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Well...at least they were not trying to hide it....as if they could. The problem is that now, every owner of a pile of rust with a 914 badge still attached is firmly convinced that they have a mid-five-figure gold mine.

What's the next "mania" Porsche -- the vaunted 924??

That explains the runaway enthusiasm: "They're GRRRRRRRRRRREAT!!!"

Is that the section of Shay Rd known as the infamous "Dead Man's Curve"??

I was advised to avoid BP 93 octane for my '87 Benz V8. I had been using it and the difference showed in that old motor. I remember the good old days when I was first driving in Omaha, NE. There was a gas station in the late 60's called Vickers-Safeway that had multi-grade premium fuels, all the way...

This is very non-scientific, but if its possible to darken the garage enough to tell, maybe there is an interior light bulb that is switched on but not bright enough to be obvious. I've had that happen on other cars.

Or for the truly ethanol-paranoid, Sta-Bil 360 is something that can be used to deal with the hydroscopic tendencies of the dreaded ethanol. I figure as long as I can get it, I'll use ethanol free. For my 1987 Benz 560SL, my indy guy strongly recommended avoiding ethanol, citing fuel system deterior...

The nice customer service rep with Hy-Vee stores referred me to their petroleum procurement group, who have not and probably will not respond. While I have had no issues with their ethanol free blends, I can only trust that they are from a reputable source. The indy shop that did my M96 upgrades and...

I began to doubt wind-powered energy generation when one of the initial backers, the late T. Boone Pickens, dropped wind power like a bad habit. He said that it became clear...to him, at least...that the whole thing just does not work without the subsidies.

All of this is classic Supply & Demand. When you control the supply, you can demand whatever you want.

Every utility company in the nation is salivating over the paperwork for their next rate increases, which will be biblical in scope.

I use the same technique on snow as they do over in Kansas City, MO: solar power