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Thumper · « **Reply #2464 on:** August 12, 2021, 01:32:27 PM »

Quote from: 847badgerfan on August 11, 2021, 04:11:44 PM

I always wanted one of these when I was in high school. In fact, I'd like one now, 38 years too late.

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We've gone too long without commenting on this. I couldn't really believe that Buick of all brands would come out with a serious muscle car but this one was. Especially the GNX version. Today, most cars would laugh at the 235 hp this produced but it was way more than my IROC Z of the time.

Cincydawg · « **Reply #2465 on:** August 12, 2021, 01:34:41 PM »

Quote from: CWSooner on August 12, 2021, 12:33:49 PM

Georgia Tech students?

My neighbor who is a retired GT physics professor noted that a lot of Tech students are Asian, and some have money, and there is also Georgia State which has become more of a residential U, and has a large student body, so yes. They are quite luxurious by my notions of where students live.

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Cincydawg · « **Reply #2466 on:** August 12, 2021, 01:37:03 PM »

Yeah, the GNX was reportedly underrated on horsepower figures.

Officially, Buick claims a 0-60 mph time of 5.4 sec for the GNX versus their Grand National number of 6.9. Through the quarter mile, the GNX clocks 13.4 sec to 104.0 mph against 15.7 at 97.5.Sep 5, 2016

That was fast for the era.

MikeDeTiger · « **Reply #2467 on:** August 12, 2021, 01:37:13 PM »

Quote from: 847badgerfan on August 11, 2021, 04:12:28 PM

Howdy, old friend.

Hey 847, good to see you and be seen.

MikeDeTiger · « **Reply #2468 on:** August 12, 2021, 01:39:22 PM »

Quote from: Cincydawg on August 12, 2021, 01:34:41 PM

My neighbor who is a retired GT physics professor noted that a lot of Tech students are Asian, and some have money, and there is also Georgia State which has become more of a residential U, and has a large student body, so yes. They are quite luxurious by my notions of where students live.

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Mighty fancy digs for folks that don't even have SEC speed.

Gigem · « **Reply #2469 on:** August 12, 2021, 01:39:52 PM »

Quote from: CWSooner on August 12, 2021, 11:32:58 AM

It will be nice in the far future when electric lines are all buried and we can let trees grow to their full dimensions along streets and roads.

If there is a far future.

There’s always a far future. We might not be in it, but it’s always coming.

I don’t think all the lines will ever be buried. It’s expensive, and I’m certain not practical in every type of area.

MikeDeTiger · « **Reply #2470 on:** August 12, 2021, 01:52:10 PM »

Quote from: Cincydawg on August 11, 2021, 04:25:06 PM

The GTI, for us, is a near perfect vehicle. I get close to 40 mpg highway cruising at 80. It has plenty of torque in 6th gear to climb hills and accelerate on freeways without downshifting. There is room in the back for Costco, and the rear seat is adequate. And it handles well, they dialed out the understeer for the most part. The only issue I've had is replacing two tires from road damage.

The GTI is the Volkswagen hatchback, right? I recall you are a tall fella like myself....how do you rate the leg room, driving that?

Cincydawg · « **Reply #2471 on:** August 12, 2021, 02:00:56 PM »

Quote from: MikeDeTiger on August 12, 2021, 01:52:10 PM

The GTI is the Volkswagen hatchback, right? I recall you are a tall fella like myself....how do you rate the leg room, driving that?

It is one of two cars I've ever been in where I don't put the seat all the way back. It has a lot of leg room for the driver, not as much for the passenger, that side is not a power seat and I guess it doesn't go back quite as far. We have the "Autobahn" version with a manual transmission. I paid about $32 K for it new. It is a remarkably efficient design for volume.

MikeDeTiger · « **Reply #2472 on:** August 12, 2021, 02:04:19 PM »

Quote from: Gigem on August 12, 2021, 01:39:52 PM

There’s always a far future. We might not be in it, but it’s always coming.

I don’t think all the lines will ever be buried. It’s expensive, and I’m certain not practical in every type of area.

Yeah....we might not like the future or be around to see it, but it'll be there. Well, until the heat death of the universe, I guess. One way physicists define time is as a measurement of entropy. Once we reach total equilibrium, there's no more time. Wrap your head around that.

On the second thing, maybe Tesla wasn't crazy after all and there'll be a way to transmit energy wirelessly, and then we wouldn't have buried wires as you say, but no topside lines either.

Cincydawg · « **Reply #2473 on:** August 12, 2021, 02:10:04 PM »

There is a way to transmit electricity wirelessly obviously. It's just not efficient over distance, Coulomb's Law plays into that. Folks are testing induction as a means to recharge batteries in cars now. Distance is the key. (Our stove has an induction cooktop that is marvelous.)

What was the entropy of the Universe AT the Big Bang itself?

It is POSSIBLE the universe will reach a certain point and begin contracting. The finding that the expansion is accelerating has blown a lot of minds though.

utee94 · « **Reply #2474 on:** August 12, 2021, 02:14:24 PM »

Quote from: Cincydawg on August 12, 2021, 02:10:04 PM

There is a way to transmit electricity wirelessly obviously. It's just not efficient over distance, Coulomb's Law plays into that. Folks are testing induction as a means to recharge batteries in cars now. Distance is the key. (Our stove has an induction cooktop that is marvelous.)

What was the entropy of the Universe AT the Big Bang itself?

It is POSSIBLE the universe will reach a certain point and begin contracting. The finding that the expansion is accelerating has blown a lot of minds though.

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I suspect that like many natural phenomena, entropy could asymptotically approach equilibrium, but will never achieve it.

CWSooner · « **Reply #2475 on:** August 12, 2021, 02:31:15 PM »

Quote from: utee94 on August 12, 2021, 01:05:44 PM

Ha, I remember those Testarossa panels for the Fiero! I thought they were brilliant at the time. I was also around 14 at the time, so...

Another car I loved in the 80s, was this one:

Those were good times. You could get a great sports sedan for less-than-Mercedes prices.

FearlessF · « **Reply #2476 on:** August 12, 2021, 02:37:31 PM »

good times

1981 I was a frosh in the engineering college. Graduating seniors were starting around $30,00 per year and a new Porsche 911 cost about $30,000

MikeDeTiger · « **Reply #2477 on:** August 12, 2021, 02:38:25 PM »

Quote from: Cincydawg on August 12, 2021, 02:10:04 PM

It is POSSIBLE the universe will reach a certain point and begin contracting. The finding that the expansion is accelerating has blown a lot of minds though.

This seems to be the prevailing view, as far as I can tell as a layman. When I was in school the expanding/contracting model was still popular, but since then "they" have learned a lot more about dark energy and its effect on expansion. Krauss, Hawking, Tyson, etc. have written about it quite a bit, and if they are to be believed, the majority consensus currently seems to be that the universe will not contract.

They'd certainly know better than me. Philosophical doofuses, but brilliant physicists. Of course scientists have been known to change their minds.

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