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|    Alan to Andy Burnelli    |
|    Re: "Google Wallet may be making a retur    |
|    03 May 22 00:26:45    |
      XPost: comp.mobile.android, misc.phone.mobile.iphone       From: nuh-uh@nope.com              On 2022-05-02 10:52 p.m., Andy Burnelli wrote:       > 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.              There is no such thing as an "OBDII sensor".              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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