If You Are Doing Nothing Wrong You Have PLENTY to Fear

[Thenorm]

30 out of 300 million is pretty good odds that it wont be me.

[wdb]

Originally Posted by Old Mechanic

Actually the Va no coasting law was passed in the 1930s. Plymouth came out with a car with freewheeling around 1935, a one way clutch that could not be engaged or disengaged unless the car was stopped.

Saabs had freewheels through the 1960's and 1970's. The old 93 and 95, I think maybe the Sonnett too. I used to freewheel for miles and miles.

[Simonas]

Freewheels are/were often used on two-stroke vehicles where closing the throttle and letting the vehicle be "pushed" would cause oil starvation. This is only a problem with engines running mixed fuels, as engines with a pump keep a constant supply of oil even if they get no fuel.

[wdb]

My Saab was a 4 stroke V4.

[Simonas]

My 1985 ZAZ 968m has a 0.9l V4 in it...

[freebeard]

Everything Is Broken

Sleep tight.

Edit: Hmmph. Another multipage thread — it seems to have gone a little off-topic. Maybe the mods could move it to General Effieciency.

Here's where it goes off the rails for me:

Originally Posted by Simonas

So, not people in communists countries are materialists at heart even though they cannot actually have what they want.

Is this saying that not-not people, or not little people could have what they want. That system will fail.

Anyways we live in an increasingly post-scarcity society and Quinn Norton is an awesome tech writer if your not familiar with her work. This is a good summary of our current dire straits.

[freebeard]

New post to bump the thread.

Pennsylvania law enforcement just won the battle, simultaneous no warrant vehicle searches, and they got a law passed to make hidden compartments illegal

I've got a plywood lid over some tire chains and a tow strap, I'd be on thin ice in Ohio or Pennsylvania.

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

Originally Posted by freebeard

New post to bump the thread.

Pennsylvania law enforcement just won the battle, simultaneous no warrant vehicle searches, and they got a law passed to make hidden compartments illegal

I've got a plywood lid over some tire chains and a tow strap, I'd be on thin ice in Ohio or Pennsylvania.

This is ridiculous, America is becoming just like any 3rd-world country ruled by corrupts who take all the freedom for the citizens to defend themselves against abusive governmental acts...

[mikeyjd]

Originally Posted by cRiPpLe_rOoStEr

This is ridiculous, America is like any 3rd-world country ruled by corrupts who take all the freedom for the citizens to defend themselves against abusive governmental acts...

fixed

[Cobb]

If thats the case, then it should be open season on motorist as many cars have compartments for spare tires, jacks, etc.

Originally Posted by freebeard

New post to bump the thread.

Pennsylvania law enforcement just won the battle, simultaneous no warrant vehicle searches, and they got a law passed to make hidden compartments illegal

I've got a plywood lid over some tire chains and a tow strap, I'd be on thin ice in Ohio or Pennsylvania.