Honda Car Forum

"Mike Hunter" <mikehunt2@mailcity.com> wrote in message
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> Again you are confused I don't present opinions,

Yes, you are offering opinions. Lame, unsubstantiated opinions.

> what I posted are fact that
> are available to anybody willing to do the search.

Then it should be very easy for you to provide references and sources.
Others do so.

> Although Toyota and
> Honda have the number one and two selling individual model cars, and Ford
> has the best selling individual truck GM sell more cars than Ford, Toyota
> and Honda as well as more trucks than Ford, Toyota and Honda . As to fuel
> mileage GM offers far more vehicles that get over 30 MPG than does Toyota.

If this is so, it should be very easy for you to name these vehicles. The
Cobalt comes to mind. Any others?

> GM even offers a full sized V8 Chevrolet that gets nearly 30 MPG.

If it exists and you know if it, it should be trivially easy for you to name
it. Do so.

> Better
> do some research if you are going to continue to post on this subject
>

Yes, you'd better do some research. Surprise us with a fact or two.

> mike hunt
>
> .
> "Bo Yancey" <yakkbo@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:Rugef.539040$x96.451271@attbi_s72...
> > dh wrote:
> >>>
> >> Why? Do you qualify YOUR lame, unsubstantiated opinions with "in my
> >> opinion?"
> >>
> >>>"Bob Palmer" <jenbobkatelyn@adelphia.net> wrote in message
> >>>news:MfadnVXwxLKcKuXeRVn-sw@adelphia.com...
> >>>
> >>>>Part of the reason the 3 pickups (they are not trucks-a dumptruck is a
> >>>>truck, an 18-wheeler is a truck) made it to the top 3 is because
> >>
> >> Chrysler,
> >>>>Ford & GM used the lure of "employee discount" to pad the sales. Honda
> >> and
> >>>>Toyota used their normal discounts for this time of year. GM lost over
a
> >>>>billion in the last quarter. Analysts say both GM and Ford will be out
> >> of
> >>>>business by 2015. The only sales they will get are the typical "must
buy
> >>>>American" sheep.
> >>>>"Mike Hunter" <mikehunt2@mailcity.com> wrote in message
> >>>>news:cbCdnYJjdrncOOXeUSdV9g@ptd.net...
> >>>>
> >>>>>How did you arrive at that conclusion? The ONLY vehicle in the top
> >> five
> >>>>>to drop in sales was the Camry, all the others have gone up. Trucks
> >> and
> >>>>>SUVs still account for half of all sales combined and there are a lot
> >>>>>more car models than light truck models on the market. Perhaps you
> >> meant
> >>>>>to say in my opinion?
> >>>>>mike hunt
> >>>>>"John Horner" <jthorner@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> >>>>>news:jHTdf.4919$%t4.4115@trnddc07...
> >>>>>>>"Mike Hunter" <mikehunt2@mailcity.com> wrote in message
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>VEHICLE Sales Y-T-D 2005 Last Yr. '04 Rank Chg.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>1 Ford F-Series pickup 760,929 740,817 1 +2.7
> >>>>>>>>2 Chevrolet Silverado pickup 616,139 575,886 2 +7.0
> >>>>>>>>3 Dodge Ram pickup 409,252 362,122 6 +13.0
> >>>>>>>>4 Toyota Camry 383,478 403,136 3 -4.9
> >>>>>>>>5 Honda Accord 371,307 367,210 5 +1.1
> >>>>>>
> >>
> >> So the top two passenger cars are Toyota and Honda? Conclusion:
people
> >> like them more than they like Fords, Chevys and Pontiacs. Maybe they
> >> think
> >> they're a better value. Maybe they hate wasting money on gas and would
> >> rather get a car that gets good gas mileage than one that gets mediocre
> >> gas
> >> mileage.
> >>
> >> Gee... Maybe Detroit should think about that.
> >>
> >> By the way, I notice you didn't provide a reference. We're supposed to
> >> believe your figures?
> >>
> > Synergy beats Honda.
>

"Mike Hunter" <mikehunt2@mailcity.com> wrote in message
news:FLmcncloXdpcmOfeUSdV9g@ptd.net...
> That's funny. Some guys in the Ford NG tell me to go back to the GM NG
when
> I point out GM outsells Ford. Some guys Honda NG tell me to go back to
the
> Toyota NG when I point out Toyota outsells Honda They don't like to be
> presented with facts that disputes their personal biases and opinions
either
> it seems
>
> mike hunt
>

Ya know, if just one guy tells you to go away, maybe it's just him and his
reaction to you. If everybody's telling you to go away... ya might just get
a clue...

Well, you wouldn't.

>
> "Sharx35" <sharx35@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:crhef.144234$Io.106006@clgrps13...
> > Why don't you **** off back to your Ford ng?
> >

flobert wrote:

>
> Such as, ohhh, with a CVT? Had a few of them over the years, kinda
> weird sitting there, accelerating, and getting NO change in the engine
> note, as it holds at its peak torque point, Good old rubber band cars,
> much more efficient than regular slushboxes too, since they dont have
> so many nasty planetaries.

In full throttle situations the CVT should be tunned to hold the engine
at the peak power output point, not the peak torque point.

John

I've noticed that with the same "small" car Toyotas seem to get about
20% better gas mileage.

The Corolla gets 40mpg and Chevy Cobalt, which has a bigger engine but
the same power output gets about 20% less.

Why is that? Is GM just that far behind technology wise? Is that why
their stock price is at 20 year lows and they lose money every quarter?

On 15 Nov 2005 18:37:41 -0800, "st-bum" <kennykabuki@yahoo.com> wrote:

>I've noticed that with the same "small" car Toyotas seem to get about
>20% better gas mileage.
>
>The Corolla gets 40mpg and Chevy Cobalt, which has a bigger engine but
>the same power output gets about 20% less.
>
>Why is that? Is GM just that far behind technology wise? Is that why
>their stock price is at 20 year lows and they lose money every quarter?

Tuning.

American cars/engines are tuned to bias their torque lower down the
rev range. Makes it more compatable with the ubiquitus slush-box
americans love. Result is the calculated peak power is the same,
although its a bigger engine, ANd a more inefficient engine results.

Your bias is showing, again.

mike


"dh" <dh@stargate.com> wrote in message
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> "Mike Hunter" <mikehunt2@mailcity.com> wrote in message
> news:FLmcncloXdpcmOfeUSdV9g@ptd.net...
>> That's funny. Some guys in the Ford NG tell me to go back to the GM NG
> when
>> I point out GM outsells Ford. Some guys Honda NG tell me to go back to
> the
>> Toyota NG when I point out Toyota outsells Honda They don't like to be
>> presented with facts that disputes their personal biases and opinions
> either
>> it seems
>>
>> mike hunt
>>
>
> Ya know, if just one guy tells you to go away, maybe it's just him and his
> reaction to you. If everybody's telling you to go away... ya might just
> get
> a clue...
>
> Well, you wouldn't.
>
>>
>> "Sharx35" <sharx35@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:crhef.144234$Io.106006@clgrps13...
>> > Why don't you **** off back to your Ford ng?
>> >
>
>

I don't do homework for my own grandchildren what make you think I would do
yours? Research the EPA fuel economy guide for the facts on fuel mileage.
Search the bible of the auto industry, automtivenews.com, for sales figures.

mike


"dh" <dh@stargate.com> wrote in message
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> "Mike Hunter" <mikehunt2@mailcity.com> wrote in message
> news:ubecncbAUPiQlOfeUSdV9g@ptd.net...
>> Again you are confused I don't present opinions,
>
> Yes, you are offering opinions. Lame, unsubstantiated opinions.
>
>> what I posted are fact that
>> are available to anybody willing to do the search.
>
> Then it should be very easy for you to provide references and sources.
> Others do so.
>
>> Although Toyota and
>> Honda have the number one and two selling individual model cars, and Ford
>> has the best selling individual truck GM sell more cars than Ford,
>> Toyota
>> and Honda as well as more trucks than Ford, Toyota and Honda . As to
>> fuel
>> mileage GM offers far more vehicles that get over 30 MPG than does
>> Toyota.
>
> If this is so, it should be very easy for you to name these vehicles. The
> Cobalt comes to mind. Any others?
>
>> GM even offers a full sized V8 Chevrolet that gets nearly 30 MPG.
>
> If it exists and you know if it, it should be trivially easy for you to
> name
> it. Do so.
>
>> Better
>> do some research if you are going to continue to post on this subject
>>
>
> Yes, you'd better do some research. Surprise us with a fact or two.
>
>> mike hunt
>>
>> .
>> "Bo Yancey" <yakkbo@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:Rugef.539040$x96.451271@attbi_s72...
>> > dh wrote:
>> >>>
>> >> Why? Do you qualify YOUR lame, unsubstantiated opinions with "in my
>> >> opinion?"
>> >>
>> >>>"Bob Palmer" <jenbobkatelyn@adelphia.net> wrote in message
>> >>>news:MfadnVXwxLKcKuXeRVn-sw@adelphia.com...
>> >>>
>> >>>>Part of the reason the 3 pickups (they are not trucks-a dumptruck is
>> >>>>a
>> >>>>truck, an 18-wheeler is a truck) made it to the top 3 is because
>> >>
>> >> Chrysler,
>> >>>>Ford & GM used the lure of "employee discount" to pad the sales.
>> >>>>Honda
>> >> and
>> >>>>Toyota used their normal discounts for this time of year. GM lost
>> >>>>over
> a
>> >>>>billion in the last quarter. Analysts say both GM and Ford will be
>> >>>>out
>> >> of
>> >>>>business by 2015. The only sales they will get are the typical "must
> buy
>> >>>>American" sheep.
>> >>>>"Mike Hunter" <mikehunt2@mailcity.com> wrote in message
>> >>>>news:cbCdnYJjdrncOOXeUSdV9g@ptd.net...
>> >>>>
>> >>>>>How did you arrive at that conclusion? The ONLY vehicle in the top
>> >> five
>> >>>>>to drop in sales was the Camry, all the others have gone up. Trucks
>> >> and
>> >>>>>SUVs still account for half of all sales combined and there are a
>> >>>>>lot
>> >>>>>more car models than light truck models on the market. Perhaps you
>> >> meant
>> >>>>>to say in my opinion?
>> >>>>>mike hunt
>> >>>>>"John Horner" <jthorner@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> >>>>>news:jHTdf.4919$%t4.4115@trnddc07...
>> >>>>>>>"Mike Hunter" <mikehunt2@mailcity.com> wrote in message
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>VEHICLE Sales Y-T-D 2005 Last Yr. '04 Rank Chg.
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>1 Ford F-Series pickup 760,929 740,817 1 +2.7
>> >>>>>>>>2 Chevrolet Silverado pickup 616,139 575,886 2 +7.0
>> >>>>>>>>3 Dodge Ram pickup 409,252 362,122 6 +13.0
>> >>>>>>>>4 Toyota Camry 383,478 403,136 3 -4.9
>> >>>>>>>>5 Honda Accord 371,307 367,210 5 +1.1
>> >>>>>>
>> >>
>> >> So the top two passenger cars are Toyota and Honda? Conclusion:
> people
>> >> like them more than they like Fords, Chevys and Pontiacs. Maybe they
>> >> think
>> >> they're a better value. Maybe they hate wasting money on gas and
>> >> would
>> >> rather get a car that gets good gas mileage than one that gets
>> >> mediocre
>> >> gas
>> >> mileage.
>> >>
>> >> Gee... Maybe Detroit should think about that.
>> >>
>> >> By the way, I notice you didn't provide a reference. We're supposed
>> >> to
>> >> believe your figures?
>> >>
>> > Synergy beats Honda.
>>
>
>

"flobert" <nomail@here.NOT> wrote in message
news:rpfkn19kmu9h8vutmlr23s6vclbdubvji6@4ax.com...
> On Sun, 13 Nov 2005 06:43:22 -0700, "Michael Pardee"
> <michaeltnull@cybertrails.com> wrote:
>
>>"st-bum" <kennykabuki@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>news:1131860509.264966.282990@g49g2000cwa.google groups.com...
>>> What's the relationship between torque and HP? I never understood
>>> that.
>>>
>>> And I had a year of physics at an engineering shchool.
>>>
>>> I know power is work and torque is twisting force (F * r), but somehow
>>> I would think the two would be very similar.
>>>
>>The difference is in the rpm curves. It really all hinges on the torque
>>anyway, as you point out, since for a given torque the hp rises in
>>proportion to rpm.
>>
>>The low end torque is stuff I never really got a handle on, but at the
>>high
>>end (where most of the controversy is anyway) it is all related to
>>breathing. Things like intake and exhaust design and cam considerations of
>>valve lift, duration and overlap can increase the useful torque at high
>>rpms
>>and thereby increase the maximum power.
>>
>>The torque/power debate really comes down to gearing. If we could select
>>any
>>gear ratio we wanted any time we wanted, we could make good use of maximum
>>power and nobody would talk about torque.
>
> Such as, ohhh, with a CVT? Had a few of them over the years, kinda
> weird sitting there, accelerating, and getting NO change in the engine
> note, as it holds at its peak torque point, Good old rubber band cars,
> much more efficient than regular slushboxes too, since they dont have
> so many nasty planetaries.
>
Of course, the Toyota hybrid system has a variation without the rubber band.
Nothing shifts, nothing engages or disengages. The engine doesn't even
exclusively provide torque to the wheels, but provides power to the hybrid
system.

Mike

"Mike Hunter" <mikehunt2@mailcity.com> wrote in message
news:OLCdndrnH45V7ObeUSdV9g@ptd.net...
> I don't do homework for my own grandchildren what make you think I would
do
> yours? Research the EPA fuel economy guide for the facts on fuel mileage.
> Search the bible of the auto industry, automtivenews.com, for sales
figures.
>
> mike
>

This isn't OUR homework, this is YOUR homework. Got facts for your lame
opinions? Then post them.

I've taken the time to provide comparisons. Don't like my comparisons?
Refute them with facts of your own.

>
> "dh" <dh@stargate.com> wrote in message
> news:dle009$3ob$1@domitilla.aioe.org...
> > "Mike Hunter" <mikehunt2@mailcity.com> wrote in message
> > news:ubecncbAUPiQlOfeUSdV9g@ptd.net...
> >> Again you are confused I don't present opinions,
> >
> > Yes, you are offering opinions. Lame, unsubstantiated opinions.
> >
> >> what I posted are fact that
> >> are available to anybody willing to do the search.
> >
> > Then it should be very easy for you to provide references and sources.
> > Others do so.
> >
> >> Although Toyota and
> >> Honda have the number one and two selling individual model cars, and
Ford
> >> has the best selling individual truck GM sell more cars than Ford,
> >> Toyota
> >> and Honda as well as more trucks than Ford, Toyota and Honda . As to
> >> fuel
> >> mileage GM offers far more vehicles that get over 30 MPG than does
> >> Toyota.
> >
> > If this is so, it should be very easy for you to name these vehicles.
The
> > Cobalt comes to mind. Any others?
> >
> >> GM even offers a full sized V8 Chevrolet that gets nearly 30 MPG.
> >
> > If it exists and you know if it, it should be trivially easy for you to
> > name
> > it. Do so.
> >
> >> Better
> >> do some research if you are going to continue to post on this subject
> >>
> >
> > Yes, you'd better do some research. Surprise us with a fact or two.
> >
> >> mike hunt
> >>
> >> .
> >> "Bo Yancey" <yakkbo@gmail.com> wrote in message
> >> news:Rugef.539040$x96.451271@attbi_s72...
> >> > dh wrote:
> >> >>>
> >> >> Why? Do you qualify YOUR lame, unsubstantiated opinions with "in my
> >> >> opinion?"
> >> >>
> >> >>>"Bob Palmer" <jenbobkatelyn@adelphia.net> wrote in message
> >> >>>news:MfadnVXwxLKcKuXeRVn-sw@adelphia.com...
> >> >>>
> >> >>>>Part of the reason the 3 pickups (they are not trucks-a dumptruck
is
> >> >>>>a
> >> >>>>truck, an 18-wheeler is a truck) made it to the top 3 is because
> >> >>
> >> >> Chrysler,
> >> >>>>Ford & GM used the lure of "employee discount" to pad the sales.
> >> >>>>Honda
> >> >> and
> >> >>>>Toyota used their normal discounts for this time of year. GM lost
> >> >>>>over
> > a
> >> >>>>billion in the last quarter. Analysts say both GM and Ford will be
> >> >>>>out
> >> >> of
> >> >>>>business by 2015. The only sales they will get are the typical
"must
> > buy
> >> >>>>American" sheep.
> >> >>>>"Mike Hunter" <mikehunt2@mailcity.com> wrote in message
> >> >>>>news:cbCdnYJjdrncOOXeUSdV9g@ptd.net...
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>>How did you arrive at that conclusion? The ONLY vehicle in the
top
> >> >> five
> >> >>>>>to drop in sales was the Camry, all the others have gone up.
Trucks
> >> >> and
> >> >>>>>SUVs still account for half of all sales combined and there are a
> >> >>>>>lot
> >> >>>>>more car models than light truck models on the market. Perhaps
you
> >> >> meant
> >> >>>>>to say in my opinion?
> >> >>>>>mike hunt
> >> >>>>>"John Horner" <jthorner@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> >> >>>>>news:jHTdf.4919$%t4.4115@trnddc07...
> >> >>>>>>>"Mike Hunter" <mikehunt2@mailcity.com> wrote in message
> >> >>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>>VEHICLE Sales Y-T-D 2005 Last Yr. '04 Rank Chg.
> >> >>>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>>1 Ford F-Series pickup 760,929 740,817 1 +2.7
> >> >>>>>>>>2 Chevrolet Silverado pickup 616,139 575,886 2 +7.0
> >> >>>>>>>>3 Dodge Ram pickup 409,252 362,122 6 +13.0
> >> >>>>>>>>4 Toyota Camry 383,478 403,136 3 -4.9
> >> >>>>>>>>5 Honda Accord 371,307 367,210 5 +1.1
> >> >>>>>>
> >> >>
> >> >> So the top two passenger cars are Toyota and Honda? Conclusion:
> > people
> >> >> like them more than they like Fords, Chevys and Pontiacs. Maybe
they
> >> >> think
> >> >> they're a better value. Maybe they hate wasting money on gas and
> >> >> would
> >> >> rather get a car that gets good gas mileage than one that gets
> >> >> mediocre
> >> >> gas
> >> >> mileage.
> >> >>
> >> >> Gee... Maybe Detroit should think about that.
> >> >>
> >> >> By the way, I notice you didn't provide a reference. We're supposed
> >> >> to
> >> >> believe your figures?
> >> >>
> >> > Synergy beats Honda.
> >>
> >
> >
>
>