advertising fee and holdback for Probe
Keywords: probe
Organization: SSESCO
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 15:43:00 GMT

About 8 months ago I purchased a Probe.  The advertised the hell out of
it to clear out the 92's for the 93's.  I never saw an advertising fee.
If I did, I wouldn't pay it.  I didn't pay an advertising fee when I
bought my last 3 pack of underwear.  Why the hell should I pay for it
when I buy a car.  It's another way for them to charge you more than
what the sticker says.  Advertising should come out of profit.

Because of the high demand for the 93 Probes, you may not have much
of a bargining position though.

-- 
William R. Nau
Supercomputer Systems Engineering and Services Company (SSESCO)
511 11th Avenue South, Suite 216
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415-1536
(612) 342-0003

nau@SSESCO.com
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From: wesf@boi.hp.com (Wes Fujii)
Subject: Re: FORD TAURUS taillight RIPOFF!
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 15:55:10 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard / Boise, Idaho
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1.4 PL6]

John De Armond (jgd@dixie.com) wrote:

: An average house does NOT cost $100k anywhere except the left coast
: and some areas in the NE.  I can assure you that nice houses can be had

Sorry, our average house in Boise (according to our realtors around here) 
is over $100K now (and closer to $106 I believe).  We live in the same 
Rocky Mountain inland area that you do...

Wes Fujii

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From: erich.lim@yob.sccsi.com (Erich Lim) 
Newsgroups: rec.autos
Subject: RE: TINTED WINDOWS LAW??
Date: 14 Dec 92 21:29:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: Ye Olde Bailey BBS - Houston, TX - 713-520-1569
Reply-To: erich.lim@yob.sccsi.com (Erich Lim) 

suleman@netcom.com (Dani Suleman) writes:
-> Is there somekinda law in CA that prohibits tinting the front two
-> windows of a car ? I was given a ticket this morning for having
-> tinted front two windows. I have no idea that it's illegal here since
-> I just came from Texas. In Texas, the front two windows can be tinted
-> provided that the

  I don't know about CA, but I've seen cars in Cali, that have had all
of there windows tinted (including the two front windows and part of the
top of the front windshield).  You may wanna check with the DMV on this.
One thing is maybe your 2 front's are two dark??   In Texas (i live in
Houston), the max. for the front is 35% and the back windows can go as
dark as you want!   But this is Cali, we're talking about now..Maybe the
darkest you can have is 50% (which is the lightest they make).  I've
seen many cars in CA without the 2 front windows tinted or they are
tinted very lightly, OR they leave one of the front window's UNTINTED.
I'm sure all of the Californian's can help you out on this matter.  By
the way, did the CHP come up to your car with a light meter to test the
darkness or what?  Also, what kind of tint do you have and do you have
the little sticker displayed on the window that tells the amount of
light transmitance ??


Erich.
                                                                                                             
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Newsgroups: rec.autos
From: jchen@wind.bellcore.com (Jason Chen)
Subject: Re: *** Acura Integra LS 88 ***
Reply-To: jchen@ctt.bellcore.com
Organization: Bell Communications Research
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 92 21:27:20 GMT

In article <SS.92Dec15143641@wpi.WPI.EDU>, ss@wpi.WPI.EDU (Scott Streeter) writes:
|> >>>>> On Tue, 15 Dec 1992 16:27:50 GMT, mlleung@neumann.uwaterloo.ca (Johnson Leung Man Leung) said:
|> 
|> mlleung> I have just seen an 88 Acura Integra LS (automatic) with
|> mlleung> 121,000 km, and fully loaded with A/C, pw, pdl. It asks for
|> mlleung> Can$6300. Can anybody comment on this? Thanks.
|> 
|> Comment? Ya. Don't buy it. Too many miles on it for that price...
|> 

121k km = 75k miles, in case you missed it. It is certainly reasonable for
a 5 year old car.
From: gkc@freddie.udev.cdc.com (gordon k chace x2367)
Newsgroups: rec.autos
Subject: Re: WHAT GM to Buy?
Date: 18 Dec 92 19:07:55 GMT

In article <1gt0jkINNbd6@uwm.edu>, qazi@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Aamir Hafeez Qazi) writes:
|> In article <1992Dec18.025053.1@vax.sonoma.edu> oberland@vax.sonoma.edu writes:
|> >She will only consider GM cars.
|> >V-6 is a plus
|> >Luxury cars are OUT, as she wants to spend as little as possible.
|> >Small cars are out as well, a are sporty cars(she's no rece-car driver,
|> >15-18K is an acceptable range.(not including tax and such)ie:price without
|> >a ton of options/avg price
|> >Anti-lock brakes and Air-bag are a MAJOR plus to her.

|>   She could go with a Chevy Corsica V6, which comes with the airbag, but
|>   I don't know if it can be equipped with ABS.

I've rented a V6 Corsica that had ABS and airbag.  Both my wife (not tall)
and myself (tall) found that no position of the tilt steering wheel would
allow comfortable grip and view of the speedometer at the same time.

We own a Saturn.  You cannot get a V6, but have a choice of 4-cylinder with
either SOHC dual-valve or DOHC quad-valve, the latter giving half again more
power.  Saturn meets all of your friends other specs, except it might be
considered a "small" car by some people.  (to me, it is a "big" car)

Saturn has pretty much proven that short-term reliability is excellent.  But
there is no data yet on long-term reliability.

Saturn offers four-door at three levels of trim, and a two-door in one
level of trim (sports coupe).  There is also a four-door station wagon, but
very Very VERY few of them have been delivered to customers so far.

Remember that Saturns are sold only at list price.  Negotiate your best
on other cars then compare bottom lines to decide.  Include insurance in
cost comparisons, as some insurance companies believe that Saturns will
be less labor-inten$ive for fender-bender repairs.

-- 
Gordon K. Chace
Control Data Systems, Inc.   phone (612) 482-6524   fax 482-2791
email: gordon.chace@cdc.com or gkc@udev.cdc.com
RISC: Really Invented on the Sixty-six-hundred by CDC
Newsgroups: rec.autos
From: dadams@cray.com (David Adams)
Subject: Re: Headlight of cars
Reply-To: dadams@cray.com
Organization: Cray Research, Inc.
Date: 11 Dec 92 12:56:56 CST

In article 5880@pica.army.mil, tcora@PICA.ARMY.MIL (Tom Coradeschi (FSE) <tcora>) writes:
|acheng@ncsa.uiuc.edu (Albert Cheng) writes:
|>
|>In article <1992Dec8.192925.20010@porthos.cc.bellcore.com>, dje@mail.bellcore.com writes:
|>>Albert.. get real! 'Ya gotta be kidding. You're talking a $2.98 sealed
|>>beam.
|>
|>$2.98?  Haven't seen that for decades.  Where do you get that?
|>Remember, I am talking about the low-high-beam type, not the
|>single beam ones.
|
|Check K-Mart.
|-- 
| 
|                tom coradeschi    <+>    tcora@pica.army.mil
|                            Loud Pipes Suck

I did just the other day.  It's closer to $5.


---
--David C. Adams  Statistician  Cray Research Inc.  dadams@cray.com
___________________________________________________________________
       Old Sourdoughs never die.  They just ferment away.



Newsgroups: rec.autos
From: murthy+@EDRC.CMU.EDU (Sesh Murthy)
Subject: Re: New car advice WANTED
Organization: Carnegie Mellon University
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 23:53:58 GMT

My brother owns the Pontiac Grand Am. He has driven it for
6 months and about 6000 miles without any problems.  He likes
the car very much.  This was his first new car BTW.

Sesh Murthy
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From: bsmg9810@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Bhaskar S.Manda)
Newsgroups: rec.autos,rec.autos.tech
Subject: Re: Rearview mirror mounting : bug or feature ?
Date: 11 Dec 92 18:03:45 GMT
Article-I.D.: news.Bz3wuA.MFF
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana

wbg@festival.ed.ac.uk (W Geake) writes:
>Is the rear view mirror glue different to super glue?  Yes - for mirrors
>attached to the windscreen (quaint British term - sorry), adhesive pads
>you can buy designed for the job work; superglue doesn't, at least with
>the metal/glass interface on my Vauxhall Astra (that's an Opel Kadet or
>GM something else around the globe.)  nor does araldite epoxy resin,
>unless my friend who tried it was incompetent (he did manage to spread
>the glue all over the gear lever).
>Bill, Edinburgh Univ., Scotland.

As pointed out earlier on this thread, rear view mirror glue
is different from generic superglues. Most of the superglues claim
they will work on all except a few plastics. After experimenting,
I conclude that the plastic used for mirror mounting brackets
is one of these. As far as mounting on the windshield goes, i think you
will find that you, by some freak chance happen to have one of those 
unstickable plastics too, or some other spoiler; considering the
availability of special mirror glues.
Bhaskar
(@orion.me.uiuc.edu)
Newsgroups: rec.autos,rec.autos.driving
From: cka52397@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Slartibartfast)
Subject: Re: "Most Tastelss Car Accessory Listing"
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 00:20:43 GMT

	How about anything on a 1975-82 F-car?


-- 
 Chintan Amin  The University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign  c-amin1@uiuc.edu
  "Public speaking is very easy!" <-- Quayle 10/88  ;-)
  "Unfortunately, the people of Louisiana are not racists" <-- Quayle, 10/12/90
NeXTMail Accepted  Go Illini *Holiday Bowl* Go Capitals Go Tarheels Go Cowboys 
From: pauls@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com (Paul Stafford)
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 16:22:39 GMT
Subject: Re: Re: Do SPOILERS Really Work??? no.
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Santa Rosa, CA
Newsgroups: rec.autos

lift ( downforce) = area * col * 1/2 rho *v *v
	col = coefficient of lift ( unitless)
	rho = .00238 ( constant whose units escape me right now)
	and v is velocity in feet per second


 assuming a very good col of .3, area of say 6 " x 3' wide,
 noting that 100 mph = 146 fps

 we get 1.5 sq ft * .3 * .5 * .00238 * 146 * 146 = 11 pounds of downforce.

 you'd do better putting a few bricks in the trunk.

 note, however, for F1 cars, travelling at 200 mph, the downforce is
 with wings of say 1.5 ft x 5 ft,  200mph = 298 fps

  = 237# of downforce. that's worth it!
From: cf947@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Chun-Hung Wan)
Newsgroups: rec.autos
Subject: Re: Honda Del Sol
Date: 16 Dec 1992 06:05:15 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: cf947@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Chun-Hung Wan)
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu


In a previous article, dclayton@bnr.ca (Don Clayton) says:

>In article <BzBCwJ.21sy@austin.ibm.com>, adil@austin.ibm.com (Adil Soofi) writes:
>|> 
>|> I am considering buying the new Honda Del Sol. Any words of wisdom from 
>|> rec.autos readers?
>|> 
>|> 
>|> -- 
>|> Adil Khan Soofi		IBM Software Consultant. Austin, Texas
>|> adil@austin.ibm.com	(512) 823.9388
>|> [Opinions expressed in this article are entirely my own.]
>
>I thought the Miata looked better and handled better.  It is about the same
>price....give it a look.
>
>Don Clayton
>a.k.a. Admiral Maverick, DM of the Drow
>My brain, my thoughts, my words.
>"I'm all lost in the Supermarket.  I can no longer shop happily.
> I came in here for the special offer, guaranteed personality."
>

I like the Del Sol, but...it lacks guts.  Right now, I would agree and say
that the Miata would be a better buy, but...the 160hp VTEC engine will be
coming for the Del Sol soon and this in my opinion will make it a better
car than the Miata.  Points in favor of the Miaa is that is has a stowable
hardtop and more trunk space.
-- 
A motion picture major at the Brooks Institute of Photography, CA
Santa Barbara and a foreign student from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

"The mind is the forerunner of all states."
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From: milo@dorm.rutgers.edu (Jim  mielo)
Newsgroups: rec.autos,rec.autos.vw
Subject: Re: Looking for performance mods
Date: 17 Dec 92 02:03:21 GMT
Followup-To: rec.autos,rec.autos.vw
Organization: rutgers university

In article <jgladu-151292122517@128.249.27.63>, jgladu@bcm.tmc.edu (grungy
(John F. Gladu)) wrote:
> 
> In article <1992Dec8.220646.2814@unvax.union.edu>, lagrangj@unvax.union.edu
> (Joshua C. LaGrange) wrote:
> > 
> > I have a '63 VW Beetle with a 1200 cc engine, and a six-volt system.
> > Does anybody have any inexpensive performance enchancement ideas.
> > Thanks in advance.

         I think you might get more info if you post this on recs.auto.vw
     


James Mielo
Rutgers College of Pharmacy '94
milo@dorm.rutgers.edu

 owner of a now fixed 1990 GTi 8v
Newsgroups: rec.autos
From: jrp@bohra.cpg.oz.au (John Pitman)
Subject: GasBooster
Organization: Computer Power Software
Date: Wed, 9 Dec 1992 21:07:26 GMT

Hi there,
I read recently about one of these magnetic things around the gas line - in the
UK the RAC tested one and got a 5-10% improvement!!!!!!!!!
jp
From: n8643084@henson.cc.wwu.edu (owings matthew)
Newsgroups: rec.autos
Subject: Re: Last U.S. Made Corvette Slated for 1995
Date: 13 Dec 92 00:22:00 GMT
Article-I.D.: henson.1992Dec13.002200.17232
Distribution: usa
Organization: Western Washington University

>	I agree with the decision.  I factory only builds cars 
>for about half the year.  I also think that the Corvette and 
>F-bodies should all be councelled.   There is very little demand
>for sportscars, that aren't fuel-efficient (All 3 cars usually
>have V-8 engines).  The General should conentrate on family cars
>and compact cars.  The F-Bodies and Corvettes are a waste of time
>and money !!!!
>B. Daneils

     Ha! Ha! Ha!  This IS a joke, right B.D.?

The new Vette, Firebird, Camaro get about 18-21 miles-per-gallon.  Not bad for
375-300 HP.  Motor Trend tested a Camaro Z-28 this month.  0-60 in 6.2.  Not 
bad.  That 93 Firebird Trans Am is Georgeous.  I'll take mine in black please.

Marty O.
87 250 ninja type rider person
85 Dodge Charger Shelby Turbo

"It's a freedom that we all wanna know
and it's an obsession to some
to keep the world in your rearview mirror
while you try to run down the sun."

"Wheels" by Rhestless Heart.
Newsgroups: rec.autos
From: barrett@forge.gatech.edu (James Barrett)
Subject: Protege side-view mirror
Organization: Georgia Tech College of Computing
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 02:15:00 GMT

I have'nt quite figured out how my wife did it, but t
she shattered the passenger's side mirror o:
any ideas on what the best (cheapest) way to get this
fixed?  Can you buy these in Auto Parts stores?


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Georgia Tech College of Computing       |    World Outdoor Baseball Champs!!
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From: wchutt@alex.monsanto.com (Bill C Hutton)
Subject: Re: What to do about salt?
Organization: Monsanto Company
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 15:31:19 GMT


With regard to the discussion of when to clean salt from your car. A
simple rule of thumb would be the colder your car is the less damage the
salt can do. If you have a heated garage then you should clean the salt
off ***ALL*** of the time. If you car never comes indoors then very
little corrosion will occur when until spring when the temperature warms
up. This is simple reaction kinetics. The worst time for salt damage is
summer when the temperature is very hot. It is entirely possible that in
hot weather a trace of salt will do more damage than a lot of salt caked
all over everything in very cold weather. 

Unless you have a heated garage the most effective way to minimize
corrosion is to very carefully clean the undercarridge of your vehicle
when the last freezing weather has passed. I hate to think of someone
freezing themselves cleaning salt from their car when the corrosive
reaction is very inefficient due to cold temperatures.

Save your urge to clean and rinse that salt up until you explode in an
early spring rinsing frenzy.


DISCLAIMER: a peronal opinion only
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