XPost: sci.space.policy, sci.physics, sci.electronics.design   
   From: fjmccall@gmail.com   
      
   John Larkin  wrote:   
      
   >On Sun, 16 Jul 2017 15:32:10 -0600, Greg Goss  wrote:   
   >   
   >>jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>Nothing from a 1988 Ford F150 would even "plug into" a Ford F150 bought   
   today.   
   >>>   
   >>>BTW, a current Ford F150 costs about the same (in adjusted dollars) as a   
   >>>1988 Ford F150 and does not perform significantly differently.   
   >>   
   >>Lug nuts.  Maybe whole wheels.  Antifreeze.  Gasoline (so long as we   
   >>stay this side of 1972 or so.)  Does Ford still use a different tranny   
   >>fluid than everyone else like they did in the seventies?   
   >>   
   >>Are modern "power points" heat resistant enough to take an old   
   >>cigarette lighter?   
   >>   
   >>Has the trailer ball hitch changed since WW2?  I realize that "hidden   
   >>hitch" sockets are a newer idea, but the old trailers can still be   
   >>"plugged in".  You might need an adapter for the lights on the   
   >>trailer.   
   >>   
   >>The controls have stayed remarkably steady.  You've got the PRNDL   
   >>tranny setting, probably using a lever identical to the one thirty   
   >>years ago.  You've got the steering wheel and two pedals.   
   >>   
   >   
   >Crankshaft, pistons, rings, spark plugs, poppet valves, gears. Hasn't   
   >changed much in over a century.   
   >   
      
   Actually, other than cosmetics, the bulk of the change tends to be in   
   engines.  Look at performance now vs performance then.  My 1985   
   Corvette with a big V-8 did 0-60 is 6-ish seconds, a 15 second quarter   
   mile at 91 MPH, and had a top speed of 150 MPH.  It was the fasted   
   mass produced car of its day.  My current car (BMW 435i with a small   
   straight six) does 0-60 in 5.2 seconds or so, a 13.7 second quarter   
   mile at 102 MPH, and a governed top speed of 155 MPH.  The BMW handily   
   beats the old 'Vette and it isn't even considered a performance car   
   these days.   
      
      
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   "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable   
    man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore,   
    all progress depends on the unreasonable man."   
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