No L-Jet ever made?, Is AA out of their mind???? |
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No L-Jet ever made?, Is AA out of their mind???? |
deserttoad |
Feb 13 2006, 10:41 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 35 Joined: 24-January 06 From: Lovelock, NV Member No.: 5,468 |
So I'm pretty new to this Porsche stuff, and I'm looking at this page from AA, and it doesn't show any L-jet FI. I've always thought that what I have in my 1975 1.8. So here are a couple of pics, what is this?
And what's up with this page from AA: http://www.autoatlanta.com/model/914catalo...ne-numbers.html Are they nuts??? DT Attached image(s) |
deserttoad |
Feb 13 2006, 10:43 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 35 Joined: 24-January 06 From: Lovelock, NV Member No.: 5,468 |
Other half:
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lapuwali |
Feb 13 2006, 10:48 PM
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Not another one! Group: Benefactors Posts: 4,526 Joined: 1-March 04 From: San Mateo, CA Member No.: 1,743 |
Yes, you have L-Jet. All US 1.8s had L-Jet. AA's table looks like it's suffered a cut-and-paste error, as the 2.0 data is under the 1.8 heading.
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alpha434 |
Feb 13 2006, 10:50 PM
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My member number is no coincidence. Group: Members Posts: 3,154 Joined: 16-December 05 From: Denver, CO Member No.: 5,280 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
Rack another 10 points for AA. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/rolleyes.gif)
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Aaron Cox |
Feb 13 2006, 10:57 PM
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its just a typo...... |
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alpha434 |
Feb 13 2006, 11:09 PM
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My member number is no coincidence. Group: Members Posts: 3,154 Joined: 16-December 05 From: Denver, CO Member No.: 5,280 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
Customer confusion.
Typos wage war and lauch missiles and whatnot. The world rises and falls to the will of the written word. An online company can't afford typos. Especially a company that is trying to obtain a positive image from 914 owners. You're right. It's just a typo. But it should probly be fixed asap. Right? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wink.gif) |
deserttoad |
Feb 14 2006, 09:09 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 35 Joined: 24-January 06 From: Lovelock, NV Member No.: 5,468 |
Cool - better their mistake than mine!
thanks, DT |
bd1308 |
Feb 14 2006, 10:04 AM
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Sir Post-a-lot Group: Members Posts: 8,020 Joined: 24-January 05 From: Louisville,KY Member No.: 3,501 |
there was this moon lander that NASA sent out, but i dont remember the name. Dude this was like a multi-billion dollar lander...you know what happened to it? someone, upon entering in flight trajectory maps for the landing decent, one set of engineers used metric, while others used english measurements...a typo.
Nasa watched that thing just crash into the ground. not that I agree with alpha, but thats what happens when people make typos. b |
kconway |
Feb 14 2006, 10:12 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,347 Joined: 6-December 04 From: Monrovia, CA Member No.: 3,231 Region Association: Southern California |
Making a metric to SAE conversion error is not a typo... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/headbang.gif)
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davep |
Feb 14 2006, 11:06 AM
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914 Historian Group: Benefactors Posts: 5,195 Joined: 13-October 03 From: Burford, ON, N0E 1A0 Member No.: 1,244 Region Association: Canada |
Same thing happened in Canada back when the Boeing 767 was brand new. A combination of a bad fuel management package and people using a bad combination of conversion factors (lbs/liter) resulted in the flight of the 'Gimli Glider' that fell out of the sky halfway to its destination. The pilot was an experienced glider pilot and brought the plane down on a closed runway. That runway was in use at the time.
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bd1308 |
Feb 14 2006, 11:48 AM
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Sir Post-a-lot Group: Members Posts: 8,020 Joined: 24-January 05 From: Louisville,KY Member No.: 3,501 |
but not writing "ft" next to your contributing number is. b |
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ClayPerrine |
Feb 14 2006, 02:26 PM
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Life's been good to me so far..... Group: Admin Posts: 15,820 Joined: 11-September 03 From: Hurst, TX. Member No.: 1,143 Region Association: NineFourteenerVille |
FYI... they jacked up the plane, fixed the nose gear, replaced the slides, refueled it and flew it out of there. It's still in service. It has "Gimili Glider" painted under the pilot's window in big letters. I saw it taxi by in Montreal last December. The error on it was caused by the switch from imperial gallons to liters. They short filled the plane because the fuel amount was written in imperial gallons, and the pumps had been converted to liters. |
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Twystd1 |
Feb 14 2006, 03:46 PM
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You don't want to know... really..... Group: Members Posts: 2,514 Joined: 12-September 04 From: Newport Beach, California Member No.: 2,743 |
If I bagged on every web site with a typo or a "slip" on data.
I would spend the rest of my life making them wrong. Just send the vendor an e-mail and see if they change it. I am NOT a big AA fan. Regards, Twystd1 |
davep |
Feb 14 2006, 06:53 PM
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914 Historian Group: Benefactors Posts: 5,195 Joined: 13-October 03 From: Burford, ON, N0E 1A0 Member No.: 1,244 Region Association: Canada |
No, not really. They would have had only a quarter of the required fuel then. And they dipped the tanks twice, Toronto and Ottawa. But their conversion from volume to weight was incorrect by half. Basically the difference between lbs and kg (2.2 lbs / kg). It would not have mattered except the electronic guage was malfunctioning. The mechanics sent from Winnipeg also ran out of fuel before reaching Gimli. It was a million dollar fixup before it flew again. |
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GTPatrick |
Feb 14 2006, 07:04 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 245 Joined: 8-September 05 From: Memphis, Tn. Member No.: 4,768 Region Association: None |
Deserttoad, AA would have to have a mind in the first place to lose it. So you're safe on that assumption.
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deserttoad |
Feb 14 2006, 08:21 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 35 Joined: 24-January 06 From: Lovelock, NV Member No.: 5,468 |
Okay, so now I'm curious. A lot of people here don't talk too highly of AA. So what gives?
I've ordered from PP on only one occasion, and I they had what I needed and I got what I ordered. I recall somebody here with a signature that said something like "Automobile Atlanta is not a preferred provider". What makes them so bad, and Pelican so good? DT |
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