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Don't know how much all of you are interested in gasoline quality, having you gas cleaning up your fuel lines or the environment, but I've been reading about Shell's V-Power 93-octane gas quite a bit, especially about how it has the most cleaning agents to clean your fuel line (one downside: you'll have to replace your fuel filter more often), which allow for a cleaner exhaust that provides more power to the car and helps reduce bad emissions for the environment. I filled the car up today with some of this V-power and, maybe this is just that kind of psychological thing of trying to notice a difference in something, the car just feels like it does have more power and that it runs much smoother. As I mentioned about the pscyhology thing, though, I had a 1/4 take left in the car and only drove it for about 12 or 14 miles after fueling up, so I could've just been creating my own effects of getting this V-power. Would love to hear if anyone else has any knowledge about this topic, whether on the psychological part or the gasoline/auto part.
--Mr. Lex
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2005.03.13
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Remember that Honda Ad with the Rube Goldberg contraption? Some guys at the University opf Cambridge have done it for real. (I heard the Honda ad had a few moments of computer generation, though it is a little more cleanly laid out.)

Supposedly both are derivative of the video The Way Things Go, which looks like it should be a constant half hour, but you can see some cuts they have, using closeups of smoke to mask the transitions. Back when I was trying an odd ipod-based frankenstereo setup for a party, I had to put in some video to the tv so it wouldn't auto shutoff (taking the sound with it) and also to have "video wallpaper"...I put in that video, which immediately became the hit of the party and no dancing happened 'til the video was done.