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An-225 was at Gardermoen airport Oslo, earlier this summer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Av_EHHjI-WU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8yHaJWKqw8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oMpVmqWj-I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ytRFfJNirw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAp9xSkc17A Army used...

My 1.6 TDCi Ford Focus "EU" consumption is 4.2 l/100 km. My average number is 5.6 l/100 km, with AC on in summer and using diesel engine heater (Webasto) during winter. http://www.fuelly.com/driver/bar1/focus

Originally Posted By: expat So if I can refer to the car I made the 'Claim' about http://www.telegraph.co.uk/cars/nissan/nissan-qashqai/ "The 1.5-litre diesel Qashqai returns an official average of 74.3mpg. That’s comparable with some of the best family hatchbacks and better than rivals such as...

Originally Posted By: gofast182 You think the cars would be faster with just the 1.6T engine and no e motor? They wouldn't be. If the turbo pressure and rpm wasn't restricted (or less than it is today). The last F1 turbo era had 1.5 liter 4 cyl. turbo engines that produced about 1,400 hp...

McLaren P1 uses electric motor to increase performance. In F1 electric motor is used to save fuel... Only thing I liked with the new cars is the "lack" of control. Kevin Magnussen almost went off track in the start and Valtteri Bottas touched the concrete wall. Bottas/Williams at 5. place was a...

Luckily it had rained a lot the days before. No kids playing football/soccer that day. Road was dry when the accident happened. Driver claims speed was 25 mph

It's television entertainment. If it isn't UK built it's garbage, with a few rare exceptions (German cars, Italian sports cars, UK/German built Ford). If it's French or US made, it's garbage... including UK/German built GM (Opel/Vauxhall).

This happened in my neighbourhood this week. A WOT that was bad http://www.inautonews.com/ferrari-458-italia-gets-crashed-by-18-year-old http://www.gtspirit.com/2014/03/14/18-ye...-a-school-yard/

Fantastic airplane. Bodø airport was an emergency recovery base for European flights. SR-71 did some landings there: Bodo, Norway- SR-71 Recovery Operations

Poor Dreamliner, just can't catch a break... http://news.yahoo.com/overheating-dreamliner-battery-hit-660-celsius-japan-govt-114034948.html Quote: The battery in a Dreamliner jet that spewed white smoke last month could have reached temperatures as high as 660 Celsius (1,220 Fahrenheit). The...

Originally Posted By: fdcg27 ... Here's an example: Why does Norway's labor productivity appear to be so high? If the OECD figures included the extractive economies of the Middle East, the answer would be obvious. Yep. Norwegian tax income on oil from the north sea was USD 65 833 333 333 (USD...

Originally Posted By: Doog ...Europe is actually in recession right now. OT: Europe has been in recession since 2009-10. Greece, Portugal and Spain has taken a lot of beating, with unemployment amongst young people up to 40%. Portugal has asked it's former colonies Brazil and Angola for help...

It's taste is sweet with a hint of bitter (to me the bitter part resemble the taste of liquorice extract). The degree of bitter depends on the stevia plant used and the refining process. I like stevia in tea. I don't sweeten coffee.

Originally Posted By: edyvw Originally Posted By: bar1 Originally Posted By: edyvw Originally Posted By: bar1 EU gasoline can and does contain ethanol (E5 normal) mainly during summer months. EU member states are required to incorporate 10% biofuels (energy basis) in all transport fuel by 2020...

Originally Posted By: edyvw Originally Posted By: bar1 EU gasoline can and does contain ethanol (E5 normal) mainly during summer months. EU member states are required to incorporate 10% biofuels (energy basis) in all transport fuel by 2020. That is by 2020! We do not know how that will affect...