At 11:13 PM 8/5/2002 -0400, G. Matthew Bulley wrote:
>Kevin snidely writes:
>
>"With a comment like that I really hope you weigh up every trip you make
>to the store, around town etc...so as not to burn precious fossil fuels
>and pollute the air...not to mention your 2nd car should be a electric
>hybrid...is it???
>
>Am I to understand that Kevin is making light of the air you or your
>kids breathe.
>
>Maybe in his area of the country they don't have 80+ code orange ozone
>days a year. Maybe Kevin doesn't have kids who he wants to grow up
>without repository allergies, asthma, or bronchitis.
>
>Maybe Kevin doesn't know what it is like to go for a 3 mile run and feel
>like shit afterward because the air is crap.
>
>Whatever, Kevin.
>
>If you are trying to imply that being concerned about the environment we
>all share is trivial, I'll let you stew in your own pudding.
>
>I'll err on the side of caution, and so I'll spend an extra buck or two
>to take the train rather than drive. I'll replace that catalytic
>converter when it fails. I'll walk to the grocer, the doctor, the
>barber, and work at home rather than commuting.
>
>I wasn't asking for the moon; our Vanagons aren't the most efficient in
>the world but with a little technology, they can at least be clean. Just
>a little common decency for our fellow travelers.
>
>Whatever, Kevin, make snide comments and feel smug in your ozone world.
>
>Pax--
>
>G. Matthew Bulley
>Mount Olive, NC
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
>Of kevin obrien
>Sent: Monday, August 05, 2002 6:50 PM
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: Revisiting the Catalytic Converter...
>
>Hey G. Mathew....
>
>With a comment like that I really hope you weigh up
>every trip you make to the store, around town etc...so
>as not to burn precious fossil fuels and pollute the
>air...not to mention your 2nd car should be a electric
>hybrid...is it???
>
>--- "G. Matthew Bulley" <gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM>
>wrote:
> > And then do the rest of us surface-dwellers a favor
> > and spend the $100
> > on a new catalytic converter.
> >
> > Developing business and guiding change since 1996,
> >
> > G. Matthew Bulley
> > Bulley-Hewlett
> > Marketing & Communications
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> > Phone: +1.919.658.1278
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vanagon Mailing List
> > [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
> > Of Matthew Pollard
> > Sent: Monday, August 05, 2002 6:19 PM
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: Re: Revisiting the Catalytic Converter...
> >
> > oxygen sensor bad = running rich
> >
> > running rich = more work for cat to do
> >
> > more work for cat = getting hot & melting,
> > literally.
> >
> >
> > unplug your oxygen sensor and see how you run.
> > better? if so, then
> > replace the oxygen sensor. if not change then look
> > elsewhere.
> > matthew
>
>
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