n*****9 发帖数: 654 | 1 Nobody likes a bully. They’re mean, unpredictable and self-centred,
they’
re quick to take offence, and they make for lousy friends. Just ask Canada.
Ever since the 2016 election of U.S. President Donald Trump, our little
middle power of a country has had to deal with more than its fair share of
big, nasty kids on the block.
The latest browbeating is being delivered by China in its calculated
overreaction to the arrest in Vancouver of a member of its business elite.
The display of do... 阅读全帖 |
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b*********3 发帖数: 1709 | 2 Black and the White 2 1⁄2- to 6-year-old children in the U.S.
standardization
sample of the Differential Aptitude Scale have a 1 standard deviation mean
difference (Lynn, 1996). The size of the average Black–White difference
does not
change significantly over the developmental period from 3 years of age and
beyond (see Jensen, 1974, 1998b)." (Rushton & Jensen, 2005, pp. 240-241.)
Farkas & Beron (2004) reported that blacks score 17.2 points below whites on
the
PPVT in this dataset at age 36... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 3 不知道
俄国几个登山家不信邪, 登上去之后一年就老了好几十岁
https://www.rbth.com/blogs/tatar_straits/2017/02/24/when-a-russian-doctor-
tried-to-crack-the-mystery-of-the-abode-of-lord-shiva_707558
When a Russian doctor tried to crack the mystery of the abode of Lord Shiva
Dr Ernst Muldashev, a Russian ophthalmologist based in Ufa, came up with a
theory that Mount Kailash in Tibet is actually an ancient manmade pyramid
that is surrounded by smaller pyramids and is linked to pyramids in Giza and
Teotihuacan.
Standing at 6718 m... 阅读全帖 |
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p***n 发帖数: 17190 | 4 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-05/china-sacrifices-a-
province-to-save-the-world-from-coronavirus
Prognosis
China Sacrifices a Province to Save the World From Coronavirus
Bloomberg News
2020年2月6日 上午12:01 [GMT+8]
Hubei province has seen 97% of all deaths from the virus
Quarantine lockdown delayed key supplies from getting in
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d*********o 发帖数: 6388 | 5 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-05/u-s-won-t-meet-
coronavirus-test-rollout-goal-senators-say?utm_content=business&cmpid=
socialflow-twitter-business&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_
campaign=socialflow-organic
GOP senators says kits to be sent by mail by end of this week, and its way
smaller than million.
The Trump administration won’t be able to meet its promised timeline of
having a million coronavirus tests available by the end of the week,
senators said after a brie... 阅读全帖 |
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y****8 发帖数: 215 | 6 Hi Joscha,
if 40–70% get infected *and* 20% of those people will need intensive care,
we’re screwed. Flattening the curve is a smart idea under the assumption
that both the fatality rate and the percentage of people in need of
intensive care look very high at the moment because only a small part of the
population (let’s say almost all those who were not feeling well) have
been tested. Had everybody been tested, both percentages would be much lower
. So, the total number of people who will need i... 阅读全帖 |
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w******n 发帖数: 13172 | 7 关于天波雷达:* OTH Radar - Has a range of 800 to 3000 km. The accuracy in
targetting is around 20 to 30 km. This can be improved to 2 to 3 km with
improved algorithm. OTH radar can work with the recon satellites to provide
more accurate targeting info.
http://www.informationdissemination.net/2009/03/plan-asbm-development.html
Saturday, March 28, 2009
PLAN ASBM development
I was contacted by Galrahn to read over a Chinese blog entry on PLAN's ASBM
development (found here) and post my thoughts on it.
I ... 阅读全帖 |
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y*h 发帖数: 25423 | 8 they should have expected to see small numbers in that case, not smaller
ones. I guess some stupid leader thought smaller was better at
the time so they announced a small one.
Or this new story is actually an artificial one to fool people. |
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Z**S 发帖数: 1211 | 9 Need to take into account that the weight of the
rocket is smaller as the fuel is burn. Assuming
the fuel was burned at constant rate, the rocket
should be accelerating. In real situation, the
gravity constant and air friction is also smaller in
high altitude. |
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b*****2 发帖数: 11103 | 10 Bill Sweetman :China's New Stealth Fighter. Not a repeat from December 2010.
砖家:土鳖的新隐形机——不是2010年11月的火星帖。
The US defense secretary is on his way to Beijing. Time to unveil a new
stealth fighter...
米防长正在去帝都的路上,适逢为新隐形机揭幕的时刻....
Short take-off and vertical landing has been one of the two driving
requirements behind the Joint Strike Fighter design, the other being stealth.
追求短距及垂直起降能力(STOVL)是JSF的两个驱动因素之一,之二便是隐形能力。
STOVL dictated the single engine, and the STOVL solution chosen for the F-35
demands a ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 11 VTOL项目总师Kevin Renshaw; F35垂直起降技术(3BSD)来源于通用的Model 200,与
雅克141无关
F-35B Lightning II Three-Bearing Swivel Nozzle
By Kevin Renshaw Posted 12 August 2014
The Convair Model 200 was proposed in June 1972 to respond to the US Navy
request for designs for a fighter/attack aircraft for the sea control ships.
The VTOL aircraft would have used a PW401 engine with an afterburning 3BSD
plus twin Allison XJ99 lift engines located behind the cockpit for added
vertical lift forward of the center of gravity to b... 阅读全帖 |
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n*******t 发帖数: 7254 | 12 【 以下文字转载自 Rainbow 讨论区 】
发信人: newtenant (Good Day), 信区: Rainbow
标 题: 科普一下Gay Republicans
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sun Jun 26 20:31:14 2011, 美东)
http://gaylife.about.com/od/headlinesnewsstories/i/republican.h
The Paradox Called Gay Republicans(zz)
by Ramon Johnson
Is it fair to assume all GLBT people are inherently liberal? The idea of a
conservative minority is perplexing to many- especially to those who wonder
how a minority, such as a gay or lesbian person, can support a right-wing
political party know... 阅读全帖 |
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l****u 发帖数: 8729 | 13 【 以下文字转载自 NJU 讨论区 】
发信人: gobigred (我是tony), 信区: NJU
标 题: 智力题
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Fri Mar 18 19:17:02 2011, 美东)
================================================== ==
1. Look at the numbers below. What number should come next?
27 9 3 1 1/3 1/9 ?
2. Assume the first 2 statements are true. Is the third statement true
or false?
The boy plays for the Tigers. All the players on the Tigers wear white
sneakers. The boy wears white sneakers.
3. Paper sells for 21 cents per pad. What w... 阅读全帖 |
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M*V 发帖数: 3205 | 14 http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21582256-emerging-market-
The emerging-market slowdown is not the beginning of a bust. But it is a
turning-point for the world economy
Jul 27th 2013 |From the print edition
WHEN a champion sprinter falls short of his best speeds, it takes a while to
determine whether he is temporarily on poor form or has permanently lost
his edge. The same is true with emerging markets, the world economy’s 21st-
century sprinters. After a decade of surging growth, in which t... 阅读全帖 |
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D******e 发帖数: 1085 | 15 For the same service, yes, the price will come down. The old drugs will be
off patents. But new drugs will cost even more. With 1 procedure gets
cheaper, there are 10 more new expensive drugs and procedures coming on the
market. This is market driven, profit driven.
The question is do I want to pay 1 million to die with a smaller tumor? Of
course I do when I get to the point. Thats why there has to be a society
wide solution. Do we want to pay 1 million to die with a smaller tumor?
The |
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n******r 发帖数: 294 | 16 先看看bully的定义:a blustering, quarrelsome, overbearing person who
habitually badgers and intimidates smaller or weaker people.
简单的说,就是:强势者威胁弱势者。
死者是gay也好,asian也好,长得丑也好,先天残疾也好,都会被不良少年视为
smaller or weaker people.成为他们bully的理由。
如果我现在悼念因被bully自杀的残疾少年,你会不会说:
the boy died because of bully, not being handicapped. |
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p**********d 发帖数: 7918 | 17 【 以下文字转载自 Military 讨论区 】
发信人: powerforward (今天你敏感詞了沒有), 信区: Military
标 题: 紐約時報:GE設計的冷卻系統有缺陷
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Tue Mar 15 14:15:39 2011, 美东)
Reactor Design in Japan Has Long Been Questioned
By TOM ZELLER Jr.
Published: March 15, 2011
The warnings were stark and issued repeatedly as far back as 1972: If the
cooling systems ever failed at a Mark 1 nuclear reactor, the primary
containment vessel surrounding the reactor would probably burst as the fuel
rods inside overheated. Dangerous radiation would... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z 发帖数: 29846 | 18 By George Scaggs
Across the nation, as states struggle fiscally, Republican-led legislatures
are reining in spending to balance state budgets. What a refreshing sight
to behold: government actually spending less today than it did yesterday,
eliminating government programs, and reducing the number of public-sector
workers where necessary.
A complete contrast to the way in which government works at the federal
level, such measures are foreign to many Americans. We are conditioned to
the standard... 阅读全帖 |
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y****t 发帖数: 10233 | 19 小左读的书还是太少...
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405274870453500457534864
Lessons From the Swedish Welfare State
Americans are debating whether to substantially expand the size of their
government. As Swedish economists who live in the developed world's largest
welfare state, we urge our friends in the New World to look carefully before
they leap.
Fifty years ago, Sweden and America spent about the same on their government
, a bit under 30% of GDP. This is no longer true. In the years leading... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z 发帖数: 29846 | 20 By Jon N. Hall
Federal spending has two sides: mandatory spending and discretionary
spending. The biggest programs on the mandatory side are Social Security
and Medicare. These two programs are called "mandatory" because they are
not subject to the budget process; spending is said to be "on autopilot."
Until recently, the two programs were entirely funded with the payroll tax.
But with the advent of the Great Recession and the retirement of the Baby
Boom generation, the programs are also gett... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z 发帖数: 29846 | 21 Thursday, April 26, 2012 02:02 PM
By: John Bachman and Andra Varin
Dennis Prager thinks Americans are in danger of forgetting their core
principles, so he’s out to remind them what’s important.
“American values are the greatest single value system that has ever been
devised,” nationally syndicated radio host and columnist Prager told
Newsmax.TV.
In his new book, “Still the Best Hope: Why the World Needs American Values
to Triumph,” Prager argues the case for what he says are the three main
Ameri... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z 发帖数: 29846 | 22 July 5, 2012 | Posted by Warner Todd Huston
Lefties everywhere have hastened to try and absolve the ObamacareTax
claiming that it really isn’t the largest tax in American history despite
that conservatives say it is. What is their proof? Well, as a percentage of
GDP ObamacareTax is smaller than other taxes we’ve instituted in the past.
This, statistic, though, is quite misleading.
LoudTalkerBlog has crunched the numbers, but the chief take away is in this
chart, and, yes, it is the largest in t... 阅读全帖 |
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n******e 发帖数: 43 | 23 While I agree there needs to be better basic social safety net in China,
Chinese with relatively lower income do not complain as much as those in the
US. Rising tides lift all boats. Relatively speaking the bottom tier in
China has experienced enormous improvements in living standards. It is the
question of getting a bigger piece of smaller pie or a smaller piece of
bigger pie.
Currently China is probably at one extreme, and northern Europe probably at
the other. While efficiency is the fundamen... 阅读全帖 |
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B******e 发帖数: 16928 | 24 By rich people themselves. If you reduce their tax rate, they are more
likely to invest those extra money, create job opportunities for your family
and your kids and generate more revenue. 20% * a larger revenue may not be
smaller than 38% * a smaller one. |
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C****n 发帖数: 2324 | 25 Most government employees, union workers voted for Obama.
Seems both of them paid by tax payer money. (private sector are not supposed
to be paid by the government, by since they keep screwed up, and the
government keep bail them out, so they are paid by the government too).
Obama is running against Romney using government money!
Of course, some of them will vote for GOP, I am talking about "most people".
To solve the unfairness, make the government smaller and smaller. |
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l****z 发帖数: 29846 | 26 WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Lech Walesa, the Polish democracy icon and Nobel
peace prize winner, has sparked outrage in Poland by saying that gays have
no right to a prominent role in politics and that as a minority they need to
"adjust to smaller things."
Some commentators are now suggesting that Walesa, the leading figure in
Poland's successful democracy struggle against communism, has irreparably
harmed his legacy.
Walesa said in a television interview on Friday that he believes gays have
no right ... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z 发帖数: 29846 | 27 By Michael Snyder, on August 20th, 2013
Obama Follow MeBarack Obama has been running around the country taking
credit for an "economic recovery", but the truth is that things have not
gotten better under Obama. Compared to when he first took office, a smaller
percentage of the working age population is employed, the quality of our
jobs has declined substantially and the middle class has been absolutely
shredded. If we are really in the middle of an "economic recovery", why is
the homeownership... 阅读全帖 |
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H**U 发帖数: 1814 | 28 给索男们增强点信心,别像某些人被美国文化洗脑后自恨得要把自己族裔都杀光了不可。
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoteny
http://erectuswalksamongst.us/Chap6.html
A few key points:
1.“Neoteny” (new-stretch) refers to a gene-controlled change in the way
individuals mature, where they mature sexually at about a normal rate but,
although the body grows in size as they become sexually mature, their
juvenile features (and their ancestors’ juvenile features) are retained
into adulthood and are not replaced by distinctively different adult
featur... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z 发帖数: 29846 | 29 Professor Calls For A Depression To Fight Global Warming
BY KERRY JACKSON
05:33 PM ET
Are those who continually hector us about saving our world from global
warming truly interested in the planet, or is there some other motive at
work? Quite clearly, it's the latter.
Sometimes the warming warriors will let their real reasons slip. Christiana
Figueres, executive secretary of United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change, has admitted that the aim of climate activists is not to
save us fro... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z 发帖数: 29846 | 30 New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation presidential primary makes history
every four years, and on Feb. 9 it will do so for an additional reason.
This year, for the first time, primary voters will have to show ID.
"I think there are definitely going to be lines, with any indication of our
absentee balloting already -- it’s huge," said Kerri Parker, the town clerk
of Meredith, N.H., and president of the New Hampshire Town and City Clerks
Association.
"People are concerned, they want to get out, they... 阅读全帖 |
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s*******n 发帖数: 10426 | 31 共和党的总统候选人都说obamacare kills jobs,这是真的吗?
虽然,在奥巴马宣布医保方案后乔布斯死了....
光说没用,关键是要有具体的研究数据吧,这个研究说没kill jobs:
The Affordable Care Act and the Labor Market: A First Look
Abstract
I consider changes in labor markets across U.S. states and counties around
the enactment of the Affordable Care Act in 2010 and its implementation in
2014. I find that counties with large fractions of uninsured (and therefore
a large exposure to the ACA) before the enactment or the implementation of
the ACA experienced more rapid e... 阅读全帖 |
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w*********o 发帖数: 3030 | 32 Now the group you "represent" is getting smaller and smaller.
First, you sneer at the "low level" Chinese Americans originated from
Chinatown (immigrated to US through political asylum, family reunion or
their decedents).
Now, you want to stand against all those without PhD. Just how much
permanent head damage you can sustain? |
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g********2 发帖数: 6571 | 33 Syria's New US-Backed Force Stumbles in First Test
The call came around noon, about four hours after U.S.-backed Syrian
fighters announced they had taken over an air base outside a town held by
the Islamic State group near the Iraqi border. "We are trapped. Pray for us,
" a commander called into the operation room.
Then communication was cut. Six hours later, the exhausted fighters from the
group, known as the New Syrian Army, returned to their base in Tanf, nearly
150 miles (240 kilometers) acr... 阅读全帖 |
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l***s 发帖数: 8 | 35
well, I found that the size of engine of '99 camry
is smaller than my '96 camry. also, 97 and later camry
use DOHC engine, I doubt whether 96 camry has such engine.
the horsepower of 97 and later is 13 horsepower bigger
than the old generation.
I admit the sound insulation of the old generation
may be better, but the nature noise from the engine of
newer generation is smaller. Some magazine judge
the newer generation of camry as the best car ever
built in usa.
anyway I don't like the look of ne |
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o*******p 发帖数: 722 | 36 as bad as xc90, but smaller. so a smaller pile of shit. |
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a******o 发帖数: 16625 | 37 我们说的是正常的汽油,美国市面上贩售的。新滤芯的容量是旧式的10倍,时间是20倍
。正常情况Denso新汽油滤芯理论上可以跑到100万公里
http://www.toyotanation.com/forum/8-general-discussion/21173-fu
Now! Compare fuel filters! If the older style smaller) fuel filter had a
filtering capacity of 100 then this new EFI fuel filter with ten times the
filtering capacity would be rated at 1000. In an "imaginary"
comparison test we could assume that since the old fuel filters may show 50%
clogging at 50K km, those fuel filters were possibly replaced when 50 of
their 1... 阅读全帖 |
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p*********e 发帖数: 32207 | 38 what really matters is the torque on wheel
the diesel engine has a narrower power band(usable rev range)
and the final gear ratio has to be smaller than that of the gasoline version.
as a result the actual on-wheel torque output is still a little smaller.
Previously i've done calculation between 335i and 335d
(both with 6spd-auto but with different final gear ratio)
the 335i wins with non-trivial edge.
speed |
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l**********t 发帖数: 5754 | 39 Andy Thanks for the pictures!
I went to a nearby dealer today to take a look at the car. Here are my
findings:
I could sit in the 3rd row seat (I'm 6 feet 2)with my thick winter coat on.
There are plenty leg rooms but my head/hair would press against the ceiling.
So there are enough room for kids or people of smaller frames.
the center seat belt works fine with booster seat. However, there are no
head-rest for center seats (2nd or 3rd row). will become an issue in a year
or two as my kids grow.
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v******p 发帖数: 700 | 40 depends on where you get your car repaired.
Some smaller factory if you know their well, 450 isn't that hard. And of
course you need some car like Accord or Corolla to get that price. I used to
pay 500 to replace the clutch on my old Infinniti G20.
If you have a Mercedes or similar, even the smaller worshop will quote you
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m******n 发帖数: 6327 | 41 ☆─────────────────────────────────────☆
kisstar (my way) 于 (Sun Feb 27 04:18:57 2011, 美东) 提到:
在驾照和年检都刚要过期的时候车坏了。。。。求助:
手动档的车,踩下去离合器的时候完全不需要用力
挂不上档,试图往档位推的时候会有打齿轮的声音
这种问题可能是什么原因,修起来会需要多少钱?
再考虑还值不值得修了...
如果修的话,最好的办法是不是买个AAA plus叫他们拖?
多谢先!
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nfty (hoo) 于 (Sun Feb 27 05:03:09 2011, 美东) 提到:
感觉问题不大,修起来应该不会太贵
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noname (无名氏) 于 (Sun Feb 27 11:19:47 2011, 美东) 提到:
先去检查一下,或许是小毛病,比如油漏了,线断了
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l****g 发帖数: 5080 | 42 来点数据,避免瞎子摸象。
US Driver Death Rates from 2002–2005 in recent models (per million
registered vehicles)[4]
small 4 door cars (14 models): 45-191
mid-size 4 door cars (17 models): 14-130
large 4 door cars (11 models): 57-118
mid-size luxury (8 models): 11-54
large luxury (11 models): 14-85
large mini-vans (5 models): 36-97
very large mini-vans (6 models): 7-54
small SUVs (13 models): 44-132
mid-size SUVs (34 models): 13-232
large SUVs (16 models): 21-188
v... 阅读全帖 |
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S*****n 发帖数: 6055 | 43 I work on vehicle emission.
Let's focus on US and China market.
Vehicle market of the whole Europe is smaller than either China or US, and
they are already very clean by using clean diesel tech, smaller cars (such
as smart), fuel cut vehicles, etc. Euro VI emission standard even starts to
regulate greenhouse gas emission. And of course Europe also has cleaner
electricity.
But in both China and US, electricity is highly based on coal fire plant.
Also, many of the clean vehicle technology is not p... 阅读全帖 |
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h*h 发帖数: 845 | 44 smaller tires will be lighter so less energy wasted when rolling speed
changes.
smaller tires have less wind resistance and less turbulence underneath the
car. |
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T*****e 发帖数: 799 | 45 This is from Associated Press and might be paid by Acura -
Redesigned for 2013, the Acura RDX compact sport utility vehicle is slightly
larger, with a more compliant ride, than its predecessor and has more power
than ever while beating the popular Lexus RX 350 in fuel economy ratings.
The new RDX also has more front- and rear-seat legroom than a Mercedes-Benz
GLK SUV and much more cargo space.
Better still, the revamped-for-2013 RDX is a recommended buy of Consumer
Reports magazine, where it ran... 阅读全帖 |
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cf 发帖数: 291 | 46 http://blogs.cars.com/kickingtires/2012/09/iihs-large-cars-prot
The smaller the vehicle, the more likely you are to be injured in a car
crash, according to recent crash-loss data published by the Insurance
Institute for Highway Safety/Highway Loss Data Institute. The group looked
at model year 2009-2011 vehicles.
If you own a small car — such as the 2011 Ford Fiesta, 2011 Kia Soul, 2011
Mitsubishi Lancer or 2011 Scion xB, which were all IIHS Top Safety Picks —
it's important to note that the cra... 阅读全帖 |
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g********d 发帖数: 19244 | 47 http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/prnewswire/CG30434
December 17, 2012: 09:00 AM ET
Nominees include the BMW 3-Series, Honda Accord, Honda CR-V, Ram 1500, Scion
FR-S/Subaru BRZ and the Toyota Prius.
BMW 3 Series: The new 3 series has outdone itself in too many areas not to
be considered one of the best cars of the year. There is more interior room,
a new design keeps it looking contemporary, and under the hood is an engine
BMW can be proud of.
Honda Accord: The Accord boasts admirable... 阅读全帖 |
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d***p 发帖数: 937 | 48 2013新款Fusion使用了Ford大肆吹捧的Ecoboost Engine (Turbo charge + direct
injection) .结果还不如老款Fusion 省油。也不如Altima和Accord with I4 engine省
油。
实际MPG远小于Ford号称的EPA。
Boost起来的Horsepower 也不如自然吸气的更平滑有力。
新款Escape 也有这样的问题。
看来Ford在向现代学习,全面夸大EPA 数字。
http://usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/cars-trucks/best-cars-blog
Small Turbocharged Engines Fall Short of Consumer Reports' Expectations
By Jim Sharifi
12:00PM Feb 06, 2013
While some automakers have made a move toward smaller, turbocharged engines
to improve fuel economy in ... 阅读全帖 |
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C*****s 发帖数: 116 | 49 买车的时候Dealer给了3把钥匙(two keys with a black plastic top housing the
buttons for the remote locking system, and a slightly smaller key with a
gray plastic top--sans buttons. The smaller key is the valet key.)
Dealer还给了two small metal tags (One is stamped with the Key Code and the
other one is stamped with the Security ID Number)。
在Subaru Outback的forum上有人说Dealer还给了一个a laminated piece of paper,
Dealer没有给我那纸,不知道那上面是什么信息。因为Dealer把车里的Owner's Manual
给弄丢了,所以不知道那Laminated paper是不是夹在manual里。 |
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d**a 发帖数: 2101 | 50 highlander is smaller than odyssey.
hybrid is only good for small, the smaller, the better result. |
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