Hartzell's appointment as Moderator of Vroom, vroom!

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I am humbled to learn today of my appointment as Moderator of the new Vroom, vroom Forum. I will do my best to live up to my responsibilities in this new role.

However, as stated before in a posting in the (previous) Traffic Forum, please be aware that my mechanical knowledge is quite limited . . . . . . . for example I cannot even convert “horsepower” to “cubic centimeters” . . . . . in regard to engine sizes that is . . . . . (I am clarifying this for those of you who have even less mechanical knowledge than I do . . . . . )

— ANNOUNCEMENT —
In conjunction with a previous promotion in the Open Forum, if you have an ARC and a newly issued driver’s license . . . . . I will lead you through the steps to get a six year license . . . . . . for the incredibly low fee of NT$ 100 . . . . . . . . . .

Only those posters on forumosa.com of good moral standing may apply . . . . . . but I am not checking “good citizen certificates” or anything like that . . . . . . so if you can vouch for yourself, that is fine by me.

Send me an email for further details. I have to do the administrative appeal within 30 days of the date on your receipt for the driver’s license, and it takes me a few days to get the paperwork together . . . . . . . so you have to move fairly fast!!! That is certainly in keeping with the spirit of this forum which is vroom, vroom !!!

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I thought it was the old Traffic forum renamed and expanded ?
Even then it’s a typo, it’s supposed to be 'Broom, Broom" and is a forum about keeping your house clean and tidy, What does Hartzell know about that ?

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I run a very tight ship!!

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[quote=“Hartzell”]I run a very tight ship!![/quote]That is useful, so it’s not wheels only ? Stragbasher can discuss his little boat here ?

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[quote=“Hartzell”]I am humbled to learn today of my appointment as Moderator of the new Vroom, vroom Forum. I will do my

. . . . . for example I cannot even convert “horsepower” to “cubic centimeters” . . . . . in regard to engine sizes that is . . . . . (I am clarifying this for those of you who have even less mechanical knowledge than I do . . . . . )…

vroom, vroom !!![/quote]

If you can convert c.c.'s to horsepower, then all I can say is:

:notworthy:

Not to be a big 'ol smartass, but I am pretty sure that no strictly linear relationship exists between the two (i.e., horsepower is a function of more things than mere piston displacement).

Of course, I could be wrong* because I know absolutely zip about automobiles (and just enough about physics to be dangerous to myself and others).

:smiley:

Vroom, vroom!!

*- And man is it going to bite if somebody who knows otherwise says otherwise.

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I can convert sardonicism into banality.

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And so can I, obviously.

Thanks for the feedback.

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[quote=“flike”][quote=“Hartzell”]I am humbled to learn today of my appointment as Moderator of the new Vroom, vroom Forum. I will do my

. . . . . for example I cannot even convert “horsepower” to “cubic centimeters” . . . . . in regard to engine sizes that is . . . . . (I am clarifying this for those of you who have even less mechanical knowledge than I do . . . . . )…

vroom, vroom !!![/quote]

If you can convert c.c.'s to horsepower, then all I can say is:

:notworthy:

Not to be a big 'ol smartass, but I am pretty sure that no strictly linear relationship exists between the two (i.e., horsepower is a function of more things than mere piston displacement).

Of course, I could be wrong* because I know absolutely zip about automobiles (and just enough about physics to be dangerous to myself and others).

:smiley:

Vroom, vroom!!

*- And man is it going to bite if somebody who knows otherwise says otherwise.
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Oh dear, the young have so much to learn. There is no direct relationship between brake horse power and engine size, this is true. But when my father got his driving license (in 1929) there was an assumption that 100 cc of engine volume was equivalent to 1 horse power. Thus anyone who has dabbled in vintage cars is likely to be more familiar with a 16hp Morris, for example than a 1.6 liter Morris or even a 1600 c.c. Morris. Not that I though Hartzell was of my dad’s age or a vintage car fiend but

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Actually, it was based on the area of the pistons, not on swept volume. It was one those decisions that adversely affected engine design and devlepment for many years to come.

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TO: All Foreigners Who Want to Drive in the ROC
FROM: Richard W. Hartzell

*** Here is an update of the procedures for getting the six year driver’s license if the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) only gave you one for the duration of your ARC. ***

If you have an ARC, it is certainly possible to obtain a six year Driver’s License. I know this for a fact because I did it. Surprisingly, it did not make any difference that my ARC was going to expire eleven months in the future.

The catch is that in order to get a six-year license, you will have to go through a similar “Administrative Appeal” process to what I went through. My situation was reported in a full page article in the China POST on June 23, 2000. The procedure is roughly this: First, I got a license which matched the expiry date on my ARC. Then I filed an “Administrative Appeal”, which I won. The DMV and the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC) lost. I waited for the DMV to notify me of their cognizance of this entire matter, which they did by mail . . . . . . then with that paperwork in hand, I went back to the DMV, and the personnel there cancelled my one-year license cancelled and issued me a six-year license.

Please be aware of the following facts:

(1) the 30-day rule applies. In other words, the Administrative Appeal must be filed within 30 days of the date on the receipt which you get when you apply for the license.

Considering that it will take me a few days to get ready and file the paperwork after you send me your data, that means you should proceed as quickly as possible.

(2) The Administrative Appeal which I have developed is four pages long. Two “sets” have to be submitted, both “originals”, and I need to keep a copy. So that means you have to give me three sets of originals.

(3) Everything is in Chinese of course. I can email you the page 4 document. You should fill out page 4, photocopy it, and then STAMP THREE COPIES WITH YOUR Chinese CHOP in red ink.

You have to have a Chinese NAME and a Chinese CHOP to complete this procedure. In fact, it is not necessary that you put your English name on the page 4 document. If you cannot deal with Chinese data, have one of your Chinese friends or associates help you out.

You have to specify the address of the DMV where you got your driver’s license.

(4) Several xeroxed attachments are necessary. (Photocopying in black and white is fine . . . . . color is not necessary.) These attachments are specified on the page 4 document. Basically they include all such relevant items as will verify your status in Taiwan and as will verify that you got the original driver’s license which is only for the length of your ARC. So that includes the driver’s license and any accompanying receipts, your ARC, passport, etc. You should submit three sets of these attachments.

Be sure to submit photocopies of both sides of important items like ARC, Driver’s license, etc., but please only photocopy on one side of any sheet of photocopy paper.

Hence, the front and back side of your ARC should be photocopied on the same sheet of paper. The front and back side of your license should be photocopied on the same sheet of paper.

(5) The page 4 document can be emailed to you. (I assume that your computer has Chinese system.) Print out a copy, fill it out in black ink and photocopy it. Mail me three completed copies (each stamped in red with your Chinese CHOP), with attachments as mentioned above, to:
1st Fl., No. 158 Hsing Yun Street, Neihu District, Taipei 114 TAIWAN

Explanation: “Hsing” is star, “Yun” is cloud, “Nei” is inside, “Hu” is lake.

There is a 24-hour security service here in our apartment complex, and they take delivery of express mail or registered letters 24-hours, 365 days. I suggest that you use registered mail.