Citroens and Mercedes. Reliable - safe - boring. (Sorry - my opinion ;-) )
> From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [USMA:46224] Re: Ergs??? > Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:19:51 +0000 > > > What's wrong with Citroens? I have two - a C2 and a C5, both diesels, both > untterly reliable, both very strong, VERY quiet, smooth and very 'long > legged' cars (C5 at 2000 rpm is doing 110 km/h). Previous C5 - 180 000 km, > no problems, routine maintenance only. Current C5 - 75 000 km - ditto (and > maintenance every 32 000 km only). C5 is an incredible car - totally > digital (including its hydropneumatic suspension), and after 32 months I am > STILL finding new things about it that I can program or it can do. Our C2 > is new - just 8 000 km so far. Fuel economy an incredible 4.5 L/100 km. It > replaced a very unreliable Ford. > > Don't knock Citroens - they are as bulletproof as a Mercedes at half the > price. I guess it really does take a few years to live down old > reputations. > > John F-L > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Pierre Abbat" <[email protected]> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 10:17 PM > Subject: [USMA:46222] Re: Ergs??? > > > > > > On Monday 30 November 2009 16:06:39 [email protected] wrote: > >> Anyone have an idea why the article (from our friends at NASA ;-) below > >> would mention ergs for energy? > >> > >> http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/stereo/news/solar_tsunami.html > > > > Beats me. It's not out of range of prefixes applied to the joule, assuming > > that "1029 ergs" is supposed to be "10^29 ergs" (10^22 joules). When I run > > the megatons of TNT through the units program, however, it comes out on > > the > > order of 10^19 joules. > > > > The erg is obsolete, except in the Sahara, where it is still in use, along > > with the chott and the jebel. :) > > > > Pierre > > > > -- > > Don't buy a French car in Holland. It may be a citroen. > > > _________________________________________________________________ Use Hotmail to send and receive mail from your different email accounts http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/186394592/direct/01/
