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03-15-2010, 03:50 PM
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My peter ain't that small really. Well, it depends on what you call small. I mean, it's not tiny or anything. I guess there are bigger ones though. Hey, maybe that explains my fascination with vacuum tubes?
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Yeah, but you don't drive a Hummer.
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03-15-2010, 03:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Twodogs
My peter ain't that small really. Well, it depends on what you call small. I mean, it's not tiny or anything. I guess there are bigger ones though. Hey, maybe that explains my fascination with vacuum tubes?
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Well, bigger isn't always better. I bought a quad of 6L6 coke bottles, and they were so damned big that they wouldn't fit in the holes.
But Winged "C"s are just right.
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03-15-2010, 04:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Boreas
Yeah, but you don't drive a Hummer.
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No, but I did get one at a Holliday Inn Express once.
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03-17-2010, 06:06 AM
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No, but I did get one at a Holliday Inn Express once.
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Was it any better than the one's you get at Motel 6?
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03-17-2010, 08:50 AM
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Interesting stats from Edmunds in yesterday's Post, consumer reports of unintended acceleration per manuafcturer, 2005 to September 30, 2009 per 100,000 vehicles;
Toyota 4.81 of 11.0 million sold
Ford 3.12 of 10.8 million sold
Chrysler 1.72 of 9.1 million sold
Honda 1.26 of 7.1 million sold
Nissan 1.07 of 4.6 million sold
GM 0.81 of 16.5 million sold
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03-17-2010, 10:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Charles
Was it any better than the one's you get at Motel 6?
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Different, but not better.
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03-17-2010, 01:20 PM
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Originally Posted by merrylander
Interesting stats from Edmunds in yesterday's Post, consumer reports of unintended acceleration per manuafcturer, 2005 to September 30, 2009 per 100,000 vehicles;
Toyota 4.81 of 11.0 million sold
Ford 3.12 of 10.8 million sold
Chrysler 1.72 of 9.1 million sold
Honda 1.26 of 7.1 million sold
Nissan 1.07 of 4.6 million sold
GM 0.81 of 16.5 million sold
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Odd, no ruckus over everyone else....
Pete
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03-18-2010, 07:40 AM
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Come on Pete Toyota was 6 times worse than GM and still worse than Ford, so maybe Ford and GM fixed whatever was wrong instead of stonewalling?
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03-18-2010, 09:00 AM
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Yeah my thought - they didn't hide it.
I'd love to see some basis for a criminal case against Toyota, that would be the cats' meow.
Pete
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03-27-2010, 01:23 AM
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I'd love to see some basis for a criminal case against Toyota, that would be the cats' meow.
Pete
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Why?
Might help to actually find out what's really going on before they're drawn and quartered.
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