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by ajd1992
Wed May 01, 2013 6:47 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Eleven States Paying The Most Welfare In U.S.
Replies: 46
Views: 4925

RE: Eleven States Paying The Most Welfare In U.S.

For as long as being on benefits pays enough to encourage a lifestyle of not having to pick between this or that, there will be career benefit claimers. Benefits IMO are to support you in a time of need, not to fund your lifestyle because you can't be bothered to work. I have a friend who is on JSA ...

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by ajd1992
Wed May 01, 2013 12:58 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Man With Tourette Syndrome Denied Boarding
Replies: 171
Views: 17255

RE: Man With Tourette Syndrome Denied Boarding

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/toobz" class="quote" target="_blank">toobz</a> (<a href="#11" class="quote">Reply 11</a>):<br/><i> Jpax sport on. Nobody is cheering the captain...

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by ajd1992
Thu Apr 04, 2013 3:44 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: An Excellent (and Recent) Documentary On Dprk
Replies: 23
Views: 4089

RE: An Excellent (and Recent) Documentary On Dprk

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/CalebWilliams" class="quote" target="_blank">CalebWilliams</a> (<a href="#1" class="quote">Reply 1</a>):<br/><i> You may have wanted to put Nort...

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by ajd1992
Wed Apr 03, 2013 10:55 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Obama To Take A 5% Pay Cut...
Replies: 224
Views: 9329

RE: Obama To Take A 5% Pay Cut...

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Boeing717200" class="quote" target="_blank">Boeing717200</a> (<a href="#6" class="quote">Reply 6</a>):<br/><i>He spends that much just flying to...

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by ajd1992
Wed Apr 03, 2013 10:41 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: 40 Years Of The Mobile Phone. What Was Your First?
Replies: 62
Views: 18717

RE: 40 Years Of The Mobile Phone. What Was Your First?

Nokia 3310 in 2003 I believe. I was 11 years old <img src="http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/graphics/smilies/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" border="0"/> I had just started secondary school and my dad deemed it a need after I ended up getting the wrong bus home from school, ende...

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by ajd1992
Tue Apr 02, 2013 8:43 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Anyone Else Have A Raspberry Pi?
Replies: 5
Views: 3076

RE: Anyone Else Have A Raspberry Pi?

I desperately want one but I can't afford even the cheapest one yet. I have to save up for one but I desperately want one.

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by ajd1992
Sat Mar 30, 2013 12:30 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Creating A Website
Replies: 14
Views: 2465

RE: Creating A Website

To be honest you might be better using a web based service (like a template sort of thing) then just paying for a domain name. Setting up a website is a pain in the arse if you've never done it before and that's without even coding the damn thing. If you have no experience with HTML/mySQL/CSS then I...

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by ajd1992
Fri Mar 29, 2013 12:42 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: The Economist Suggests 4 Rwys At LHR
Replies: 55
Views: 13275

RE: The Economist Suggests 4 Rwys At LHR

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/lightsaber" class="quote" target="_blank">lightsaber</a> (<a href="#6" class="quote">Reply 6</a>):<br/><i>Will you ride in a plane playing chick...

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by ajd1992
Thu Mar 28, 2013 6:37 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: The Economist Suggests 4 Rwys At LHR
Replies: 55
Views: 13275

RE: The Economist Suggests 4 Rwys At LHR

Not to be a troll here, but LHR has 4 runways.

Runways go both ways, people  

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by ajd1992
Wed Mar 27, 2013 6:40 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Ever Had An EX That You Currently Hate?
Replies: 48
Views: 5245

RE: Ever Had An EX That You Currently Hate?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Revelation" class="quote" target="_blank">Revelation</a> (<a href="#28" class="quote">Reply 28</a>):<br/><i>Hope things go well for the two of y...

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by ajd1992
Wed Mar 27, 2013 10:49 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Ever Had An EX That You Currently Hate?
Replies: 48
Views: 5245

RE: Ever Had An EX That You Currently Hate?

I don't really HATE my exes (well, not all of them) but they just weren't working for various reasons. My first girlfriend was a cheat. We were young (high school) but still, those sorts of things do stay with you forever and they made me doubt myself for a long time even after I cut all contact wit...

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by ajd1992
Sat Mar 23, 2013 2:07 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: PyCon 'Sexist Joke' Furore
Replies: 35
Views: 2773

RE: PyCon 'Sexist Joke' Furore

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Doona" class="quote" target="_blank">Doona</a> (<a href="#10" class="quote">Reply 10</a>):<br/><i>Should somebody point out that "ass clown" is ...

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by ajd1992
Thu Mar 21, 2013 1:04 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: 'Gallon Smashing' - The Stupidest Craze Ever?
Replies: 29
Views: 3555

RE: 'Gallon Smashing' - The Stupidest Craze Ever?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/AeroWesty" class="quote" target="_blank">AeroWesty</a> (<a href="#16" class="quote">Reply 16</a>):<br/><i>In a couple of the videos I saw, you c...

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by ajd1992
Thu Mar 21, 2013 1:02 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: The Unique Features Of Blackberry 10?
Replies: 18
Views: 3413

RE: The Unique Features Of Blackberry 10?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/nighthawk" class="quote" target="_blank">nighthawk</a> (<a href="#7" class="quote">Reply 7</a>):<br/><i>5 seconds on google finds instructions o...

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by ajd1992
Thu Mar 21, 2013 10:37 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: The Unique Features Of Blackberry 10?
Replies: 18
Views: 3413

RE: The Unique Features Of Blackberry 10?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/srbmod" class="quote" target="_blank">srbmod</a> (<a href="#3" class="quote">Reply 3</a>):<br/><i>You cannot compare BB10 to any prior version o...

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by ajd1992
Thu Mar 21, 2013 10:33 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: 'Gallon Smashing' - The Stupidest Craze Ever?
Replies: 29
Views: 3555

RE: 'Gallon Smashing' - The Stupidest Craze Ever?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/RussianJet" class="quote" target="_blank">RussianJet</a> (<a href="#6" class="quote">Reply 6</a>):<br/><i>Total nonsense. People have the right ...

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by ajd1992
Thu Mar 21, 2013 12:00 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: 'Gallon Smashing' - The Stupidest Craze Ever?
Replies: 29
Views: 3555

RE: 'Gallon Smashing' - The Stupidest Craze Ever?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/AeroWesty" class="quote" target="_blank">AeroWesty</a> (<a href="#4" class="quote">Reply 4</a>):<br/><i> I read a news story a week ago or so wh...

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by ajd1992
Wed Mar 20, 2013 7:00 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: The Unique Features Of Blackberry 10?
Replies: 18
Views: 3413

RE: The Unique Features Of Blackberry 10?

Let me start by saying this: I have used an iPhone and I have used a blackberry (I own one). The blackberry product is tailored towards business users, which is great but it isn't THAT good at being a business phone. I've got a Curve 9360. Good little phone - Wifi, <acronym title="Atlant-Soyuz Airli...

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by ajd1992
Mon Mar 18, 2013 12:41 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Street Performer Punches Guy In Face
Replies: 26
Views: 3317

RE: Street Performer Punches Guy In Face

The guy deserved it, if not a second punch.

What an ass.

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by ajd1992
Fri Mar 15, 2013 10:52 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Let´s Have It, Show Us Your Desktop...
Replies: 42
Views: 7748

RE: Let´s Have It, Show Us Your Desktop...

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/flyingturtle" class="quote" target="_blank">flyingturtle</a> (<a href="#20" class="quote">Reply 20</a>):<br/><i>You too!</i></font></td></tr></t...

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by ajd1992
Fri Mar 15, 2013 11:07 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: UK Weather This Year
Replies: 25
Views: 3838

RE: UK Weather This Year

Any decent weather/clear days we've had up north (Liverpool-ish) has been bitterly cold so it's just as bad. It's a bloody nightmare - I'm cold at the best of times and it makes it worse that the general temperature is low. I've not commuted by bike since October because of the weather being so bad ...

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by ajd1992
Fri Mar 15, 2013 10:56 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Let´s Have It, Show Us Your Desktop...
Replies: 42
Views: 7748

RE: Let´s Have It, Show Us Your Desktop...

<center><table align="center" border="0" width="650" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><a href="/uf/view.file?id=40019&filename=phpD0XLka.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://cdn-www.airliners.net/uf/40019/middle/phpD0XLka.png" width="648" height="518" border="0"/></a></td></tr></table><t...

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by ajd1992
Wed Mar 13, 2013 4:02 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Best Web Browser
Replies: 63
Views: 3709

RE: Best Web Browser

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Revelation" class="quote" target="_blank">Revelation</a> (<a href="#35" class="quote">Reply 35</a>):<br/><i>Am quite happy with my laptop which ...

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by ajd1992
Wed Mar 13, 2013 9:48 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Best Web Browser
Replies: 63
Views: 3709

RE: Best Web Browser

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/ThunderboltDrgn" class="quote" target="_blank">ThunderboltDrgn</a> (<a href="#32" class="quote">Reply 32</a>):<br/><i>Firefox does that as well....

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by ajd1992
Wed Mar 13, 2013 9:09 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Best Web Browser
Replies: 63
Views: 3709

RE: Best Web Browser

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/finnishway" class="quote" target="_blank">finnishway</a> (<a href="#18" class="quote">Reply 18</a>):<br/><i>You know, I don't understand much ab...

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by ajd1992
Wed Mar 13, 2013 8:53 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Is This The Only Write-off A340?
Replies: 55
Views: 23992

RE: Is This The Only Write-off A340?

I believe Air France set fire to one (a -200 I think) in Paris in around 1993 too.

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by ajd1992
Tue Mar 12, 2013 12:10 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Ex Concorde Pilot Proposal To Boost LHR Capacity
Replies: 55
Views: 19932

Ex Concorde Pilot Proposal To Boost LHR Capacity

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/TC957" class="quote" target="_blank">TC957</a> (<a href="#1" class="quote">Reply 1</a>):<br/><i>And the runways would be doubled in length how e...

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by ajd1992
Tue Mar 12, 2013 10:54 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Best Web Browser
Replies: 63
Views: 3709

RE: Best Web Browser

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/finnishway" class="quote" target="_blank">finnishway</a> (<a href="#16" class="quote">Reply 16</a>):<br/><i> The one and only Firefox. I don't l...

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by ajd1992
Mon Mar 11, 2013 9:31 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Auto Insurance Thread
Replies: 23
Views: 3127

RE: Auto Insurance Thread

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/AM744" class="quote" target="_blank">AM744</a> (<a href="#19" class="quote">Reply 19</a>):<br/><i>Looking in from the outside it doesn't sound a...

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by ajd1992
Sun Mar 10, 2013 4:00 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Auto Insurance Thread
Replies: 23
Views: 3127

RE: Auto Insurance Thread

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Airstud" class="quote" target="_blank">Airstud</a> (<a href="#13" class="quote">Reply 13</a>):<br/><i> Yeesh - I thought Traveler's was a "rip-o...

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by ajd1992
Sun Mar 10, 2013 3:48 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Lost Passenger Jets That Were Never Found?
Replies: 48
Views: 27366

RE: Lost Passenger Jets That Were Never Found?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/cornutt" class="quote" target="_blank">cornutt</a> (<a href="#39" class="quote">Reply 39</a>):<br/><i> A bit <acronym title="Avant Airlines (Chi...

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by ajd1992
Fri Mar 08, 2013 9:46 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Auto Insurance Thread
Replies: 23
Views: 3127

RE: Auto Insurance Thread

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/fr8mech" class="quote" target="_blank">fr8mech</a> (<a href="#4" class="quote">Reply 4</a>):<br/><i>When I started driving, in NY, at 18, my pre...

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by ajd1992
Fri Mar 08, 2013 2:49 pm
Forum: Technical/Operations
Topic: Airbus Sidestick Question
Replies: 20
Views: 8957

RE: Airbus Sidestick Question

I'm not a pilot but here's my input: I'm left handed (very dominant too). I use a computer mouse right handed and a joystick right handed, but drive a car with my left hand (in a right hand drive car). I change gear with my left too (obviously! <img src="http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-fo...

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by ajd1992
Fri Mar 08, 2013 2:42 pm
Forum: Technical/Operations
Topic: Triangles On A319
Replies: 3
Views: 3839

RE: Triangles On A319

Maybe on the outside of the cabin it's where there "cut here in emergency" outlines are?

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by ajd1992
Fri Mar 08, 2013 2:40 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Auto Insurance Thread
Replies: 23
Views: 3127

RE: Auto Insurance Thread

Ah, car insurance.. In the UK it's horrendous. When I first started driving at 17, the quotes I received for old, crappy cars was in the £5k ($7.5k) range - and no, that is not a typo. The cars were worth £500 or so - under $1k and they apparently thought I was going to write it off 7-8 times a year...

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by ajd1992
Tue Mar 05, 2013 1:12 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Smoking To Be Banned In English And Welsh Prisons
Replies: 26
Views: 3223

RE: Smoking To Be Banned In English And Welsh Prisons

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/greasespot" class="quote" target="_blank">greasespot</a> (<a href="#3" class="quote">Reply 3</a>):<br/><i>They did it here. There was no prison ...

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by ajd1992
Fri Mar 01, 2013 9:17 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Student Debt Nears $1 Trillion
Replies: 109
Views: 4042

RE: Student Debt Nears $1 Trillion

My fees starting in September are £9000 a year, plus a living costs loan of £3800. I qualify for grants but they're free. Either way, I will graduate at the age of 25 in 2017 with debts of around £50,000. That's ridiculous, although they are nice on how you repay it - you pay nothing if you earn und...

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by ajd1992
Fri Mar 01, 2013 9:15 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: The End Of Engine Choices Approaching?
Replies: 37
Views: 13258

RE: The End Of Engine Choices Approaching?

More to the point, 99% of commuter prop planes like the Dash 8 and the ATR have never had an engine choice. It's not the massive problem it's made out to be - it's not like ordering a car where you can have a petrol, diesel, choice of gearbox/engine size, that sort of thing. Manufacturers put engine...

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by ajd1992
Sat Feb 23, 2013 1:03 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: The Silence Over Gas Prices (rant)
Replies: 98
Views: 5478

RE: The Silence Over Gas Prices (rant)

Hey, it costs us £80 to fill a 13 UK Gal/15US Gal tank with diesel.

That gets us about 400 miles - Americans don't know the first thing about expensive fuel. Come back when it's $11 a gallon like it is here now.

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by ajd1992
Mon Feb 18, 2013 4:06 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Chevrolet Launches "4 Door Corvette"-2014 SS Sedan
Replies: 44
Views: 11654

RE: Chevrolet Launches "4 Door Corvette"-2014 SS Sedan

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/stasisLAX" class="quote" target="_blank">stasisLAX</a> (<a href="#0" class="quote">Thread starter</a>):<br/><i>General Motors says the <acronym ...

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by ajd1992
Mon Feb 18, 2013 4:04 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Mindy McCready Apparent Suicide
Replies: 26
Views: 2677

RE: Mindy McCready Apparent Suicide

Odd way to kill herself. Most females do it in a "clean" way so there's very little out of the ordinary, men usually are the ones to shotgun themselves to death or something like that.

Either way, killing her dog is just cruel. What did the dog ever do?

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by ajd1992
Wed Feb 06, 2013 2:58 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Who Here Uses A Linux Based OS?
Replies: 12
Views: 2287

RE: Who Here Uses A Linux Based OS?

I use Ubuntu sometimes - I often dual boot then fall out of the habit of using it because I use some Windows specific stuff that I can't run on WINE (or don't have the inclination to try to).

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by ajd1992
Fri Feb 01, 2013 9:58 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: A Car That Gets 117 MPG (2 L/100km)
Replies: 19
Views: 3644

RE: A Car That Gets 117 MPG (2 L/100km)

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/IH8BY" class="quote" target="_blank">IH8BY</a> (<a href="#8" class="quote">Reply 8</a>):<br/><i>ow, yes. In the future, why not small cars too? ...

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by ajd1992
Thu Jan 31, 2013 9:48 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: The Return Of The What Are You Listening To Now!
Replies: 28
Views: 3634

RE: The Return Of The What Are You Listening To Now!

Die Toten Hosen - Das Ist Der Moment from Ballast der Republik.

Their latest album, and I have to say a rather good effort.

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by ajd1992
Thu Jan 31, 2013 7:31 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Public Drinking Fountains In Your Country?
Replies: 40
Views: 5630

RE: Public Drinking Fountains In Your Country?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Rara" class="quote" target="_blank">Rara</a> (<a href="#20" class="quote">Reply 20</a>):<br/><i>That sounds a little dubious to be honest. Hard ...

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by ajd1992
Thu Jan 31, 2013 7:21 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Can You Tell Coke From Pepsi In A Blind Test?
Replies: 51
Views: 5125

RE: Can You Tell Coke From Pepsi In A Blind Test?

I can tell the difference between Pepsi and Coke and all the different varieties.

Pepsi Max is my favourite. Normal Coke is incredibly bitter to me.

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by ajd1992
Thu Jan 31, 2013 9:36 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Public Drinking Fountains In Your Country?
Replies: 40
Views: 5630

RE: Public Drinking Fountains In Your Country?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/falstaff" class="quote" target="_blank">falstaff</a> (<a href="#11" class="quote">Reply 11</a>):<br/><i>When I travel I usually drink too much a...

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by ajd1992
Wed Jan 30, 2013 4:02 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Public Drinking Fountains In Your Country?
Replies: 40
Views: 5630

RE: Public Drinking Fountains In Your Country?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/falstaff" class="quote" target="_blank">falstaff</a> (<a href="#6" class="quote">Reply 6</a>):<br/><i>n the UK I get funny looks when I want tap...

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by ajd1992
Wed Jan 30, 2013 3:59 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Bus Driver Shot Dead; Child Held Hostage In Bunker
Replies: 15
Views: 2737

RE: Bus Driver Shot Dead; Child Held Hostage In Bunker

Pretty sure this a plot from Criminal Minds (Season 8 Episode 8). Scary how similar they are (to a point). You have to be pretty messed up to have done this whatever age you are although I agree, 65 is a rather strange age to start doing this. I would be willing to bet he has a record somewhere for ...

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by ajd1992
Wed Jan 30, 2013 10:53 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: A Car That Gets 117 MPG (2 L/100km)
Replies: 19
Views: 3644

RE: A Car That Gets 117 MPG (2 L/100km)

The only thing that can get that sort of MPG reliably is a motorcycle. I'll believe 117mpg when I see it happen under real world circumstance.

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