@B.L.E. is on the mark, Force has a Hemi in that Chevy. All Top Fuel cars use a 500 cubic inch aftermarket engine based on the late 60’s Chrysler Hemi engine from a few suppliers. Not a single Chrysler part in them anymore but the hemi-head layout and bore spacing is the same.
At least in NASCAR, Ford Chevy and Toyota engines are designed by the manufacturers. Although they are pretty similar, they aren’t the same.
Tax breaks are given to the groups that hire lobbyists to funnel campaign contributions to Senators and Representatives who will vote for them. Medicare pays full price for drugs because Congress basically let the drug companies write the Medicare part D law. Almost every country in the world regulates drug prices but us. We have the ability to do it and our own VA negotiates much lower drug prices.
Medicare pays full price for drugs because Congress basically let the drug companies write the Medicare part D law. Almost every country in the world regulates drug prices but us. We have the ability to do it and our own VA negotiates much lower drug prices.
Thank you Newt Gingrich. This bill is costing us BILLIONS a year…and we can’t negotiate a rate with the drug companies. Some drugs under the medicare plan are 2-3 times higher for the same drug under the VA plan.
I pay $15 a month for my drug coverage for a $10 co-pay or $1 if I care to go to Walmart and stand in line. I’m not really thrilled with Medicare and pay about as much for a supplemental plan plus part B as I did before for full coverage. I’m not sure what the benefit is at this point. Medicaid is another deep hole that is not sustainable. I agree that drug costs should have been discounted but people really need to have their own plans anyway and not rely on Medicare.
I agree that drug costs should have been discounted but people really need to have their own plans anyway and not rely on Medicare.
The vast majority of people do not have that option.
The major problem is NOT what you pay…It’s what we the tax payers pay to supplement this plan. It’s costing us $50B+ annually. Should be almost half that if the government could negotiate price with the pharmaceutical companies. But we are forbidden from law (as stated in that bill).
I don’t quite understand that. Anyone in Minnesota and gotta be other states has a whole range of plans available to them for part D or supplemental depending on the drugs they use or the coverage they want. Holy cow the book is an inch thick with all the options for those over 65. The information session explaining it all was 8 hours. Just need to consider the formulary you need and what service area you need such as county, state, US, or world wide. I stuck with Blue Cross which gives me US and outside US coverage for $100 and a separate part D for $15. Just talk to your agent.
Whatever became of Ed Pink?I’m not so sure Toyota makes their own engine,seems to me they got a waiver because they dont make pushrod engines anymore.
I don't quite understand that. Anyone in Minnesota and gotta be other states has a whole range of plans available to them for part D or supplemental depending on the drugs they use or the coverage they want. Holy cow the book is an inch thick with all the options for those over 65.
I misspoke. They may have that option, but many can’t afford that option. I know several people who are struggling right now paying for their monthly drug plan. Those plans either have high deductible or high co-pay.
Stupid fast!!! Last Saturday I tried just that. Stupid fast. And I’ll never forget it. At Copenhagen Classic Grand Prix (Denmark), I bought a ride in a Koenigsegg something in “a race for the children” as a passenger for a fortune - around 360 Usd for 2 times around the track (that’s fine, the money goes uncut to children with cancer). That experience is just: If you haven’t tried it - you won’t believe it.
I can’t wait 'till next year.
Ohh, here it is:
http://koenigsegg.com/ccxr-edition/
Also:
Have a nice day
Klaus
Btw. Price on the road, with licens plates, tax’ed and what have you, in Denmark: app. 2,700,000,00 Usd. Please, don’t have a hearth attack.
@asterix Woo! Bet you enjoyed that immensely. And just think on this: That’s not even the fastest car Koenigsegg makes. That company makes wonderfully insane vehicles.
Gasoline powered cars powerful enough to go stupid fast also get stupid bad gas mileage for the most part. The problem is a gasoline engine big enough to make 600 horsepower at full throttle is way too big to make 12-15 horsepower efficiently while cruising down the highway at 55-60 mph. Electric motors on the other hand have a nearly flat efficiency curve from overload down to barely loaded.
The sheer amount of batteries the Tesla needs in order to have a 260 mile range on one charge means that you also have batteries capable of delivering the thousands of amps needed for stupid fast acceleration, this performance is almost a by product of this car’s range capabilities.
Because gasoline engine efficiency drops off dramatically at light loads, the difference in range between a carefully driven car and one that is driven as if the owner stole it is not that dramatic. I get around 42 mpg with my car, if I take the high speed limit toll roads and push the 75-85 mph speed limits, that mpg might drop to the low 30s or so.
I could probably make it to work and back with a Nissan Leaf if I stay off the freeways and drive carefully. Take it on the freeway and pass everyone using the left lane and accelerate towards each and every red light, and I would probably not even make it to work, let alone come home again.
This is why I like the Porsche 918 so much. 0-60 in 2.2 seconds, but it’s a hybrid so it still gets 22mpg… Which is a terrible mileage number until you realize that this is a supercar that outruns many conventional supercars that almost have to tow their own oil tanker around to stay fueled.
There are simply advantages to hybrids. perhaps one day more people will find merit in the electric drive also.