Don't compare the PT Cruiser to a Gremlin

On Fri, 07 May 2004 03:36:09 -0400, Bill Putney >
wrote:

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>:|Bret Chase wrote:
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>:|> On Thu, 06 May 2004 19:49:40 -0400, Bill Putney >
>:|> wrote:
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>:|> >:|FWIW, 5.0L = 305 CI.
>:|> >:|
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>:|> the Ford 5.0 is a 302 CI.. it works out to like 4.95l or something so
>:|> they rounded it up.
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>:|Close enough - 1% diff. Thanks for the info. - it's good to be accurate
>:|and precise.



Ford never made a 305... it's an insult to the 302 (or GM's 67-69 302)
to call it such.

-Bret

Bret Chase wrote:
>
> On Fri, 07 May 2004 03:36:09 -0400, Bill Putney >
> wrote:
>
> >:|
> >:|
> >:|Bret Chase wrote:
> >:|>
> >:|> On Thu, 06 May 2004 19:49:40 -0400, Bill Putney >
> >:|> wrote:
> >:|
> >:|> >:|
> >:|> >:|FWIW, 5.0L = 305 CI.
> >:|> >:|
> >:|>
> >:|> the Ford 5.0 is a 302 CI.. it works out to like 4.95l or something so
> >:|> they rounded it up.
> >:|
> >:|Close enough - 1% diff. Thanks for the info. - it's good to be accurate
> >:|and precise.
>
> Ford never made a 305... it's an insult to the 302 (or GM's 67-69 302)
> to call it such.
>
> -Bret

No one called it such. I simply did a conversion from the nominally
stated 5.0 liters. I didn't realize it was an emotional number.

Bill Putney
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On Mon, 10 May 2004, Bernard Farquart wrote:

> Uh, we are now paying $2.20 per gal in north seattle, thats with NO
> exchange rate, of course. That's REG the 928 wants fuel that costs up to
> 2.42 depending on the station. Blechh!

Oh, don't worry too much about it, Bernard. The countdown to November will
be here before you know it, and Bush'll drop the other shoe and cause gas
prices to plummet, easily slap his name on the new, friendly gas prices,
and get votes from people stupid enough to swallow it.

DS

On Wed, 12 May 2004 23:20:08 GMT, DTJ > wrote:

>On Mon, 10 May 2004 01:12:39 -0400, "Daniel J. Stern"
> wrote:
>
>>
>>On Mon, 10 May 2004, Bernard Farquart wrote:
>>
>>> Uh, we are now paying $2.20 per gal in north seattle, thats with NO
>>> exchange rate, of course. That's REG the 928 wants fuel that costs up to
>>> 2.42 depending on the station. Blechh!
>>
>>Oh, don't worry too much about it, Bernard. The countdown to November will
>>be here before you know it, and Bush'll drop the other shoe and cause gas
>>prices to plummet, easily slap his name on the new, friendly gas prices,
>>and get votes from people stupid enough to swallow it.
>
>Maybe. Question is, do you for any stretch of the imagination think a
>democrat would not do the same thing?

Do any democrats have very close ties with the Saudi royal family?
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"Steve" > wrote in message
...
> Joe Way wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 17 May 2004 12:03:04 -0500, Steve > wrote:
> >
> >
> >>...A co-worker
> >>recently got his old Bulova Accutron restored....
> >
> > ==========================================
> > You wouldn't happen to know where he got that done, would you? I'd
> > like to get my Railroad Accutron fixed.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Joe
>
> <walking back from down the hall to ask...>
>
> He doesn't remember the name, but he found it on the web and it was in
> New England. The watch is still working great over a year later and he
> wears it every day. I did a quick Google, and there are lots of places
> that specialize in repairing and restoring Accutrons.
>
>