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A sacrificial anode functions only in an electrolytic not an atmospeheric corrosion situation.

Obviously vehicles with an open rear end are generally more stable under acceleration. In most snow/ice situations the axle goes into one wheel drive mode so one tire maintains side to side stability while the other spins. A limited slip axle (yes a detroit or any other locker is a limited slip...

I am partial to any Audi with the 2.7 twin turbo motor, until we get road going gas turbines nothing makes midrange torque like high pressure turbochargers. You can tune from 300-600hp with aftermarket or even all factory parts the downside is the high output factory stuff is really costly. On...

Did anybody else notice "the major record executive" has one new and one all fogged up HID headlight on that thing? The fool who converted it must have cut into the headlight case instead of the sheetmetal behind it to make it fit.

The first 50 or so non-compliant units were at the port in New Jersey but none were delivered to dealers. I heard VW refitted them for sale in Canada, but nobody seems to know for sure. The first year models are of course grandfathered in and only have to meet the requirements that were in place...

For the record 2004 V10 TDI Treg's did make it to this country I owned one until a dealer made me an offer I couldn't refuse to trade for a Cayenne Turbo. V10 TDI's did not make it for 2005 because of a dispute between VW/Audi AG and the EPA over the refillable particulate filtration system the...

Again its simply a matter of preserving life and dignity for people (and not fertilized eggs or terminally ill people who wish to die either) when we are able. A ten year old knows bad things happen that men can not prevent, but that doesn't make them desirable. It doesn't mean you don't choke...

I disagree with the inference that the statement "It is better than 100 guilty men go free than for one innocent man to be put to death" implies that it is good or desirable that the guilty men go free. It is simply stating it is the better of two bad options, the rock and the hard place so to...

Fortunately Mike the arrival of the messiah fulfills the old covenant Israel had with the lord and thereby releases Israel from the old laws that were a part of that covenant. See for yourself from the Jesus' sermon on the mount, Matthew 5:38-42. "You have heard that it was said, `An eye for...

No I am saying that we are either a society that sanctions killing of citizens by the state or we are not. Once you say we are going to sanction some killing of citizens, possibly even some innocent ones, then what is the difference between our legal system and Saddam's quick bullet? Sure he...

Civil discourse and speaking out against what you believe to be injustices even against what are perceived to be less desirable or deserving members of society is a moral imperative. Else one runs the risk of ending up like Martin Niemoller the Lutheran pastor who wrote about the Nazis: First...

First the death penalty has nothing to do with waging a war. Second I am not championing the cause of Tookie or any other particular death row inmate but the fundamental ideals this country was founded on. Those ideals differentiate us from totalitarian governments that kill their own citizens...

Jimmy C was speaking about how a government treats an individual citizen, not about how citizens treat each other. The government most certainly didn't kill those people, Tookie did and he deserved to rot in prison, with no chance for parole, for it. Conversely the government most certainly did...

As long as you volunteer your son or daughter to be the first innocent person executed for the greater good more power to you. You should also be proud to know that you have just espoused the doctrine of dictators and meglomaniacs all throughout history. ?Never act in such a way as to treat...

While that may be true. One can and must argue that the implication that we should emulate Singapore or any of the other sorry nations that retain the death penalty(see list in my post above) in anything is either laughable or sad or both. Either way swift executions would run totally counter to...

Swarf is just RPI's quaint english term for the metallic particles produced by a machining process. In this case any two engine components where metal on metal contact is taking place. A suitable hot tank process followed by a soap and water wash and rinse will thoroughly clean the block itself...

Not even close on the prison conditions stipulation go look here for a representative example of prison conditions in Western Europe. Though our conditions are not so much the problem as our attitude. Over 90% of US inmates will one day reenter society. Do you actually think poorer prison living...

Our court decisions and doctrine have evolved over the last 200+ years to the understanding that, "The loss of freedom is punishment enough." Because in the absence of that as a standard you open up a loophole large enough for Torquemada to ride through on a wagonload of Iron Maidens. How about...

So you don't care huh. Well I bet if I asked, "Do you want preserve our society and system of government for our children and grandchildren?", you would answer in the affirmative. Therein lies the rub. That is like saying, "I want to preserve this forest so my children can go four wheeling here...

Eric are you saying you don't believe in Shakespeare? Seriously one need not believe in a higher power to see the terrible destructive effect that seeking vengeance has on human beings. Read Heinrich von Kleist?s Michael Kohlhaas or rent the US movie adaption The Jack Bull starring John Cusack...