Damn Gauges
05-11-2005, 12:50 PM
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Originally Posted by toastedoats
research leads me to robocop, but WTF is the car?
05-11-2005, 12:51 PM
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Cmon, you whiners (interpreted as BLOWN), you should be capable of at LEAST 28mpg. Even with today'* gas prices, I'm eagerly anticipating the day when the Zilla hits the road with a full tank.
05-11-2005, 12:53 PM
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Originally Posted by toastedoats
research leads me to robocop, but WTF is the car?
The car 6000 SUX has a deliberate name. Paul Verhoven thought that having a brand of car, with a name which accuratly describes it, would be fun to include as a running joke for the film. He decided to use the word "sucks" but using it as it is, is too obvious. He changed it to "sux" instead.
The actual car that the 6000 SUX was based on was a 1976 Oldsmobile Cutlass sedan. Rumor also had it that GM was less than amused at the 6000 SUX name used in the movie, since at that time Pontiac had a car called the 6000.
05-11-2005, 01:22 PM
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Maybe it'* just psychological, or the little bit you can add above "Full", but it seems the gauge moves slower through the first half of the tank than the bottom half. I can usually go 3 or 4 days before I get down to half, but the a day, maybe a day and a half later, I'm down to almost empty.....
05-11-2005, 01:24 PM
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Originally Posted by MOS95B
Maybe it'* just psychological, or the little bit you can add above "Full", but it seems the gauge moves slower through the first half of the tank than the bottom half. I can usually go 3 or 4 days before I get down to half, but the a day, maybe a day and a half later, I'm down to almost empty.....
05-11-2005, 03:25 PM
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I agree mos, Maybe its just me but it seems like I can get almost a quarter of a tank out before it actually starts moving.
