XPost: comp.mobile.android, misc.phone.mobile.iphone   
   From: xenolith@optusnet.com.au   
      
   On 4/5/2022 4:46 am, Michael Trew wrote:   
   > On 5/3/2022 1:52, 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.   
   >   
   > Funny, I get annoyed with post 2000 cars.  I'm quite irritated with my   
   > 2005 Hyundai Elantra.  I don't like the hydraulic clutch, power windows,   
   > larger A-pillars, etc, etc.  I enjoy driving the '89 Olds wagon.  Can't   
   > wait to fix my '75 Dodge Dart.  It needs a leaf spring replaced (Lord   
   > knows how that broke), then it's back on the road.   
      
   Leaf springs commonly break. It is one of the things I remember doing a   
   lot of when most cars had semi-eliptical leaf springs back in the day.   
   Used to replace a lot of broken coils springs too.   
   >   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   > I live in Ohio, in a county with no emissions.  No car inspections   
   > either; I love it!   
      
      
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   Xeno   
      
      
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