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Once again, it's time for the FNGT!

If you don't know how this works, click this link (fngt.gq). That link will take you to another site to give you some additional information and tell you about some of our off-site features. That's also the site where we will host the weekly guitar threads, should Poal go down.

NOTE: That site is by invitation only. If you want an invite, and you're a regular participant, then just ask Crazy, or myself.

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**Once again, it's time for the FNGT!** If you don't know how this works, [click this link](https://fngt.gq/index.php?page=intro). That link will take you to another site to give you some additional information and tell you about some of our off-site features. That's also the site where we will host the weekly guitar threads, should Poal go down. **NOTE:** That site is by invitation only. If you want an invite, and you're a regular participant, then just ask Crazy, or myself. If you do know what's going on, you probably don't need to click that link - but you may want to, to make sure you know of the other features, such as the archive or a separate forum that's invite only. Remember, we are guests here on Poal. Let's act like it. If you're interested in supporting Poal, then [you can donate](https://poal.co/donate).

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The electric starter was what killed the steam car. Until then, gasoline wasn't really all that dominant. Even though the Model T sold millions, steam cars stuck around until the 30s.

Here's another one:

It had huge torque (1,100 ft⋅lbf or 1,500 N⋅m) at zero engine revs, and could accelerate from 0 to 60 mph (0 to 97 km/h) in under 8 seconds[

To be fair, that one wasn't made until the 1970s.

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You could drive that today without any problem

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Absolutely. Manufacturers still sometimes toy with steam ideas.

I also double checked my understanding.

With the introduction of the electric starter, the internal combustion engine became more popular than steam,

Steam cars could take 30+ minutes to get to driving condition, though a few innovators were able to reduce that time by changing how much steam was made at once and how they heated the boiler.

I know a bunch about steam cars - but not nearly as much as Leno.

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I know pretty much nothing about steam cars except what you have just told me