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This is more to do with the difficulty of getting a manual clutch that can both handle the amount of torque and also be OK to drive around in the traffic than the speed of upchanges. A manual box in something like a veyron would be almost unusable I reckon.

Of course I know about it. And what an over-blown, manufactured controversy we have there. Firstly, given the allegations made in this thread about some global conspiracy of scientist and politicians to tax us to death, or rake in money from alternative-energy companies, or whatever the latest...

I don't understand this argument either. If it was all about money for climate scientists, then surely they would promote controversy rather than consensus, with one group arguing for and the other against. I'm sure exon-mobil would provide plenty of funding. Oh wait, they already do. It is just...

Believe me, I have researched it quite a bit. I have seen huge exagerations, especially in the media, on the effects of warming. I've also seen so much misinformation coming out of the "unbeliever" side, that I can only conclude it is a deliberate attempt to mislead the public. I've seen...

Probably far fewer than are interested in distributing oil and digging up coal. And I have absolutely no problem in them doing so btw as long as we can mitigate the environmental impacts. But if what you propose is true, then the scientists would have to be in on it, because there is...

Frankly I never understand this argument. Please explain. 1) If scientists wanted to make money out of this, surely they would be promoting a controvery rather than a consensus. 2) These scientists make a very modest salary, with most of them working at universities. 3) It doesn't matter how...

While that might gve you comfort, it should actually scare the crap out of you! You are absolutely correct that in the past as temperatures have risen, CO2 release has followed. One of the reasons for this is that warmer oceans are less capable of absorbing CO2 than cooler waters. As we warm...

It is not correct that Humans product less CO2 than the natural *variation*. But humans do produce less CO2 than all of the other "background" sources. But as I mentioned above only about half of the "extra" CO2 that humans add to the atmosphere is abosrbed (oceans, forests etc). This is all...

Mate, we are talking about a rise of about 0.8 degrees over the last hundred years. You aint going to detect just by noticing a few cold days during winter.

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At the risk of being unpopular. You guys have NFI. If you want to get some proper background on the subject in layman's terms, I'd suggest http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn11462. Yes, there are solar cycles, yes there are weather cycles (el-nino/la-nina) and a whole host of things that...

Hey Liam, Sorry, no sympathy for you at all mate. I'm still waiting for mine and I ordered it on 10th August. It landed in Sydney on 28th Dec after over 7 weeks at sea. Dealer reckons maybe next week, but he's not sure. So I'm at 22 weeks and counting. :3sadwalk:.

Feel free to argue with the dictionary if you want. The whole point is there was no first, second, third... etc decade. We can group any period of 10 years into a decade. So the 1980's decade does not include 1990 because by convention when we say the 1980s we mean the decade 1980-1989.

I celebrated both years, just to be sure. :happy:

Geordie Mike is absolutely correct. Per thefreedictionary.com: dec·ade (dkd, d-kd)n. 1. A period of ten years. 2. A group or series of ten. So it is any period of 10 years and by convention we use decade to mean a period of 10 years starting at year 0. The 1980's decade is 1980-1989. You...

If you don't get a satisfactory response, you can always file a notice of copyright innfringement with ebay: http://pages.ebay.co.uk/vero/notice.html They do respond to these and take them very seriously.

Mate, we are all gutted for you. That is so unlucky. Perhaps you could write to Audi and explain what happened. Maybe they will help you out in some way for your next car. Just remember that no matter how bad it seems, you still have your family.