Stuff I don't know

[BigV]

because they use the same decal for other models that do go that fast, say, the NSX.

[monster]

because what is life without dreams......?

[glatt]

Because there are a few people out there who will be impressed by it and it will make the difference between them buying the car and not buying the car.

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[Clodfobble]

I once took a 10-year-old Acura up to 115 mph. It seems conceivable to me that a new Accord could, in ideal conditions, get up to 150 mph. But I don't know shit about cars, so I'm sure there's some definitive reason I'm wrong about that.

[ZenGum]

I've *heard* that speedos are designed so that if you had the engine at redline in the highest gear, that is how fast you would be going. You probably can't do that because of wind drag and stuff. I think my Subaru Outback goes to 220 kph (130 mph), and there's no way a 2.5 liter engine is getting a station wagon with roof rails to that. Thank god.

[Rhianne]

They used to quote, over here at least, 'mph per 1000rpm in top gear' figures for new cars. I haven't seen that for a while though. There is a calculator somewhere on the net that I used when we were building our Westfield.

[Rhianne]

Google says there are loads of them!

Try one of these for your Outback.

http://www.car-videos.net/tools/speedrpm.asp

http://ctny.audiworld.com/mark/s4/gears/gear_calc.html

[wolf]

Originally Posted by Flint

Why does the speedometer on my Honda Accord go up to 150mph?

Wishful Thinking.

And that sweep is more aesthetically pleasing than if it went up to 120.

[BigV]

Dear friends

I would like some help with some creative phrases, descriptions, reasons, fictions, etc, for "reason for leaving" a previous employer. I'm stumbling over this *mandatory* box on some job applications.

I don't like "I was fired."

[Lamplighter]

Follow the lead of the politicians...

"I wanted to spend more time with my family/ferret/stamp collection/..., and my Supervisor agreed."

[BigV]

Tonight, I have settled on "I was laid off". Wikipedia was a great help here.

I hate stupid applications. Why is my high school information "mandatory"? Mandatory? How can it be relevant, never mind mandatory, ffs.

[xoxoxoBruce]

It's mandatory because your high school record is where the accumulated secret evaluations from every teacher since kindergarten reside. They'll know about that time you peed your pants in first grade.

[BigV]

new stuff I don't know.

background: My electric stove/range died. It has already been taken to the recycler ($30 to drop off). I have a new to me gas range, a KitchenAid. Back in the day when the electric dryer died for the last time, I called someone to extend the gas service from the furnace across the basement to the dryer, and had the appliance connector connected to the appliance. I anticipated that someday I would want to replace my electric range with a gas range and had a stub placed in the gas line as it was routed past the kitchen on the way to the dryer.

However, the "stub" is just a CSST/iron connector, iron tee, short iron nipple and cap, then onward downstream with another CSST/iron connector, and from there to the dryer waaaay over there. So the stub is just an iron break in the CSST (corrugated stainless steel) with a capped nipple. Nothing like this


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I don't have anything coming up through the floor in the kitchen. That's the part I don't know. Can/should I do the work myself to connect this range? I'll need to extend the gas line from the stub up through the floor, from there it's really easy.

Iron pipe? Flexible copper? I know I'll need a shutoff valve at the end in the kitchen. A little help, please.

[jimhelm]

ok, but first get help resizing that picture. i refuse to horizontal scroll, so I cant read your poast.

[BigV]

was using img tag, sorry.