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Best no BS motor oil/filter comparison?
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Best no BS motor oil/filter comparison?
On 2008-12-05, Steve > wrote:
> Brent wrote: >> On 2008-12-04, Steve > wrote: >>> Brent wrote: >>>> On 2008-12-04, Steve > wrote: >>>>> Brent wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> with computer controls it would be entirely software to shut down the >>>>>> car now. >>>>> And the first time someone gets killed because he didn't have the choice >>>>> of sacrificing his engine to get to a safe spot.... >>>> I wasn't implying a hard cut off, 'now' meant in the present day. >>>> >>> Yes... but does it make a difference? If the computer shuts the car off >>> 'now' or 'in 30 seconds,' its still out of the driver's control. I know >>> you mentioned an override switch, but I can still see the lawsuits >>> flying. "I got all scared when the warning went off, I couldn't find the >>> switch, so I looked around for it and hit a guardrail while I was >>> looking down, and then a truck hit me, my passenger was killed and I'm >>> paralyzed. The carmaker owes me 300 million dollars." >> >> What do these idiots do when the ignition module cuts out? >> >> Or better yet, when the engine ultimately siezes up from overheating? >> >> > > Brent, you're making sense. Stop it. Now think like a lawyer: > > Those incidents you mentioned are "acts of God" and you can't win a > lawsuit based on them. > > But if the computer SHUTS DOWN the engine BY DESIGN, well my-oh-my, > that's willful murder on the part of the manufacturer! Now we've got a > CASE!! A good lawyer could sue for faulty water pump design or poorly made ignition modules too |
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