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    Low Oil Prices: Saudi Arabia Says It's Ready To

    Take a look at the south end of Manhattan where the twin towers of the World Trade Center were . Now tell us all about not attacking us ? BTW that was the second attack .
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    Thoughts on the State of VW Diesel Situation

    Actually the first Spanish explorers in Southern California remarked on the atmospheric haze well before the time of the automobile . I agree with having a regulated EPA .
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    Engines with legendary reliability.

    I believe the Iron Duke had a design problem the lead to early head gasket failure. The cylinder bores were too close and there wasn't enough sealing surface for the gasket .
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    tires with no date code

    Old or Chinese ? Either way not good .
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    MG "B" Series Engines and Oils

    On the contrary the oil cooler was a necessity . Seeing earlier series B's and A's without the cooler the engines did not do well driving Interstate highways in U.S Summer temperatures .
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    VW emissions cheating additional 75,000 3L engines

    An unregulated bureaucracy with no limits specified for the actions . That says Out of Control to me .
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    Worn Audi 1.8t

    Hot idle is definitely low . 30 psig would be more like it .
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    Worn Audi 1.8t

    What oil pressure is your car showing ? If it's noisy you have a serious problem . First off drop the sump and clean it and the oil pickup screen . You might seriously consider aq new oil pump . Use VW spec 502.0 oil ... I use Mobil 1 0-40 and have 186,000 miles , not Km , on it and it uses i...
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    Motul made in Italy?

    Italy has always had a reputation for excellence in metal work and design . Look to the UK for poor quality .
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    Lexus: Made-in-China Qlty Is Not Good Enough

    True of most Chinese imports . If they can't understand quality control they will fail in export sales .
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    Buying straight crude

    Pr along the California coast ?
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    Asteroid Forced To Orbit Moon & Miss Earth

    You don't seem to understand the concept of ' not proven ' .
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    Asteroid Forced To Orbit Moon & Miss Earth

    The same arguments can be used for either case . The area devastated was vast and there is no record of a systematic search . Trappers and hunters lived solitary lives in Siberia and no one kept track of them . No data so either case can apply .
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    Asteroid Forced To Orbit Moon & Miss Earth

    No one knows if any were killed in the Siberian hit so claiming zero is foolish .
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    Asteroid Forced To Orbit Moon & Miss Earth

    Look up the Siberian strike of a century ago . Lucky it hit where it did ... a small change in its orbit could have wiped out a city .
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    VW's Emissions Retrofit May Be Among Costliest

    Definitely time to reform the EPA .
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    It's a bad time to be a TDI owner

    The EPA badly needs reform . If you think the diesel regs are easy talk to the big rig owners about Tier 4 regs . It's about time the EPA was dragged into the real world .
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    Heads are Rolling at VW

    A reason not to hammer them ? Set up an out of control bureaucracy that has an anti business agenda and let them make rules that make no sense .. that seems reason enough .
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