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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.   
      
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