Recent content by FIS53

I agree Layout they will not be sitting still. I'm sure there will be an accellerated training program especially once the onboard landing and take off systems have been passed for operations. I think the Chinese did what the US and others have done and that is to have an airfield or two with...

Amazing that some news agencies are already looking at this as a game changer in the naval situation in the far east. Until the carrier is full operational it won't be much of a factor. Last year the Chinese stated they wanted to load it up with fighters, fighter/bombers and choppers but had yet...

I've run both regular vans (GM) and Sprinters. The regular van of course meant bending over for working on strapping and such and moving the freight. The Sprinter posed some new problems of which one was the cold weather and being able to heat the sleeping area. I knew I didn't have loads of...

Benz in europe offers several diesel engines in the Sprinters. One difference is they are usually mated to a manual transmission rather than the automatic. Engines used to range from the 1.9L with a couple of 2.xL 4 cylinders and then the 6 cylinders. For a city delivery van a 4 banger would...

OVM you are correct it is partially the problem of high taxes especially in Ontario where the HST added 8% to the price per litre. But even so the price is still 15-25 cents above where it should be. Food actually is a surprising price item as the prices did not go up as much as many of us...

Canadians have for years paid more for fuel than necessary. With crude prices lower and the canuck buck being about par with the US buck fuel should be 10 cents or more less than it currently sits at. Gasoline is currently running in the Ontario market (largest in the country) around the...

The impeding the flow of traffic thing also applies in Ontario so if the fast lane is doing 70+ doing the speed limit would be impeding the flow. Yes you get a ticket. Of course if it is a slow ay on the highway and everyone is doing 55 and you snake your way through traffic trying to go faster...

In Ontario they are experimenting with double trailer trains. Currently used for line haul betweeen terminals they have actually started to reduce some companies number of rigs on the 401 between Ontario and Quebec. I haven't seen any major accidents involving these rigs but that is a matter of...

My past experience with gas and diesel vans has proven the diesel was a better option for long hauls and being cost effective. I used to get better mileage out of the diesels. Yes the newer diesels do seem to get lower mpg than past units and also the Ford 6.0 semed to be a problem plagued...

Definitely a great idea to downsize government. Getting rid of those Canadians who may have socialist ideas (coming from a higher socialist country) means less socialist ideas in government. However on the flip side those pesky canucks are usually well educated and do converse in english making...

On a recent trip to a government office I got the chance to view some application forms for government services. I noticed several had the "Make your mark here______" and another spot for the applicants assistant's signature who had to be able to read/write and comprehend the application and...

One thing I'm not fond of with these OBD codes is that with todays onboard driver information centers (DIC) is why can't they make the error and malfunction indicators come up on the DIC in plain language so you know what is wrong rather than this idotic method we suffer with. Now we have to...

The best options for this is to look at companies that deal with the industrial suppliers/distributors (MRO) like BDI, Kaman and other bearing, power transmission and such equipment. There are skids and shipped individually that would fit the back of the Avalanche but the weight capacity would...

Correct there is no federal mandate as a national health care system but they do fund a lot of it in all the provinces. Hence every province has a form of state health care co-funded by the feds and the provinces. So an idea for the US to look at. While the laws do not really allow the feds...

I can agree the feds should not over step their boundaries. However the feds are already involved with the retirees of the country. In being involved from that angle this is a small step towards change where the feds have figured that things should be better by making insurance mandatory. Should...