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Jay481985

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  1. It only goes into v4 mode when you are idling or when you drive at a constant speed say highway, so you can technically defeat it if you play around with the gas pedal. As with the eco mode I am sure you can probably ask the dealership to flash it or get one of those flash updaters.
  2. I suggest this behind the fridge http://www.amazon.com/Leak-Frog-LF001-Water-Alarm/dp/B000WMSTUO I remember buying three on woot.com when they had it for around 10 dollars.
  3. Or on a ship, Guy's burger's, and they are very good. This one had an onion ring and some kind of sauce, it was just a quick pic before it disappeared. I was really surprised how good it was, it was not my only one that week. Whataburger?
  4. It was one of six different shows where he tries to make the best of such. He supposedly is the founder of sous vide or cooking with low heat (130 degrees water for 12 hours)
  5. +2. When McRib first came out, I was in heaven. I'd get 2 of them at a time, but they were a bit pricey. Over the years, I think the quality (texture pr taste) has declined a bit, and I am not as crazy about them. Still, the rest of the menu is gross - although I still go through their drive-through. Anyone try the double-cheeseburger? The bread and cheese are good, but the meat..... blech! (But I still get them here and there). I had heard they inject grease into meat at BK. Well, if you take a bite of one of McDonald's "regular" burgers (not Angus), and let the bite of patty kind of swish around in your mouth, you will know they inject grease into those patties. That is the test for realizing just how bad it is. So does a 3 star (highest you can get) michellen chef http://vimeo.com/28030554 The program was called in persuit of perfection - burger
  6. True, dat. I guess the next thing is a water-proof cell phone. I predict watches will go the way of newspapers. http://www.forbes.com/sites/adriankingsleyhughes/2012/08/03/waterproofing-an-iphone-no-case-required/
  7. Once again, the POWER TRAIN ASSEMBLIES...Engine/Tranny/final drive NOT THE CHASSIS...are assembled and tested in Germany and then shipped to Spartanburg for installation in the vehicles...it is NOT a rolling chassis (which is the power train installed in a chassis)...just the power train major components. I have watched them install the powertrain assemblies into the sports car..and the SUV...it takes only about five minutes, Its called "the marriage" if you want to get technical, as you want to here. installed from UNDERNEATH the vehicle, using FOUR BOLTS for the engine/tranny in the sports car. I bobtailed over to the plant and parked my semi-tractor and hung out in the plant while waiting for a trailer to be unloaded at the Grainger distribution center a few miles away. I did this numerous times...Grainger schedules all loads before they even arrive, so if you arrive early you still must drop the trailer and return for it after the scheduled unload time. Hanging out at the BMW plant, watching the video, taking a tour, checking out the museum (nice one for its small size in a limited space...has aircraft, automobile and motorcycle elements and is well-laid-out)...a nice way to spend a two or three-hour delay. Plus, if you aren't driving, you can have a nice Bavarian brew in the snack bar. I am showing what kind of capacity?? Are you talking MENTAL capacity?? I actually KNOW where the original style Craftsman wrenches were made...a tool and die plant in Fort Smith, AR....for many years...and the pebble-finished wrenches are still made in USA, for the most part, but it is the HIGHLY polished ones that are made in China, for the most part. The wrenches are NOT CASTED, nor are they CAST...they are FORGED in a die...there is a HUGE difference between the two! Excuse me how do you exactly forge a tool without extruding or casting it, the billets first. Tools are then forged and punched out of metal. Where do you think the extruded metal billets come from. China. The reason the highly-polished wrenches are made in China is that the polishing process is LABOR INTENSIVE, and that portion of the process is cheaper to do there, so they just do the entire process, start-to-finish, there, otherwise, they would be made AND polished here. Now, power tools and screwdrivers and micro-torx torque wrenches are a different story. Labor intenstive? All mass produced polishing is done through electropolishing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electropolishing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ll2Etda-QFU Litte Hint for ya here: Just because I have spent much of my life doing factory assembly and manual labor doesn't mean my mental CAPACITY is any less than yours. Keep in mind that such remarks may be taken by others to actually shed light upon YOUR "capacity." By the way, castings are CAST in a foundry, NOT "casted." Guess what? We all have the same CAPACITY to use spell-check! Ain't that GREAT?? Have a wonderful day and don't exceed any of your capacities! -Andy I wasted enough time with you.
  8. So made in America or not made in America...... I know exactly what I meant when I said BMW as well lets not show off. The X model and Z model equate to very little bottom line in BMW. And the really sad thing is the powertrain aka engine and chasis come pre aseembled from stutgart german. If America was so great why bother shipping them here. Make them here. And the same goes with every other instance. By telling me about the brake situation in Mexico you show the same capacity as a person who buys a craftman tool thinking it was fully made in America instead of casted in China and finished and boxed in America (thought they claim they are going to be changing it to 100% american)
  9. Come on really? What North American model car is assembled and built in a foreign country, then shipped to our borders.....? Not one. What are you talking about. Nissan, Honda, Toyota, BMW, Mercedes, Hyundai all have plants in North America but do you really consider them made in America when >51% of the parts are preassembled in Stutgart or Japan? Sorry........ I meant American car companies. Isn't that what you were implying. That not even American companies make their cars here anymore? I don't mean to start a fight I just get a little upset when someone implies that American cars aren't .....well American. You kind of pushed a button there. Or am I misinterpreting your earlier statement about "What is made in the USA now?". If so I'm sorry, but it just seemed like you were saying American companies don't even make their cars here anymore. I am, but Audio Android we are on the same boat. Many GM and Ford vehicles are currently assembled in the US but the parts are outsourced. I believe the worst offender is GM with Chevy being mostly made in Mexico and Canada. As for Ford the Focus that I am looking for is made in Michigan but the engine is from Mexico, the design was from Europe (we don't get all the goodies as well) and other parts come from Canada.
  10. What does my signature have to do with anything?
  11. Come on really? What North American model car is assembled and built in a foreign country, then shipped to our borders.....? Not one. What are you talking about. Nissan, Honda, Toyota, BMW, Mercedes, Hyundai all have plants in North America but do you really consider them made in America when >51% of the parts are preassembled in Stutgart or Japan?
  12. Ford during the credit crunch sold off Aston Martin, Range Rover, Jaguar, Volvo. Actually BMW did nothing to improve quality when they owned it as they only implemented their engines without a complete factory change. Ford completely modernized each facility to state of the art, Aston Martins till the early 2000 were still hand stamped versus the aluminum hydroforming they are doing now. Jaguars are one of the only cars to have an all alluminum body. They are not bad cars currently but they still use the 4.6 V8 from BMW and that is where they are having the problems.
  13. Ask Amy for persmission to come over here http://forums.klipsch.com/forums/32.aspx
  14. Problem is what is made in the USA now? The Focus ST that I am going to get is made in Michigan but was designed in Europe and most of the parts come from Mexico and Canada. A Honda Accord and Toyota Camry are made in Ohio or Tennesse respectively. BMW makes some of their cars in South Carolina and some Mercedes in Alabama. Hyundai is in Indiana I believe.
  15. What is the saying for a Range Rover? You buy two, one is for driving the other is for parts? Actually though I like the new Range Rover Evoque a lot.
  16. If you were going for the normal range rover okay but the HSE causes for concern. They have engine reliability issues and I would get one only if the dealer offered extended waranty
  17. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/11-amazing-facts-about-the-mcdonald-s-mcrib-170212930.html mmmmhmmmmmm mmmmmm mmmm heartattack!
  18. http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2012/12/loud-tv-commercials-outlawed-fcc-rules Listen up, TV advertisers: Big Brother is muting you! Well, not entirely. But beginning at midnight tonight, new Federal Communications Commission rules will bar television networks from blasting viewers with those excessively loud, screamy commercial breaks. At last you can retrieve your sanity from and the KIA Hamsters. (The rules will not, however, get those damn kids off your lawn.)Adopted a year ago Thursday, the rules "will require commercials to have the same average volume as the programs they accompany," the FCC says. The commission was prompted to action last year when Congress passed the "Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act"—the CALM Act. (Never mind the irony of regulating ads with legislation that sounds like it was named in a focus group.) The enactment raises a host of questions—for example, what will happen to companies that make "volume leveling adaptors"?—and the FCC has set up a handy Q&A site for consumers. It includes pearls of wisdom such as this: Q: What can I do about loud commercials until the new rules take effect? A: Manually controlling volume levels with the remote control remains the simplest way to reduce excessive loudness levels. The "mute" button on your TV remote is also useful to control excessively loud audio... Seriously, though, the site needs your help in identifying rogue advertisers and their networks ("Tell Us About Loud Commercials"). So starting tomorrow morning, if this happens to you, simply report the violators to 1-888-TELL-FCC:
  19. There is a + sign near the top. Press that to open an another window.
  20. Larry are you trying to open up multiple safari windows? You can open up multiple tabs if that is the case.
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