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From: C. E. White on 16 Mar 2010 08:08 "jim beam" <me(a)privacy.net> wrote in message news:coOdnZrYStFZmQLWnZ2dnUVZ_o4AAAAA(a)speakeasy.net... > On 03/15/2010 03:12 PM, Ed White wrote: >> http://www.autonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100315/OEM/100319941/1143 >> >> Here is the most interesting paragraph: >> >> "Toyota said an examination of Sikes' Prius showed that the car was >> being driven with the brakes lightly and repeatedly applied -- some >> 250 times over a 30-mile stretch of highway." >> >> So now we know why the brakes were worn and smoking....deliberate >> abuse. Toyota said it takes "moderate" pressure to activate the >> throttle shutdown. >> >> Ed > > sorry ed - you may try to pass yourself off as "one of us", but > you're failing. but failure is why you're on the astroturf circuit, > not inside the beltway. Why would I want to be part of the "us" that you and Mike Hunter belong to? > nomina rutrum rutrum I know you think that tag line says call a spade a spade...have you actually checked it out? The lady that wrote the column you got it from apparently didn't bother to actually verify that it is correct. I am not a latin scholar, but based on the online Latin dictionaries I think what you are really saying is: nomina - this is a noun roughtly equivalent to "by name" It is a noun, not a verb rutrum is also a noun that roughly means a lesser shovel but I think it is not commonly used So the english version of what your little tag line says is something like by name little shovel little shovel Very impressive. I think what you really should say is dico - name /call; this is a verb rutila - a spade, shovel; this is a noun dico rutila rutila I can't gaurantee that this is correct, but I think it is at least as correct as your translation. Ed
From: JoeSpareBedroom on 16 Mar 2010 08:17 "Elmo P. Shagnasty" <elmop(a)nastydesigns.com> wrote in message news:elmop-3343C8.07475616032010(a)news.eternal-september.org... > In article <4LednSrST467RAPWnZ2dnUVZ_h6dnZ2d(a)giganews.com>, > dbu'' <nospam(a)nobama.com.invalid> wrote: > >> > When this "runaway" accelertor problem happens, can't the driver yank >> > the >> > gear shift to neutral, and/or turn the ignition off? >> >> The Prius is unlike any conventional car. I don't believe it's quite >> that simple. > > see, you're representative of the public at large. You can't possibly > imagine that a Prius could behave like every other car in the > world--even though you've never owned or driven one. > > The driver can indeed yank the shifter into neutral and/or turn the car > off. Yanking into neutral is as easy as it is in a Buick--touch shift > lever, move to neutral. > > And you know what happens? Yeah. No drama. Drive system disengages, > gas engine stops running, car immediately starts slowing down. > > > >> There is no conventional key, there might even be a delay >> in time for ignition off due to the electronics involved. > > If you're using the power button, they've programmed it with a 3 second > delay. You'd know that if (a) you owned one, and (b) you bothered to > read the owner's manual of your shiny new $25,000 toy. Of course, > arrogant asses who claim they know everything about driving never bother > even to open or keep track of their owner's manual, let alone read it, > so they wouldn't know how their specific car operates. Even when they > get in and see that there's no key like in their '67 Buick, they never > bother to investigate how that power button works. So, when they arrive at their destination, they leave their Prius running?
From: Obveeus on 16 Mar 2010 08:43 "Elmo P. Shagnasty" <elmop(a)nastydesigns.com> wrote in message news:elmop-FB6C34.07491616032010(a)news.eternal-september.org... > In article <c8idnUh35_ZCSAPWnZ2dnUVZ_sadnZ2d(a)giganews.com>, > dr_jeff <utz(a)msu.edu> wrote: > >> He said he tried to put the car in neutral, but >> it didn't work. > > I call bullshit. The statement above should probably read as: 'He tried to put the car in neutral, but his brain wouldn't let him'. The word 'brain' can be replaced by the word 'fear' or the word 'motivation' depending on how believable you find his story.
From: Justbob30 on 16 Mar 2010 10:18 "JoeSpareBedroom" <newstrash(a)frontiernet.net> wrote in message news:LFKnn.40001$_v6.22173(a)newsfe08.iad... > "Elmo P. Shagnasty" <elmop(a)nastydesigns.com> wrote in message > news:elmop-3343C8.07475616032010(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> In article <4LednSrST467RAPWnZ2dnUVZ_h6dnZ2d(a)giganews.com>, >> dbu'' <nospam(a)nobama.com.invalid> wrote: >> >>> > When this "runaway" accelertor problem happens, can't the driver yank >>> > the >>> > gear shift to neutral, and/or turn the ignition off? >>> >>> The Prius is unlike any conventional car. I don't believe it's quite >>> that simple. >> >> see, you're representative of the public at large. You can't possibly >> imagine that a Prius could behave like every other car in the >> world--even though you've never owned or driven one. >> >> The driver can indeed yank the shifter into neutral and/or turn the car >> off. Yanking into neutral is as easy as it is in a Buick--touch shift >> lever, move to neutral. >> >> And you know what happens? Yeah. No drama. Drive system disengages, >> gas engine stops running, car immediately starts slowing down. >> >> >> >>> There is no conventional key, there might even be a delay >>> in time for ignition off due to the electronics involved. >> >> If you're using the power button, they've programmed it with a 3 second >> delay. You'd know that if (a) you owned one, and (b) you bothered to >> read the owner's manual of your shiny new $25,000 toy. Of course, >> arrogant asses who claim they know everything about driving never bother >> even to open or keep track of their owner's manual, let alone read it, >> so they wouldn't know how their specific car operates. Even when they >> get in and see that there's no key like in their '67 Buick, they never >> bother to investigate how that power button works. > > > So, when they arrive at their destination, they leave their Prius running? Since the car doe NOT run when stopped (most of the time) yes it has been known to happen...again maybe if you had ever driven one. >
From: Obveeus on 16 Mar 2010 10:20
"Justbob30" <NoThank(a)you.com> wrote in message news:hno406$9el$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > > > "JoeSpareBedroom" <newstrash(a)frontiernet.net> wrote in message >> So, when they arrive at their destination, they leave their Prius >> running? > > Since the car doe NOT run when stopped (most of the time) yes it has been > known to happen...again maybe if you had ever driven one. Won't the car shut off when you open the door? |