1970 W200 Power Wagon loves humidity
From : Annonymous
Q: back off the timing a little bit. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving hi i have a 1970 w200 4x4 that runs quite a bit better smoother when there is moisture in the air. is there anything i can do in the way of tuning to make it run as if it is humid all of the time oh by the way it has a rebuilt 318 in it with a stock small carb. im not looking for any fancy mods just better operation. .
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From : Annonymous
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From : Annonymous
tbone wrote who said that everyone had to do that the point is that although the sales of large suvs have dropped by about 25% there are still a hell of a lot of them being bought by people that simply dont need them and all they are doing is adding to the problem. so you want them to go buy a hybrid because you feel they dont need an suv. name one of your great japanese hybrids that you tout that can do what an suv can. back to spinning what i said again huh miles. i said that many people that dont actually need them are buying them for whatever reason. i am not trying to define anothers needs but if you really believe that every one of them out on the road was bought because the owner needed it you are really an idiot. as for capability ith the possible exception of towing and offroad a minivan can outdue a suv in just about everything including mileage. the problem is that they are not cool like a suv which is the actualy reason most of them are bought. back to that lame justification again. who said that you had to buy a new hybrid. there are plenty of used economy cars out there that you could buy as a third car for a few thousand. oh please. a used 3rd car will not save me anywheres near enough when you add up costs including cost of car insurance etc. where do i park it most homes here dont allow parking a car on the street etc. oh i know buy a bigger home with a 3 car garage to save the world. are you saying that your house is too small for a third car to fit or that you cant park in your driveway it sounds like more lame selfish excuses to me. like i said you keep whining about or dependency on foreign oil but are completely unwilling to do anything about it. my third car is a 240sx and it gets about 10 mpg more than my truck and costs about $600 a year to insure. then you live in a very cheap neighborhood or your 240sx is worthless. $600 will barely get liability only. actually i was wrong. it is actually $450 and yes only liability. it is a third car what more does it need. the money it saves me more than pays for its insurance and i still have my truck when i need it and an extra car if one of the other ones needs to be repaired. to me thats a win win win. it doesnt save enough to pay for the car plus insurance. not unless its a clunker. clunker...no older vehicle...yep. and even still it never breaks down and gets much better mileage than my truck. and on top of that i can take it to the mall and shopping centers and not have to worry about it. no they do not. they will not even start taking orders for it until the end of may with production not to begin until this summer. and on top of all that you are buing a prototype untested vehicle. as usual the american car builders are late to the party. the ford escape will be the first hybrid suv. i thought that you said they already had it. you really need to get your information straight. which japanese company is producing a hybrid suv well as you mentionedm toyota and lexus. prototype same as any other new car including the japanese hybrids. but the japanese hybrids are no longer new vehicles and have been on the roads for years now. more than can be said for the american car companies and their short sighted thinking. compact hybrids serve little purpose. lol are you serious!!! suv and truck hybrids make far more sense. why because they are cool lol. a minivan hybrid would serve 100000000000000000000 times the purpose of a hybrid suv. an suv is really a completely useless vehicle but they sit high and look cool and would still be for the most part non-existent if it wasnt for the american auto manufacturers using them as an end run around the federal requirements for mileage and safety and dolled them up like luxury cars. they replace the very vehicles you say are the problem. and they still get shit for mileage. just about any econo-box can kick their ass for about half the cost. there is a big difference between expects and delivers. like i said until it happens it means nothing. the silverado hybrids are being delivered. really who do you know that has one especially since they are only offered in limited quantities in a few states. and besides that it only gets 17 / 19 mpg. my truck gets close to that and you claim yours does better and at around $30000 for just about nothing it is no wonder that they are not overly popular. besides whats your point your japanese friends arent producing hybrid trucks. because ther is no point in doing that with current technology. they are behind the american companies on suv hybrids. toyota hopes to have a highlander hybrid out late this year. are they really behind or do they just see no big market in them and where is the infrastructure for the pure hydrogen that they need. the answer is that it simp
From : big al
on 22 apr 2005 170350 -0700 rongrossi382826@yahoo.com wrote groups-abuse@google.com mac please remove splinters before emailing .
From : tbone
hi i have a 1970 w200 4x4 that runs quite a bit better smoother when there is moisture in the air. is there anything i can do in the way of tuning to make it run as if it is humid all of the time oh by the way it has a rebuilt 318 in it with a stock small carb. im not looking for any fancy mods just better operation. cars that run better when its humid are lean. figure out how to richen it up a bit. al .