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Re: Hard-to-read speedometer [thegraduate]

by sjbrody on Thu Aug 21 14:27:43 PDT 2008

That's the problem! When the lights go on (automatic) at twilight, the illumination of the speedometer changes a black-on-white display to a light green-on-white one which has no contrast. The only way to read the speedometer is to either turn the display intensity way down or way up, and even that does not work all the time. This seems to me to be a safety issue! Spencer

Hard-to-read speedometer

by sjbrody on Thu Aug 21 08:06:16 PDT 2008

Has anyone else noticed that at twilight, just as the automatic headlights go on, the speedometer becomes very hard to read? There is no contrast between the speedometer numbers and the dial background in our new '08 AWD Limited for a short time until it gets dark. Spencer

Re: Just goes to prove [tidester]

by vchiu on Fri Jul 25 07:52:14 PDT 2008

>From about 1940 to the mid 70's the Earth underwent considerable and notable cooling >Prior to that, we had significant warming trends during the 20's >and the Earth's temperature has been flat for the past 10 years I would welcome some sources for those claims. >Incidentally, the historical record clearly indicates that elevated levels of CO2 are caused by global warming What natural phenomenon would be at the origin of CO2 increase if not human activity ? Only the oceans ? >When oceans warm they cannot hold as much CO2 as when they are cool. I don't see such information http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_dioxide_sinks http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_acidification Would you please quote your source too? >One small example is the famous "hockey stick" graph which has fundamental statistical flaws - i.e. the author didn't understand accepted practice. I mentioned this in an earlier post. Christopher Monckton is putting forward a graph which is pretty much contradicted by 10 others (also quoted). The problem I had is that I could not find the sources which CM's Graph is based upon. >Remember, there are sources and sinks of CO2 Of course I do. Deforestation is also another source of CO2 increase as it cuts very important sinks. I mentioned in some earlier post that a strong and long term forest policy was also key in CO2 reduction. Topically, forest cover also decrease ground temperature. >The Sun has been unusually quiet for the past decade and we have seen the warming trend come to a screeching halt. Coincidence? Do you dismiss reports of record high global temperatures that are pretty numerous? http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080720215335.htm and other links in article Please note that the urban heat island effect is already well known and adjusted for. Many other measures are made in other places than cities and measured temperatures are considered pretty accurate now. Regarding the troposphere temperatures, it seems they are not considered as significant enough. Recent studies show the Satellite readings have been influenced by the cooling of the stratosphere due to the ozone depletion. OK I come now with my recommanded readings Mark Lynas, High Tide: News from a Warming World, Flamingo 2004. Spencer Weart: The Discovery of Global Warming, Harvard University Press, 2003. Bauer, E., Claussen, M., Brovkin, V. & Hünerbein, A.: Assessing climate forcings of the Earth system for the past millennium. Geophysical Research Letters 30, 1276 (2002) Damon, P. E. and P. Laut: Pattern of strange errors plagues solar activity and terrestrial climate data. EOS, 2004, Vol. 85, 370–374 Fu, Q., C.M. Johanson, S.G. Warren, and D.J. Seidel, Contribution of stratospheric cooling to satellite-inferred tropospheric temperature trends, Nature, 429, 55–58, 2004 Lorius, C., et al., The ice-core record: climate sensitivity and future greenhouse warming. Nature, 1990. 347: 139–145. Petit, J.R. et al., Climate and atmospheric history of the past 420,000 years from the Vostok ice core, Antarctica. Nature, 1999. 399: 429–436. Sabine, C.L., et al., The oceanic sink for anthropogenic CO2, Science, 305, 367–371, 2004.

Robert Interviews on National Radio this weekend...

by scrolllock on Fri Jun 27 12:54:47 PDT 2008

CarsWithoutBorders co-founder Robert Lamb has graciously accepted Zack Spencer's invitation and the show will be aired this Sunday June 29th at 1:00 P.M. Eastern on the Corus Radio Network! The show will focus on our activities over the last 6 months, the current state of Vehicle importing and Fair Automobile Pricing in Canada. For more details go to www.carswithoutborders.com

Update

by biker4 on Thu May 01 11:33:01 PDT 2008

Honda’s NSX replacement has had several false starts, with the company scrapping the car’s design after the public’s largely negative response to its Acura Advanced Sports Car Concept, shown at 2007’s Detroit Auto Show. Beyond the styling difficulties, ensuring the car will compete successfully with Lexus’s LF-A, Nissan’s GT-R, and Ferrari and Lamborghini’s sport-focused offerings is also taking time. But the company is sure it will do so, and the target date is 2010. Speaking with MotorAuthority, Acura spokesman Mike Spencer confirmed several details of the upcoming NSX replacement. The car will definitely be powered by a V10 engine, and it will be equipped with the company’s SH-AWD system. There has been some discussion of a possible four-wheel steering system (4WS) for the NSX replacement, but Spencer suggested the SH-AWD system would achieve most of the benefits of 4WS without the added complexity. The original NSX was a mid-engine, rear-wheel drive V6-powered car, so the replacement will share little in common with it from a technical point of view. The replacement is also unlikely to share the NSX name - Spencer referred to it only as the ‘NSX replacement.’ Pricing of the NSX replacement will also be a bit different than the original. The low price of the NSX - $60,000 in the U.S. on its 1990 debut, rising to just below $100,000 by the end of its model run in 2005 - will no longer be so low, with pricing to compete with its performance rivals from Ferrari and Lamborghini. The NSX replacement’s primary competition at Ferrari and Lamborghini will come most likely in the form of the F430 and Gallardo, respectively. Both start around $180,000, and according to Spencer, current exchange rates between the Yen and the U.S. Dollar mean the NSX replacement will be priced in line with that figure. Pricing the NSX’s replacement at effectively double the price of the last model means Honda/Acura is positioning the car as a direct competitor to Europe’s elite supercars - not a budget alternative. Nissan’s GT-R is priced to fit into the latter category, although its 2+2 seating configuration and hefty dimensions take it out of direct competition with lightweight two-seaters anyway. Lexus’s LF-A supercar is perhaps a more direct competitor for the NSX replacement and its European counterparts, and rumors of its pricing range from just over $100,000 to nearer the $170,000 mark, tending to confirm that Nissan’s GT-R isn’t the LF-A’s target, either. When it debuted in 1990, Honda’s NSX was hailed by many as one of the best performance cars ever to come out of Japan, and it equaled several of the established European sports cars of the day, including Ferrari’s 348. Its use of high-tech materials and design would set the standard for the next decade. Although the original car’s 5.2 second 0-60mph time and 13.3 second quarter-mile time would qualify it more as a sports car than a supercar by today’s standards - Nissan’s latest 350Z posts similar numbers, and the standard Corvette coupe beats both figures by at least 0.4 seconds - the updated replacement is shaping up to be a purebred supercar, with a price to match.

Re: 2001 JGC Limited/Transmission sensors??? [dflippo]

by stick0419 on Tue Apr 29 12:03:43 PDT 2008

I have same problems and I found a new trans from txchange.com. I talked to spencer there and he was extremely helpfull. Their # is 800-776-1191. I am going to order the new transmission and have someone help put it in my Grand Cherokee