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Old 01-04-2005
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ooooh thx
here we only say the year lol like Golf 2005
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We just say Golf 5, but.. I think the Golf is about the only car we really call by mark
Okay, I do Escorts too (and prefer not to speek about Golfs... ) :mrgreen:


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Old 01-05-2005
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you forgot the supra?!?!?!


Toyota Supra MKIV...you forget that?!?!?!?! hock:
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Old 01-06-2005
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Since we don't have Supra's here, I didn't forget them, just didn't mention them


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Heres one killing me and me mates,

Whats the convertion rate between Kilowatts and Horsepower.

The new Falcon Typhon V8 has 300Kw or something, whats that in horsepower?

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It's around 402.6 Horsepower or in the U.S. 407 Horsepower.

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1 kW = 1,359623 hp; 1 hp = 0,735299 kW


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Old 01-27-2005
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1 kW = 1,359623 hp; 1 hp = 0,735299 kW
NightEye; this seems wrong!

WOH seems more correct to me!
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What NightEye wrote is absolutely right. However, it is not the answer to Marvin's question - but that does not make it less right

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Actually Nighteyes answer was what I was after, thanks mate, and when you multiply 300 by 1.359623 you get 407hp, thanks WOH.

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heh my bad i assumed the , in 1,359623 hp was there to show the speration of the thousand mark lol!
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Old 01-30-2005
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Stupid Americans..
. is for thousands, , is for digits!

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...And they say Maths is the only universal language! :roll:

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. is for thousands, , is for digits!

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Stupid americans huh......

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yeah thats real weird.. some casio calculators use ',' and some other kind, i believe it was TI-83 or Hp uses '.' ..... Well It is just how you learn it.. .


or amercians are just .... selfish ??? lol
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Old 02-15-2005
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yeah they are


back to topic:
A question I have been asking myself for years now:

Would you answer no to this question?
(you can only answer yes or no)

It was an assignment at school, and the teacher became really ill after this lesson... he was replaced, and we never got the right answer
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yeah they are


back to topic:
A question I have been asking myself for years now:

Would you answer no to this question?
(you can only answer yes or no)

It was an assignment at school, and the teacher became really ill after this lesson... he was replaced, and we never got the right answer
And the question was???

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the question is:

Would you answer no to this question?
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Old 02-16-2005
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Answer this then....

How long is a piece of string??

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Old 02-16-2005
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That depends on how long it is
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