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To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (58280)	1/18/2001 7:47:47 PM
From: Shoot1st	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

Are you suggesting that a properly tuned engine produces no carbon monoxide? Shootie

To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (58280)	1/19/2001 12:41:35 AM
From: nasdaqian	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

When hydrocarbon burns, the two products (from a good clean engine) are carbon dioxide and water. That is why on a cold morning you'll see steam rising from cars that haven't warmed up well, or when the weather is very cold even the ones that are warmed up. So, is humidity really relevant at all to condensation inside the exhaust system if the water results from the O2 in the air and the hydrogen in the fuel? (this is where I question whether me has been full of hot air?) In other words, assuming two cars warming up at the same ambient temp, one in 0%, zip, zulch, nada humidity and the other at 99.9999%, the total amount of water in the system would be about equal? If so, then excuse me while I wipe the egg off my red face. Then why, putting aside for arguments sake, the possibility of a distorted perception of reality on my part, would exhaust systems last longer in the West, again assuming that is actually the case in the interest of humoring me. Now, as for the hybrid, that is interesting since in other types isn't the engine used only when the charge of the battery reaches a certain state and turned on and off to maintain a certain range? Meanwhile the electric motors/generators are the only drivers. Like slapping a gas driven power plant onto an electric only car. I would think the Insight's downside would be having two types of power trains to design in and maintain. Test drove the all-electric chevy version (EV-1?) once. Zippy as hell and bizarre. Kept reaching for the ignition to start it up cuz I didn't hear anything.