- 1. Re: Jag, now economy! (score: 1)
- Author: Matt Pringle <pringlmm@mcmaster.ca>
- Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2000 11:11:04 -0500
- When I first heard about eBay I thought that it would be a boon to purchasers looking for a great deal. I know realize that it's only a boon for sellers. It's the old case of supply and demand. At y
- /html/mgs/2000-01/msg00605.html (7,835 bytes)
- 2. Re: Jag, now economy! (score: 1)
- Author: Matt Pringle <pringlmm@mcmaster.ca>
- Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2000 15:20:03 -0500
- Hmmmm, 4 cars for a perfect garage...., neglecting any supercars are other such nonsense.. 1) 1962 MGA MkII Deluxe, black with red leather interior {most beautiful car ever, IMHO} 2) MG TC any year,
- /html/mgs/2000-01/msg00623.html (7,398 bytes)
- 3. Re: Old radios? (score: 1)
- Author: Matt Pringle <pringlmm@mcmaster.ca>
- Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 09:33:25 -0500
- I guess it would make a lot of sense to install an in-line fuse? Matt
- /html/mgs/2000-01/msg01030.html (7,429 bytes)
- 4. Re: Consumer Reports was Re: Corvairs and Ralph Nader (score: 1)
- Author: Matt Pringle <pringlmm@mcmaster.ca>
- Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 08:34:00 -0500
- I'm pretty sure that the black dots of CU are based on quantitative data and not arbitrary opinions of their editors. Everything in this world has a distribution associated with it. The black dots ar
- /html/mgs/2000-01/msg01117.html (12,095 bytes)
- 5. Re: ABS experience (still long) (score: 1)
- Author: Matt Pringle <pringlmm@mcmaster.ca>
- Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 08:43:47 -0500
- Actually sensing the difference between being stopped and skidding with all wheels locked is very simple and I'd be very surprised if they don't do it already. When you're skidding, you're still slow
- /html/mgs/2000-01/msg01118.html (8,292 bytes)
- 6. Re: ABS experience (still long) (score: 1)
- Author: Matt Pringle <pringlmm@mcmaster.ca>
- Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 10:45:30 -0500
- Even on ice the car will be slowing (albeit extremely slowly). Acceleromters can be extremely sensitive. Matt
- /html/mgs/2000-01/msg01130.html (9,189 bytes)
- 7. Re: Norristown Swap Meet (score: 1)
- Author: Matt Pringle <pringlmm@mcmaster.ca>
- Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 11:03:54 -0500
- Is this Norristown, Pa? If yes can you tell me about the swap meet? On a related note, I'm moving to Philadelphia next Saturday (I'm currently a Canuck). Can somebody tell me about an MG club in the
- /html/mgs/2000-01/msg01132.html (8,830 bytes)
- 8. Re: Consumer Reports was Re: Corvairs and Ralph Nader (score: 1)
- Author: Matt Pringle <pringlmm@mcmaster.ca>
- Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 11:10:39 -0500
- How come us car guys can't call a spade a spade? The corvair oversteered which makes it (in an engineering sense) unstable. If corrective action isn't taken, the oversteer causes more acceleration of
- /html/mgs/2000-01/msg01157.html (10,469 bytes)
- 9. Ya gotta love those crazy guys! (Non-LBC) (score: 1)
- Author: Matt Pringle <pringlmm@mcmaster.ca>
- Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 11:07:03 -0500
- Here's a quote from a Reuters story on today's eastern seaboard storm: State officials in Maryland said four-wheel-drive sport utility vehicles (SUV) posed a public safety hazard as foolhardy drivers
- /html/mgs/2000-01/msg01384.html (6,942 bytes)
- 10. Re: Moss Motors (score: 1)
- Author: Matt Pringle <pringlmm@mcmaster.ca>
- Date: Wed, 01 Dec 1999 08:18:07 -0500
- How many vintage cars are there out there where one can pick up a phone and order virtually any replacement part imaginable for cars as old as 50 years? I can think of two, our LBC's and Beetles. Mo
- /html/mgs/1999-12/msg00005.html (8,967 bytes)
- 11. Re: Clutch Roller Bearings (score: 1)
- Author: Matt Pringle <pringlmm@mcmaster.ca>
- Date: Thu, 02 Dec 1999 09:50:21 -0500
- Here we go again!
- /html/mgs/1999-12/msg00089.html (7,148 bytes)
- 12. Anyone near Pepperell, Mass? (score: 1)
- Author: Matt Pringle <pringlmm@mcmaster.ca>
- Date: Fri, 03 Dec 1999 08:03:51 -0500
- I'm thinking about purchasing a car in Pepperell, Mass but I won't have a chance to get there in the next two weeks. Is there anyone in the area who would be willing to take a look at a 59 MGA for me
- /html/mgs/1999-12/msg00138.html (6,445 bytes)
- 13. MGA's in Northern, CA (score: 1)
- Author: Matt Pringle <pringlmm@mcmaster.ca>
- Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 10:50:12 -0500
- My search for the perfect project MGA continues..... I'm looking for a rust free car which is complete as possible, any year is fine. I'm going to be in Northern California over the holidays and am
- /html/mgs/1999-12/msg00263.html (6,524 bytes)
- 14. Re: Going to look at a '71 B tomorrow (score: 1)
- Author: Matt Pringle <pringlmm@mcmaster.ca>
- Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2000 11:17:03 -0500
- I could be wrong here but isn't the "weight per square inch" (ie., contact pressure) dictated by the tire pressure and not the width of the tire. I would think the a narrow tire would have a contact
- /html/mgs/1999-12/msg00761.html (8,981 bytes)
- 15. Re: Delurk and Rot Repair Question (score: 1)
- Author: Matt Pringle <pringlmm@mcmaster.ca>
- Date: Sun, 14 Nov 1999 14:09:32 -0500
- Not that I've done this job yet but... I was watching an episode of "Trucks" on TNN a few weeks ago and they were replacing the sills and floors on a Willys. They tacked welded a couple of square tub
- /html/mgs/1999-11/msg00662.html (11,532 bytes)
- 16. Re: High RPMs Bad? (score: 1)
- Author: Matt Pringle <pringlmm@mcmaster.ca>
- Date: Wed, 24 Nov 1999 09:42:25 -0500
- I'd be curious to hear from some of the more knowledgable posters regarding this subject. I would have assumed the redline would have more to do with valve float, piston centrifugal forces, crank whi
- /html/mgs/1999-11/msg01060.html (9,548 bytes)
- 17. Re: Good to be Back (score: 1)
- Author: Matt Pringle <pringlmm@mcmaster.ca>
- Date: Wed, 06 Oct 1999 08:14:34 -0400
- How the heck would you meter it? Also since there's no way of fiddling with the equivelent of octane rating, you may run into pre-ignition problems. Matt
- /html/mgs/1999-10/msg00189.html (7,751 bytes)
- 18. Re: ARGH those Suburbans( Otherwise known as those damn four wheel (score: 1)
- Author: Matt Pringle <pringlmm@mcmaster.ca>
- Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 15:31:00 -0400
- If I remember my defensive driving class, it is advisable to stay 2 seconds from the back bumper on the car in front of you. Therefore, the distance varies depending on the speed, the faster the flow
- /html/mgs/1999-10/msg00440.html (8,440 bytes)
- 19. Re: ARGH those Suburbans( Otherwise known as those damn four wheelsudivisions) (score: 1)
- Author: Matt Pringle <pringlmm@mcmaster.ca>
- Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 13:38:21 -0400
- Judge not, lest yee be judged. Can we get back to LBC's now.
- /html/mgs/1999-10/msg00501.html (7,400 bytes)
- 20. Re: For those in England: NonLBC way of life question. VeryImportant (score: 1)
- Author: Matt Pringle <pringlmm@mcmaster.ca>
- Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 14:58:04 -0400
- Shame on you. Mike asks for advice and support from a group of people he would consider friends and you have the nerve to suggest: 1) It is easy for woman to come forward with charges of abuse 2) She
- /html/mgs/1999-10/msg00738.html (13,615 bytes)
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