2/12    "Man's '91 pickup passes the 1M-mile mark"
        http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080212/ap_on_fe_st/odd_million_mile_truck
        What's the big deal?  Wasn't there a Volvo that reached 2M-mile mark
        on its original engine?
        \_ People like round numbers.
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12/11   Are vehicle crash test results reliable?  Looking at the crash test
        video at http://www.ConsumerReports.org/crashtest it looks like the
        dummies bounces around randomly.  Is it reliable to conclude, based on
        one test run, that a certain vehicle is or is not safe during crashes?
        \_ I believe they do multiple test runs.  Between the auto, legal,
           insurance and medical industries, car wrecks are a multi-billion
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11/12   The smart cars only get 33/40?
        http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/2007-11-11-smartcar_N.htm
        \_ My 82 Datsun 720 diesel pickup beats that. -scottyg
           \_ My whimpy '87 Ford Escort Pony 4-seater used to get 38mpg
              overall.
        \_ Under the standard American test environment (fat 300 pound
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4/5     link:csua.org/u/ie4
        mp3 of interview with the woman in the minivan in the critical mass
        incident (with Armstrong & Getty).  Interview starts at 12 minutes in.
        Sounds like people in Critical Mass caused the problem.  I find her
        believable. -emarkp
        (I should add A&G are far more reasonable than most people I hear on
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2/12    How the state-backed Chinese car manufacturers copy the western designs
        for free:
        http://driving.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,22750-2012852,00.html
        \_ My question is, when is GM gonna bring the Matiz home?
           \_ They seem to be busy bringing more giant trucks:
              http://tinyurl.com/8ov2m
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