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good point. That's wonderful for the short term. However I'm not sure it will work. The wheels are already spinning for these alternative fuels and all the oil companies and others have invested so much in them that I really don't think they'll slow it down. Although I suppose that if the price got low enough their profits would decline, but I don't know that they'd cut from R & D before laying off workers. It would depend on which could be more profitable at the time, oil or alternative fuel vehicles. Since it's only 2009 I imagine they will choose oil, though, since the alternative fuel market probably won't be large enough by then to warrant decreasing oil production for it. If it was maybe 2015 it might be a different story. But also the Saudi's aren't fighting only the oil price critics, but the environmental critics as well. So many people are switching to alternative fuels just because it's better for the environment and global warming and all that jazz. edit: I just realized that I was thinking of passenger car type vehicles when I did that little market analysis, but in fact personal vehicles only make up a fraction of the total fuel usage. I think it's only like 30% or something like that. The biggest users of fuel are shipping transportation and industrial uses. and I don't see them switching to alternative fuels any time soon. the passenger vehicle market is way ahead of them in that regard.

3.85 in eastern kansas

you are going to need a LOT more port area than a 3" round port for 2 18's. I'd say do something at least 120 sq. inches, which if you're doing round ports would require at least four 6" round ports. I think in most SUVs the alignment of subs up, port back works the best.

sounds good/interesting to me. I thought those neo motored speakers were pretty deep, though. Are they going to fit? edit: just saw they have a new slim version of the neo motor. cool.

lol, Merc means something completely different to me "wtf, he wouldn't want a lead sled" Indeed, I have taken to some European terminology in cars though. Here in Lawrence the Merc is an organic grocery store.

stupid eyes. I think I have allergies as I sneeze a few times a day, get runny nose sometimes, and eyes are dry/itch. I've taken antihistamines and they take care of the first two just fine. But they barely help the eyes, which is the worst thing about it for me. I can't wear my contacts hardly at all without them hurting. I hate it. and it's weird because I've never had this problem before this year. I spent weeks outside at a time in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming the last couple years and did landscaping for a summer 3 years ago and never had a problem. But for some reason all of a sudden this year it's decided to pop up. Maybe it's because I am indoors all the time now. My work building is pretty old I think, and I know my house is. They've remodeled a bunch of other apartments in the complex recently and they're going to redo ours as soon as we move out.

I think all the ones built by Zed were good. I think I had a USX2080, the one with the blue light on front. One of the channels died, and then I just smashed it into the concrete.

we didn't get any hail, thank goodness. just rained hard. I was for sure we'd get some because a big red spot moved right over us. but it just made the rain come down in sheets.

My LG is pretty good on battery, I usually charge it every 3-4 days. I don't talk on it a ton but I text like 30 times a day sometimes.

topgun, it looks like you guys are getting hammered by this storm right now. It seems to be on an ESE track so I think we'll be getting it in about an hour ourselves.

I just got them from partsexpress. I took the easiest route because I wasn't sure how it all worked at the time. I think I got kinda lucky that it sounds as good as it does (if it even does. Sounds great to me, but some big SQ guy may come rip it apart, I dunno).

is that just when you idle though? I think you should be fine. I'd replace/upgrade the battery and wiring first if anything, especially if the battery is 5+ years old (not sure how old your Jeep is). Those are generally much cheaper. I got an Optima red top deep cycle knockoff from Napa for 60 dollars and it noticeably improved my charging system on my old car.

when you strap, the lowest rated impedence doubles. So if you have two 1 ohm amps and strap them they become a single 2 ohm amp together.

I thoroughly enjoyed my building experience. It's like creating a frankenstein. Car audio just isn't the same for the most part, doing a whole home system is more fun.

expand on that? Do you mean you just have to eat right?

I've ran Crossfire, Memphis, and Planet audio TT series amps and I think they're all solid. I'm sure they have something in one of their lines that would suit whatever number of channels and power you'd need.

sound quality Honestly watching videos on youtube is probably the worst thing to base your opinion on. Watching them excurt doesn't really show anything, and oftentimes the loudness easily overbears the mic on the camera and you don't get a real picture of how it sounds. I'd base my opinion much more on the input of the members on this forum. I'd never buy kicker subs, so I think pretty much anything is better than them.

I'd like to hear more about this. I usually drink a 32 oz. bottle of gatorade after I play basketball. When I was in high school it was about all I'd drink other than milk and juice in the morning. But since I started college I've switched to drinking water at all times other than milk and juice in the morning, and gatorade on days I work out (usually just play basketball, some days I've lifted after I play). I think I'm kind of a non-responder to a lot of things, though. I have never noticed increased energy after eating or drinking anything with sugar, and caffiene I think actually makes me tired. That's a little off topic. I tried creatine during high school for a couple weeks, but I don't remember much about it or what it did for me. Then I started hearing bad things about it and quit. Last summer I just took whey protein after working out a few times a week and gained about 10 pounds in 2 months. That was excellent for me, as I had been trying to gain weight for years. Too bad the school year came around and the school's weight room got overcrowded (as usual) and I stopped going in. I loved feeling powerful.

basketball has kept me in shape through college. Then all I have to do to get my 6-pack is do about 5 minutes of ab work when I get home and before I shower. After about 2 weeks of doing this 3-4 times a week I can see the definition. But sometimes my motivation wanes and I stop doing the ab thing for a few months at a time and my definition leaves. But I think basketball keeps me right on the edge.

I'm the same. I've seen too many rear end accidents and they're all caused by the person behind not paying attention. So I leave a lot of room so that my brake lights are on for a little bit longer and can slow down slower so that I make sure I have their attention. I've also seen a ton of accidents where you have 2 lanes of traffic going one direction and a long line of cars stopped at a stop light in one lane, while the other lane has significantly less. The car in front of you switches to the shorter line without even hitting the brakes and when they swerve you're faced with stopped cars right in front of you. That's why I like my Explorer, I can look over most cars and see that happening. Although usually it's just another time of paying attention and looking ahead, because there are always ways to see around the car in front of you. Some people are just glued to the rear end of the car in front of them with their eyes.

ray allen has definitely gotten to be less consistant. It seems he either has 4 or 24 points and shoots either 2-13 or 10-14 or something like that. The celtics' defense seems pretty consistant, it seems like their opponents will score between 80 and 90 every game. Their offense is what fluctuates considerably. They can score 70 one game and 115 the next. It seems like the whole team is either off or on, instead of maybe one being off and the rest picking them up. The Lakers I haven't paid much attention to this year.

I have a rap song that hits 20 hz. so it's not impossible. However with your musical tastes and all I might suggest you go sealed. If you want to try ported, I'd think 30 hz or so. tuning lower will give it better SQ and will play 30-40 hz louder, which is considered low for most music.

I have a mediocre Pioneer receiver and I have no problems with it other than some processing shortcomings. They may be cleared up in the higher end models, I'm not sure. mine was only like 200 a couple years ago. But I haven't tried Onkyo so I can't really compare. If you're going to build your own, I think a first step would be to figure out how you're going to do the crossovers because they can be the most tricky part. There are some premade crossovers, you can try your hand at building your own, or have somebody else build them for you. I think some kits come with crossovers already. I think both Madisound.com and Partsexpress.com have kits available, some even come with the wood that you just have to screw together to make the box. Having crossovers made can get expensive, especially if you want it done totally correctly and have somebody build them for you after you send them your drivers and the baffle they'll be mounted on. It can get pretty complex. Or you can just do some premade ones like off of PE, which I did. They aren't too bad. Not made for your specific driver and you don't really have a say on the crossover points, though.

I just checked on espn.com and the Celts were 1-0 at Atlanta, 0-2 at Cleveland, and 1-0 at Detroit during the regular season. 2-0, 2-0, and 1-1 at home against those teams, respectfully.

Was down in the great city of Garden City all week, standing in front of a copier all day to get information to bring back for our research. booorrrrrring. I asked a lady there if there were any italian places to eat, she said "the closest thing we have is Pizza Hut." Mind you, this is a town of 35,000 at least. But probably about 30,000 mexicans, though, so there are about 3,000 mexican restaurants.