It's not RPMs!

Your engine revolves 3600 rpm, NOT 3600 rpms. How did RPMs (RPM's) ever
get into the vocabulary. RPM = revolutions per minute. RPMs + revolutions
per minutes which doesn't make sense.

Another pet peeve I've got is "motor." Your car has lots of motors
(starter, heater, window regulator, etc.) but the big thing under the hood
that powers your car is an "engine." To say motor is wrong. And I don't
like the term Motor Oil either.

It's not a "tranny." You're stupid if you say tranny for transmission.
Some guys continue to use "your" in place of "you're" for "you are."
They're (not "their") stupid, stupid, stupid.

Quit using the term "gas" for gasoline. Gas is what fuels your kitchen
stove burners. Gasoline runs your car engine. Gasoline is converted into
"gas" by your carburetor in conjunction with the intake manifold. Gasoline
becomes gas, but you pump gasoline into your gas tank, dummy.

I don't like it when NASCAR announcers call their machines "race cars."
They are slot cars, no more, no less. "Junks," to use a better expression.
Dragsters aren't cars either. They don't turn corners or do anything a car
is expected to do. They are merely a form of liquid fueled suicide machine
for the mindless entertainment of alcoholic-wasted prolitariats.

Get rid the term, "four stroke." The Otto cycle engine is a "four event
cycle" engine. The reason for this is over your head, so take my word for
it. Hint: it's in the valve timing overlap.

Stop calling liquid cooled engines "water cooled." It's not because of
what you are thinking: antifreeze mixture instead of water. No. All
liquid cooled engines are AIR COOLED. The liquid, pump, radiator, fan all
serve to conduct waste heat from the engine to the atmosphere. I know you
are greatful to me for you learned something important today.

Do you know how a vacuum booster pump vacuum windshield wiper motor works?
I didn't think so. So much technical knowlege has been forgotten, its a
wonder we can still call ourselves an advanced nation.

Daimler-Chrysler Corp. set up their downfall with the abandonment of Fluid
Drive. That was their claim to fame. They actually drove one of their
cars up the steps of the Capitol Building to prove its capabilities. Not
one of their sedans could do that today. If they tried, the chassis would
drag and hang up on the steps, the engine would cough and sputter, the
transmission would grind and smoke, and the tires would spin and blow out.
We have come down a long, long way since 1951 when Chryser set the world's
standards. Today, they are nothing, zero, zilch. Finished.

 

Hi...

Greatful for the explanation.

I'd agree with all you say, but first, you'll have to define zilch for me.

Greatfully,

Ken

 

You really should learn English before you try to teach us an English
lesson.

My engine and all my motors are stationary. They do not revolve at
all. Some of their parts rotate.

I've got? You mean I have? To say motor is to say motor. It is
neither right nor wrong. To call an engine a motor is incorrect. And
who cares what you like?

'Gals' are not immune to butchering the language, either. And using a
slang term for transmission (or transaxle, for that matter) does not
make one stupid, whether guy or gal.

My kitchen stove does not have burners, and it is not powered by gas.
My gasoline goes into my gasoline tank. My gas goes into... well,
nevermind.

So don't call them cars if you don't want to.

I'll pass on taking your word for anything.

Nope, the engine is liquid cooled. The liquid is air cooled.

Yes, I do. Not that I'll likely come across one anytime soon. Our
nation has advanced past those. We seem to have left you behind,
however.

At least they were once something.

 

Another pet peeve I've got is "motor." Your car has lots of motors

Do you think General Motors has heard about this?

 

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Since you're so9 anal about language you need to familiarize your self with
the word "colloquialism".

 

He starts off with some worthwhile statements, gets increasingly
emotional on trivia then ends with his Chrysler negativity.

Lets face it, DC screwed Chrysler, but at least we can now hope the
future is better. All we have left is hope for Chrysler.
Everyone has their time in the sun, perhaps Honda, Toyota, etc. will
reach their climax.

In Canada Honda may be facing marketing problems sooner than they expect.
They are charging 35% more for their CR-V in Canada than in the USA, but
the current exchange rate is only about 5%.
It hasn't been 35% for several years. A consumer revolt is building and
it isn't just Honda which needs to avoid screwing the Canadian consumer.

 

I'll have a potshot, too.

My engine could be motor, or even mo[glottal stop]or, as we say in Cockney.

I never call my gas gasoline. My gas powers my hob and central heating but
petrol powers my mo'or (which could also refer to the whole car, not just to
one or more of its parts)....

DAS

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It's not only Honda. Have you priced a Corvette in the States? It's about
25K cheaper.

 

I knew that evil Mr. Goodwrench was lying to me!
;-)

 

Interesting. No my friend was just interested in the CR-V.
I did check the Jeep Compass and it was 19% higher in Canada, the
exchange rate at the start of 2006 when the Compass came out. A
reasonable rate for the 2007 model year.
I feel 10% max. would be reasonable for the 2008 cars.

Apple's just announced new iMac computers are at an 8.3% rate; very
reasonable.

Those car manufacturers who rip Canadians off are digging themselves a
big hole. The consumers are revolting now and when they finally adjust
their prices the used cars (leased cars included) will take a very big
hit.

Already in Toronto there is an independent car dealer importing from the
USA; making a good profit and saving his customers significant money.
The Canadian manufacturer dealers will suffer from this.

 

We subsidize your pharmaceutical costs, and you subsidize our car costs.
Weird. Does Canada have some kind of hidden tax on car manufacturers
that has to get passed on to the consumer in higher sticker prices?

Bill Putney
(To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my
address with the letter 'x')

 

Nothing to do with taxes, I imagine.

Played exchange rates myself in 2001, when I bought a German car in Germany
and drove it to the UK as a personal import. Loads of people were doing it.
Saved thousands of pounds.

The prices in Germany for RHD went up and prices in UK went down a bit,
narrowing the gap. I estimated that 8% of all cars bought in the UK that
year were personal imports, with a MUCH higher percentage in the upper
echelons. Was unsustainable for the dealers for any length of time.

DAS

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You are a school example of a "troll".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_(Internet)

 

Who really Cares?

 

It's all about exchange rates and manufacturers taking advantage of the
situation.
When the CDN$ was $1.50 to the USA$ many USA people came to CDA to buy
cars such as the Chrysler Neon. With the Neon made in low cost Mexico
Chrysler was able to price it to either the CDN or USA markets.
The result was many USA customers came to Canada to buy their Neon.
Both the USA customer and CDN Chrysler dealer made money on the deal.
Of course Chrysler opposed this and a Chrysler dealer near me lost their
dealership by not stopping such sales.

As for the prescription drug costs it's much more complex a situation
and the CDN Gov. is more interested in keeping drug costs affordable
than is the USA Gov.
We have our own drug industry which doesn't get the protection from
competition the USA drug companies enjoy. Many USA citizens who pay
their health bills travel to CDA to buy their drugs.

The USA high cost situation is just another aspect of the very high cost
of medical care in the USA.
http://www.commondreams.org/news2001/0710-07.htm

 

Another one of these from that FAKE George O and I'll KILL HIM with a
filter, so even his posts of value will be KILLED before I see them!

 

OT: If every government screwed down medicine prices you can kiss goodbye
to any innovation.

Any idea how much it costs to bring a new drug to market?

At least USD 500m!

So profit margins are "high". So are the risks.

And I really believe in this report. Who are the authors?

Funny how there is so little innovation where prices are low. Now the price
control are easing in India, Indian companies are hopeful of enough to spend
on new drug development.

DAS

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