Archive for the ‘Automotive’ Category

Total Recall

January 24, 2010mike Comments Off

I know the Governator is a little busy right now to make a sequel to his famed 1990 film Total Recall, but if he needs a script I can throw one together.  Total Recall Toyota. This seems to be back page news, but Toyota seems to be on the verge of a Total Recall.  Yes [...]

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Innovation

October 9, 2009mike Comments Off

Let’s just put this out there, I am kind of a big dork, so the things I read about are a bit on the dorky side.  One of the things that caught my eye lately was an article in Popular Mechanics http://www.popularmechanics.com/breakthrough09/ .  The article was talking about a number of innovations and one theme [...]

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Sweet new Diesel Cars

October 1, 2009Soup Mixer 1 Comment »

Everybody knows that diesel cars are sweet.  When I say sweet, I mean neat. Did you know that you could pour almost anything into a diesel engine’s tank and it will still run like a champ!  Everything from Vegetable oil used in the friers of the nastiest restaurants to melted down GI Joes action figures.  [...]

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Classic Clunkers

August 10, 2009mike 1 Comment »

In case you’re living under a rock… the US Government is giving you $4500 (or $3500) if you trade in your “clunker” for a new and improved “fuel efficient” ride.  (See also http://www.cars.gov part of the Stimulus Package)  Now that you have come out from under that rock and onto the internet, welcome, we have [...]

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The Detroit One?

June 29, 2009mike Comments Off

There is a lot of talk these days about the Big Three, the Detroit Three or simply “Detroit”.  It is a very polarizing issue.  You have people of all stripes and political parties having different reasons for being on one side or the other in this issue.  Let’s just put a few things out there, [...]

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