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Friday, February 25, 2011
You have less than a second to see the biker... Click on the image to see the full size first
Too late, next time slow down and be careful, it's the only way to see better... Ducati advertising found on
Monday, February 21, 2011
Rental car fuel charges as of last week, before gas prices jumped
National...........$5.01 a gallon
Avis..................$7.99
Hertz................$8.29
This is what you will be charged if they have to top off the tank, if you opt not to prepay them, and don't fill the car before returning it.
Avis..................$7.99
Hertz................$8.29
This is what you will be charged if they have to top off the tank, if you opt not to prepay them, and don't fill the car before returning it.
Thursday, July 29, 2010
He was the oldest living owner of a car from new, and drove his Rolls Royce for 77 years
Mr. Allen Swift ( Springfield , MA.) received this 1928 Rolls-Royce Picadilly P1 Roadster from his father, brand new - as a graduation gift in 1928.
He drove it up until his death last year .....at the age of 102 (in the year 2005)
He donated it to a Springfield museum after his death.
It has 170,000 miles on it.
He drove it up until his death last year .....at the age of 102 (in the year 2005)
He donated it to a Springfield museum after his death.
It has 170,000 miles on it.
Swift, who died in October 2005 at the age of 102, was a legend among Rolls-Royce collectors for owning his green Phantom I, S273 FP Rolls longer than anyone in the world had ever owned an individual Rolls-Royce. In recognition of that fact, Rolls-Royce Motors presented him with a crystal Spirit of Ecstasy award at the Rolls-Royce Annual Meeting in 1994.
Swift and the Springfield Museums were brought together through a network of antique automobile collectors. In 2002, when he was 99 years old, he approached the Museums to discuss finding a new home for his Rolls-Royce. Confident in the Springfield Museums' ability to care for the automobile and to tell the story of Rolls-Royce manufacturing in Springfield, Swift indicated that he would donate his car if a building could be found to house it.
In the summer of 2005, the Springfield Museums became aware that the Verizon building, adjacent to the Museums, was available for purchase. Joseph Carvalho, president of the Springfield Museums, and Guy McLain, director of the Connecticut Valley Historical Museum, shared that information with Swift and described how the building could be converted into a museum. In September, Swift's attorney informed the Museums that Swift would donate the money to purchase the building.
The Springfield Museums will take possession of the building in June and will launch a fund-raising campaign to renovate it. When complete, the new Museum of Springfield History will display wide range of remarkable artifacts that tell the rich and multidimensional history of this city.
Swift and the Springfield Museums were brought together through a network of antique automobile collectors. In 2002, when he was 99 years old, he approached the Museums to discuss finding a new home for his Rolls-Royce. Confident in the Springfield Museums' ability to care for the automobile and to tell the story of Rolls-Royce manufacturing in Springfield, Swift indicated that he would donate his car if a building could be found to house it.
In the summer of 2005, the Springfield Museums became aware that the Verizon building, adjacent to the Museums, was available for purchase. Joseph Carvalho, president of the Springfield Museums, and Guy McLain, director of the Connecticut Valley Historical Museum, shared that information with Swift and described how the building could be converted into a museum. In September, Swift's attorney informed the Museums that Swift would donate the money to purchase the building.
The Springfield Museums will take possession of the building in June and will launch a fund-raising campaign to renovate it. When complete, the new Museum of Springfield History will display wide range of remarkable artifacts that tell the rich and multidimensional history of this city.
My thanks and appreciation to James R for sending me this email!
Jim http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2008/06/tour-with-jim-86-yrs-old-who-still-has.html was 86 when I met him and he still had his 23 Ford from high school, but he'll have to live another 20 years or so to equal this story
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Ford designed his Model T to run on Ethanol Alcohol...
It took 25 % of the fuel market in the midwest.. it was made from corn, it was basically white lightning.
John D Rockefeller, founder and head of the Standard Oil Company didn't appreciate Ford cutting into his oil profits, and started funding the ammendment we know as Prohibition.
Because if the constitutional ammendment cut off all alcohol production, all of Fords ethanol alcohol automotive fuel would be wiped out of business, and Standard Oil would increase profits immediately by 25% or more (due to increased growth in car sales) .
For continued to make Ethanol compatible vehicles for 12 of the 13 years of prohibition, and then he gave up.
Right after prohibition was over President Teddy Roosevelt broke up the Standard Oil company due to its monopoly of the energy market and iunterference in Government.
The two parts recombined 88 years later, and now Exxon Mobil have bigger profits than any other company, corporation, or business in the world... consecutively, year after year.
Source, the documentary "Fuel" by Josh Tickell
John D Rockefeller, founder and head of the Standard Oil Company didn't appreciate Ford cutting into his oil profits, and started funding the ammendment we know as Prohibition.
Because if the constitutional ammendment cut off all alcohol production, all of Fords ethanol alcohol automotive fuel would be wiped out of business, and Standard Oil would increase profits immediately by 25% or more (due to increased growth in car sales) .
For continued to make Ethanol compatible vehicles for 12 of the 13 years of prohibition, and then he gave up.
Right after prohibition was over President Teddy Roosevelt broke up the Standard Oil company due to its monopoly of the energy market and iunterference in Government.
The two parts recombined 88 years later, and now Exxon Mobil have bigger profits than any other company, corporation, or business in the world... consecutively, year after year.
Source, the documentary "Fuel" by Josh Tickell
Sunday, May 30, 2010
can someone tell me what causes highways and freeways to have designated "Safety Corridors" with traffic fines doubled?
I found lots of these in Arizona, and only have ever seen one here in California. I couldn't see any reason for these sections to have any difference from the mile before or after.
Are they just money makers? Double the fines, get cops to heavily patrol those areas, and rack up revenue from speeders?
Are they just money makers? Double the fines, get cops to heavily patrol those areas, and rack up revenue from speeders?
Monday, April 5, 2010
What's the difference between the old gullwing Mercedes Benz and the new SLS AMG doors?
Problem:
The engineers were are not allowed to make gull wing doors like they did in the 50's... it's a kinder-softer-gentler time in the world of cars, and if a driver flipped a new gullwing on the roof, they wouldn't be able to get out.
Solution:
The SLS AMG has exploding bolts at the door hinges.
Source: Automobile Magazine April 2010 issue, Ezra Dyer article page 30
The engineers were are not allowed to make gull wing doors like they did in the 50's... it's a kinder-softer-gentler time in the world of cars, and if a driver flipped a new gullwing on the roof, they wouldn't be able to get out.
Solution:
The SLS AMG has exploding bolts at the door hinges.
Source: Automobile Magazine April 2010 issue, Ezra Dyer article page 30
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Why don't we buy American cars? Jeff analyzed the situation (excerpts)
GM has 42 SUVs and trucks, 18 sedans, 8 coupes, 4 convertibles, 2 wagons and 1 hatchback.
.... little choice of American hatches in a sea of VW GTI's/Golfs/Beetles, Mazda 3's, Honda Civic Si's and Mini Coopers.
As much as I like the Camaro, I probably would never buy one because of the price and sheer principal. The day of the muscle car was over 30 years ago. If I want a muscle car I'll go buy a '69 Camaro for the same price and have a piece of automotive history.
Within my price range I had the Mustang, Camaro, and Soltice/Sky to choose from in the American market. Get ready for the competition now...Audi TT(Germany), VW Eos(Germany), BMW 1-series(Germany), Honda Accord coupe/Civic coupe/S2000(Japan), Nissan Z/Altima coupe(Japan), Hyundia Tiburon/Genesis coupe(Korea), Mazda Miata/RX-8(Japan), Mitsubishi Eclipse(Japan), Scion tc(Japan).....If you increase the budget by $5k there are a mess load of other imported cars to choose from.
Why doesn't GM or Ford offer sporty little sedans?
What happened to cool American cars ?
Read all about it: http://motoriginal.blogspot.com/2009/11/why-wont-americans-buy-american-cars.html
.... little choice of American hatches in a sea of VW GTI's/Golfs/Beetles, Mazda 3's, Honda Civic Si's and Mini Coopers.
As much as I like the Camaro, I probably would never buy one because of the price and sheer principal. The day of the muscle car was over 30 years ago. If I want a muscle car I'll go buy a '69 Camaro for the same price and have a piece of automotive history.
Within my price range I had the Mustang, Camaro, and Soltice/Sky to choose from in the American market. Get ready for the competition now...Audi TT(Germany), VW Eos(Germany), BMW 1-series(Germany), Honda Accord coupe/Civic coupe/S2000(Japan), Nissan Z/Altima coupe(Japan), Hyundia Tiburon/Genesis coupe(Korea), Mazda Miata/RX-8(Japan), Mitsubishi Eclipse(Japan), Scion tc(Japan).....If you increase the budget by $5k there are a mess load of other imported cars to choose from.
Why doesn't GM or Ford offer sporty little sedans?
What happened to cool American cars ?
Read all about it: http://motoriginal.blogspot.com/2009/11/why-wont-americans-buy-american-cars.html
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Monument to Emile Levassor
Emile Levassor; Pioneering car inventor, racer, and victor of the Paris-Bordeaux-Paris 1895 enduring 48 continuous hours of virtually nonstop driving, a feat possibly not yet repeated. Ok, it was at an average of 15 mph, but that was incredible for 1895. This monument (raised in 1907) is likely the most grandious tributes ever erected to an automobilist.
Monument to the car
On November 26, 1907, a stone monument was inaugurated square Parodi, boulevard de l'Amiral Buix in Paris XVI °, in honor of Emile Levassor and pioneers of the industry and motorsport. The sculptor Jules Dalou represented Levassor driving the car on which he had won the race Paris-Bordeaux-Paris. This monument, funded by public subscription, was presented to the City of Paris.
(StillOutThere commented contrary, disagreeing about the monument... fact check before you post a disagreement on facts, I'm always wrong in my opinion, just ask my girlfriend... but rarely about facts StillOutThere... )
Car stats
California freeways:
75% of the cars on the freeways are newer than 1996.
1.2% are older than 1972
So why are the state politicians so focused on screwing with the emissions of the pre 1972 cars?
75% of the cars on the freeways are newer than 1996.
1.2% are older than 1972
So why are the state politicians so focused on screwing with the emissions of the pre 1972 cars?
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