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07-27-2013, 11:49 AM
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Just saw the episode about the Honda Clarity four door ECX which is powered by a hydrogen fuel cell. Range 275 miles and it developes 139 horsepower.0 to 60 in 9 seconds.
Cool as hell for an ugly rice burner.
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07-27-2013, 11:54 AM
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Is this the UK version of TG?
I can't hardly stomach the US version of TG....
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07-27-2013, 12:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Rex E.
Is this the UK version of TG?
I can't hardly stomach the US version of TG....
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Yep...
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07-27-2013, 09:56 PM
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Will it cross the scales at 18,000 GVW?
If it doesn't, I have no use for it.
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07-27-2013, 10:43 PM
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I subscribe to 2 Brit car magazines-"Top Gear", & "Car". As usual, we here in the USA are being made do w/2nd class technology...In Yoorup, on almost all of their cars, a petrol version, a diesel version, & in an increasing number of models, a Hybrid model is offered..On their Diesel versions, the performance differential is usually near as makes no difference, they're almost always turbodiesels, & they are getting extraordinary high mileages...And I think the EU pollution regulations are as stringent as ours are, maybe even tougher in some regards. Why WE can't have these cars is a mystery to me..
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07-27-2013, 10:48 PM
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I just watched Gas Land II IIRC and it was stated solar and wind alone if given the opportunity could supply enough energy to supply the world many times current demand.
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07-28-2013, 10:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Sandy G
I subscribe to 2 Brit car magazines-"Top Gear", & "Car". As usual, we here in the USA are being made do w/2nd class technology...In Yoorup, on almost all of their cars, a petrol version, a diesel version, & in an increasing number of models, a Hybrid model is offered..On their Diesel versions, the performance differential is usually near as makes no difference, they're almost always turbodiesels, & they are getting extraordinary high mileages...And I think the EU pollution regulations are as stringent as ours are, maybe even tougher in some regards. Why WE can't have these cars is a mystery to me..
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I've never understood this either. I'm guessing there is a lobbyist and a paid off bureaucrat in the woodpile somewhere.
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07-28-2013, 11:20 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sandy G
I subscribe to 2 Brit car magazines-"Top Gear", & "Car". As usual, we here in the USA are being made do w/2nd class technology...In Yoorup, on almost all of their cars, a petrol version, a diesel version, & in an increasing number of models, a Hybrid model is offered..On their Diesel versions, the performance differential is usually near as makes no difference, they're almost always turbodiesels, & they are getting extraordinary high mileages...And I think the EU pollution regulations are as stringent as ours are, maybe even tougher in some regards. Why WE can't have these cars is a mystery to me..
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My guess is they don't meet the safety standards of the U.S. market.
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07-28-2013, 12:08 PM
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My guess is they don't meet the safety standards of the U.S. market.
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The delay in the introduction of advanced diesel technology to the US has nothing to do with safety standards. It has to do with the mistaken American belief that diesels are still smoky, loud and slow as well as the relative cheapness of American motor fuels. The first belief with regard to diesels is an outgrowth of the American auto industry's failed attempts to introduce lousy diesel engines in cars to the American public a few decades back.
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