At 04:36 PM 3/7/2004, Richard Hardison wrote:
>Jim,
>
>I agree with you on this 100%. I have an ancient air compressor made by one
>of the villains mentioned, and it has been trouble free!
>
>Richard
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Jim Hendrickson" <enjinear@msn.com>
>To: "vintage-race" <vintage-race@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2004 3:41 PM
>Subject: RE: AIR COMPRESSOR LITIGATION
>
>
> > Another example of class-action gone wild. The lawyers are better than the
>mob
> > when it comes to extortion. The labeling list the PEAK horsepower, but of
> > course we're all too stupid to understand a label, so Dooie, Cheatem and
>Howe
> > tell us we'd better sue the company. The company does a little math and
>sees
> > that it's cheaper to settle than to fight it, even if they would win. (The
>US
> > is one of the few that doesn't have loser pays)
> > I'm not saying there aren't legitimate reasons for initiating a
>class-action.
> > I just don't believe this one is.
> > Do you think the lawyers got a $50 gift certificate?
> >
> > RANT OVER.
>
> Guess I have to agree on this one. I suppose we should all sue all of
> the car manufacturers. And the British most of all. Americans tended to
> not list peak horsepower, you could have never owned the big muscle cars
> as insurance was based on advertized horsepower, so cars produced more
> than labled and the Brits were overly generous with their ratings. They
> forgot to mention that the horsepower was rated on factory prepared and
> tuned engines and happened for one split second on the dark of the 2nd
> full moon. CFM is the only thing that matters in an air compressor
> anyways so does your engine turn enough horsepower to turn your
> compressor at the proper RPM to create the rated cfm at your air
> pressure. If you have a rated 10hp (peak) motor and it only takes 8hp to
> create 35cfm at 150lbs psi your motor lasts for ever. If on the other
> hand you need all ten to run that and you run a sandblaster guess who
> buys a new compressor every couple of years? So now your new compresor
> will say 8hp and still cost the same, actually more to pay the lawyers
> and the air tool you just got. Enjoy your air tool you just cost people
> like me who make a living using air tools and who are always buying tools
> more money!
Ralph Steinberg
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