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| Thread ID: 112365 | 2010-09-02 16:42:00 | ANOTHER Oil Rig Fire Near New Orleans! | SurferJoe46 (51) | PC World Chat |
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| 1134103 | 2010-09-02 16:42:00 | Just over the local radio here (kfi640.com) and not completely confirmed yet, but there appears to be a new fire/explosion on another rig - this time further out into International Waters, and a little deeper well head is indicated. Information as it becomes available. |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1134104 | 2010-09-02 16:57:00 | UPDATE::: It's for real. Breaking News from ABC7 Eyewitness News Thursday, September 2, 2010 An offshore oil rig has exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, west of the site of the BP blast that caused the massive oil spill. |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1134105 | 2010-09-02 19:10:00 | Here we go -another rise in the cost of petrol to pay for petroleum company incompetances! | BigBadBob (14963) | ||
| 1134106 | 2010-09-02 21:03:00 | Too bad you yanks need all the gas you can get to fuel your obscenely oversized cars and 4WDS. | prefect (6291) | ||
| 1134107 | 2010-09-02 22:03:00 | Too bad you yanks need all the gas you can get to fuel your obscenely oversized cars and 4WDS. Yeah - ain't that the way it is too. I just priced out some new struts for a friend's Toyota and even though I realize this was an exceptionally cheap car in the first place - it really rears it's head now! Lessee --- struts, front, (requires 2 each) are MY COST HERE are $192.00 each. The dealer charges $650.00 each for the same parts though. Rears are $202.00 each, and also requires 2. Again, the dealer really gouges you if you get them done there - to the tune of $680.00 each. Now - comparison-wise, the shocks for my Blazer or my Amigo or my wife's Astro Van are about $25-30.00 each, and of course then there's labor to install them. The non-Toyotas I have are pretty easy to replace but if I had to pay - it would cost about 1-hour shop rate to get all 4 changed out. NOW - the TOYOTA, on the other hand costs a little over $1,200.00 for just the labor! That's not including a full, four-wheel alignment after the R&I of the struts. Total cost for any one of my vehicles are about $200.00 parts & labor and not require alignment afterwards. The cheap little Toyota ----------- READ MY LIPS:::$3,860.00!!!!!!!!! Yup - that's why I wouldn't have one of those lunch boxes on wheels. I'll stick with my obscenely oversized, when the price disparity is so high. Of course if I meet one of those rolling collision mats on the highway in a head-on at 70MPH my speed and whatever they can muster with their 2-squirrel power, then guess who wins and walks away? How much you wanna bet that it would need new struts before the accident and that's why it changed lanes and hit me? Huh? |
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| 1134108 | 2010-09-02 22:12:00 | I have always liked the obscenely oversized gas guzzling cars from america. I realise fuel was so cheap back then when they were designed but they are cool. Especially anything with a big block in it :drool | Gobe1 (6290) | ||
| 1134109 | 2010-09-02 22:28:00 | We actually have Toyotas here now after the Hunters and Cortinas died. In NZ a good ol kiwi bloke goes here: www.pickapart.co.nz pay $80 for both and take them home and fit them. Not sure why fitting them in yankee land is so expensive |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 1134110 | 2010-09-02 22:55:00 | Here. (www.nzherald.co.nz) We get the world news here too Joe. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 1134111 | 2010-09-03 00:04:00 | We actually have Toyotas here now after the Hunters and Cortinas died . In NZ a good ol kiwi bloke goes here: . pickapart . co . nz/pricelist . asp?alpha=S" target="_blank">www . pickapart . co . nz pay $80 for both and take them home and fit them . Not sure why fitting them in yankee land is so expensive Hmm - used parts that have to be taken out of a vehicle that I can almost guaranty has over 40K miles on it when it needs new struts at that point is rather , er: pointless . Why buy used junk when you've already got used parts on the vehicle in the first place . Nope ---> new or nothing I feel is the best bet here - you wouldn't buy used toilet paper - or would you? Then there's the actual installation after taking the coil springs off them and replacing the turntable bearings (which come in a new strut kit, not a used one) and then after it's all assembled, then the 4-wheel alignment . I admit that the dealers hook the customers pretty badly - but they have to do something to make the pfennigs if they can't sell cars; that way they can at least hose the customers down who actually believe that they need authorized repairs for their precious Toyota . Jack the prices of the same parts that you get at the parts house and then you are really keeping the doors open . Independent shops charge the split difference between net cost and the dealer's suggest prices so they make their mark too . But - actually the toy cars don't make it here in the US very well . If you drive them in daily commutes that can be over 100 miles each way at speeds over 80MPH, they poop out pretty fast . Drive them to the store (in my case over 56 miles away, each way) or to go fishing - and that's not very far away for me - and recreation, then you pile the mileage on them fast! Plus the fact that they are small, cramped and cannot haul much at all - -----and they pale in comparison to US obscene vehicles that CAN do 100 MPH+ all day long and haul half of your personal possessions, tow a 10,000 lb (4,535 . 92 kg) RV trailer, four kids, a grandmother and a wife, two hunting dog and your fishing gear all at the same time in A/C'd, living room comfort . Youse guys don't have any idea of the distances we have to drive here in the US . It's not uncommon here to get 20,000-36,000 miles (32,000-58,000 kilometers) on a car in a year . |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1134112 | 2010-09-03 00:35:00 | Hmm - used parts that have to be taken out of a vehicle that I can almost guaranty has over 40K miles on it when it needs new struts at that point is rather , er: pointless. Why buy used junk when you've already got used parts on the vehicle in the first place. Nope ---> new or nothing I feel is the best bet here - you wouldn't buy used toilet paper - or would you? Then there's the actual installation after taking the coil springs off them and replacing the turntable bearings (which come in a new strut kit, not a used one) and then after it's all assembled, then the 4-wheel alignment. Speed limit here is 60 statute miles an hour max so the cars arent stressed so much I guess. I dont believe your cars drive any further than ours a human being has other things to do rather than sit in a car seat all day. I admit that the dealers hook the customers pretty badly - but they have to do something to make the pfennigs if they can't sell cars; that way they can at least hose the customers down who actually believe that they need authorized repairs for their precious Toyota. Jack the prices of the same parts that you get at the parts house and then you are really keeping the doors open. Independent shops charge the split difference between net cost and the dealer's suggest prices so they make their mark too. But - actually the toy cars don't make it here in the US very well. If you drive them in daily commutes that can be over 100 miles each way at speeds over 80MPH, they poop out pretty fast. Drive them to the store (in my case over 56 miles away, each way) or to go fishing - and that's not very far away for me - and recreation, then you pile the mileage on them fast! Plus the fact that they are small, cramped and cannot haul much at all - -----and they pale in comparison to US obscene vehicles that CAN do 100 MPH+ all day long and haul half of your personal possessions, tow a 10,000 lb (4,535.92 kg) RV trailer, four kids, a grandmother and a wife, two hunting dog and your fishing gear all at the same time in A/C'd, living room comfort. Youse guys don't have any idea of the distances we have to drive here in the US. It's not uncommon here to get 20,000-36,000 miles (32,000-58,000 kilometers) on a car in a year. Everyone to his own Kiwi way is go to the wrecker, Yanks want to waste good money on old car thats their right. We put the spring coils in the vice and wire them up with no8 wire put them in place and cut the wires. Even a tard could do it. Can take measurements with a stick and nail for alignment. I dont believe cars in us do much more mileage than ours a human being has other things to do than sit in a car seat all day like work, listening to music, drinking and sex. I will fly in a big tin bird to another place in NZ than drive for hours got better things to do with my time. |
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