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Group: uk.transport · Group Profile
Author: John Wright
Date: Aug 19, 2008 14:35

Boltar wrote:
> On 19 Aug, 00:02, %%ste...@malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth) wrote:
>> Boltar yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>> Do large petrol engines get used anywhere these days outside of muscle
>>> cars and speedboats?
>> Yes.
>>
>> 6.8L V10 Petrol engine.
>>
>> <http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/2000-04_Ford_Excursi
>> on.jpg>
>
> Hmm , but SUVs are just cars on steroids really.

That's the way they look certainly, but it also gets them out of fuel
consumption regulations etc. The beastie that Steve pointed to would do
about 11mpg in city conditions.

--
John Wright

"What would happen if you eliminated the autism genes from the gene pool?

You would have a bunch of people standing around in a cave, chatting and
socialising and not getting anything done!" - Professor Temple Grandin
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