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    Graphing Calculator website.

    Cool, but Mathematica still wins.
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    Hybrids: Camry, Tahoe, Vue, .... Oh, my!

    Or unless you love changing the hell out of tons of batteries every couple years, and the other electrical-mechanical problems that hybrids bring to the table.
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    Bought my company - had to tell someone!

    Right, but here's what I'm fighting: Current ownership has a ridiculously (near zero) cost basis on a very, very large current value. Capital gains, even at 15%, will be out of this world. If an S-Corp ESOP purchases the company, thought, the current ownership (very "up there" in years...
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    Bought my company - had to tell someone!

    S-Corp == Pay income tax of the business at your personal income tax rate. Of course, if this is a very large sized business, the highest personal income tax bracket is 38%... about the same as corporate tax rate. S-Corp ESOP == Pay ZERO INCOME TAX, period. Depending on the size of...
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    Bought my company - had to tell someone!

    Yes, but you just purchased directly, right? You didn't structure as an ESOP? That's where the real tax benefit lies, if you can deal with being employee owned...
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    Bought my company - had to tell someone!

    Congrats, Mize. I'm in the middle of negotiations for a similar situation. The problem here is I'm intrigued by the ridiculous tax benefits of turning into an "S-Corp ESOP". Basically, if you're an "S" Corp and an ESOP, you pay NO income taxes whatsoever as a corporation. Makes it easy to...
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    Direct Injection?

    Not in my opinion. Marketing gimmick written all over it.
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    Direct Injection?

    There's no reason to have quad cams on an inline engine. The most you would need would be two: One for the intake valves and one for the exhaust. The reason for quad cams on a V engine is so you can have this configuration on each cylinder bank: One intake and one exhaust for each side.
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    Website's that you used to visit, but don't anymore

    OK, I'll be the first one to admit it: myg0t.com? Anybody else? LOL...
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    Seattle as a vacation destination

    I suprised my wife with a "long weekend" to Seattle a year or so ago. Everybody was like, "where are you guys going?", and when I said Seattle, you should have seen the weird looks I got from people. Mind you, we live in NW Indiana, and peoople around here are pretty ignorant of the world...
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    So I want to build a tank... =)

    Hey Dr. Ffreeze... Dr. Ffreeze: You're from Northern Indiana, aren't you? I thought I remembered that from way back... If so, and you're serious about the project, I'm only about an hour South of South Bend... maybe we need to brainstorm on this...
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    So I want to build a tank... =)

    I got a million of 'em. (Ideas... not hydrostats)
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    So I want to build a tank... =)

    Simpler than that: One engine, two pump hydrostat. Just like my Grasshopper lawn mower, but beefier. You then have fully independent speed control for each track on a lever. Piece of cake. You could use salvaged hydrostats from a couple of old, junked tractors.
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    So I want to build a tank... =)

    Finally... I was worried you guys were seriously unimpressed with the machine. I thought it kicked mucho ass, regardless of whether he drove it through the house without armor. Impressive is the acceleration and speed of that thing. Damn...
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    So I want to build a tank... =)

    If you build a tank from scratch, it'll have to be better than this one: http://www.big-boys.com/articles/homemadetank.html
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