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|    Andy Burnelli to Xeno    |
|    Re: "Google Wallet may be making a retur    |
|    03 May 22 06:52:15    |
      XPost: comp.mobile.android, misc.phone.mobile.iphone       From: spam@nospam.com              Xeno wrote:              >>> Larger wheels on high performance vehicles allow for larger brakes, and       >>> while larger brakes won't actually stop you any quicker for a single       >>> stop, their greater heat capacity will mean they fade less when doing       >>> multiple stops/slowings.       >>       >> Eh, I don't know, I guess I'm biased. I drive old beaters; most of my       >> cars are pre-1990.       >       > I haven't had a pre-1990 car since 1995. Now I don't even want a pre       > 2020 car.              One disadvantage of the older cars in California is they have to do the       smog test on a dyno, which, one by one, are dropping out of the market.              In California, newer cars get a smog check by the OBDII sensor instead.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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