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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: pgerassi who wrote (124130)9/18/2000 6:43:59 PM
From: Joe NYC  Read Replies (1) of 1572637
 
Pete,

OT

IMHO most cars are over powered and if, built to go the maximum speed (80MPH (75 + 5MPH for some margin))

I think the reason most people buy stronger engines is better acceleration. I think the carmakers should devise some way to selectively disable some cylinders in energy efficient mode, say the 6 or 8 cylinder engines could run on 3 or 4 cylinders at cruising speed.

I think most people would use it, just like they use "overdrive".

Joe
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