Drew Dowdell

There's your next Matrix

No, I have a 3.6 lux sport auto

Personally, I have more confidance in GM's new 6speed <and current 4-speed for that matter> than Nissan's CVT.

Drew CTS owner

considering that the current 4.6 N* barely fits in the applications it's used in now, I doubt a growth in physical size would work. I agree with you about the power figures tho.

Hello. Is this Miss Mitchell? Miss Martha Mitchell?

The Passat I have now is one more than anyone really needs. My current fleet = '03 Avalanche, '04 CTS, '01 Passat

intriguing

You....driving a black CTS..... ugh, now I'm going to have to go trade mine in...

GM-Nissan-Renault would put the combined company way out in front of Toyota.

friction is such a minimal force in this case. If the wheels were actually cement bricks, then it would be a factor. the thrust of a single jet engine is about 20,000 pounds. the force of friction is in the range of 1,000 pounds. a 747 can rip it's landing gear off if it wants to.

entirely wrong.

incorrect. while the belt is moving, the wheels are rolling foward on the belt. Have you ever walked up a down an "up" escalator? if you tried hard enough, you could eventually make it to the bottom..... if you ever make it to the bottom of an "up" escalator, your legs were moving at a speed faster than, but opposite to the escalator.

No! That is only the case if the rollerskate wheels are providing the forward motion. in this case your hand is providing the forward motion. the wheels are just along for the ride.

you're trying to tell me, that if you move a rollerskate forward with your hand on a belt moving the same speed in the opposite direction, the rollerskate will stay in place relative to the earth? You need to go to the grocery store and try it. i'm going to have to get a video camera I see....

then the wheels will spin at a rate equal to ground speed or twice belt speed, but the rollerskate will still be moving forward

you're all over thinking the problem. I say again "Can you push a rollerskate along a grocery checkout belt even if the belt inversely matches your speed?"

Can you push a rollerskate along a grocery checkout belt even if the belt inversely matches your speed?

I thought was higher than that. shame though, they could advertise best in class base engine

the problems with the X-type didn't lie with the AWD. In the X-type you had a choice between a Contor 2.5 or a Taurus 3.0. The build quality wasn't all that great, and it was too small... even for a baby jag. The x-type also *felt* like a FWD car.

Solara. edit: BTW, love the idea

losing the Rainier, Accender, and 9-7x but gaining the the base 900 line.... yeah, that'll require an increase in production

Ok, how about we think of it this way: On the front of the plane attach a rope, on the other end of the rope, attach a high speed winch, something that would operate much like the launching mechanism on an aircraft carrier. Place the plane on the same treadmill we've been talking about Activate the winch. which way will the plane move?

You are correct in the case of a car. On a jet plane, the wheels aren't the source of the forward motion. The jet engine can push the body of the plane forward regardlessof the rearward force on the wheels because the bearing in the wheels negate this rearward force.