Comments on: When It Rains, It Pours http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2006/05/23/when-it-rains-it-pours/ because technology is just another ecosystem Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:58:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: christopher baus http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2006/05/23/when-it-rains-it-pours/#comment-2013 christopher baus Fri, 26 May 2006 16:21:55 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/wp/?p=864#comment-2013 The Subaru's are great cars. Their crash ratings are on par with Volvo's and they are far cheaper to acquire and repair over the long haul. Volvo's AWD doesn't have a limited slip diff, which you might need in heavy Colorado snow. The porsche is awesome. 300hp and some serious stopping power. Although I can pratically hear the gas getting pumped from the tank, and it would suck in the winter. A 10 year old Ford. You are definitely do for a new car. I wouldn't sweat it. The Subaru’s are great cars. Their crash ratings are on par with Volvo’s and they are far cheaper to acquire and repair over the long haul.

Volvo’s AWD doesn’t have a limited slip diff, which you might need in heavy Colorado snow.

The porsche is awesome. 300hp and some serious stopping power. Although I can pratically hear the gas getting pumped from the tank, and it would suck in the winter.

A 10 year old Ford. You are definitely do for a new car. I wouldn’t sweat it.

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]]> By: Dan Davies Brackett http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2006/05/23/when-it-rains-it-pours/#comment-2011 Dan Davies Brackett Wed, 24 May 2006 15:00:14 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/wp/?p=864#comment-2011 Sorry for your loss. I don't have any advice about volvos, but I do have some thoughts about why it's not irrational not to want a new car. New car means getting used to new things, small things like where the cup holder is and what angle you have to hold your foot at to maintain 40mph for city driving. When you know a thing well enough to love it, it loves you back by acting exactly the way you expect it to. Also, <a / rel="nofollow">Brett Blaser had a comment on cascading failure a while ago -- he pointed out that most systems are designed to be resilient on one dimension at a time, to tolerate failure of any one component. It's when more than one thing breaks at once that you get into chaos-land, because the way things compensate for being broken in one way is to lean harder on their other aspects... Sorry for your loss.

I don’t have any advice about volvos, but I do have some thoughts about why it’s not irrational not to want a new car.

New car means getting used to new things, small things like where the cup holder is and what angle you have to hold your foot at to maintain 40mph for city driving. When you know a thing well enough to love it, it loves you back by acting exactly the way you expect it to.

Also, Brett Blaser had a comment on cascading failure a while ago — he pointed out that most systems are designed to be resilient on one dimension at a time, to tolerate failure of any one component. It’s when more than one thing breaks at once that you get into chaos-land, because the way things compensate for being broken in one way is to lean harder on their other aspects…

]]> By: john simonds http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2006/05/23/when-it-rains-it-pours/#comment-2010 john simonds Wed, 24 May 2006 14:11:59 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/wp/?p=864#comment-2010 forgot to mention, awd from volvo is their best feature. last snow storm, we were the only car to get out of the neighborhood forgot to mention, awd from volvo is their best feature. last snow storm, we were the only car to get out of the neighborhood

]]> By: john simonds http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2006/05/23/when-it-rains-it-pours/#comment-2009 john simonds Wed, 24 May 2006 14:10:37 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/wp/?p=864#comment-2009 Owned a volvo for 6 years. Very dependable, expensive to repair, and some models require special tools for simple things like an oil change that only the dealer has. check out the local mechanic to see if he has volvo software for diagnostics..also a dealer exclusive for some models.. On the very good side, one of the safest cars to drive. If you wreck, unless it's with an 18 wheeler, you win. Solid as a rock... also, good for the cross country trip, you can count on getting there. Owned a volvo for 6 years. Very dependable, expensive to repair, and some models require special tools for simple things like an oil change that only the dealer has. check out the local mechanic to see if he has volvo software for diagnostics..also a dealer exclusive for some models..

On the very good side, one of the safest cars to drive. If you wreck, unless it’s with an 18 wheeler, you win. Solid as a rock…

also, good for the cross country trip, you can count on getting there.

]]> By: james Governor http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2006/05/23/when-it-rains-it-pours/#comment-2008 james Governor Wed, 24 May 2006 10:45:48 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/wp/?p=864#comment-2008 volvos are the safest cars you can buy. from a risk management perspective your CEO will be very happy to know a key employee has a good strong shell around him volvos are the safest cars you can buy. from a risk management perspective your CEO will be very happy to know a key employee has a good strong shell around him

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